Time – As Survivor Speaks Out, Lawmakers Target Human Trafficking

McKenzie, who now advocates for victims of trafficking, credits her restoration to Shared Hope International, which provides support for victims of trafficking. At a panel on trafficking last Friday at George Washington University’s Global Women’s Institute, McKenzie said that because of the organization she has hope for other victims. “My pimp used to tell me that the police is not your friend,” McKenzie said. “For me to now be sitting in a room training law enforcement on how to identify and interact with victims of trafficking empowers me. It shows me, wow…you really care.”

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