Churches, Other Nonprofits, Lead Efforts to Combat Modern Slavery in Georgia

In House Approves Sex Trafficking Study, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia House of Representatives has voted to form a 13-member commission to study “[t]rafficking in sex workers and laborers — modern slavery.”  The commission must also be approved by the state senate.  The role of nonprofits in this process reportedly is significant: 

Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville, who sponsored House Resolution 1151, said he hopes the commission will look at what other states are doing and copy practices that seem to be working.  He praised nonprofits and church groups, who have pushed the Legislature for better laws and founded services to help the victims get out of the trade and re-establish their lives.

JRB