U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, Lita Mercado, Brea Mayor Marty Simonoff, Oree, a human trafficking survivor, Pastor Alan Frow, and Brea Police Chief Jack Conklin
FREE OC HOSTED BY SOUTHLANDS CHURCH RAISED $15,000 FOR ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE – ITS NEWEST FAITH-BASED PARTNER ORGANIZATION TO HELP VICTIMS OF SEX AND LABOR TRAFFICKING RE-INTEGRATE INTO MAINSTEAM SOCIETY
At the Aug. 1 FREE OC Fundraising Dinner and Auction, The Task Force Debuted Rising Above, OCHTTF’s New Scholarship Fund for Trafficked Survivors
Brea, Calif. (August 3, 2015) – Southlands Church in Brea, the newest faith-based member of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF), which is administrated by nonprofit Community Service Programs (CSP), hosted FREE OC, a sold-out dinner and auction fundraiser for OCHTTF on August 1, 2015 that raised $15,000 to support survivors and help restore dignity to those rescued from sex and labor trafficking in Orange County. In addition to helping bring hope and freedom to survivors, proceeds from FREE OC kick started Rising Above, a new OCHTTF scholarship fund.
The OCHTTF is a virtual organization of multiple agencies organized to stop human trafficking, also called modern-day slavery, in Orange County. These human rights violations occur in the forms of commercial sex (sex trafficking) and forced labor, such as domestic servitude, factory or agricultural work. Since 2004, OCHTTF has assisted more than 450 victims of human trafficking from 36 countries. Continue reading