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Maria Suarez: Human Trafficking Survivor, Advocate, and Unsung Hero

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December 9, 2013

Maria Suarez is the Volunteer Coordinator and a paraprofessional Talkline Counselor for the Women Helping Women department at NCJW/LA. She is warm, kind, always smiling, and a great cook who loves to bring in her famous dishes to work to share with colleagues. She is also a survivor of human trafficking. This year Maria received the “>Click here to read the rules and regulations or to submit a poster.

2) LA County Human Trafficking Poster Outreach Project: On February 9, 2013, the Project Partners will hold a training session at NCJW/LA to train volunteers to visit businesses throughout LA County, provide them with information about the new law, give them the poster to put up, and track the information on their posting. For more information on this phase of the project, email me at maya@ncjwla.org.

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