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Sorority hosting discussion on human trafficking

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Nov 1, 2013

The Kappa Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will host a panel discussion and public forum on human trafficking on Saturday at the Ivy Community Center, 3850 Stone Road, S.W., Atlanta.

Rose Scott, a reporter for WABE will be the moderator for the program, which will also include, Stephanie Davis of Georgia Women for a Change; Pamela Perkins Carns of Interfaith Children's Movement; Jennifer Swain of Youth Sparks; Lisa Williams of Circle of Friends; and Willoughby Mariano, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who recently wrote a series about human trafficking.

The forum will begin at 10 a.m. and the public is invited.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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