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One World One Future hosts an evening to raise awareness of the costs of human trafficking

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Thursday, Sept. 29 — Demi Moore, AshtonKutcher, Bradley Cooper and Mira Sorvino have all spoken out against it; now,you can help do something about it. A fundraiser to benefit victims of humantrafficking takes place from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Radisson Hotel indowntown Lansing.

One World One Future ishosting the second annual event, which is designed to raise awareness oftrafficking around the world, nationwide and statewide. Katie LaRoche,president of the organization and Miss Michigan 2010, will welcome former NFL starT.J. Duckett and Detroit Lions quarterback Drew Stanton.

“The public has beenstarting to become aware of the issue,” LaRoche said in a phone interview.“There’s been an astronomical shift in the last few years. It’s exploded as faras activists and celebrities supporting it and bringing awareness.”

Brigitte Cazalis-Collins,director of the Friends of Maiti Nepal organization, is scheduled to speak, andthe band Sargent Avenue will perform; the industrial rock band played at theMTV End Exploitation and Trafficking (EXIT) festival in Thailand in June. Theevent also includes a silent auction of items donated by local businesses.

Proceeds benefit Friendsof Maiti Nepal, which has been working to fund a shelter that will rescue girlsfrom human traffickers. “Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world,”LaRoche said. “The girls — and the entire nation — are very vulnerable. Themoney there goes a long way.”

An estimated 12,000Nepalese girls were sold into brothels in India last year, and an estimated325,000 children are exploited in the commercial sex industry in the U.S.annually.

Tickets are $40 per person,and can be purchased at oneworldonefuture.org.

One World One Future Fundraiser
7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30
Radisson Hotel
111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing
oneworldonefuture.org

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