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The Southeast King County Coalition Against Trafficking (SEKCAT) presents a free screening of “Rape For Profit”, a documentary that sheds light on human trafficking in the Seattle area.
The film begins at 6:30 p.m. May 20, at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent.
The documentary was filmed in 2012, in and around the SeaTac area, and features local police, officials and actual events and people in the trafficking trade.
Following the film, Kent Police Det. Lovisa Dvorak will discuss the trafficking situation in the area.
Kent Covenant Church co-sponsors the event.
SEKCAT is one of eight CAT (coalitions against trafficking) groups established along the Interstate-5 corridor in the last three years. It is an all-volunteer, nonprofit group that is part of the larger statewide organization, WA Engage.
SEKCAT is composed of community stakeholders, such as the Kent and Auburn school districts, the Kent and Auburn police departments, the faith-based community, Soroptimists of Kent and Auburn, Kent Youth and Family, Kent Rotary, City of Kent, and concerned community members.
The group’s goal is to prevent human sex trafficking of youth through education.
Volunteers who are willing to take the anti-trafficking classes and become a part of the SEKCAT’s Speakers Bureau are needed.
SEKCAT meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The screening is free but seating is limited to 350. Reserve your seat at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/662273.
For more information, contact Linda Myers at sekcat@waengage.com.
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