Victor Malarek:Sex Trafficking
Friday, Oct. 10 from 10–11 a.m. n Unity Room, Gaughan Center
A journalist for four decades, Victor Malarek is currently the senior investigative reporter on W5, CTV’s award-winning investigative current affairs show.
He was an investigative reporter for Canada’s national newspaper and a co-host of the CBC’s current affairs show, the fifth estate. In his 20 years in television, he has worked on more than 150 documentaries.
Malarek has reported from across Canada, the United States, and the world. Malarek has written six non-fiction books, and one fiction. His most recent non-fiction, The Johns – Sex for Sale and the Men who Buy It, has been published in the U.S. and Canada. In it, Malarek lays bare the sordid side of the global flesh trade: the men who fuel the demand for purchased sex. The Johns is a follow-up to The Natashas – inside the new global sex.
Malarek’s work has garnered many awards, including an unprecedented four Michener Awards for “meritorious public service journalism” presented by the Governor General of Canada. In 1997, he won a Gemini Award as Canada’s top broadcast journalist.
Listen to sex trafficking survivor-leaders speak
Stephen Patrick O’Meara, former Assistant United States Attorney, currently engaged in the private practice of law with the firm of Dornan, Lustgarten & Troia in Omaha, Nebraska.
We are more than our stories
Starting at age 12, Kristy Childs was trafficked as a prostitute for more than two decades. For years, Kristy was brutally exploited and victimized, while the public believed prostitution was glamorous choice made by women and girls who should punished as criminals. In 2000 she founded Veronica’s Voice, naming her organi- zation in honor of a murdered prostituted friend. Kristy’s life work has been recognized through numerous awards and honors. She has been the force behind changing the way this issue is viewed and changing the laws sur- rounding prostitution.
Dr. Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce is an applied sociologist of Onondowagah (Seneca) and European descent. She is the author of Shattered Hearts, the first report pub- lished in the U. S. on the commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian girls and women. Sandi is a survivor of child and adult sex trafficking. Her work has focuses exclusively on addressing the domestic sex trafficking of American Indian, Alaska Native, and other girls of color. Her current research, a partnership with Dr. Lauren Mar- tin, Research Director at the University of Minnesota’s University Research and Community Outreach/Engage- ment Center, focuses on the market aspects of juvenile sex trafficking in Minneapolis.
Jeri Williams is Diversity and Civic Leadership Coordinator for Portland, Oregon. She oversees the City’s Neighborhood Involvement grants. A native of Oregon’s Klamath tribe, Jeri is a survivor of a violent, gang-controlled pimping operation. After speaking out as a survivor and successfully lobbying for anti-trafficking legislative, Jeri ran for a seat on the Portland City Council. She helped start a support group for sexually exploited women, called Survivor to Survivor. Jeri continues to work with Portland Police.
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