Jenny Almquist is director of Fierce Freedom, a nonprofit that she launched in 2012 to educate the people of west-central Wisconsin about human trafficking and work to stop it. Almquist makes presentations to churches and civic groups, talks with lawmakers about the need for stronger laws and works with local law enforcement to combat the […]

Alice Marie Giordano is director of the Office of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province in New Rochelle, N.Y. Among its ministries is advocacy for victims of human trafficking.

Brad Pellish is the outreach pastor at Bethany Bible Church in Phoenix, Ariz., which performs outreach to local sex workers, including teenage prostitutes. Read an article about the church’s work.

Mike Howerton is the lead pastor at Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Wash., which has been involved locally and internationally in the fight against trafficking.

Dianne Amato is program director of the Mary Magdalene Project, a Los Angeles-based outreach to sex workers.

Mark Rodgers is dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Marywood University, a Catholic university in Scranton, Pa. His research interests include the prevention of human trafficking, and he has helped train officials in Latvia, Bangladesh, Ecuador and South Africa on how to recognize and combat the problem.

Becky McDonald founded Women at Risk International, a Christian organization that works with trafficked women and is based in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Rev. Ralph Galloway is co-pastor with his wife, the Rev. Alika Galloway, at Kwanzaa Community Church in Minneapolis, which runs a drop-in center for local sex workers.

Austin New Church of Austin, Texas, is involved in the fight against human trafficking.