What is Human Trafficking?

“The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt, bondage or slavery.”

The Diocese of Atlanta is committed to fighting the growing challenge of human trafficking in North & Middle Georgia, educating its people, and providing resources for each individual parish to determine how best to become involved.

How Can You Help?

Pray: Join us in praying for an end to Human Trafficking. Pray for the victims and those who protect them, pray for the sellers and the buyers. Please consider adding these prayers to your weekly Prayers of the People.

Educate: Actively educate yourselves. Volunteer as a facilitator for your own congregation and others, or schedule one of our speakers to come to you.

Advocate: Become an advocate for the rights of survivors. Help us prosecute buyers and sellers by creating policy. Donate your time and skills to the cause pro bono.

Support: Donate to our partners to further the mission of putting an end to the worldwide crisis of Human Trafficking.

Will You Join Us in This Hard and Holy Work?

If you would like to get involved or have questions, please contact Ron Bagwell at humantraffickingdioatl@gmail.com.

Human Trafficking Report by the Commission

Commission Members

– The Rev. Victoria Jarvis | Deacon, Commission Chair; St. Martin in the Fields, Brookhaven
– Megan Atkinson | Director of Children and Youth, Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Sandy Springs
– Ron Bagwell | Parishioner, St. David’s, Roswell
– Dr. Joan Cranford | Asst. Dean & Clinical Professor, GSU; St. Paul’s, Atlanta
– The Hon. Rebecca Grist | Bibb County Solicitor-General; Christ Church, Macon
– Jonathan Tonge | Sex Trafficking Attorney; St. Luke’s , Atlanta
– The Rev. Kenya Thompson | Director of Leadership, Development, and Education, Emmaus House, Atlanta