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Elka Chamberlain

The Eastern Echo
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Washtenaw Women’s Court unique, effective

Michigan is in the top five states in the country for human trafficking, today’s “modern day slavery.” This is defined as working in the commercial sex, labor, or domestic work industries through the use of physical force, fraud, blackmail, or coercion. A recently published report by the Michigan Commission on Human Trafficking noted that, “Human trafficking is the second-largest and fastest-growing criminal industry in the world.”

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Joshua Nieman talks with freshly elected president of EMU, Doctor Brendan Kelly, about his background, his life around the country, and the importance of adaptability.