CPAC's Center for Combating Human Trafficking Celebrates One Year of Progress Ahead of International Summit

Just a year ago, CPAC embarked on a new journey to bring light and a conservative prospective in the fight to end modern day slavery. After years of neglect at the southern border and a crime wave that rocked communities across the nation, the scourge of sex and labor trafficking became rampant across our great country.

After being approached to host the screening premiere of the movie Sound of Freedom, CPAC founded the Center for Combating Human Trafficking with a commitment to inform and spread awareness of this issue and solutions that would free victims from a life of abuse . Following the success of our launch, CPAC co-hosted an International Summit to End Human Trafficking on Capitol Hill, bringing together political leaders from the United States and Mexico to discuss the challenges facing our respective countries. Our Center was once again called to Congress in the subsequent weeks, this time to testify at the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on Children are Not for Sale: Examining the Threat of Exploitation of Children in the U.S. and Abroad.

Educating the public and lawmakers about this growing problem was just the start, as our Center focused resources and advocacy in both State legislatures and Congress to move meaningful legislation that protects victims and holds traffickers accountable. That effort bore significant results, with CPAC supporting legislation that passed in five states while shepherding through a Federal law with Senator Blackburn (R-TN) that holds tech companies accountable for their role in allowing abuse. Now we come back to Capitol Hill for our Second International Summit to not only reflect on our progress, but plan for the next steps in policy that will finally bring an end to the scourge of trafficking. You can join us for this vital convening at https://cpac.org/summit.