Child sex trafficking awareness event

A presentation on the plight of children subjected to exploitation and sex trafficking in the United States will be given Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Mullan Ave., Coeur d’Alene.

The program, hosted by the institute in partnership with Little Wolf Productions and the Coeur d’Alene Holistic Chamber of Commerce, is designed to raise awareness about the issue and emphasize ways commercial child sex exploitation can be prevented.

A trailer about “Hope Road,” a documentary film project addressing these issues, will be screened.

The need for services to help children rescued from sexual trafficking situations — a safe place to receive medical treatment, counseling, social rehabilitation and education — will also be discussed.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

More information about the "Hope Road" project can be found here, Children of a Silent World.