{"id":99549,"date":"2021-02-16T07:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=99549"},"modified":"2021-02-15T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:30:22","slug":"local-paper-this-south-carolina-human-trafficking-survivor-is-drawing-from-her-past-to-tackle-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=99549","title":{"rendered":"(Local Paper) This South Carolina human trafficking survivor is drawing from her past to tackle the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

As South Carolina\u2019s leaders pledge to end human trafficking and prosecute its perpetrators, a Lowcountry woman is pulling their focus to the survivors of such horrors.<\/p>\n

Kat Wehunt, who survived years of sex trafficking as a teenager, knows she\u2019s lucky to have escaped. But she worries that her peers in the Palmetto State don\u2019t have a simple, thorough and accessible system to help them maintain a life free from abuse.<\/p>\n

Her solution is The Formation Project, the state\u2019s only survivor-led nonprofit dedicated to ending human trafficking. While law enforcement, legislators and faith leaders work to pull victims from their abusers, Wehunt focuses on the next step: connecting them with resources to make sure they\u2019re able to thrive for the rest of their lives with the physical and emotional support they deserve.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As SC\u2019s leaders pledge to end human trafficking and prosecute its perpetrators, a Lowcountry woman is pulling their focus to the survivors of such horrors.https:\/\/t.co\/DTt2OlVYFK<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n