UH-Hilo forum slated for April 18 (Tuesday) explores human trafficking issues

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo is hosting a panel discussion about the ethical and political issues associated with human trafficking.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo is hosting a panel discussion about the ethical and political issues associated with human trafficking.

The event is slated for 5:15 p.m. Tuesday (April 18) in UCB Room 100 on the UH-Hilo campus at 200 W. Kawili St. in Hilo.

The forum, titled “Human Trafficking: A Global, National and Local Issue,” is free and open to the public.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Panel participants will include U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), county First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dale Ross and Celia Bardwell-Jones, associate professor of philosophy and chairwoman of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at UH-Hilo.

The event is sponsored by the UH-Hilo Women’s Center, American Association of University Women, UH-Hilo Gender and Women’s Studies, UH-Hilo, county Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and Gabbard’s office.

For more information, contact Lehua Haissoun at 932-7380 or lmcclung@hawaii.edu. For disability accommodation, call 932-7623 (V) or 932-7002 (TTY).