In Our Backyard returning to Super Bowl for anti-human trafficking efforts
(Update: adding video, comments from In Our Backyard s executive director)
Efforts to follow National Human Trafficking Awareness Month
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) For the 12th time, Bend nonprofit In Our Backyard will be overseeing anti-human trafficking efforts at the Super Bowl. this year in Tampa, Florida. We are out there, identifying minors and missing children who could be human trafficked in the area,” said Cheryl Csiky, executive director of In Our Backyard, said Thursday
Csiky knows first-hand how important these efforts are. My story began very young, around 9 years old fourth grade,” she told NewsChannel 21. “For me, as a survivor, I don t want anyone to experience what I went through, and the healing process I have endured.”