Planting Hope unites Michigan businesses, producers, farms and people to raise awareness and support efforts to combat the tragedy of human trafficking in our own back yard.

Plants, planters, and various Michigan produced products will be sold. There will also be an Awareness Tent with presentations and booths set up by members of the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force.

Full Schedule of Events and Speakers Click Here

When:  

Saturday May 11, 2013 from 10:00am to 6:00pm

Where:  

Lemon Creek Winery, 533 East Lemon Creek, Berrien Springs, Michigan

2013 Schedule of Events

10:00 – The Plant Sale begins! Other Participating Vendors Include:

• Caitlan’s Catering, Berrien Springs, MI
• Forest Field and Shore Design, Three Oaks, MI  
• Carol Ott – Jewelry, Niles, MI
• Tim Babcock, Fair Trade Chocolate
• Valley Creek Nursery, Three Oaks, MI
• Why Knott Therapy, Berrien Springs, MI
• Women At Risk International, Wyoming, MI

Human Trafficking Awareness Tent [open throughout the day]

• Andrews University
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Hope for the Voiceless
• The Hope Project
• Living in Liberty
• Lutheran Social Services
• Michigan Abolitionist Project
• Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
• Mid-Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
• MSU International Justice Mission
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Southwest Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
• Traffick Free
• Women at Risk International

11:00 – Presentation I: International Trafficking, Immigration, and Trafficking Cases in Michigan

• Laura Ng Traffick Free
• Agent Cara Rose, Homeland Security Investigations

1:00 – Presentation II: Labor Trafficking in Michigan, and Combatting the Demand for Sexual Exploitation

• Becky McDonald, Women at Risk International (WAR)
• Hope for the Voiceless

3:00 – Presentation III: Sex Trafficking: The Hope of Restoration & Testimony of a Trafficking Survivor in Michigan

• Sara Karnes, The Hope Project
• Malynda Jennings, The Hope Project

5:00 – Presentation IV: Local and State Task Forces: Combatting Human Trafficking in our own Backyard

• Cathy Knauf, Southwest Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
• Jane White, Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force

5:30 – Raffle

6:00 – Plant Sale Ends

Proceeds of the event will go to the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force.

If there are any planters left over, visit Vite Greenhouses in Niles, MI to do more shopping!
Local musicians will also be providing music throughout the day