In recent years, a lot of work has been done to raise awareness about the massive problem of human trafficking as well as to start to attack that problem.

In this week’s episode of Art of Supply, Kelly Barner interviews two women engaged in an important part of that fight through an organization called Gift of Freedom: Sharon Siar and Nicole Glenn. 

Sharon Siar is the Founder and President Gift of Freedom, and she is also the Vice President and CFO at Talon Freight Services

Nicole Glenn, is a Board Member for Gift of Freedom, the Founder and CEO of Candor Logistics Management, and a host of the Ladies Leadership Coalition Podcast.

Unlike organizations focused on raising public awareness, or rescuing victims of trafficking, Gift of Freedom is focused on aftercare. They provide the funding for counseling, a need that can extend years or even decades after a rescue is complete.

Even though this is a hard topic to hear about, it is a challenging reality for far too many people - children especially - in the United States and around the world.

In this episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Sharon and Nicole share their perspectives on:

• Why aftercare counseling has been overlooked as an area of need in the past
• The connection between human trafficking and supply chains
• Why social statistics fail to capture or represent the scope of this problem

Links:

• Sharon Siar on LinkedIn
• Nicole Glenn on LinkedIn
• Gift of Freedom
• Kelly Barner on LinkedIn
• Art of Supply LinkedIn newsletter 
• Art of Supply on AOP
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