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Human Trafficking is an egregious form of exploitation of vulnerable individuals by for the personal gain of the captor. We are very pleased to have five very experienced guests who bring a great diversity of expertise on this issue. We will be speaking to these guests with a particular point of view\u2026we want to understand what their experience has been like, what their dilemmas and challenges have been on three levels:\n\n \tThe individual encounters with trafficked persons as patients,\n \tImproving our organizational capacity to respond to human trafficking, and,\n \tResponding within some of the societal challenges surrounding this issue.\n\nThis issues demands response whether we are inspired by our professional ethics to \u201cdo no harm\u201d or we are inspired by the heritage of Catholic health care, to reach out to the most vulnerable with mercy \u2013 mercy defined as the ability to enter into the chaos of another.\n\nOur guests in this episode are:\n\n \tKimberly Williams, Human Trafficking Project Coordinator at CHI Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.\n \tMollie Gordon, Psychiatry, Harris Health System, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas.\n \tMarissa Castellanos Human Trafficking Program Director, Catholic Charities of Louisville, University of Kentucky,\n \tOlivia Mittel, Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Lousiville, Kentucky.\n \tLaura Krausa, System Director, Advocacy, Catholic Health Initiatives