Day 4: The Money Trail

Stephanie Mbathi is one of the interviewees who we’re trying to get a a refugee camp counselor contact from. Stephanie was a missionary teacherin Nairobi, Kenya and is helping us recieve more insight on human trafficking from people who have experienced and worked with it first hand.

This week we tried to reach out to members of Truckers Against Trafficking, The Julian Center and Prevail but unfortunately, no one has contacted us back.  A lady we interviewed at my church named Stephanie Mbathi was a missionary in Naroibi, Kenya. One of her friends is a refugee counselor and comes into contact with victims of human trafficking everyday. I’ve Skype interviewed her before for a different project and hopefully we will be able to contact her again to get her insight.

Today our group researched Mike Pence. We found out where his funding comes from and what congressional commitees he is on. Mike gets most of his money from 1. Republican Governors Association, 2. Indiana Republican Party, 3. Dean White, 4. Mike Pence CMTE, 5. Sue Ellsperman for LT Governor. Pence

Mike Pence, our Indiana Governor, who we decided not to contact based on his funding background

also gets  funding from corporations like 1. Fuzzy’s Spirits, 2. HNTB Corp, 3. Continental Dairy Products, 4. AT&T, and 5. Fair Oaks Dairy Farms. The congressional committees Pence serves on are, 1. Congressional Internet Caucus, 2. House Republican Conference, 3. Tea Party Caucus and 4. The Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semetism. We didn’t find much information that provoked us to reach out to Mike Pence. We concluded though that Mike Pence would probably agree that it’s a problem that victims of human trafficking don’t receive the proper treatment they need because often they are misidentified or though of as prostitutes. This is similar to how Jews are mistreated and prejudiced against. We believe that Mike Pence would agree with us because he is a member of The Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semetism. Our group hopes to find another Congress member who we can reach out to. We’re also going to try and find more people we can interview.