Join us at our next Community Impact Film Series event focused on Human Trafficking on January 10, 2026. 

This FREE event begins at 10:30am on Saturday, January 10th (10:30am – 1:30pm) and will include:

10:30am Resource Fair:

• A21
• Atrium Health (Sexual Assault Unit and Human Trafficking)
• Charlotte Metro Human Trafficking Task Force
• Hope for Justice
• Legal Aid of NC
• Present Age Ministries
• The Lantern Project

11:00am Film Screening: Showing The Twelve Thousand (28 min.), Petya’s Story (10 min.), City of Ghost (14 min.), and Recruitment (15 min.). 

Shot on location in Kathmandu, The Twelve Thousand follows Sona through the sobering real-life stages of her trafficking experience. She is lured away from her rural village by the promise of better opportunity in the city, but is ultimately deceived and sold into sex trafficking in an Indian brothel. After being trapped there for three years, Sona was rescued, repatriated back to Nepal and brought to a safe home where she began her healing process. 

A decade later, she decided it was time to take a stand: “If sharing my story will help other kids find healing like I did, I want to tell it.” In this moving retelling of her story, not only are we forced to accept the reality of modern-day slavery from an insider’s perspective, but we also get a glimpse of the hope that lies on the other side of freedom and healing.

12:15pm Panel Discussion featuring Kailey Kelley (A21), Sean Eldridge (A/Rise Group), Hannah Arrowwood (Present Age Ministries), Amanda Hinnet (Legal Aid NC), and Desiree Vassallo (FBI)

1:00pm Resource Fair

1:30pm Event ends

This program is made possible thanks to the support of Kathryn & Luke Kissam.