Katherine Chon is the co-founder of
Polaris Project in the United States. She started the organization immediately upon graduation with fellow
Brown University student
Derek Ellerman in 2002 after learning about the issue during her undergraduate studies. She has testified before Congress concerning the scope of human traffickingand has won numerous awards for her work in the field. She is currently a Senior Advisor in Trafficking in Persons at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Founding of Polaris Project
Polaris Project is a leading organization in the United States combating all forms of human trafficking and serving both U.S. citizens and foreign national victims, men, women, and children, combatting both labor and sex trafficking. The organization uses a holistic strategy, using experience gained through working with survivors to guide the creation of long-term solutions. The organization supports stronger laws, operates the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline (1-888-373-7888), provides trainings on recognizing and combatting human trafficking and provides direct services to survivors of human trafficking in Washington, D.C. and Newark, New Jersey. They provide services to clients who have survived
human trafficking in the Washington, DC and Newark, NJ areas.
Educational background
* 2002
Brown University, Sc.B. in Psychology
* 2010
Harvard Kennedy School
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Awards
* 2005 Do Something Brick Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Presented by President
Bill Clinton
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* 2007
Brown University's John Hope Award for Community Service
* Center for Social Innovation Fellowship from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business
* 2007 "Running Start Women to Watch Award" from
Lifetime Television
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* 2009
Harlequin "More Than Words Award"
* 2010 Diane von Furstenburg "People's Voice Award"
* 2010 Named one of the 50 most influential women in the world by ''
Woman's Day
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'' magazine
* 2013 Named 2013 Power of One Award from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
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References
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Living people
Brown University alumni
American abolitionists
Anti–human trafficking activists
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)