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Katherine Chon is the co-founder of Polaris Project in the United States. She started the organization immediately upon graduation with fellow
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provide ...
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Derek Ellerman Derek Ellerman (born June 27, 1978) is an American social entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of Polaris Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that combats human trafficking and modern slavery. In 2004, he was selected as a Fell ...
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
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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 Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...
in the Washington, DC and Newark, NJ areas.


Educational background

* 2002
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provide ...
, Sc.B. in Psychology * 2010
Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...


Awards

* 2005 Do Something Brick Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Presented by President Bill Clinton * 2007
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provide ...
's John Hope Award for Community Service * Center for Social Innovation Fellowship from the
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* 2007 "Running Start Women to Watch Award" from
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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'' 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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