gary haugen

Gary Haugen serves as the President of International Justice Mission. IJM is an international human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. Based on referrals of abuse received from relief and development organizations, IJM conducts professional investigations of the abuses and mobilizes intervention on behalf of the victims.

Gary's talk, quite honestly, was the hardest to say with at Catalyst. It was the end of a very long day for me (I started out at 4 a.m. to catch flight to Atlanta at 5:45 a.m.). Plus, he's not the most dynamic speaker...good but not, "Wow!" What he and his team is doing is incredible. One of the things IJM does is go into countries where kids are sold into sex trafficking and they investigate and rescue. You can learn more about what IJM is up to and how you can help at their website: www.ijm.org.