Samantha Searls is a program manager at the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC). IJPC educates and advocates for peace, challenges unjust local, national and global systems and promotes the creation of a non-violent society. Samantha's work focuses on the issues of human trafficking and immigration. Samantha has her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and has spent the last few years as a community organizer working on environmental, economic and social justice issues both in St. Louis and in Cincinnati.
March 29, 2017 Samantha Searls Opinion
Over the past few weeks, President Trump’s executive orders have increased deportations and detentions; spreading fear amongst the immigrant community. This fear is felt even more deeply amongst foreign nationals who were brought to the United States against their will: the victims of human trafficking.
