Last spring two Auburn University students decided to bring their passion for freeing sex trafficking victims to their campus. GraceAnn Hollis and Hannah Flayhart began an organization called Auburn International Justice Mission to make Auburn students aware of this worldwide tragedy.

Find more videos like this on The Loveliest Village


Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

The organization holds meetings every other week in the Student Center at 7 p.m. and prayer meetings in the Alpha Delta Pi chapter room on the days the main meetings are not being held.

“We pray over the weekly emails that IJM send us on updates on the work they have going on around the world,” Kelli Hoggle said.

Hoggle is a junior at Auburn University that has been a member of the AU IJM organization for a year.

AU IJM hosts events to raise money for the victims including "Jog for Justice," movie screenings that focus on slavery, festivals and walks.

IJM is a human rights agency, founded in 1997 by Gary Haugen, which secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression.

IJM investigators and professionals work with local governments to ensure victim rescue, to prosecute perpetrators and to strengthen the communities that promote public justice systems.

The professionals work in 12 countries including Asia, Africa and Latin America to protect national laws against sexual slavery and exploitation.

Their purpose is four-fold: to provide relief for victims, to keep perpetrators accountable for their actions, aftercare of victims and structural transformation.

“I joined IJM because I have a passion for the justice of the victims of human trafficking," Hoggle said. "I agree with everything they are promoting and want to join the cause to help raise money for victims of trafficking.”

Being a part of the AU IJM organization sparked an even bigger passion, which led Hoggle to use her summer to work for this cause.

“I did an internship in Atlanta with a ministry called 'Night Light.' We ministered to prostitutes and children at risk of being drawn into prostitution,” Hoggle said. “I also did an academy with 'Not For Sale' in San Francisco for two weeks and worked with their campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking.

This year Hoggle will have more opportunities to help the cause through the AU IJM organization.

“IJM has gotten me involved in going to the global prayer gathering in April in Washington D.C., it is a whole weekend of joining with people who have a passion for trafficking as well and the justice of trafficking,” Hoggle explained. “We are going to be praying over everything going on across the world that IJM is doing.”

For more information visit the IJM website at IJM.org or join the group on Facebook for Auburn’s chapter of IJM.