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Church's "My Neighbor" series focuses on "shared humanity"

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published March 13, 2019 at 10:31 AM CDT
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Pastor Liz Davis admits, ruefully, it's hard for the church to talk about sex, period, not to mention sex trafficking.

But January was Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and a local event Davis attended got her thinking about how the issue fits in, not only with her church's focus on poverty, but how they can better support partners working on this important issue here in our community.

More information about the My Neighbor is Not for Sale: Study & Discussion is available here.

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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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