Saturday, Feb. 11, delivered a pounding storm to Issaquah. It was nothing compared to the presentation I attended sponsored by the Issaquah Branch of the AAUW.

The speaker from Stolen Youth (www.stolenyouth.org) a Seattle based organization, offered up heart-wrenching facts about child trafficking – the sexual exploitation of girls and boys.

It is the fastest growing industry in the U.S.

Seattle has the third highest numbers in the U.S.

The average age of these kids is 13.

It only takes one day for a runaway kid to be exploited.

I am outraged. I urge everyone to look at the above website, to take a stand, to help stop the abuse. This is truly the human rights issue of our time.

Francie Greth-Peto, Issaquah