On the evening of November 29, 2023 in MSU’s Procrastinator Theater, The HEART Initiative at MSU, MSU Women’s Center, Office of the Dean of Students, VOICE Center, The MSU Police Department, the Bozeman Police Department, Haven and the Sexual Assault Counseling Center held a panel discussion on human trafficking in our community.

The panel included Detectives Shay Stephens and Michael Mertz from the Bozeman and Montana State University Police Departments, and Sandra Schroeder of the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Department, as well as Sha, Anti-trafficking Legal Advocate with Haven, and Perrin Lundgren, Help Center Community Educator with the Sexual Assault Counseling Center.
Betsy Danforth, Director of MSU’s Women’s Center introduced the panel, which Chloe Zuraff, co-leader of the Heart Initiative, moderated.

From left to right: Sha, Perrin Lundgren, Chloe Zuraff, Sandra Schroeder, Michael Mertz, and Shay Stephens.