Relay Race To Combat Human Trafficking

{Lexington, Kentucky}...University of Kentucky sophomore Austin Knight, a 19 year old psychology major, has started the Slavery is Real organization to combat human trafficking. When Knight was a freshman at Lexington Catholic High School, he stumbled upon a documentary about human trafficking. The PBS Frontline story detailed how the buying and selling of people for labor or sex was one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises in the world, second only to drug trafficking. This weekend, the non-profit is teaming up with 12 runners from the Jessamine County school system in the fourth annual Bourbon Chase, a two-day, 200-mile relay race starting in Clermont and ending in Lexington. The goal is to raise $5,000 for Slavery is Real's outreach and educational efforts.