Philly church hosting annual human trafficking awareness conference
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church is hosting its second annual conference to raise awareness of human trafficking in Philadelphia.
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Before moving to Philadelphia, she was a reporter at WPBF in West Palm Beach, where she covered major stories, including the deadly building collapse in Surfside, Hurricane Dorian, and the high-profile cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Robert Kraft.
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Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church is hosting its second annual conference to raise awareness of human trafficking in Philadelphia.
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