Combatting Human Trafficking in West Michigan (Approved INT 100/201)

Monday, October 13, 2025
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

Learn about Migrant Legal Aid's recent victory in federal court against human trafficking in West Michigan with Molly Spaak, the Deputy Director of Migrant Legal Aid. Migrant Legal Aid is a Grand Rapids based organization that provides social and legal services to migrant farmworkers throughout west Michigan.

Molly Spaak is a staff attorney and deputy director of Migrant Legal Aid. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Young Lawyers division. At Migrant Legal Aid, she files cases in state, federal, and administrative courts on behalf of farmworkers. She has been with the firm since 2016 where she started as a law clerk and outreach worker. Molly speaks Spanish and loves helping migrant families.

Location Information

Kirkhof College of Nursing, 2263

Grand Valley State University

1 Campus Dr.

Allendale, MI 49401

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Contact Information

Dr. Brian Johnson

Human Rights Program Coordinator and Professor, Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies and the College of Education and Community Innovation

[email protected]

Dr. Max Counter

Assistant Professor, Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies

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This event was added to the calendar by Ryan Moore (moorer4@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, October 2, 2025 and was last updated on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 10:11 a.m.

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