The Syracuse Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. and the Syracuse City School District’s Parent University will hold its Annual Golden Alert: Human Trafficking event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at Syracuse Community Connections. The event will feature a panel of guests from the McMahon Ryan Advocacy Center, Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office and Assembly member Pamela Hunter, ready to answer questions regarding this serious topic and how it impacts Syracuse. This event is Free. Refreshments and child care will be provided.

Refugee Emad Rahim will share his remarkable journey from the Cambodian Killing Fields to Syracuse, where he learned to how just survive, but thrive in “Against the Odds.”