The Draw is the People
Joyce Pfeiffer was drawn to BCAT on its first anniversary, and she has been active ever since. She heard about BCAT and attended her first meeting when BCAT chair Kathy Bennett was speaking on human trafficking issues at a local library.

"A friend and I went to hear her speak," she remembered recently. "It was through my work with what was then called Planned Parenthood of Bucks County that I came to know and love Kathy. I knew about NOVA because I did new-staff training and we involved NOVA, and we sometimes had clients who needed NOVA's services." That first-anniversary BCAT meeting with Kathy Bennett, however, was an eye-opener. "I was almost completely unaware of human trafficking until I heard Kathy talk about the issue," Joyce said. "If I had only been aware of what to look for and what questions to ask in my 32 years with Planned Parenthood, perhaps I could have helped some of my clients more. I regret that."

She has turned her regret into action. She attends all the meetings and stays involved in issues having to do with reproductive health. "I look for ways to communicate to health-care professionals about helping victims with reproductive health issues," she said. "It's important to get victims-both women and men-tested for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV."

Joyce can't say enough about the level of professionalism and dedication among BCAT staff and volunteers.

"The reason I go to the meetings is to be surrounded by incredible people," she said. "Kathy, the other staff and everyone with BCAT- including the smart and dedicated people on the victim focus committee-are inspiring. They are doing such difficult work with such extraordinary commitment."