. >> karen prudente is a member of united methodist women.he is originally from the philippines and was introduced by a friend to damayan, where she now volunteers. >> they find hope that they're not alone, because they come to this country as strangers, foreigners, and they become one family. and that's important. they go to church together. they give back. they volunteer, despite the hard work that they have to do in people's homes. >> prudente felt that the two organizations could help each other, so she put together a series of events to introduce damayan to the nearly 8,000 members of united methodist women. >> we know that this problem is not going to be solved by united methodist women alone. >> susie johnson leads the washington, d.c. office of public policy for the organization. >> what it enables us to do is to form alliances that are lasting because once you start working on human trafficking, you work together then on education, you work together then on fair labor practices. you work together on ways in which you can improve the