David Zach, lead singer of the Christian band Remedy Drive, will be the featured speaker for a concert event to be held Thursday, November 12, on the Mount Marty College campus in Yankton. The concert will be held in Marian Auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:00 p.m. The band’s performance is entitled “I am Not a Commodity: Our Fight Against Human Trafficking.”

Remedy Drive, an alternative rock band founded in Lincoln, NE, in 1998, performed at the recent LifeLight 2015 music festival near Sioux Falls. “I am Not a Commodity:  Our Fight Against Human Trafficking” will consist of Zach sharing stories from his experiences working undercover with the abolitionist group, ‘The Exodus Road’ in Southeast Asia.  These experiences inspired the group’s 2014 “Commodity” album.

“My hope is that this album will sound like a captive’s dream of liberty – a defiant reminder, against all odds, that it’s in the King’s kingdom the oppressed can find refuge, the marginalized can find hope, the child soldier can find safety, the trafficked daughter in the red light district can return to her innocence again as a princess of the realm” says Zach.

The event, sponsored by the Benedictine Institute of Leadership, Ethics and Social Justice and the college’s Office of Events and Outreach, is free and open to the public.

Individuals and groups are encouraged to guarantee seating by reserving tickets at www.mtmc.edu/arts or emailing requests to mmcboxoffice@mtmc.edu.  A free-will offering will be accepted, with all the proceeds going to organizations in South Dakota to help in their fight against human trafficking.

To learn more about Remedy Drive and The Exodus Road project, visit www.remedydrive.com.