Bon Secours St. Francis Health System – 5th Annual Seminar on Human Trafficking: Responding Together

On Tuesday, April 4th, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System will be hosting our 5th Annual Seminar on Human Trafficking: Responding Together. HEAL’s Dr. Hanni Stoklosa was a featured speaker at this event in 2022.

This is a free, multidisciplinary educational event for anyone who may come into contact with victims of sex or labor trafficking in their daily work. Free CME credit is available. Both in-person and virtual attendance options are available, and registration links are below.

Featured Speakers:

Ana Isabel Vallejo, JD – Ms. Vallejo is the Co-Director and lead attorney at VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the rights of immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, and other violent crimes. For almost 20 years, Ms. Vallejo has dedicated her practice to representing survivors of human trafficking, working in collaboration with the US Department of Justice, Criminal Section Civil Rights Division, the US Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that victims of trafficking have access to justice.

Mollie Gordon, MA, MD – Dr. Gordon is an Associate Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and the Associate Director of the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Ben Taub Hospital. She co-founded Baylor College of Medicine’s Division of Global Mental Health to treat survivors of torture, trafficking, and mass violence atrocities. Mollie is a co-chair of the American Medical Women’s Association – Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans, a member of the HEAL Trafficking speaker’s bureau, has testified for the National Advisory Council for the Office of Trafficking in Persons, and lectures at national meetings on human trafficking.

Cardell T. Morant – Mr. Morant is the Director of the Center for Countering Human Trafficking for the Department of Homeland Security. With 16 participating component agencies and offices, the CCHT is a DHS-wide effort to advance counter human trafficking law enforcement operations, protect victims, and enhance prevention efforts. Mr. Morant has had a distinguished career with more than 25 years of experience in federal law enforcement. Among other leadership roles, Mr. Morant has also served as the acting Deputy Assistant Director of the HSI Cyber Crimes Center where he was responsible for the child exploitation, computer forensics, and cyber crimes portfolios.

In-person registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bon-secours-st-francis-5th-annual-seminar-on-human-trafficking-tickets-558123411147

Virtual registration: https://bsmh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bp94Ng4dQ3qkBWFU3nOC3A