Labor Trafficking: The Story of Immigrant Survivors

On Thursday, January 28th, the IRC in Florida is participating in National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month by inviting the community to join a free, live online panel discussion regarding human trafficking in North Florida.

Panelists include anti-human trafficking experts and members of law-enforcement agencies.

Labor Trafficking: The Story of Immigrant Survivors – The IRC provides services to domestic and foreign-born survivors of human trafficking. The IRC’s unique experience of working with diverse immigrant and refugee communities provides the context for this conversation to explore the many ways immigrants are victimized by human trafficking. It will also dive deep into the specific subject of labor trafficking and its prevalence in the rural regions of the state.

List of confirmed panelist:

•Mr. Cristobal Perez – Program Analyst

•Mr. Terry Coonan – Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights and Associate Professor for Law and Criminology at FSU

•Ms. Kelly Ann Whelan – Policy Analyst at USCRI

•Ms. Robin Hassler Thompson – Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)

This discussion will be moderated by Ms. Regina Bernadin, Ph.D., IRC’s Technical Advisor, Anti-trafficking Programs. The public will have an opportunity to submit questions that will be answered by the panelists.

For more information, please contact Ms. Chandler Swenson at Chandler.Swenson@Rescue.org

To report suspected human trafficking or to obtain resources for victims, please call 1-888-373-7888; text “BeFree” (233733), or live chat at HumanTraffickingHotline.org. The toll-free phone, SMS text lines, and online chat function are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Help is available in English, Spanish, Creole, or in more than 200 additional languages. The National Hotline is not managed by law enforcement, immigration, or an investigative agency. Correspondence with the National Hotline is confidential and you may request assistance or report a tip anonymously.