Preventing and Intervening in the Labor Trafficking of Students

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar in this series, Preventing and Intervening in the Labor Trafficking of Students, scheduled for:

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 from 3:00-4:15pm ET/

In the United States, the primary job of school-aged young people is that of student, but this is not the case for all our young people. In 2021, the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund estimated that global child labor, including child labor trafficking, rose from 152 million in 2016 to 160 million children in 2020 (International Labour Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, 2021). Child labor trafficking doesn’t just happen in other countries, it also takes place here in the United States. Students who are forced to work long hours, often before they can complete schoolwork, or in dangerous jobs are less equipped to achieve in school given the trauma of their forced labor. In this webinar, we will explore what labor trafficking looks like in the United States and talk to subject matter experts, individuals with lived experience, and practitioners about how you can support students who are involved in labor trafficking.

Speakers

• Ruth Ryder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Katherine Kaufka Walts, Director, Center for Human Rights of Children, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
• Sheri Lochridge Combs, Senior Program Manager, Human Trafficking Special Populations, Covenant House New Orleans, LA
• Yuri Guerrero, Lived Experience Expert and Advocate, TX

This webinar will be recorded and posted to the event page a day after the event. The event page link is here: https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/events/webinar/human-trafficking-webinar-series-preventing-and-intervening-labor-trafficking

NCSSLE does not offer certificates or CEUs, but if you email ncssle@air.org after the event we can confirm your participation.