BIG BEND COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING MEETING
Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:00 PM St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Building “Nature’s Classroom” 1255 Lighthouse Road St. Marks, FL 32355
Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:00 PM St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Building “Nature’s Classroom” 1255 Lighthouse Road St. Marks, FL 32355
Fri, June 1, 2018 – 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Fort Coombs Armory | 66 4th Street Apalachicola, FL 32320 This program will focus on the knowledge and skills…
UF/IFAS Extension Madison Co. | 184 NW College Loop | Madison, FL 32340 Friday, May 4, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT) This program will focus on the…
Friday, April 13 at 2 PM – 4 PM Gadsden County Health Department, 278 Lasalle Leffall Drive, Quincy, FL 32351 This program will focus on the knowledge and skills to…
Friday, March 30 at 2 PM – 4 PM UF/IFAS Extension Office, Wakulla County, 84 Cedar Avenue, Crawfordville, FL 32327 This program will focus on the knowledge and skills to…
Very Young Girls is an exposé of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in New York City as they are sold on the streets by pimps and treated as adult criminals by police. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services), a recovery agency. The showing will be followed by a panel discussion.
Human trafficking law and policy experts will explore a wide range of topics and focus on how we, as a community, can engage more fully to see just and fair outcomes in trafficking cases. They will answer the question: What can we all do to bring a “full cup of justice” to trafficking survivors and ensure that all in the justice system are informed and aware of the prevalence of human trafficking and its impacts on clients and cases.
This forum will focus on the issues of human trafficking in Gadsden County including both sex and labor trafficking. Local law enforcement, healthcare and human service providers, the faith community, educational professionals, and community leaders will present information and hold an open forum to discuss human trafficking and needed community responses.
This program will focus on the knowledge and skills to recognize and treat human trafficking survivors in a health care setting, with a special emphasis on public health. CME/CEU to be applied for general licensure credit for physicians, nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists, dentists, dental hygienists, and other health care professionals and human trafficking required licensure credit for nurses.
Food Chains sheds light on how Florida farmworkers are battling to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the U.S. Their story is one of hope and promise for the triumph of morality over corporate greed. A panel of experts will follow the film featuring Dr. Mark McNease, founder of RedEye Coffee, Dr. Maria Pouncey from Panhandle Area Education Consortium (PAEC), Dr. Joseph Grzywacz and FSU Professor Terry Coonan from the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.