"Collaborating to Keep Kids Safe Across Systems and Across the State: A Focus on Florida’s Schools" https://youtu.be/IwLmjNjbkyE Schools are vital to an effective community response to human trafficking. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has been a leader in informing educators and all Floridians about human trafficking. Recent FDOE rules require each school to develop…
WEBINAR: 1 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern / 12 – 1:30 p.m. Central, Friday, July 1 https://youtu.be/ZGFxusQUjp4 Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center, the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Florida’s Department of Children and Families invite you to participate the monthly Third Friday Community Training Program: "Survivor Teachings: A Process of Healing and Hope” online…
Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m., EST Friday, August 21, 2020 https://youtu.be/q1POxWrFEPk Hosted by: Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF. Audio will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early. The Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT), The Survive and Thrive…
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM The speaker for this meeting will be Patrick Crough, Special Agent Supervisor, Ft. Myers Regional Operations Center, Florida Department of Law Enforcement. This virtual meeting will be held using USA-Webex. Log-in information will be sent in a separate email next week.
Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m., EST Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 https://youtu.be/4GKo7u5Hci4 Hosted by: Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF. Audio will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early. The Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT), The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and the Florida…
This free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC is organizing during this time of social distancing and to keep up our Third Friday training schedule. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us! https://youtu.be/NcR5LhwCMLI Friday, October 16, 2020…
November 19, 2020, Noon – 2:00 pm ET Free online training Every healthcare professional, including the mental health practitioner, holds a unique and trusted position in our world, making it imperative that they are fully informed about human trafficking. This session will meet the requirements of Florida law regarding human trafficking education and help attendees…
This free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC is organizing during this time of social distancing and to keep up our Third Friday training schedule. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us! https://youtu.be/_AUFWCvXk8w November 20, 2020 1:00 PM –…
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Location: Online via Zoom Description: This event will feature a human trafficking survivor-centered discussion and highlight the challenges faced by survivors across the greater Tallahassee area. Due to its complexity and the harm caused by trafficking, survivors face a multitude of barriers as they work…
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Location: Online via Zoom Description: The IRC and STAC provide services to domestic and foreign-born survivors of human trafficking. The IRC’s unique experience in working with diverse immigrant and refugee communities provides the context for this conversation to explore the many ways immigrants are victimized…
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Online via Zoom Description: “Operation Innocence,” a coordinated local, state and federal sting operation, here in Tallahassee resulted in the arrest of over 170 people in a child sex trafficking network. We know that traffickers target children online and since the advent of COVID-19,…
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Tune in on the radio: 88.9FM TUNE IN HERE Description: A panel of representatives from the community and beyond, including the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center, the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Leon County Commission Chair Rick Minor and Holland & Knight attorney…