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SUMMARY:Step into the Light: Education and Engagement on Human Trafficking Issues
DESCRIPTION:A Life Preservers Project Webinar\n\nLife Preservers Project and Page One Legal invite you to join us for a panel presentation on stepping up action against trafficking of human beings in the digital age. \nRegister for Webinar\nThe purpose of the webinar is to share information on how to make better use of existing tools and garner relationships with law enforcement and legal professions to prevent and combat human trafficking in the digital age.  We will discuss key challenges in identifying victims\, investigating cases\, and prosecuting perpetrators of human trafficking offenses committed with the use of information and communication technology\, human rights challenges linked to the use of technology in tackling trafficking in human beings\, and how governments and international organizations can strengthen collaboration with businesses and civil society. \nModerator:\nAndrew Kent\, COO of Page One Legal \n\n\nAndrew currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Page One Legal in Nashville\, TN. Andrew has spent over 15 years in the eDiscovery and litigation industries after receiving his BA from the University of Wisconsin and his JD from the Catholic University of America\, Columbus School of Law. In his role as Chief Operating Officer at Page One Legal\, he is responsible for leadership accountability\, removing obstacles and problem solving\, and integrating all major functions between departments as well as handling all day-to-day functions. The idea that eDiscovery workflows and technology can be used to reduce the burdens of discovery and empower litigants to focus on case merits is his driving force. He has hosted numerous webinars including the Virtual One Conference\, The 15 on the 15th\, and the Litigator’s Lunch. \n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nBarbara Martinez\, Holland & Knight LLP\n\n\n\nBarbara A. Martinez is a member of Holland & Knight’s Global Compliance and Investigation Team in the firm’s Miami office. She focuses her law practice on internal corporate investigations\, corporate compliance and training\, and white collar criminal defense. Part of her practice includes offering anti-trafficking compliance programs for businesses. She also advises companies\, educational institutions\, and organizations about risk management relating to electronic data collection and internal threat management policies. She routinely conducts anti-trafficking and anti-money laundering training for financial institutions\, companies\, educators\, and medical professionals. \nPrior to joining Holland & Knight last year\, Ms. Martinez served as the Chief of the Special Prosecutions Section at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida in Miami. In this capacity\, she tried human trafficking cases and supervised federal prosecutors who handled cases involving international and domestic human trafficking\, money laundering\, child exploitation\, extortion\, international kidnappings\, and other transnational crimes. Ms. Martinez was also the Human Trafficking Coordinator and the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for the Southern District of Florida for more than a decade. As the Coordinator for these programs\, Ms. Martinez spearheaded coordination efforts between law enforcement\, prosecutors\, non-governmental organizations\, and private industries to more effectively prevent and identify human trafficking and child exploitation\, as well as to investigate and successfully prosecute cases. She teaches a human trafficking seminar at the University of Miami School of Law. \nSome of her notable honors and awards include: 2020 Leadership and Advocacy Resilience Award from Ark of Freedom Alliance for her anti-trafficking work; 2018 Attorney General’s Award for the prosecution of a case involving sex trafficking of minors in Honduras; 2018 Dade County Bar Association’s Women of Distinction Government Award; 2016-2017 Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow; 2015 Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney for the prosecution of a sex trafficking case involving more than 50 adult victims; 2013 Women in Federal Law Enforcement’s Top Prosecutor Award; and Department of Justice’s 2011 Outstanding Overall Partnership Coalition Group Award for her work and contributions on cases involving domestic sex trafficking of minors. \n\n\n\nRobin Thompson\, Executive Director of The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, M.A.\, J.D.\, is the Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\, non-profit agency she co-founded in 2015 to assist survivors of human trafficking. She also is an active member and co-chairs the Social Services Committee for the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Robin’s consulting firm\, Robin H. Thompson and Associates\, represents a wide range of clients including the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights where she assists in the Center’s work on human trafficking. \nIn 2001\, she traveled to Bangladesh as a part of a U.S. State Department mission\, which included a site visit to a trafficking rescue shelter in Dhaka – this trip inspired her work to help build awareness about human trafficking. From 2002 to the present\, she has directed numerous local and statewide anti-trafficking projects. Robin has lectured extensively on the topics of violence against women and human trafficking. She is a contributor to numerous national and international publications and curricula including a domestic violence and human trafficking on-line Continuing Medical Education (CME) course for the Florida Medical Association. \nIn addition to her anti-trafficking work\, Robin’s areas of expertise include domestic and sexual violence law and policy analysis\, Violence Against Women Act implementation\, adult domestic violence fatality reviews\, workplace violence law and policy and health care issues. Robin has served on and held leadership positions on local\, state and national boards and committees and has chaired the local Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls\, where she lives in Tallahassee\, Florida. \nRobin served as the Executive Director for Florida’s first Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence from 1993-1998. At the request of the U. S. Department of Justice\, Robin served on the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women. She graduated from Florida State University College of Law in 1984. In addition to her law degree\, she holds an M.A. from Florida State University and a B.A. from American University in Washington\, D.C. where she graduated summa cum laude in 1981. \n\n\n\nGregory Zarzaur\, Founder of The Zarzaur Firm\n\n\n\nGregory Zarzaur dedicates his law practice to representing crime victims in civil litigation and increasing awareness of crime victim rights within both the civil and criminal justice system. His work is inspired by the courage and resolve of the survivors he represents. \nWhen not in the courtroom fighting for his clients\, Greg is active in educating his colleagues and victim advocates about the civil remedy provisions within state and federal human trafficking laws that can be utilized to directly support survivors. Over the last twenty years\, Greg’s goal has stayed consistent: earn the trust and respect of his clients\, the Court\, and his opponents. Greg is a proud husband and father. He is an avid fan of the University of Notre Dame where he was a walk-on football player under Hall of Fame Coach Lou Holtz. \n\n\nBrought to you in partnership by:\n  \n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/step-into-the-light-education-and-engagement-on-human-trafficking-issues/
CATEGORIES:Training and Awareness
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SUMMARY:Helping Florida Schools Keep Kids Safe from Human Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Watch the On-demand Replay: https://youtu.be/prxtvfWdL8w \nHelping Florida Schools Keep Kids Safe from Human Trafficking \nPresented by: Elizabeth Fisher Good\, Kyra Montaque\, and Shannon Meyer from Selah Way \nHosted by: Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center and Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking \nRegister at: tinyurl.com/4d8yj46p \nAUDIO will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early. \nFree Webinar Certificate \nThis free\, certificate webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC are providing 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! The Florida Department of Education mandates that all school districts educate students and staff about\nhuman trafficking. One program doing this work through a “train the trainer” model is Selah Way Foundation\, a global network of best practices and service providers in the global anti-sex trafficking movement. The Selah Way Foundation has developed a program to provide school districts\, including all faculty/staff and K-12th graders with S.P.E.A.K. UP\, a unique train-the-trainer model. Student Prevention Education & Advocacy for kids (S.P.E.A.K. UP) is a turn-key train the trainer model that provides schools and beyond with a top-down approach ensuring all faculty and staff are educated on how to protect students and recognize the red flags\, and includes curricula for K-12th grade students. Presenters with the Selah Way Foundation will discuss the issue of human trafficking\, schools\, and how local communities can develop programming using a collaborative model. They also will focus on how important it is for\nchildren to be informed about both sex and labor trafficking and how to partner in community with local programs\, child welfare\, and other local stakeholders. \nContact STAC at (850) 597-2080 or STAC@SurviveAndThriveAdvocacy.org \n### \nABOUT OUR SPEAKERS: \nKyra Montaque is the Southeast Prevention Coordinator for Selah Freedom. She spent 7 years working for the public school system and her goal was to ensure the success of all children regardless of background. Since coming on board with Selah Freedom in 2017 Kyra now carries the same passion she had in the classroom with her to work to prevent and equip not only children\, but also adults with the knowledge that is needed to end sex trafficking and exploitation. In her current role she is able to create the trainings and curriculum needed to bring awareness to this issue but also train and speak on the problems that our young people face and what adults can do to be a part of the solution. \nShannon Meyer is an educator turned teacher-advocate with a passion for empowering teachers and parents with the knowledge and freedom of being trauma-informed and creating all-access instruction. As an educator from inner-city Los Angeles\, she transitioned to a role as an instructional coach and watched teachers and school leaders respond with tremendous enthusiasm to the knowledge of the brain and how it impacts learning and student interactions.  \nIn addition\, receiving training and certification under the Gates College-Ready Promise Grant\, Shannon is skilled at identifying the most powerful levers of success for planning\, instruction\, and classroom management. Using the power of the whole-child approach to education\, as well as other training in Positive Discipline and Cognitive Coaching\, she has been able to empower teachers and school leaders to know their students more deeply and respond\, rather than react.  This knowledge is also empowering to students as they learn how to better listen and communicate with each other.   \nWhether school leaders want to unify their staff\, or teachers want to reduce student conflict\, Shannon believes that knowing how information is processed in the brain is key to building a more cohesive and healthy school community.  She has a passion and love for supporting educators and creating custom learning experiences to grow their practice. \nElizabeth Fisher Good became a leader in the anti-sex trafficking movement by co-founding Selah Freedom. She has been instrumental in providing freedom to nearly 10\,000 survivors since 2011. Out of Selah Freedom\, another dream has been born. The Selah Way Foundation created in 2018 collaboratively brings together the leading organizations across the United States and globally to provide best practices and proven models to eradicate sex trafficking and sexual abuse. Three initiatives work together to achieve this goal: Prevention\, Protection\, and Provision. \nElizabeth is a passionate pioneer and inspirational thought leader with a desire to expose the root of the issue behind sex trafficking\, childhood sexual abuse. She is the author of Groomed (Harper Collins\, 2020)\, which recounts her own story of loss\, trauma\, and triumph. Fisher Good dedicates her life to helping women from all backgrounds discover how to live free from past traumas\, strongholds\, and lies they may have been groomed to believe about themselves. She guides readers toward an understanding that grooming is often subtle\, but it’s always life-altering. She offers readers a way to overcome their past\, starting with an all-important but rarely explored concept. \nThe concept is a selah\, or a time of rest and reflection\, and helps explore active ways to forgive and move forward to a whole new level of freedom. Elizabeth’s authentic\, transparent\, and natural approach is refreshing and comforting to readers\, no matter their stage of life. She is empathetic yet all resolve. \nSRQ Magazine\, in their article Fight For the Innocents\, describes Elizabeth as “Part healer\, part businesswoman\, all resolve—if Selah Freedom is bringing light into the darkness\, as the slogan says\, then Fisher is the one behind the megawatt.” She is the recipient of the prestigious New York City Global Business Leader Award and The Tampa Bay Business Woman of the Year Award. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/helping-florida-schools-keep-kids-safe-from-human-trafficking/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth
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SUMMARY:Understanding Human Trafficking Survivor-Centered Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Human Trafficking Survivor-Centered Approaches \nFree Certificate Webinar \nMarch 19\, 2021 \n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM \n“Survivor-centered\,” “survivor-led\,” “survivor-informed\,” “ally” – these are all terms that are commonly used in the anti-trafficking field\, but what do they really mean? \nJoin us to learn about safe\, respectful\, and effective anti-trafficking collaboration with survivors. \nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \nADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Presentation Links and Resources \nMEET OUR SPEAKERS:\nBethany Gilot is a National Consultant on anti-human trafficking initiatives from training and program development to state/federal policy. Bethany has years of experience working in the anti-trafficking field both domestically and internationally.  Bethany previously served as the Statewide Human Trafficking Prevention Director for Florida’s state child welfare and juvenile justice agencies. She worked to strengthen systems of care for trafficked youth. She implemented legislation\, created agency policy\, and oversaw all state-level efforts to identify and serve minor survivors of human trafficking. In addition to public service\, Bethany has worked within NGOs serving sex trafficking survivors in Florida and India. \n——————— \nJamie Rosseland is a consultant in the field of anti-trafficking work with expertise in the coordination of care and program development for victims and survivors of sexual exploitation\, development and implementation of trauma-competent and survivor-centered digital marketing strategies\, and has been active in local government and statewide level policy advocacy. \nThrough sharing her lived experiences and unique perspective\, Jamie is committed to change the cultural view of the sex trade and address systems that drive demand. She has experience working as a survivor advocate providing mentorship\, court advocacy\, and care coordination to youth impacted by sexual exploitation with the Open Doors Outreach Network with Voices for Florida. Jamie has presented at countless community events\, statewide summits\, and national conferences. \nCurrently\, Jamie serves on the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice’s State Advisory Group and is working with the United Nations University with an international team to develop policy recommendations regarding the intersection of justice systems and human trafficking. She has also been accepted into the 2021 Social Scholar Program at Florida State University\, where she is working on earning her degree in interdisciplinary social sciences. \nIn 2018\, Jamie won the Survivor Advocate of the Year award presented by the Florida Attorney General for her outstanding work with exploited youth. When not working in direct services or educating the community\, Jamie also utilizes her creative and strategic eye to enhance the marketing and social media campaigns of anti-trafficking nonprofits and consults with academics on research methodologies and practices. Jamie oversees social media strategy and digital outreach efforts for several nonprofits that serve survivors of trafficking. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/understanding-human-trafficking-survivor-centered-approaches-2/
CATEGORIES:Training and Awareness
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SUMMARY:Legal Advocacy: Rebuilding a Life After Childhood Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Paolo Annino\, JD\, PhD (Glass Professor of Public Interest Law @FSU College of Law) \,\nGigi Green\, Melody Andrews\, Daynica Harley \nREGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/3jA8lsK
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/legal-advocacy-rebuilding-a-life-after-childhood-trafficking/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth
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SUMMARY:Perspectives: The Impact of Sex Trafficking on Black Women & Girls
DESCRIPTION:Register Now for Monday’s Webinar in Recognition of Black History Month \nPerspectives: The Impact of Sex Trafficking on Black Women & Girls \nMonday\, Feb 22\, 2021 from 11am – 12:30pm \nPanelists:  \nMaire Norman\, Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center \nChanel Dione\, Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center \nModerated by: \nYolanda Pourciau\, Yolanda Speaks
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/perspectives-the-impact-of-sex-trafficking-on-black-women-girls/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T143000
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SUMMARY:Danger Warning!  Social Media and Sex Trafficking Recruitment
DESCRIPTION:The Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) and The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)  invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly 3rd Friday Community Training Program \n  \nProgram: Danger Warning! Social Media and Sex Trafficking Recruitment \nDate: February 19\, 2021 \nThis free\, certificate 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! Since the onset of the pandemic especially\, social media is increasingly being exploited to contact\, recruit\, and sell children and youth for sex. Some traffickers use online ads to target victims\, or they will send a friend/follow requests to young people in their region\, proceed to strike up a conversation\, and develop online friendships. These conversations may start off friendly and innocent\, but then the traffickers will begin to use manipulation to charm their potential victims. The online friendship quickly evolves to a romantic relationship\, and this is where the sextortion techniques are used to lure their victims into human trafficking. During this session\, attendees will learn to recognize signs of social media recruitment\, and how traffickers lure their victims on the internet. Attendees will learn about the dangers of popular social media dating sites and apps. This session will also discuss popular emojis and their hidden meaning used to communicate sexual gestures when texting or communicating on internet sites and social media apps. \nPresenter: Marina Anderson\, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking\nCoordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. \nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International\nRescue Committee. \nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \nPresentation PPT: Danger Warning! Social Media Sex Trafficking Recruitment is on the rise since Covid 19 pandemic \n \n\n\nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/social-media-and-sex-trafficking/
CATEGORIES:Labor Trafficking,Training and Awareness
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SUMMARY:Preventing and Understanding Human Trafficking of Youth
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, January 28\, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation: Online via Zoom \n\n\n\nDescription: This conversation will be directed to students in local universities and high schools to educate these young members of the community about human trafficking\, its prevalence\, and how to protect themselves and their peers. This event will be hosted in partnership with Leon County Schools and other student groups to ensure age-appropriate content. \n\n\n\n JOIN HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContacts: Kristina Bailey\, Kristina.Bailey@rescue.org or JC Torres\, Juan.torres@rescue.org
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/preventing-and-understanding-human-trafficking-of-youth-2/
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SUMMARY:Labor Trafficking: The Story of Immigrant Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Labor Trafficking: The Story of Immigrant Survivors \nDate: Thursday\, January 28th\, 2021\, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. \nLocation: Online via Zoom \nOn 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.\nPanelists include anti-human trafficking experts and members of law-enforcement agencies.\nLabor 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.\n\nList of confirmed panelist:\n•Mr. Cristobal Perez – Program Analyst\n•Mr. Terry Coonan – Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights and Associate Professor for Law and Criminology at FSU\n•Ms. Kelly Ann Whelan – Policy Analyst at USCRI\n•Ms. Robin Hassler Thompson – Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\n\nThis 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.\nFor more information\, please contact Ms. Chandler Swenson at Chandler.Swenson@Rescue.org\nTo 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.\n\n\nJoin here:     Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/ircinflorida/ \nCost: Free \nContacts: Kristina Bailey\, Kristina.Bailey@rescue.org or JC Torres\, Juan.torres@rescue.org
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/labor-trafficking-the-story-of-immigrant-survivors-2/
CATEGORIES:Survivors
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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: Stories of Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, January 26\, 2021\, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. \nLocation: Online via Zoom \nDescription: On Tuesday\, January 26th\, 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. \nPanelists include anti-human trafficking experts and members of law-enforcement agencies.\nThe Stories of Survivors will bring forward the human element of human trafficking\, focusing on a survivor-centered discussion designed to highlight the challenges faced by survivors across Tallahassee. Due to its complexity and the harm caused by trafficking\, survivors face a multitude of barriers as they work to rebuild lives. Members of the community will learn about these issues and ways they can engage in solutions to preventing human trafficking.\n\nList of confirmed guest speakers:\n•Ms. J’ere Clark – Senior Child Protective Investigator Human Trafficking Specialist\n•Ms. Kristina Bailey – IRC Human Trafficking Caseworker\n•Ms. Caridad Mas-Batchelor – Task Force\nCoordinator\, South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force\n•Ms. Graciela Marquina – Victim’s Assistant Director at the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\n\nThis 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.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Ms. Chandler Swenson at Chandler.Swenson@Rescue.org\n\nTo 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.\nCost: Free    \nJoin here:    https://www.facebook.com/ircinflorida/ \n  \n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-stories-of-survivors-2/
CATEGORIES:Survivors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T161918Z
UID:6136-1611599400-1611604800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:A Victim-Centered Approach to Health Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month\, The John J. Brunetti Human Trafficking Academy is pleased to present A Victim-Centered Approach to Health Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking. Victim-centered and trauma-informed approaches are hallmarks of effective services – inclusive of healthcare – to survivors of human trafficking. Learn from our distinguished panel of doctors championing these issues as they work to combat human trafficking in the medical field through victim identification\, comprehensive health care\, and beyond. The John J. Brunetti Human Trafficking Academy of St. Thomas University Law School is proud to partner with the University of Miami Health Systems THRIVE Clinic\, Rotarian Public Health Fellowship\, and Rotary District 6990 on this event. \nThis webinar is free and open to the public domestically and internationally with registration. \n REGISTER
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/a-victim-centered-approach-to-health-care-for-survivors-of-human-trafficking/
CATEGORIES:Healthcare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20210121T141016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210121T211116Z
UID:6150-1611576000-1611580500@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Stolen Childhoods: Children and Human Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Please make plans to join us for our first Professional Network of 2021 as we recognize Human Trafficking Awareness Month. We will discuss incidence rates\, identification\, and available resources for youth and families. We will look at gaps that exist in our system of care to determine how collectively we can address the sinister manipulation that is stealing childhood. Our guest speakers represent Survive & Thrive Advocacy Center\, Voices for Florida\, and the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. \nAs with other Professional Network meetings\, we will build in time for you to connect with one another and share your own announcements. If you have materials you’d like to share\, please send them in advance! \n RSVP HERE
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/stolen-childhoods-children-and-human-trafficking/
CATEGORIES:Training and Awareness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T135207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T195438Z
UID:5959-1611228600-1611235800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking and the Law: Looking Through a Wider Lens
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, January 21\, 2021\, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDescription: What is the role of the private sector in addressing and helping to end human trafficking? What roles do we play as attorneys in civil practice\, business owners and leaders\, and consumers? What role does government play and is there a place for public/private partnership and collaboration in addressing the eradication of both sex and labor trafficking? And what about the “supply chains” of goods and services – how can we work to make sure that enslaved people have not produced the food we eat and other goods and services we rely on? These questions and more will be the focus of this program. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Martinez\, of Holland & Knight\, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and FSU College of Law Public Interest Law Center’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Project. \n\n\n\nThis program has been approved by the Florida Bar for 2.5 hours of General CLE Certification Credits \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://fsu.forms-db.com/view.php?id=1017598 \n\n\n\nHosts/Sponsors: FSU College of Law\, FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights\, the International Rescue Committee (IRC)\, the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\, the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, Legal Services of North Florida\, Tallahassee Women Lawyers\, Florida Government Bar Association\, and Advocates for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (AIRR) and Trafficking in America Task Force of the FSU College of Law. \n\n\n\nCost: Free \n\n\n\nContact: Robin Hassler Thompson\, STAC\, 850-597-2080 robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org \n  \n\n  \n\nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-and-the-law-looking-through-a-wider-lens/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210119T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20210105T152246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T153639Z
UID:6034-1611050400-1611055800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:The Impact of Trauma on Human Trafficking Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, January 19\, 2021\, 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.\nLocation: Online via Zoom\nDescription: This panel discussion will focus on the science of trauma\, how it impacts the brain and how it manifests itself in the lives of survivors; including physically\, psychologically and in society. It will be moderated by Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Simone Marstiller. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G8e25JQMSDecq5lYHP5a5g\nSponsor and Hosts: Florida Alliance to End Human Trafficking and Voices for Florida\nContact: Erin Collins\, Florida Alliance to End Human Trafficking 850-570-1492;\nerin@floridaallianceendht.com \n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/the-impact-of-trauma-on-human-trafficking-survivors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210115T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T135331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T195340Z
UID:5961-1610708400-1610713800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking and Working with our Neighbor: Georgia’s Anti-Trafficking Initiatives
DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, January 15\, 2021\, 11- 12:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDescription: The Georgia state line is less than 30 minutes from many of us in North Florida\, making it of great value to learn from our neighbor to the north about how we can collaborate to prevent human trafficking\, protect victims\, and bring traffickers to justice. This presentation will introduce you to Georgia’s anti-human trafficking work and feature presenters who are experts in state and local anti-trafficking efforts. Topics will include protective responses to child sex and labor trafficking (and Georgia’s recent work with local Child Advocacy Centers and youth who are victims of child sexual exploitation and trafficking)\, recent findings and recommendations from a new report on labor trafficking\, and how we can assist one another in our anti-trafficking advocacy and survivor support. All BBCAHT members\, anti-trafficking advocates and service providers\, local task forces and coalitions\, child welfare agencies\, law enforcement\, attorneys\, the faith community and many more can benefit greatly to know about Georgia’s work and how we can coordinate to assist and support trafficking survivors. At the end of the formal presentation\, there will be an informal discussion and time for questions. Presenters: Erica Mortonson\, LCSW\, Human Trafficking Unit Supervisor\, and Elina Acosta\, Human Trafficking Planner and Policy Development Specialist\, GA Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; Victor Williams\, Coordinator\, GA Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking. \n\n\n\nRegister here: https://tinyurl.com/yatzdmhb  \n\n\n\nCost: Free. This is the first monthly “3rd Friday” human trafficking training program for 2021. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC and the International Rescue Committee\, in affiliation with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) \n\n\n\nContact: STAC\, stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \n  \n\n  \n\nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-and-working-with-our-neighbor-georgias-anti-trafficking-initiatives/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T140340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T160958Z
UID:5970-1610650800-1610654400@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:4th Annual Gadsden County Human Trafficking Community  Forum
DESCRIPTION:SOCIAL JUSTICE TABLE TALK\n\n\n\nMidway\, January 14\, 2021 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm \n \n\n\n\nLET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD\n\n\n\nSurvive and Thrive Advocacy Center invites you to join in on the 4th Annual Gadsden County Human Trafficking Community Forum\, a pivotal discussion geared toward developing social justice reform and helping survivors of human trafficking in Gadsden County. Table Talks are a series of informational community-led forums created to bring communities together to make a change. We want to hear your thoughts\, concerns\, and solutions for your County. This conversation is an opportunity to have your voice heard. Join us on January 14 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm for the 4th Annual Gadsden Count Human Trafficking Community Forum. \n\n\n\nThis is forum will allow concerned community members to come together to discuss challenges and resources in Gadsden County to bring about change. \n \n\n\n\nPastor Douglas Harris of Midway Unity Fellowship Church will lead the discussions about these topics and more\, including greater issues of social justice\, how human trafficking impacts the community and resources. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the discussion here\n\n\n\n\nWhat to expect and how to prepare: \n\n\n\nEach Table Talk will be a casual discussion\, with no preparation required: come as you are and know your thoughts and input will be valued. \n\n\n\n\nLet your voice be heard here\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/4th-annual-gadsden-county-human-trafficking-community-forum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T140051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T215414Z
UID:5968-1610550000-1610553600@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry
DESCRIPTION:January 13\, 2021  \n\n\n\n3:00PM- 4:00 PM Eastern | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Central \n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO JOIN\n\n\n\n\nThis free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT\, STAC\, and others in the Big Bend of Florida are organizing during this time of social distancing and in observation of January\, National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us! \n\n\n\nThe hospitality industry is one of the places where traffickers commonly exploit victims for both labor and sex. Trafficking victims can be hidden from plain sight and not recognized as victims unless hotel guests and staff learn the signs of a potential trafficking situation. Staff in the hospitality industry must be able to recognize the signs and be prepared to act if they observe a potential human trafficking situation in their establishment. After completing this training\, participants will understand the definitions of both labor and sex trafficking and relevant state and federal laws\,  will be able to recognize the signs\, and will know how to report human trafficking. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Marina Anderson\, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human  Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions.  \n\n\n\nAttendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early. \n\n\n\n\nClick here to register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International  Rescue Committee.  \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-in-the-hospitality-industry/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210107T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T135528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T160958Z
UID:5963-1610017200-1610020800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:“Perspectives” Call-In Radio Show on WFSU (88.9 FM)
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, January 7\, 2021\, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation: Tune in on the radio: 88.9FM TUNE IN HERE \n\n\n\n\n\nDescription: 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 Barbara Martinez will provide an overview of topical human trafficking issues and local events including anti-trafficking activities for the private sector\, public and private sector partnerships\, community awareness\, local human trafficking cases and much more. \n\n\n\nCost: Free Contact: Robin Hassler Thompson\, robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/perspectives-call-in-radio-show-on-wfsu-88-9-fm-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210106T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T135742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T151237Z
UID:5965-1609934400-1609938000@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:The Rotary Club of Tallahassee - Protecting Youth from Human Trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, January 6\, 2021\, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation: Online via Zoom \n\n\n\nDescription: “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\, these youth are even more vulnerable to being both sex and labor trafficked. What can we do to make sure that youth are protected from being trafficked\, especially online?  What else do we need to know and take action to collaborate to stop human trafficking? This lunch presentation will address these issues and more. Presenters: Marina Anderson\, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for NE and NW Regions and Robin Hassler Thompson\, Exec. Dir.\, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC). \n\n\n\nSponsor and Host: The Rotary Club of Tallahassee \n\n\n\nCost: Free Contact: Kim Koutnik\, koutnikk@yahoo.com to register and for link to join.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/the-rotary-club-of-tallahassee-protecting-youth-from-human-trafficking/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201227T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201227T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T134947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201230T134947Z
UID:5955-1609063200-1609110000@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Labor Trafficking: The Story of Immigrant Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, January 27\, 2021\, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.\n\n\n\nLocation: Online via Zoom\n\n\n\nDescription: 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 by human trafficking. This program will explore the specific subject of labor trafficking and its prevalence in the rural regions of the state and discuss issues surrounding supply chains and consumer support for trafficking-free goods and services.\n\n\n\nJoin here: \n\n\n\nhttps://rescue.zoom.us/j/93361623151?pwd=QjJ3dlFBNjF4OE10TWRPeGtKNFpnZz09\n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 933 6162 3151 – Passcode: 331481\n\n\n\nOR on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/ircinflorida/\n\n\n\nCost: Free\n\n\n\nContacts: Kristina Bailey\, Kristina.Bailey@rescue.org or JC Torres\, Juan.torres@rescue.org
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/labor-trafficking-the-story-of-immigrant-survivors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201226T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201230T135040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201230T135040Z
UID:5957-1608991200-1608994800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: Stories of Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, January 26\, 2021\, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.\n\n\n\nLocation: Online via Zoom\n\n\n\nDescription: 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 to rebuild their lives. Members of the community will learn about these issues and ways they can engage in solutions to prevent human trafficking and support survivors.\n\n\n\nCost: Free\n\n\n\nJoin here:  \n\n\n\nhttps://rescue.zoom.us/j/92894349722?pwd=a2dxUkFtRlcyZjZMMWxOd3c4cklOdz09\n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 928 9434 9722 – Passcode: 657729\n\n\n\nOR on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/ircinflorida/\n\n\n\nContacts: Kristina Bailey\, Kristina.Bailey@rescue.org or JC Torres\, Juan.torres@rescue.org
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-stories-of-survivors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201014T175629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T132155Z
UID:6245-1605877200-1605882600@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking Survivors and the Florida Juvenile Justice System
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \n\n\n\nNovember 20\, 2020 \n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central  \n\n\n\nWhat happens when children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation or whose labor has been exploited become involved with the juvenile justice system? This presentation introduces audiences to human trafficking in Florida and describes what happens when juvenile trafficking victims encounter the juvenile justice system. The audience will learn about how the juvenile justice and child welfare systems team up to identify possible victims\, the statewide structure guiding anti-trafficking policy for exploited children\, and considerations specific to 2020 and the ongoing pandemic. \n\n\n\nMeet our panelists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jasmine Armstrong has worked for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice since 2017 in the Office of Research and Data Integrity as a research analyst for a study exploring crime characteristics of juveniles who commit sexually-related offenses. She currently serves as the Human Trafficking Intervention Coordinator for FDJJ. Prior to her employment with DJJ\, Dr. Armstrong has studied societal differences in marginalized youth and young adults. Her research interests include social stratification\, race/gender studies\, intersectionality\, and higher education. She holds a Ph.D. and MS in Sociology from Florida State University and a BA in Sociology from the University of Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatherine C. Gomez (she/her) currently serves as the Director of Human Trafficking Intervention for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). She holds a BA from the University of Florida\, an MA from the University of South Florida\, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Central Florida. She has served Florida since 2006 as a juvenile probation officer\, trainer\, researcher\, and administrator. She specializes in working with youth who have experienced human trafficking\, sexually marginalized youth\, youth who have committed sexually-related offenses\, and high-profile multijurisdictional cases.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-survivors-and-the-florida-juvenile-justice-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20201026T180118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T190316Z
UID:6247-1605787200-1605794400@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know-A Special Focus on Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:November 19\, 2020\, Noon – 2:00 pm ET\n\n\nFree online training\n\n\nEvery 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 to identify both sex and labor trafficking within their practice setting\, understand how to best respond\, and learn about resources to support trafficked persons and those who are at risk of being trafficked. Please register early. Space is limited!\n\n\n\nThis course satisfies the 2 hours of Human Trafficking training mandatory for APRNs\, RNs\, LPNs each renewal/biennium. CNAs will receive 2 hours of general credit. \n\n\n\nApplications for other healthcare provider CEUs are pending.\n\n\n\nContact Robin Hassler Thompson\, robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 with any questions.\n\n\nOur Panelists\n\n\nJay Reeve\, PhD\, President and CEO\, Apalachee Center\n\n\n\nJay Reeve\, PhD\, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Apalachee Center\, in Tallahassee\, Florida. Apalachee Center is a not-for-profit behavioral health center operating eight outpatient clinics\, three acute behavioral healthcare inpatient units\, two primary care clinics\, and six residential programs across the eight counties of Florida’s Big Bend region\, and manages the Behavioral Health Center at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. Apalachee Center employs over 500 staff\, sees about 7500 clients annually\, and has an annual budget of about 32 million dollars. Dr. Reeve also chairs the Mental Health Council of the Big Bend. Dr. Reeve received undergraduate\, graduate\, and doctoral degrees from Tufts\, Harvard\, and Adelphi Universities. He has been licensed as a clinical psychologist in Delaware\, Florida\, New York\, and Rhode Island. Dr. Reeve has held a variety of academic appointments\, including teaching faculty positions at Brown University Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; the University of Albany; Albany Medical College; Widener University; Immaculata College; the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; the University of Hartford\, and currently holds a courtesy appointment at the at Florida State University Medical College.\n\n\n\nIn 2014\, Dr. Reeve was made a Fellow of the Florida Council for Community Mental Health\, “in recognition of his unique and significant contributions to the Council”. In 2010\, Dr. Reeve was awarded the Visionary Leadership Award by the National Council for Community Behavioral Health. He was the first Florida mental health provider to win the Big Bend Mental Health Coalition’s Walk The Walk award\, in 2008. In 2005\, he received the Brown Medical School’s Outstanding Teaching Award in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.\n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, JD\, MA\, Exec. Dir\, STAC\n\n\n\nRobin is an attorney and consultant whose work focuses on human trafficking and violence against women. She provides consultation\, education and outreach to key professionals in the justice system\, social services\, and health care as well as to other community leaders and policy makers locally\, nationally\, and internationally.\n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina\, MSW\, Victim Assistance Director\, STAC\n\n\n\nGraciela has been assisting victims of human trafficking since 2011. She is a skilled researcher and interviewer\, has expertise working in non-profit agencies\, and provides training and education on human trafficking to communities around the state and the globe including both NGO’s and governmental agencies.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-what-healthcare-providers-need-to-know-a-special-focus-on-mental-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
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SUMMARY:Advocating to End Human Trafficking: Justice\, Equality and Economic Security for All
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \n\n\n\n Friday\, October 16\, 2020 \n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central  \n\n\n\nHuman trafficking does not happen in a vacuum – it is a reality keenly felt by those who are most vulnerable on account of inequality\, age\, discrimination\, violence\, and economic insecurity\, and who often lack access to healthcare\, education\, good jobs\, and other social supports. Children are particularly vulnerable and at-risk. Connecting the dots between societal inequality and human trafficking victimization is easy: creating change in a world rife with inequity is not. This program will explore ways all of us can make a difference to support the vulnerable and help build a better and more just world for those at-risk for being trafficked. We will also highlight actions we can all take and to help prevent trafficking and support child and adult survivors to heal and thrive during this time of COVID-19 and beyond.  \n\n\n\n\n\nOur Panelists\n\n\n\nSabrina Rodriguez de Conte \n\n\n\nSabrina is passionate about civic engagement\, social justice\, and advocacy for underserved communities. Sabrina has worked for various causes and nonprofit organizations including PACE Center for Girls\, Leon County Humane Society\, and Office Depot Foundation. She has a Bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Colorado in Boulder and is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at Florida State University College of Law. \n\n\n\nSabrina is a board member of the Survive & Thrive Advocacy Center and works to build awareness of the realities of human trafficking in and around the local community. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community\, Sabrina is an advocate for LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion and is a student member of the National LGBT Bar Association. In her spare time\, Sabrina enjoys spending time with her wife\, Christy\, and son\, Journey\, at the beach or on the trails. \n\n\n\nPastor Douglas McArthur Harris \n\n\n\nPastor Harris is a visionary pastor\, leader\, social activist\, and teacher engrossed in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and committed to economic justice and empowerment in underserved communities. He has been in ministry for over 20 years and serves as the senior pastor of Midway Unity Fellowship Church in Midway\, Florida. He graduated from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa\, Alabama\, where he received his bachelor’s degree in biology. After his enrollment in Jacksonville Theological Seminary\, he achieved his master’s degree and is now pursuing his doctorate in theology. \n\n\n\nRetired as a regional specialist with the Florida Education Association for 25 years\, he was president of the Gadsden Education Foundation in Quincy\, Florida\, where he would oversee and guide decision-making efforts to award educational assistance grants to teachers. He is the founder of Revive to Rebuild Ministries\, serves on the Gadsden Pregnancy Center Board\, the Executive Committee Gadsden County Baptist Association\, and the Nomination Committee Florida Baptist. \n\n\n\nCecka Rose Green\, CPM \n\n\n\nFor nearly three decades\, Cecka Rose Green\, CPM\, enjoyed a notable communications career locally\, statewide and nationally. Currently\, she serves as Regional Executive Director for the Big Bend – Tallahassee Area for Children’s Home Society of Florida. CHS programs in the Region include foster care\, adoption and independent living case management; Child Protection Team and Child Advocacy Center; Sexual Abuse Treatment Counseling Program; Early Steps; and Sabal Palm Elementary Community Partnership School™. \n\n\n\nPast positions include Director of Communications at LeadingAge Florida; Communications Director for Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Director of Communications for Voices for Florida’s Children; Vice-President/Director of Communications for P&P Communications\, Inc.; and Deputy Communications Director for the Florida Department of Children and Families. She has been quoted in USA Today\, The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times and The Miami Herald\, in addition to in multiple broadcast\, internet and print platforms. \n\n\n\nCecka is a former chair of the City of Tallahassee’s Community Improvement Advisory Council\, and she served as a member of the Tallahassee/Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. Most recently\, she was selected as one of “25 Women You Need to Know” by the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper. In 2014\, Cecka created the FAMU $10 for 10 Challenge\, a social media campaign that raised $300\,000+ for FAMU and engaged 3\,500 new donors. A 2015 FAMU NAA Distinguished Alumni\, she was selected HBCU Digest’s 2015 Alumna of the Year and was awarded the Carrie P. Meek Servant-Leader Award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc.\, Florida and the Bahamas. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, she performs executive management and public relations consulting as CEO & chief strategist for TrubyRose Strategy Group\, founded in 2019. \n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, JD\, MA – Moderator & Panelist \n\n\n\nRobin is an attorney and consultant whose work focuses on human trafficking and violence against women. She provides consultation\, education and outreach to key professionals in the justice system\, social services\, and health care as well as to other community leaders and policy makers locally\, nationally\, and internationally. \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Event Information  \n\n\n\nEvent number: 127 860 0041 Event password: Center2020  \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee.  \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080  \n\n\n\n\n\nAUDIO will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early.  \n\n\n\nClick here to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/y6hdqcdh  \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/advocating-to-end-human-trafficking-justice-equality-and-economic-security-for-all/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20200802T173115Z
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UID:6237-1600434000-1600439400@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Local Human Trafficking Task Forces and Coalitions: Promises and Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m.\, EST Friday\, Sept. 18\, 2020 \n \n\n\n\nHosted 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. \n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and the Florida Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly Third Friday Community Training Program. \n\n\n\nThis free webinar (description below) 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\, but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: The best way for local communities to support survivors of human trafficking and to bring traffickers to justice is to work together. Florida has a number of local human trafficking efforts that successfully collaborate to these ends\, and one is the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force. This session will explore the challenges in building a local coalition to end trafficking\, explore successes\, challenges\, and promising practices\, discuss the role of child welfare professionals and the Department of Children and Families on this local effort\, and provide ample time for participant questions and discussions. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS: Caridad Mas-Batchelor is the Task Force Coordinator for the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force. In this role\, she oversees the over 400-member task force funded by the Office for Victims of Crime and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.  She works collaboratively with partners and key stakeholders in the community to ensure access to information and resources.  Caridad also provides training and conducts outreach to increase awareness and identification of human trafficking survivors in the South Florida area. Caridad provides technical assistance nationally including to the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime as a peer-reviewer informing the grant application process. Previously\, she supervised the anti-trafficking caseworker and provided direct assistance to survivors for the Anti-Human Trafficking Program at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Miami. She has worked with vulnerable populations for over six years. Caridad holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University and a Master’s in Law in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law. \n\n\n\nTheresa Kennedy returned to the Department of Children and Families as the Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Southeast and Southern Regions in January 2018.  In her current role she provides guidance to Child Protection Investigators\, Case Management staff and community providers related to the identification and service provision of Human Trafficking victims\, as well as assisting with the development of legislation\, policy and procedures related to this issue.  In 1997 Ms. Kennedy was hired as a Family Services Counselor and during her time with the Department she was promoted to Family Services Counselor Supervisor.  In 2003\, Mrs. Kennedy accepted a position with ChildNet\, Inc. and served as their first Service Center Director during Broward County’s transition to community-based care.  Ms. Kennedy remained with ChildNet for 14 years and served as the Program Officer of Case Management\, Adoption and Youth Services for ChildNet\, Inc.  Her areas of expertise include independent living services\, missing persons\, intake\, case management\, adoptions\, termination of parental rights\, performance management\, advocacy\, service and resource networking\, and community partner development. Theresa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Fordham University\, and is a Certified Child Welfare Professional.  She is the former Co-Chair of the Statewide Independent Living Advisory Council and Florida Coalition for Children Independent Living Sub Committee.  She is a currently a member of the Ark of Freedom Alliance\, Collective Impact Steering Committee. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080. \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/local-human-trafficking-task-forces-and-coalitions-promises-and-pitfalls/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20200901T173305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T183643Z
UID:6239-1599660000-1599663600@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:BIG BEND COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BBCAHT) VIRTUAL MEETING
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 9\, 2020 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nThe speaker for this meeting will be Patrick Crough\, Special Agent Supervisor\, Ft. Myers Regional Operations Center\,  Florida Department of Law Enforcement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis virtual meeting will be held using USA-Webex.  Log-in information will be sent in a separate email next week.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/big-bend-coalition-against-human-trafficking-bbcaht-virtual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20200720T172909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T132349Z
UID:6235-1598014800-1598020200@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking and Gangs
DESCRIPTION:Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m.\, EST Friday\, August 21\, 2020  \n \n\n\n\nHosted 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. \n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and the Florida Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly Third Friday Community Training Program: Human Trafficking and Gangs. \n\n\n\nThis free webinar (description below) 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\, but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: Gangs conduct criminal activity in all 50 states. Although most gang activity is concentrated in major urban areas\, gangs also are proliferating in rural and suburban areas as gang members flee increasing law enforcement pressure in urban areas. During this session\, attendees will learn to recognize signs of gang involvement including gang tattoos\, terminology\, graffiti and using hand signals. Attendees will also be able to recognize the warning signs and risk factors of youth gang recruitment. This session will also discuss the female’s role in gangs and how gang sex trafficking differs from other forms of trafficking. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Marina Anderson is the Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. She joined the Department of Children and Families Office of Child Welfare Human Trafficking Team in May 2015 and began her career with DCF in 2002. For thirteen years she worked as a Child Protective Investigator (CPI) in Duval County.  In 2014\, she became a Field Support Consultant for DCF.  Marina is a recognized expert in safety methodology\, providing training and mentoring to CPI and CPIS\, and was personally recognized by Governor Rick Scott as a STAR Child Protective Investigator. Marina is a certified investigator and trainer in human trafficking\, and a subject matter expert in critical injury\, domestic violence\, physical/sexual abuse and human trafficking. Marina is also an approved Human Trafficking Trainer for the Florida Sheriff’s Association. Marina is an executive board member of the Northeast Region Human Trafficking Coalition\, Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Coalition and Panama City Human Trafficking Task Force. She is also a member of the Alachua County Coalition against Human Trafficking\, Big Bend Human Trafficking Coalition and Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force. Marina Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080  \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-and-gangs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20200623T172322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T194926Z
UID:6233-1593608400-1593613800@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Survivor Teachings: A Process of Healing and Hope
DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR: 1 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern / 12 – 1:30 p.m. Central\, Friday\, July 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurvive 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 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday\, July 17. \n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF for hosting. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: The voices of survivors are essential to our understanding of human trafficking. How do we advocate with and for survivors? What are the immediate and long-term impacts of child sex trafficking and all forms of trafficking? What should we know about survivors’ lives that will help us understand and prevent human trafficking in our communities? What is the impact of trauma? How can we as professionals in healthcare\, child welfare\, businesses and the hospitality industry\, social services\, law enforcement\, the courts\, educators\, faith community\, family members and parents\, and as neighbors understand the range and the reach of traffickers? Please attend for answers to these and other questions from AmyLynn Harrington-Smoot\, advocate and survivor of sex trafficking and Graciela Marquina\, STAC Victim Assistance Coordinator who has supported survivors for over two decades. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS: AmyLynn Harrington Smoot is a survivor and advocate working with task forces\, community-based care organizations and faith groups throughout the southeast.  She is a current consultant for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center and\, in 2018\, worked with 121 Hope\, as an ambassador and speaker on human trafficking and prevention. She was the Survivor Mentor for the Open Doors Network\, through The Florida Baptist Children’s Home\, for the Central Florida area including Orange\, Polk\, Osceola and Brevard counties from November 2017 – February 2018.  She was the Survivor Mentor for The Porch Light\, a certified safe home\, from January 2015 to February 2017. AmyLynn is a survivor from childhood sex trafficking and torture that occurred for approximately eighteen months from the time she was eight years old. AmyLynn chooses to use her knowledge in the area of sexual exploitation of children as a mentor to help other survivors\, to consult with advocates in the fight against this horrific epidemic\, and in the areas of education and awareness. She is a frequent speaker and panelist throughout the southeast United States. AmyLynn works with media companies to produce specials and stories about human trafficking.  While in Tallahassee\, she participated with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) and for the past three years has worked with the 10th Circuit Human Trafficking Task Force with education and awareness. \n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina was born and raised in Mexico City where she completed her BA in Communications\, from the Iberoamericana University. She also holds a Master’s degree in social work at Florida State University. Graciela started working at a very young age developing her interviewing skills with different populations in Mexico and the United States. While in Mexico\, she helped homeless children. She also has conducted focus groups\, and trained interviewers for social research. \n\n\n\nGraciela currently serves as the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and has worked in Tallahassee with survivors of domestic and sexual violence\, serving as Program and Shelter Manager at Refuge House. She also has consulted with the FSU Center of the Advancement of Human Rights interviewing survivors of human trafficking. For the last 20 years\, she has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking\, as well as victims of domestic and sexual violence\, assisting both immigrant and U.S. citizen survivors. Graciela has conducted numerous training programs on the topics of human trafficking\, domestic violence and sexual assault and she assists Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) both in the U.S. and in Mexico to help victims of human trafficking. Graciela has published in two peer-reviewed publications\, on topics concerning Hispanic populations. Graciela volunteers extensively in her community. She served on the Board of Directors for PACE Center for Girls\, has helped to found the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) to assist victims of trafficking\, she is an active member of the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/survivor-teachings-a-process-of-healing-and-hope/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20210226T133211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T160958Z
UID:6285-1592571600-1592577000@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Collaborating to Keep Kids Safe Across Systems and Across the State: A Focus on Florida’s Schools
DESCRIPTION:“Collaborating to Keep Kids Safe Across Systems and Across the State: A Focus on Florida’s Schools“\nhttps://youtu.be/IwLmjNjbkyE\n\n\n\n\nSchools 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 a plan on child trafficking prevention and education. Moreover\, effective and safe school response plans include collaborations with many sectors and systems: child welfare professionals\, school district leadership\, federal and local law enforcement\, mental health\, victim services providers\, culturally specific organizations\, and other appropriate community partners – all important to the development and implementation of each school’s response and to student safety and well-being. \n\n\n\nThis certificate program and training with Valerie Ellery with the Florida Department of Education (read more about her below) will address new Florida Department of Education rules regarding human trafficking education\, including how schools are impacted\, and will help to identify actionable next steps for anyone who works with children and youth: teachers\, administrators\, support staff\, parents\, child welfare professionals\, human services\, law enforcement\, justice system personnel\, and all Floridians. Understanding your role – as both a professional who works with children or as an individual – in the prevention and eradication of human trafficking is the ultimate goal of this training. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \n\n\n\nValerie Ellery is the guest speaker. She is the Human Trafficking Prevention Education Specialist and joined the Florida Department of Education’s Title IV\, Part A team in October 2019. Valerie has dedicated over 30 years to the field of education in various roles including as a National Board Certified teacher\, curriculum specialist\, international educational consultant and best-selling author. Her books and resources in the areas of literacy\, self-worth and human trafficking have been inspiring educators to motivate and engage today’s learners in classrooms and universities in 37 nations. She is currently focused on helping Florida schools by aligning child trafficking curriculum and resources to health education standards. Valerie is a devoted wife\, mother of four adult children\, and four grandchildren. She lives for creating healthy schools and families. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/collaborating-to-keep-kids-safe-across-systems-and-across-the-state-a-focus-on-floridas-schools/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth,Training and Awareness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T193042
CREATED:20200417T171708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T194747Z
UID:6229-1589547600-1589553000@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: Working With Underserved Populations
DESCRIPTION:Webinar: 1-2:30 p.m.\, Friday\, May 15\, 2020 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis training is free\, but registration is required.  \n\n\n\nWebinar Materials: \n\n\n\nHT_Underserved_May2020_5.15 – Read-Only\n\n\n\nTrafficking_AdvocacyConsiderationsRecommendations-ByAPI-GBV2017-Formatted-2019\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nThis webinar will provide an overview of human trafficking and how it affects underserved populations as well as intersects with sexual and domestic violence. This program will also help participants build on their expertise in working within their specific communities as well as highlight challenges posed during this time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Case examples of both sex and labor trafficking will be used to illustrate what constitutes human trafficking and how to best identify and respond to survivors. Specific topics to be covered will include the importance of understanding and implementing trauma-informed approaches\, confidentiality\, intersections with child welfare and the impacts on children and families\, working with law enforcement\, resources\, and building community responses. Ample opportunity for participants to ask questions and discuss concerns will be provided. \n\n\n\nOutline\n\n\n\n\nOpening and introductions\nDefinitions\, laws\, context of human trafficking (relevant statistics\, vulnerability of victims\, both adults and minors\, disproportionate impacts on underserved communities\, who are the traffickers\, mandatory reporting\, etc.)\nIntersections of human trafficking\, sexual assault\, and domestic violence\nTrauma and cultural/societal contexts of trafficking\, abuse\, risk factors\, and oppressions\nIntersections between human trafficking and sexual assault (both sex and labor trafficking) and common indicators\, particularly within underserved communities\nApproaching a survivor and survivor needs\nSurvivor-driven responses; coordinating community resources and programs; other resources\nChallenges and needs in communities\nVital role of advocacy\nQuestions and discussion\n\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\nMarina Anderson\, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. Marina joined the Department of Children and Families Office of Child Welfare Human Trafficking Team in May 2015. She began her career with DCF in 2002. For thirteen years she worked as a Child Protective Investigator (CPI) in Duval County.  In 2014\, she became a Field Support Consultant for DCF.  Marina is a recognized expert in safety methodology\, providing training and mentoring to CPI and CPIS\, and was personally recognized by Governor Rick Scott as a STAR Child Protective Investigator. Marina is a certified investigator and trainer in human trafficking\, and a subject matter expert in critical injury\, domestic violence\, physical/sexual abuse and human trafficking. Marina is also an approved Human Trafficking Trainer for the Florida Sheriff’s Association. Marina is an executive board member of the Northeast Region Human Trafficking Coalition\, Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Coalition and Panama City Human Trafficking Task Force. She is also a member of the Alachua County Coalition against Human Trafficking\, Big Bend Human Trafficking Coalition and Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force. Marina Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida. \n\n\n\nLashawn Gordon\, Director of Membership and Engagement at United Partners of Human Services. She brings extensive experience in nonprofit management\, community engagement\, leadership and program development. She has worked in the human services sector for the last 17 years. She got her start in human services by working as a Foster Home supervisor at the age of 22.  Prior to working at UPHS\, she worked at PACE Center for Girls for 15 years. While at PACE\, Lashawn helped expand the program from serving 45 girls to 70 and helped with the transition into a new facility. In 2016\, she was awarded DJJ’s Leadership Award and was named the Unsung Shero Award by the Oasis Center for Women & Girls. In 2018\, DJJ awarded her the Outstanding Service to Youth and Families Award. PACE also presented her with the statewide Creating Partnership Award.  She is a member of Leadership Tallahassee (Class 34) and currently on the Board Directors for The Alzheimer’s Project\, Inc.\, and PACE Center for Girls Leon. She is married and has one son. In her free time\, she enjoys thrift sore shopping and reading. \n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina\, MSW\, was born and raised in Mexico City where she completed her BA in Communications from the Iberoamericana University. She also holds a Masters in Social Work at Florida State University. Graciela started working at a very young age developing her interviewing skills with different populations in Mexico and the United States. While in Mexico\, she helped homeless children. She also has conducted focus groups\, and trained interviewers for social research. \n\n\n\nGraciela currently serves as the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and has worked in Tallahassee with survivors of domestic and sexual violence\, serving as Program and Shelter Manager at Refuge House. She also has consulted with the FSU Center of the Advancement of Human Rights interviewing survivors of human trafficking. For the last 20 years\, she has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking\, as well as victims of domestic and sexual violence\, assisting both immigrant and U.S. citizen survivors. Graciela has conducted numerous training programs on the topics of human trafficking\, domestic violence and sexual assault and she assists Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) both in the U.S. and in Mexico to help victims of human trafficking. Graciela has published in two peer-reviewed publications\, on topics concerning Hispanic populations. \n\n\n\nGraciela volunteers extensively in her community. She served on the Board of Directors for PACE Center for Girls\, has helped to establish the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) to assist victims of trafficking\, she is an active member of the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. \n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, M.A.\, J.D.\, is the Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\, non-profit agency she co-founded in 2015 to assist survivors of human trafficking. She also is an active member and co-chairs the Social Services Committee for the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Robin’s consulting firm\, Robin H. Thompson and Associates\, represents a wide range of clients including the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights where she assists in the Center’s work on human trafficking. \n\n\n\nIn 2001\, she traveled to Bangladesh as a part of a U.S. State Department mission\, which included a site visit to a trafficking rescue shelter in Dhaka – this trip inspired her work to help build awareness about human trafficking.  From 2002 to the present\, she has directed numerous local and statewide anti-trafficking projects. Robin has lectured extensively on the topics of violence against women and human trafficking. She is a contributor to numerous national and international publications and curricula including a domestic violence and human trafficking on-line Continuing Medical Education (CME) course for the Florida Medical Association. \n\n\n\nIn addition to her anti-trafficking work\, Robin’s areas of expertise include domestic and sexual violence law and policy analysis\, Violence Against Women Act implementation\, adult domestic violence fatality reviews\, workplace violence law and policy and health care issues.  Robin has served on and held leadership positions on local\, state and national boards and committees and has chaired the local Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls\, where she lives in Tallahassee\, Florida. \n\n\n\nRobin served as the Executive Director for Florida’s first Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence during the administration of Governor Lawton Chiles. At the request of the U. S. Department of Justice\, Robin served on the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women.  She graduated from Florida State University College of Law and in addition to her law degree\, she holds an M.A. from Florida State University and a B.A. from American University in Washington\, D.C. \n\n\n\nThis training is part of STAC’s monthly training series\, offered on the third Friday of every month\, in collaboration with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS to the Center for Child Welfare at USF for hosting this webinar and providing a recording. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nSTAC needs your support to sustain these important webinars. Will you donate today? Each gift helps to bring this vital information to the many people who are empowering survivors and preventing human trafficking. The only way we can maintain these programs and this work is with YOUR help.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-working-with-underserved-populations-2/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Child Sex Trafficking And Social Media
DESCRIPTION:Danger! Understanding the Dynamics of Social Media Human Trafficking Recruitment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 to 3 p.m. Eastern/ Noon to 2 p.m. Central\, Friday\, April 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and Florida’s Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in April’s Third Friday Community Training Program remotely. This free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC will be organizing during this time of social distancing to keep up our Third Friday training schedule.\n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: Social media is increasingly being exploited to contact\, recruit\, and sell children for sex. Some traffickers use online ads to target victims\, or they will send friend/follow requests to young people in their region\, proceed to strike up a conversation\, and develop online friendships. These conversations may start off friendly and innocent\, but then the traffickers will begin to use manipulation to charm their potential victims. The online friendship quickly evolves to a romantic relationship\, and this is where the sextortion techniques are used to lure their victims into human trafficking.\n\n\n\n\n\nDURING THIS SESSION: Attendees will learn to recognize signs of social media recruitment and how traffickers lure their victims on the internet. Attendees will learn about the dangers of popular social media dating sites and apps. This session will also discuss popular emojis and their hidden meaning used to communicate sexual gesture when texting or communicating on internet sites and social media apps and will feature both presentation and the opportunity to ask questions and participate.\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTER: Marina Anderson\, DCF Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator Northeast/Northwest Regions. MODERATOR: Robin Hassler Thompson\, STAC Executive Director\, Co-Chair BBCAHT Social Services Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\nHOW TO JOIN: \n\n\n\n\n\nAUDIO will be provided through your computer. \n\n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/uo64btm\n\n\n\n\n\nSUPPORT: If you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/webinar-child-sex-trafficking-and-social-media/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth,Training and Awareness
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