A SANE Approach to Human Trafficking Cases
2022-10-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Presented by Jane Anderson, Attorney Advisor at AEquitas and Kim Nash, SANE
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are invaluable collaborative partners in a prosecutor’s response to human trafficking. Victims of sex and labor trafficking are at risk of serious injury, as well as short- and long-term physical and psychological health consequences, and SANEs provide much-needed medical care to these patients. Trafficking investigations and prosecutions are also enhanced by the addition of SANEs to a multidisciplinary team. SANEs document injury, collect evidence, and provide critical insight into medical issues and survivor responses to trauma that can educate criminal justice practitioners and jurors alike.
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Quarterly Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking Meeting
2022-11-03 14:00 - 15:00
We invite you to join us for the next quarterly Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking meeting. Below are the meeting details
Location:
Florida Sheriffs Association
2617 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
800-877-2168

Human Trafficking: Myths and Realities in Florida's Big Bend
2022-11-15 13:30 - 15:30
Human Trafficking: Myths and Realities in Florida’s Big Bend (Zoom)
This is a special lecture offered through Florida State University’s Osher Lifelong Learng Institute (OLLI). This lecture requires OLLI membership.
with Robin Thompson, Executive Director, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)
A Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants the morning of the lecture.
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Justice on the Block - Free Legal Clinic
2022-11-17 14:00 - 18:00
Justice on the Block – Free Legal Clinic
Services are provided on a first-come, first-served basis and on lawyer availability.
Location:
Trinity United Methodist Church
120 W Park Ave
Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Natural Disasters and Human Trafficking: Preparing and Responding
2022-11-18 13:00 - 14:30
This FREE webinar is one of the “Third Friday” community training events hosted by BBCAHT and STAC to inform and engage the North Florida community and beyond. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues – please join us!
After natural disasters, human traffickers take advantage and lure people into sex and labor trafficking situations, exploiting their need for shelter, food, work, and safety. During this session we will explore the intersections of human trafficking and natural disasters and how to best respond, including learning about how the City of Houston can be a model for communities nationwide.
Presenter: Minal Patel Davis, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence. Previously Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking, she held the first municipal-level position of its kind in the U.S.
PowerPoint Presentation for Natural Disasters and Human Trafficking Presentation
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee.
Contact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
Speaker Bio: Minal Patel Davis is the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, Chairs the Houston 2026 Men’s FIFA World Cup Bid Committee’s Human Rights Sub-Committee and was previously Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking, the first municipal-level position of its kind in the US. Davis was charged with making a local impact on human trafficking in the 4th largest city from a policy-level perspective and by advancing systems change. She developed and implemented Mayor Turner’s Anti-Human Trafficking Strategic Plan, dubbed the first comprehensive municipal response to human trafficking by a US city. Davis is passionate about helping other cities and designed the Ten/Ten Human Trafficking Response Municipal Fellowship, a 2-day immersion program for Mayor’s Offices across the US and abroad. This replicated model spans across city departments that range from airports, health, police, procurement, and neighborhoods. As Chair of the Bid Committee’s Human Rights Sub-Committee, she engaged 100+ stakeholders in less than four months across eight topics during the bid process to craft a human rights response and helped secure host city designation. She is a past speaker at the United Nations World Humanitarian Summit and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Her work has been covered in the Washington Post, New York Times, and numerous other national and international outlets. Davis is a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Davis received her JD and MBA from University of Connecticut and a BA from New York University.

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Sexual Violence in the Lives of Indigenous People with Disabilities
2022-11-29 14:00 - 15:30
Nearly 3 million people in the United States identify as “American Indian or Alaskan Native” (2010 U.S. Census). Due to systemic and historical oppression, individuals within these communities experience high rates of sexual assault and have high rates of disability. Indigenous survivors of sexual assault who also have a disability encounter unique barriers in their healing journey. During this webinar, Olga Trujillo of Activating Change will be joined by Nicole Matthews of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition to discuss these barriers, strategies for providing support and opportunities for change.
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Westchester County Anti-Trafficking Labor Webinar Series: December 2022
2022-12-07 09:00 - 13:00
The Westchester County Anti-Trafficking Task Force is pleased to be holding our first free annual conference, via Zoom, focusing on Labor Trafficking. It will be held on December 7th and 8th from 9am-1pm EST and is open to all. This conference will be focused on survivor voice and include speakers from a variety of perspectives, including workers rights organizers, USAO, and lived experience experts.
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Race for Prevention: Human Trafficking Awareness
2023-01-01 - 2023-01-31
There are estimated to be more than 24.9 million people – adult and children – subjected to human trafficking around the world, including in the United States.
The International Rescue Committee would like to thank you for joining us in acknowledging Human Trafficking Prevention Month by participating in our virtual race!
Race for Prevention is 100% free to participate, but there will be an opportunity to fundraise and donate. All donations are greatly appreciated by IRC staff and used in the effort to support clients. All proceeds go toward our assistance with housing, food, clothing, donations, and more for survivors of trafficking in Florida. Please send in the funds you raise or are donating to our Venmo @ IRC-Florida (QR code in attachments), and please ensure that your name is in the description (EX: John Smith – Race for Awareness). Your name in the description of the Venmo must correlate to the name you registered your Strava account with. This allows us to match your funds raised to your account. Keep an eye out on social media platforms for different fundraising ideas! A winner for most funds donated will be awarded by the end of the race!
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Human Trafficking and the Workplace: What can Businesses and Employers do?
2023-01-10 10:30 - 12:00
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Online webinar
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Description: Sex and labor trafficking victims, adults, and youth, are trafficked and exploited in plain sight, including at our area businesses and workplaces. How can we as employees, managers, workers and customers recognize and respond to trafficking situations in ways that protect trafficking victims and the workplace? Children and adults who are trafficked and who are vulnerable to being trafficked need the eyes and ears of our community’s workforce to know how to recognize trafficking situations and to support them. This webinar is an interactive and live presentation of the online STACPRO training program and will provide vital information for: anyone working in an office, advocates, child welfare, businesses like restaurants or retail establishments, non-profit agencies, the faith community, the justice system, social services and any organization large or small. While STACPRO is available online, and on demand, the advantage of attending this program LIVE is that you will be able to ask questions and participate with other attendees.
Contact: STAC, stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080

International Rescue Committee and Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center's Voices from the Field: Working with Survivors of Human Trafficking- Successes, Setbacks, and Surprises
2023-01-11 10:00 - 11:30
It is estimated that 24.9 million people – including adults and children – are trafficked annually around the globe. According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, Florida ranks third in the number of calls for both labor and sex trafficking in the U.S. In Florida, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has anti-trafficking efforts in South Florida through their Miami office and in Florida’s Panhandle with a Tallahassee team. The IRC’s team in the Panhandle works in its Tallahassee office and collaborates with The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC). During this webinar, the IRC’s Anti-Trafficking Caseworkers and STAC’s Community Services Advocate will delve into the intricacies of trauma-informed services and survivor-centered work with individuals who have experienced sex trafficking, labor trafficking, or both. Presenters will share their experiences and expertise including successes, setbacks, unexpected hurdles, and surprises they have encountered while navigating various systems and working to meet survivors’ needs.
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The Roles of Families in Human Trafficking: Participation, Prevention, and Intervention (Part 1)
2023-01-11 15:00 - 16:30
Since 2020, the U.S. Department of Education has conducted a webinar series to address the growing response of America’s schools to child trafficking. The series draws attention to the important efforts underway in our nation’s education community to address both sex and labor trafficking.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools and in recognition of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join a two-part miniseries focused on the roles of families in human trafficking, including participation, prevention, and intervention.
Part 1: Supporting Students Who Have Experienced
Familial Human Trafficking
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
3:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
During the first webinar of the two-part miniseries, you will learn about the unique needs of students who have been trafficked by a family member. Our subject matter experts, including people with lived experience, will provide brief presentations on the impacts of familial trafficking and through a panel discussion, share approaches to supporting these students.
To register for this webinar, go here. Please note this webinar will be archived on its event webpage here, including a recording of the presentation, slides, transcript, speaker information, and related resources.

411 Teen Radio Show on WFSU (88.9 FM)
2023-01-15 14:00 - 15:00
411 Teen Radio Show on WFSU (88.9 FM)
Date: Broadcast on Sunday, January 15, 2 p.m.
Location: Tune in on the radio: WFSU 88.9FM For more info and for podcast:
https://news.wfsu.org/show/411-teen-on-88-9-wfsu-fm
Description: Human trafficking and teens: what can we all do to be better informed and act? Representatives from the anti-human trafficking advocacy community, service providers and others will explore this topic, local human trafficking cases, how traffickers recruit youth, and what we can all do to strengthen our responses and protect one another. This discussion will take place on 411 TEEN with Dr. Liz Holifield. You can listen live or later to the podcast found at the above link.

Human Trafficking Prevention and Services
2023-01-17 10:00 - 11:30
Human trafficking is the second largest and the fastest growing criminal industry worldwide. It is surpassed only by the illegal drug trade. According to the International Labor Organization, human trafficking makes more money than many of the world’s multinational corporations combined. It follows the economic model of supply and demand that results in high profits with low risk.
https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Media/BPDTraining/IDHumanTrafficking/index.html#/
Between January 2022 and November 2022 The Department of Children and Families received 48 reports of Human Trafficking related maltreatments for Circuit 2 (Gadsden, Liberty, Jefferson, Wakulla, Franklin and Leon County)
Office of Child and Family Well-Being – Florida Department of Children and Families (myflfamilies.com)
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
Join Us Virtually – January 17th at 10am
Executive Director Robin Hassler Thompson and Graciela Marquina Community Services Advocate of Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center will share their mission of supporting survivors and acting to end Human Trafficking.
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Gadsden County Community Human Trafficking Forum
2023-01-19 18:30 - 20:00
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Location: Florida Public Safety Institute Complex, Conference Room C
85 Academy Dr, Havana Florida 32333
and online via Zoom
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P65xFpJTQ2q_MwWqvjc2tg
Description: This program will focus on human trafficking and social justice issues in Gadsden County and surrounding areas. TCC faculty member Dr. Cicely Brantley, Pastor Douglas Harris of Midway Unity Fellowship Church of Midway, FL, and Dr. Maria Pouncey, Administrator of Instructional Services for the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC) – all members of the STAC Board of Directors – will lead a program that will feature a short informational introduction to the topic of human trafficking, discussion of how human trafficking impacts everyone, issues affecting the immigrant and agricultural communities, and other impactful areas. We will have a call to action by and for the community and survivors. All members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend, including the faith community, businesses, schools, healthcare providers, educators and students, civic groups and leaders, law enforcement and justice system representatives, elected leaders, attorneys, retirees, public employees, artists, youth, agricultural workers, and anyone who is interested. Refreshments will be provided.

Human Trafficking in Indian Country: Understanding, Collaborating, and Responding
2023-01-20 13:00 - 14:30
STAC EVENT FLYER Human Trafficking in Indian Country V2 2

Description: Historical trauma and current risk factors make Indigenous people vulnerable to many forms of victimization including labor and sex trafficking. Education and understanding of the prevalence of human trafficking among Native populations is vital. How do we build trust and work in partnership with Tribes and Tribal programs, develop meaningful collaborations, and work to meet the needs of Native survivors of human trafficking? What can we do to provide culturally appropriate programming? What are the linkages between human trafficking and missing or murdered Indigenous people? Presenters will explore these topics and more.
Speakers:
Mitzi Pope, LCSW, is Yuchi and an enrolled member of The Muscogee Nation and
Shira Rosenthal Phelps both work for Tribal Tech LLC and as contractors with The Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center.
Contact: Robin Hassler Thompson, robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

The Roles of Families in Human Trafficking: Participation, Prevention, and Intervention (Part 2)
2023-01-25 15:00 - 16:30
Since 2020, the U.S. Department of Education has conducted a webinar series to address the growing response of America’s schools to child trafficking. The series draws attention to the important efforts underway in our nation’s education community to address both sex and labor trafficking.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools and in recognition of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join a two-part miniseries focused on the roles of families in human trafficking, including participation, prevention, and intervention.
Part 2: Engaging Families in Preventing and Addressing Human Trafficking
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
3:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
During this second webinar in the two-part miniseries, our subject matter experts will offer a variety of approaches for school personnel to work with families to build protective factors in their children to lessen the risk of victimization and approaches to support students who have been trafficked.
To register for this webinar, go here. Please note this webinar will be archived on its event webpage here, including a recording of the presentation, slides, transcript, speaker information, and related resources.

The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Persons with Disabilities
2023-01-26 08:30 - 12:00
The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Persons with Disabilities New

Description: Without adequate social accommodations and supports to create equity, persons with disabilities may be vulnerable to exploitation, including human trafficking. Vulnerabilities may include a lack of access to human trafficking awareness training, legal and victims’ rights advocacy, mental health education and services, societal isolation, and economic support resources as well as challenges with reporting abuse, all of which increase the risk of exploitation. This program will examine the intersection of human trafficking and disability rights work and what service providers and communities can do to take action.
Session PowerPoint: Trafficking and Individuals with Disabilities Training
Additional resources:
Restoring Ivy Collective.pdf
Survivors of Sex Trafficking
Featured Speaker Full Bios
Session Agenda
Featured Speakers:
Liz Kimbel, Program Specialist, The Restoring Ivy Collective & Survivor Advocate, The Center on Human Trafficking at Montclair State University;
Christabelle Robinson, Communications and Social Media Specialist, Global Center on Human Trafficking at Montclair State University;
M. Elizabeth Bowman, PhD, LCSW, LICSW-C, Assistant Professor, Gallaudet University and member, Disability Without Abuse Network, Director, Restoring Ivy Collective;
Daynica Harley, Esq., Clinical Professor, FSU College of Law, Public Interest Law Center’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Project;
Jackie Fortmann, Deputy Director, Ability 1st;
Meghan Torres, Program Administrator for Quality Improvement, Agency for Persons with Disabilities; and
Peter Sleasman, Exec. Dir. and Caitlyn Clibbon, Public Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Florida.
This program has been approved by The Florida Bar for 3.5 hours of General CLE Credits
Cost: Free
Do you have any access needs or accessibility accommodations that you would like STAC to know about?
Contact: Robin Hassler Thompson, STAC, 850-597-2080 robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Best Practices for Legal Professionals When Working with Survivors of Human Trafficking
2023-01-26 12:00 - 13:30
Date: Thursday, January 26, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Location and to Register: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hHzgBbNJQumzpLcwWDWrYQ
Description: Through this course, practitioners will learn best practices and recommendations to take into consideration when representing child and adult survivors of human trafficking. The session will include a panel of experts representing Survivor Leadership, Clinicians, and Direct Service Providers with a proven track record of serving this population. The facilitator will present panelists with questions related to appropriate language when representing survivors of human trafficking, survivor-centered approach to services, impacts of trauma, collaboration, and advocacy.
Contact: Robin Metcalf Blank Robyn@FloridaAllicanceEndHT.com

Imagine Freedom 2023: A Champagne Toast!
2023-01-31 17:30 - 19:00
IF 2023 Flyer
A Fundraising Event
To Help Empower Human Trafficking Survivors
January 31, 2023 | 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Food Glorious Food
1950 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32303
Guests can look forward to a gratitude-filled event where we will honor the changemakers and those who have helped fortify our community against sex and labor trafficking.
We will have:

Trafficking-free foods, treats, and drinks (including alcohol-free beverages)
Community awards and recognition
Ideas on how to get involved
And so much more!

Tickets for Imagine Freedom 2023 are just $25 each. Order your tickets today!

Human Trafficking and Disabilities: What We Need to Know
2023-02-17 13:00 - 14:30
Without adequate social accommodations and supports to create equity, persons with disabilities may be vulnerable to exploitation, including human trafficking. Vulnerabilities may include a lack of access to human trafficking awareness training, legal and victims’ rights advocacy, mental health education and services, societal isolation, and economic support resources as well as challenges with reporting abuse, all of which increase the risk of exploitation. This program will explore human trafficking and disability advocacy realities and what we can do to take action. This discussion is a complement to the hybrid January 26, 2023 program, “The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Persons With Disabilities” and will go deeper, exploring – but not repeating – issues raised there. You do not have to have attended the January 26 program to benefit and learn, but if you wish to view it in advance, you may do so here: https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/training-education-resources/
Speakers:
Liz Kimbel, Program Specialist, The Restoring Ivy Collective
CocoEva Soleil LuzGuerrero Alcazar, Consultant with AveMagnolia Consulting
Ashante Taylorcox, MA-MHC, LPC, Founder and Executive Director, You Are More Than, Inc

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Strengthening Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs to Support Trafficking Survivors: Intersections, Equity, Cultural Humility, and Collaborations
2023-03-15 15:00 - 16:30
Systems of inequality increase vulnerability to human trafficking, domestic, and sexual violence. Supporting survivors of human trafficking requires an intersectional and equity-centered lens to decrease barriers to accessing resources. This webinar will review the ways that human trafficking can intersect with domestic and sexual violence, how to engrain equity and cultural responsiveness in your support of survivors, and the power of collaborative relationships to better support and serve survivors.
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Presenter: Kiricka Yarbough Smith, Human Trafficking Consultant
Target Audience:
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program Staff and Boards, Anti-Human Trafficking Program Staff and Boards, Anti-human trafficking Task Force Members, other Interested Individuals.
Please share the webinar flyer and registration link with your network: http://go.futureswithoutviolence.org/e/858853/-support-trafficking-survivors/27q922/511189147?h=Q6lAcrgRNepVd2k0jJptP6N1lvZd9zrah0guqJ6oUxg
Have a question?
The Building Collaborative Response to Human Trafficking Project is happy to provide technical assistance on community collaboration and working with human trafficking survivors and can be reached at learning@futureswithoutviolence.org
Wishing you and yours the best of health and healing!
This project is supported by Grant# 15JOVW-21-GK-02211-MUMU, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Learning More About Anti-Human Trafficking Work and the Blue Campaign
2023-03-17 13:00 - 14:30
With Diego A. Luque Campaign Specialist at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign
This session will give participants information on who the Blue Campaign is and go into detail about its many facets of this campaign. Participants will hear about the multiple audiences the Blue Campaign works with and how we are raising awareness of human trafficking within the general public and other many other sectors and helping people to know how to safely and effectively respond.
Blue Campaign will provide information and resources on how participants can be better equipped to recognize sex and labor trafficking of youth and adults. We will also discuss how to prevent trafficking in our communities and to protect people who are exploited by traffickers in person and online.
Diego A. Luque currently serves as a Campaign Specialist at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign, the Department’s national public awareness campaign to combat human trafficking. In this role, he supports the Prevention portfolio of the Blue Campaign, assisting on decreasing victimization within vulnerable communities and deterring criminal activity.
Presentation slides for Big Bend HT Coalition_March17 (PDF)
Do you have any access needs or accessibility accommodations that you would like STAC to know about? Contact us!

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Health Justice in Practice: Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation Who are Living with HIV
2023-03-30 12:00 - 13:30
With the movement towards trauma-informed care, many community health center-based HIV and sexual health programs are looking for ways to better support their patients who are experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) or other intersecting forms of exploitation and abuse. HIV care and sexual health providers see the ways that violence and trauma lead to worse health outcomes for their patients and can make it more difficult for patients to stay engaged in care. This webinar will feature providers and advocates from across the country working to promote the health and well-being of survivors living with HIV in clinical settings – and their communities.
Spanish/ASL interpretation will be provided.
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Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - 5th Annual Seminar on Human Trafficking: Responding Together
2023-04-04 08:00 - 12:30
On Tuesday, April 4th, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System will be hosting our 5th Annual Seminar on Human Trafficking: Responding Together. HEAL’s Dr. Hanni Stoklosa was a featured speaker at this event in 2022.
This is a free, multidisciplinary educational event for anyone who may come into contact with victims of sex or labor trafficking in their daily work. Free CME credit is available. Both in-person and virtual attendance options are available, and registration links are below.
Featured Speakers:
Ana Isabel Vallejo, JD – Ms. Vallejo is the Co-Director and lead attorney at VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the rights of immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, and other violent crimes. For almost 20 years, Ms. Vallejo has dedicated her practice to representing survivors of human trafficking, working in collaboration with the US Department of Justice, Criminal Section Civil Rights Division, the US Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that victims of trafficking have access to justice.
Mollie Gordon, MA, MD – Dr. Gordon is an Associate Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and the Associate Director of the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Ben Taub Hospital. She co-founded Baylor College of Medicine’s Division of Global Mental Health to treat survivors of torture, trafficking, and mass violence atrocities. Mollie is a co-chair of the American Medical Women’s Association – Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans, a member of the HEAL Trafficking speaker’s bureau, has testified for the National Advisory Council for the Office of Trafficking in Persons, and lectures at national meetings on human trafficking.
Cardell T. Morant – Mr. Morant is the Director of the Center for Countering Human Trafficking for the Department of Homeland Security. With 16 participating component agencies and offices, the CCHT is a DHS-wide effort to advance counter human trafficking law enforcement operations, protect victims, and enhance prevention efforts. Mr. Morant has had a distinguished career with more than 25 years of experience in federal law enforcement. Among other leadership roles, Mr. Morant has also served as the acting Deputy Assistant Director of the HSI Cyber Crimes Center where he was responsible for the child exploitation, computer forensics, and cyber crimes portfolios.
In-person registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bon-secours-st-francis-5th-annual-seminar-on-human-trafficking-tickets-558123411147
Virtual registration: https://bsmh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bp94Ng4dQ3qkBWFU3nOC3A

Reimagine Financial Literacy for Survivors
2023-04-19 13:00 - 14:00
Financial literacy is considered a key component of economic empowerment for many service providers in the anti-trafficking and domestic violence field. However, topics like budgeting, savings and managing credit do not always meet the immediate financial needs of survivors. For financial literacy awareness month, this webinar will highlight a panel of service providers who have expanded and reimagined their approach to financial support for survivors.
Webinar Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, the learner will be better able to:

Understand the financial needs of survivors.
Identify the limitations to financial literacy programs and resources for survivors.
Recognize best practices in financial literacy and capital building for survivors.

When: Wednesday April 19, 2023
Time: 10:00-11:00pm PST/ 1:00-2:00pm EST
Platform: Zoom Virtual Meeting
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Connecting the Dots: The Links Between Substance Use and Human Trafficking
2023-04-21 13:00 - 14:30
Presenter: Marina Anderson, Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator, Northeast and Northwest Regions, Florida Department of Children and Families
One of the most effective and influential techniques that human traffickers use to coerce, manipulate, and exploit their victims – both youth and adults – is with drugs and alcohol. This presentation will provide an overview of factors that link human trafficking tactics of control to substances and how communities can know more to respond safely and effectively.
Traffickers commonly use substances to prey on a person’s vulnerabilities and recruit them into labor and sex trafficking. They may introduce them to drugs and alcohol or target individuals with existing substance use disorders to lure and recruit them into a trafficking situation. The trafficker can more easily control the victim once they are addicted and keep the victim in a trafficking situation. Substances are used as rewards or punishments, and to decrease the victim’s ability to resist trafficking and other abuses. Victims may also use substances as a coping mechanism both during and after being trafficked, in response to trauma.
Human traffickers are highly skilled manipulators that target a person’s vulnerability. A person with a substance use disorder is in one of the most vulnerable categories of trafficked persons. Someone who has an addiction may be seeking ways to support their drug habit or dependence and traffickers are actively searching for people with these vulnerabilities to exploit. Traffickers use substances as a means of coercion, to get victims to obey their demands, work longer hours, comply to their rules, decrease attempts to leave their abusive situation, and keep them in the life. Many victims also use substances as a means of coping with past or current trauma. Furthermore, victims often engage in forced criminality, a form of labor trafficking, as their traffickers require them to participate in criminal activities.
This topic has a wide reach and this webinar will be helpful to anyone who has contact with adults or minors who are trafficked or who are at risk including the justice system (law enforcement, prosecution, advocates, judges and judicial staff), child welfare, non-profits and advocates, human resource professionals, healthcare, businesses, the faith community, students and education professionals and staff, substance use disorder programs, and the many in the community at-large.
See slides for this event.
Additional links from the presentation:
What does trafficking look like? 1-800-the-lost (watch video)
Former Trafficking Victim Describes Her Ordeal and Rescue (watch video)
All American Girl – Heroin Super Bowl Commercial (watch video)

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Mobile Law Clinic April 26, 2023
2023-04-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Jake Gaither Community Center, 801 Bragg Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32305, United States
The next Mobile Law Clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, April 26, from noon until 2 p.m., at the Jake Gaither Community Center, to assist Leon County’s Promise Zone and low-income residents in civil law matters.

When Human Trafficking Comes to Work
2023-05-19 13:00 - 14:30
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:
When Human Trafficking Comes to Work
This free webinar one of the “Third Friday” community training events hosted by BBCAHT and STAC to inform and engage the North Florida community and beyond. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues – please join us!
Sex and labor trafficking victims, adults and youth, are trafficked and exploited in plain sight, including at our area businesses and workplaces. How can we as employees, managers, workers and customers recognize and respond to trafficking that protect the bottom line and our businesses from liability? How can we help keep trafficking victims and the workplace safer? This interactive webinar is a live presentation of the online STACPRO training program and will provide vital information for: anyone working in an office, child welfare, businesses like restaurants or retail establishments, the financial sector, non-profit/social services agencies, the faith community, the justice system, and any organization large or small. While STACPRO is available online, attending this LIVE event means you can ask questions and participate with one other attendees.
Accreditation: 2.0 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits from The Florida Bar; Certified by FL Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation for mandated human trafficking training for public lodging establishments; Professional Development, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce.
Presenters: Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director and Graciela Marquina, Community Services Advocate, STAC

STAC 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.
Suggested donation: $20

Free CME Training: ANTI-TRAFFICKING in HEALTHCARE : MAY31st
2023-05-31 20:30 - 21:30
American Medical Women’s Association-Physicians against the trafficking of humans is hosting a LIFT [Learn to Identify & Fight Trafficking] training May 31st at 530p PST.
FREE CME : MD/DO/PA/NP/Nursing/SW FREE curriculum designed to give health care professionals in-depth training about human trafficking. The LIFT series highlights the scope and reach of human trafficking in the U.S., equips participants to recognize the signs of trafficking, and provides connections to trustworthy local resources.
Hosted By:
Pediatric General & Thoracic SURGERY -Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital- Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | 5:30 PM – 8:30pM PST ZOOM WEBINAR w/ LOCAL EXPERT PANEL
REGISTER
Please contact Upinder Sidhu: upindsidhu@gmail.com

Responding to Foreign National Minor Victims of Trafficking
2023-06-07 14:00 - 16:00
This training will help participants understand the resources available to assist foreign national minor victims of sex and labor trafficking as well as the reporting requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended. Participants will receive an overview of the process to submit a Request for Assistance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) as well as gain an understanding of Interim Assistance Letters, Eligibility Letters, and the benefits and services provided to minors who are potential and determined victims of trafficking.
Join the Zoom webinar using passcode [REDACTED].
