Survive and Thrive

Whole Child Leon Professional Network Community Conversation - Human Trafficking: Prevention, Intervention and Victim Services
2022-01-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Whole Child Leon Professional Network Community Conversation
Join us at the first Professional Network of 2022! In observance of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month we have invited Shavontana “Starr” Davis, Esq. of The Starr Institute and the Open Doors Outreach Network Team to share information and provide resources to help us stay informed and make a difference.
The Starr Institute
We will also hear from survivor Shavontana “Starr” Davis, Esq.; founder of The Starr Institute, published author, one of 2021’s L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honorees.
Open Doors Outreach
The Open Doors Outreach Network team works directly with children and youth victims of sex trafficking ages 10 to 24 using a trauma-competent, survive-centered model.
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Local Workplaces Taking Action to End Human Trafficking
2022-01-21 13:00 - 14:30
Date: Friday, January 21, 2022, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Online webinar
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Description: Everyone in the community should be able to recognize and respond to human trafficking. In particular, the business community has a unique and important role in preventing trafficking and safely and effectively responding. Whether open to the public or not, employees, managers and others in the workplace can be the eyes and ears of the community when it comes to both supporting the children and adults who are sex and labor trafficked and helping the justice system to hold traffickers accountable. The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) with funding from Leon County, Florida has developed a training initiative to give the thousands of businesses and others in our area information about what to look for, how to recognize signs and patterns of sex or labor trafficking and what to do if they suspect human trafficking is occurring. Presenters: Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director, STAC; and Marina Anderson, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. This is the first monthly “3rd Friday” human trafficking training program for 2022.
Sponsors: STAC and the International Rescue Committee, in affiliation with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)
Contact: STAC, stac@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

Gadsden County Community Human Trafficking Forum
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:30
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Facebook Live event: https://www.facebook.com/MidwayUnityFellowship/posts/5493911650623972
Description: This is the second of a series of open forum “Table Talks” on human trafficking and its connections to social justice issues in Gadsden County. STAC Board Member and Pastor Douglas Harris of Midway Unity Fellowship Church of Midway, FL will lead a program that will feature a short informational introduction to the topic of human trafficking and a community member-led discussion. This program will continue a dedicated and long-term focus on social justice and human trafficking in Gadsden County and 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.
Sponsors: STAC and the International Rescue Committee, in affiliation with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)
Contact: STAC, stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 (call and text)

"Circle of Hope" Speaker Series Featuring Survivor Advocate Julia Hubbard
2022-01-20 12:30 - 14:00
The 2021-2022 “Circle of Hope” awareness campaign represents Amara’s diverse community, our holistic and culturally-sensitive approach to helping survivors fight for justice, and our training and advocacy efforts to increase awareness and push for equity.
As part of this effort, Amara kicks-off its monthly 2022 Speaker Series with Survivor Advocate Julia Hubbard. Please join the Amara Legal Center for this discussion to hear about Julia’s lived experience and her journey towards empowerment.
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Trafficking In America Task Force
2022-01-18 12:30 - 13:30
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: FSU College of Law
Description: This conversation will focus on Presenters include: Assistant State Attorney Lorena Bueno, 2nd Judicial Circuit, FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights Professor Terry Coonan, and Senator Ellyn S. Bogdanoff, Chair of the Direct Service Organization for the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking.
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Contact: Irene Coritsidis, icc20f@myfsu.edu

NHTTAC: New SOAR Training Pilot – Working with Foreign National Minors
2022-01-12 13:00 - 14:30
The National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) is excited to deliver a virtual pilot of our new SOAR training designed for providers who work with foreign national minors younger than age 25. Participants will learn about common tactics that traffickers use to exploit foreign national minors, how to ask about potential trafficking, and the available resources to support foreign national minors who have experienced trafficking during their journey to the United States or while in the United States.
This 1.5-hour pilot leverages the SOAR framework—Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond, to help providers identify and respond to foreign national minors who have experienced trafficking.
Learning Objectives

Explain common reasons why minors migrate to the United States.​
Identify tactics that individuals use to exploit foreign national minors.​
Differentiate potential red flags of trafficking between foreign national minors and U.S. citizens. ​
Summarize how children and youth who have experienced trafficking can qualify for federal services and resources.​
Share the importance of trafficking awareness and responsiveness with others in your work environment. ​

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 1–2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
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Perspectives Call In Radio Show on WFSU (88.9 FM)
2022-01-06 11:00 - 12:00
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2022, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Tune in on the radio: 88.9FM
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Description: A panel of representatives from the community and beyond, including Sheriff Walt McNeil, Marsha Crowell from Capital City Bank, the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center and a survivor of human trafficking, will discuss the role of the business sector and local governments in recognizing and safely responding to human trafficking issues and the many local events during the month.
Contact: Robin Hassler Thompson, robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 (call and text)

Intimate Partner Human Trafficking: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Sexual Exploitation
2022-01-05 14:00 - 15:30
January 5, 2022 from 2 PM ET to 3:30 PM ET
Presented by Jennifer Dolle, AEquitas Attorney Advisor, and Wendy Barnes, Just Exits Advisory Councilmember
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This presentation will describe how, in addition to violence and threats, traffickers exploit feelings of love and loyalty to maintain power over their victims and perpetrate sex trafficking and related crimes. The presenters will discuss the importance of identifying victims of intimate partner human trafficking to ensure victim safety and provide access to services and support, while at the same time articulating offender conduct to ensure they are held accountable for their actions.

STAC engages in ongoing community education, training, and advocacy to inform the community about human trafficking
2021-12-19 19:00 - 20:00
STAC engages in ongoing community education, training, and advocacy to inform the community about human trafficking, how to identify signs of human trafficking, and how sexism, racism, poverty, violence, and other systems of oppression perpetuate modern day slavery.
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First, Do No Harm: Facilitating a Trauma-Informed Response
2021-12-17 14:00 - 15:30
December 17, 2021 from 2 PM ET to 3:30 PM ET
Presented by Jane Anderson, AEquitas Attorney Advisor, and Vicki Ybanez, Executive Director of Red Wind Consulting, Inc.
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Trauma is a direct result of the abuse and exploitation that offenders inflict on victims of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. This acute trauma, often compounded with historical trauma, impacts survivor’s ability to fully participate in the criminal justice process. As a result, a collaborative, trauma-informed response that takes historical context into consideration is essential to ensuring survivor access to justice while improving community safety.
This presentation will describe various forms of trauma that victims may experience throughout their lives and as a result of an offender’s victimization. Presenters will define cultural humility as a key element of a successful trauma-informed response that improves our individual, collective, and systematic responses to survivors. Additionally, the presenters will provide strategies to identify, document, and introduce evidence of trauma to improve case outcomes and community safety by holding offenders accountable.

Follow the Money: Find the Traffickers Human Trafficking and Financial Exploitation – PART 2
2021-12-17 13:00 - 14:30
The Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT), The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and Florida’s Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly 3rd Friday Community Training Program:
Date: December 17, 2021
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / Noon – 1:30 PM Central
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!
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“Follow the money, find the traffickers” is a maxim in the world of human trafficking. It is vital for everyone in the community, not just financial institutions and law enforcement, to understand how human traffickers financially exploit their victims as a form of control and abuse. Traffickers launder proceeds from exploited youth and adults, force victims to open accounts, force youth with clean credit histories to apply for credit cards, entwine victims their money laundering schemes, and evade financial system safeguards. This program will cover: how human trafficking relates to financial exploitation, who is most at risk and their vulnerabilities, how traffickers recruit victims, how to report human trafficking and financial exploitation, and long-term impacts. Social services, child welfare professionals, anti-human trafficking advocates, law enforcement, and all those who are contact points for vulnerable populations and people who are trafficked need to know how this abuse and exploitation occur so they can protect them. Presenters: Marina Anderson, Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions and Christy Gillis, Circuit 7, Community Development Administrator, FL Department of Children and Families
NOTE: this is Part 2 of a two-part training series. See Part 1 which focused on the financial sector.
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
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Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early.
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Survivor Leadership Series: A Survivor's Guide to Money & Developing Financial Wellness
2021-12-16 13:00 - 14:00
Trafficking survivors often face significant financial challenges. Please join us for a candid discussion with two remarkable leaders in the anti-trafficking movement who have done significant work on survivors’ financial well-being. Ashante Taylorcox, Founder and Executive Director of You Are More Than, Inc., and Megan Lundstrom, Co-Founder and Director of Research at The Avery Center, will lead a discussion on tools to make financial wellness more accessible to all trafficking survivors. The speakers will highlight the role of institutional racism and its impact on survivors who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC).
This session of the Survivor Leadership Series will feature Megan Lundstrom’s important new book, “A Survivor’s Guide to Money.” The Guide includes lessons for trafficking survivors on developing financial wellness while recovering from trauma associated with money.
Please join us to learn practical lessons from these two thoughtful leaders in the movement.
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ABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS
Megan Lundstrom
Megan Lundstrom is the co-founder and director of The Avery Center for Research & Services (FKA “Free Our Girls”), an organization dedicated to ending commercial sexual exploitation through evidence-based practices and economic empowerment. With a combination of lived and professional experience, Lundstrom specializes in domestic pimp-controlled sex trafficking and developed a cultic theory framework for this form of exploitation to better understand prevention, intervention, and exiting. Lundstrom is an internationally published researcher and national public speaker on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation. Lundstrom holds a B.S. in Finance and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado.
Ashante Taylorcox
Ashante Taylorcox is a Queer, Licensed Counselor in the state of New Jersey, an Echoing Green Fellow, and the Founder and Executive Director of You Are More Than, Inc. (YAMT). YAMT is a survivor-led, survivor-run non-profit organization in the state of New Jersey aimed at supporting marginalized survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking by empowering them within mental health, education and financial sectors of aftercare support.
Taylorcox has an extensive history of serving the survivor community as not only an advocate in the field but also as a survivor leader both through lived and professional experience. Over the last eight years, Taylorcox has worked to create safer environments within the survivor community by improving support services for adult survivors, particularly within mental health settings. Through community collaboration, Taylorcox has invested in the survivor community through direct service work, fundraising initiatives, curricula development, and training providers that provide direct services and clinical-specific support.

Human Trafficking Training: Identifying and Responding to the Trafficking of Boys and Male-Identifying Youth
2021-12-13 13:00 - 15:30
Human Trafficking Training: Identifying and Responding to the Trafficking of Boys and Male-Identifying Youth
December 13, 2021
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET
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Contact:
Sue Aboul-Hosn, Sue.Aboul-Hosn@myflfamilies.com
Marina Anderson, Marina.Anderson@myflfamilies.com
Facilitated by:
Nathan Earl, Principal & Lived Experience Educator at Giant Slayer

2021 Stopping Technology-facilitated Abuse of Rural Kids (STARK) Symposium
2021-12-09 - 2021-12-10
Please email jjolley@fncac.org for registration details.
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA:
12.09.21 – DAY 1
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Victor Vieth
Chief Program Officer, Research and Education
Zero Abuse Project
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Trauma-informed Approaches to Victims of Technology-
Facilitated Abuse
Kathleen Nolan
Senior Attorney, Zero Abuse Project
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Of Eggplants & Umbrellas: The Legal and Investigative
Implications of Emojis
Robert Peters
Senior Attorney, Zero Abuse Project
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. When a Child Abuser Carries a Bible
Robert Peters
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Ethical Considerations in Crimes Against Children Cases
Victor Vieth
a program of
12.10.21 – DAY 2
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Matrix Reloaded: Predicting Trends in Technology-
Facilitated Child Abuse
Robert Peters
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pre-Trial Motions in Cases of Child Abuse
Victor Vieth and Deborah Cunningham (Circuit Court Chief, 20th Circuit)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m .– 2:30 p.m. Leveraging Medical Experts and Evidence in Child
Exploitation Cases
Kathleen Nolan
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Mindhunters: Leveraging Offender Psychology in Undercover
Investigations
Robert Peters & Dr. Timothy Saar, Saar Psychological Group, PLLC
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Supporting Trafficking Survivors: In Collaboration
2021-11-19 13:00 - 14:30
November 19th, 1:00 – 2:30 pm EST
This free certificate 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!
The experiences of human trafficking survivors and their life stories are unique and vary greatly – simply put, everyone is different. Similarly, how sex and labor trafficking survivors are supported within their communities depends on that person’s needs – and community resources, collaborations and many other factors. This presentation will focus indepth at some of the programming that supports adult and minor survivors of both sex and labor trafficking in Florida’s Big Bend and address how can we, as communities that wish to support survivors, best meet their needs and collaborate in an uncertain world with ever-increasing needs, fewer resources, and many other challenges?
Presenters:
Vania Aguilar, Assistant Director, FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights;
Justin Barfield, Development Director, CCYS (Capital City Youth Services);
J’ere Clark, Child Protective Investigator/Human Trafficking Specialist, Florida Department of Children and Families and PACE Reach Therapist, PACE Center for Girls; Charlie Jackson, Regional Advocate, Whole Child Leon/Open Doors Outreach Network;
Graciela Marquina, Community Services Advocate, STAC; and
David Oliver, Deputy Dir. Florida, International Rescue Committee.
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
Contact for questions: STAC at stac@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

Perspectives: Legal Services for Sex Trafficking Survivors
2021-11-10 12:30 - 14:00
United Partners for Human Services member Voices for Florida is hosting an important discussion on legal services that are available to the survivors of sex trafficking.
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Writing it Right: Documenting Human Trafficking
2021-10-28 14:00 - 15:00
Writing it Right: Documenting Human Trafficking
Presented by: Jane Anderson, Attorney Advisor, AEquitas and Joseph Scaramucci, Detective, McLennan County Sheriff’s Office
Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 2 PM ET to 3:30 PM ET
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One specific responsibility of law enforcement and prosecutors working on human trafficking cases is to write various reports, affidavits, and briefs that effectively document incidents of sex and labor trafficking. It is crucial for these documents to accurately reflect complex trafficking dynamics and case-specific facts to establish probable cause and effectively litigate issues at trial. When law enforcement and prosecutors collaborate with others, including those with lived experience, they are better equipped to successfully articulate how traffickers use a variety of overt and subtle tactics to exploit victims—thus establishing the element(s) of force, fraud, and/or coercion necessary for cases involving adult victims.
This presentation will focus on the core competencies needed by law enforcement and prosecutors to establish the elements of human trafficking. Additionally, facilitators will discuss the necessity of protecting victim privacy and ensuring that public records and press releases accurately describe trafficking dynamics. In combination with other messaging done by Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking, this documentation can held educate the public—and potential jurors—about the realities of trafficking.

2021 Human Trafficking Academy
2021-10-18 - 2021-11-01
In the fight against the scourge of human trafficking in the United States, healthcare professionals remain on the frontlines. Research shows that up to 88% of victims of human trafficking accessed health care during their exploitation. Not only do healthcare professionals have a unique opportunity to identify victims of human trafficking, but they also play a trusted and integral role in a survivor’s mental and physical health during their involvement with the legal system, and in their healing and reintegration in the long term.
This year’s intensive online certification aims to equip those in the field with 15 advanced courses taught by leading experts. Through a pragmatic approach that moves beyond the theoretical to actual hands-on application of skills in practice, participants will gain a solid understanding of:

Various forms of human trafficking and identification in a health care setting.
Physical and mental health impacts including best practices for diagnosis and treatment through trauma-informed care.
Laws, regulations, and ethical considerations including healthcare professionals participation in the legal process.
Intersections in health and human trafficking such as COVID-19, opioid addiction, and trafficking of persons with disabilities.
Survivor perspectives, multidisciplinary partnerships, and integral development as a path to healing.

We hope you will join us for this year’s cutting-edge insights on human trafficking though the lens of health care!
Early bird registration fee ends September 10th. Standard registration fee ends October 8th.
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Christians Against Trafficking (CAT) Summit
2021-10-15 18:00 - 2021-10-16 13:00
CHRISTIANS AGAINST TRAFFICKING (CAT) is a group of Christians from all denominations and backgrounds who joined together in their shared passion to see the end of human trafficking in our community. As believers, it is our job to earnestly commit this issue to prayer. We also believe that eradicating human trafficking will take a united effort and that everyone can contribute in some way. It’s our aim and desire to engage everyone in our community and churches through strategic partnerships to join the fight against human trafficking and stop the sale of human beings.
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CAT Summit – Download the event flyer

Imagine Freedom Events: It Takes a Village (3rd Friday BBCAHT program)
2021-10-15 13:00 - 14:30
It Takes a Village: Ending Human Trafficking in Our Community
This free certificate 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!
No one agency, profession, system, or single community can do all that is needed to end human trafficking – everyone has a role. And, because sex and labor trafficking are so hidden and more common than people understand, it is imperative that we all act. This program will feature a wide-ranging discussion of how to build, fortify, and sustain a community that opposes human trafficking, consistently builds and sustains systems that support adult and minor human trafficking survivors, and actively collaborates to prevent sex and labor trafficking.
Presenters: Justin Barfield, Development Director, CCYS; Sheriff Walt McNeil, Leon County Sheriff’s Office; Graciela Marquina, MSW, STAC Community Services Advocate; David Oliver, Deputy Dir. Florida, International Rescue Committee; Heidi Otway, Pres. of SalterMitchell PR and former Chair Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce; Nick Quinton, Ph.D., Trinity United Methodist Church.
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee.
Contact for questions: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
AUDIO will be provided through your computer.
Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early.
Click here to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/3drhmdcm
If you have technical questions or concerns, please contact Center Support staff at
centersupport@usf.edu

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

Imagine Freedom Events: ¿Qué es Trata de Personas
2021-10-14 18:30 - 19:30
14 de octubre, 6:30 – 7:30 pm.
¿Qué es Trata de Personas? Lo que usted necesita saber.
Presentadoras: Vania Aguilar, M.S., Program Manager, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Florida State University; Graciela Marquina, MSW, Victim Assistance Director, Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC); y Margeling Santiago, Victims’ Rights Attorney, Legal Services of North Florida (LSNF).

Descripción: Esta presentación se llevará a cabo en español y cubrirá información de cómo identificar la trata de personas tanto en la trata laboral como sexual. También se hablará sobre los derechos y protección bajo la ley, recursos, apoyo y ayuda con tramites de inmigración. Las presentadoras darán suficiente tiempo para preguntas al final de la presentación.

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October 14, 6:30 – 7:30pm (In Spanish)

Human Trafficking: What You Need to Know

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Presenters: Vania Aguilar, M.S., Program Manager, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Florida State University and Graciela Marquina, MSW, Victim Assistance Director, Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC), Margeling Santiago, Victims’ Rights Attorney, (LSNF).Description: This program will be conducted in Spanish and will include information about how to recognize sex and labor trafficking, information about the rights and remedies under the law, resources and support, and immigration relief. Speakers will provide ample time to take questions.

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

Imagine Freedom Events: Myths and Realities in the Big Bend
2021-10-14 10:00 - 11:30
Human Trafficking: Myths and Realities in the Big Bend

Learn more, know more, do better.
October 14th, 10:00-11:30 am EST via Zoom
Presenters: Courtney Atkins, Executive Director, Whole Child Leon, Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director, Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center, Cecka Rose Green, Regional Executive Director – Big Bend Region, Children’s Home Society of FL, Taylor Biro, Founding Board Member, Capital Tea.
Description: There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding human trafficking. In order to stop human trafficking, it is important to know the facts, be able recognize the signs of trafficking, and be confident that your actions will make a difference. This multi-media program will help non-profit service providers, businesses, healthcare professionals, faith communities, counselors, and others understand human trafficking and know how to respond safely and effectively. Attendees will leave with a solid foundation of knowledge so they can access resources and local programs that support trafficking survivors.

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

Imagine Freedom Events: Healthcare and Human Trafficking FREE WEBINAR
2021-10-13 09:30 - 11:30
Imagine Freedom: Empower Trafficking Survivors One Gift at a Time
Presenters: Suzanne Harrison, MD, FAAFP, FAMWA FSU College of Medicine Director of Clinical Programs and Professor of Family Medicine and Rural Health; Graciela Marquina, MSW STAC Victim Assistance Director; Jasmeka McCord, MD Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital PGY-1 Resident; Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA STAC Executive Director.
Description: Telemedicine is accessible now more than ever due to COVID-19 and, like many technology innovations of 2020, this one is here to stay. This program will showcase realistic examples of how providers can recognize human trafficking in the healthcare setting, including telemedicine, and make safe referrals to community service providers. We will cover topics such as confidentiality, safety, building trust to ensure that the healthcare needs of patients are addressed, mandatory reporting, child welfare organizations, and how community members can support survivors’ physical and mental health needs during the pandemic and beyond. This program will benefit everyone, not just those in healthcare.

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

2021 National Labor Trafficking Conference
2021-10-13 - 2021-10-15
In person: Wednesday, October 13 & Thursday, October 14
Virtual: Friday, October 15, 2021
The Galt House • Louisville, KY
Download the flyer here.
Conference Objectives:
• Increase capacity of organizations to address labor trafficking
• Address trends specific to labor trafficking
• Highlight and problem-solve challenges related to labor trafficking
Conference Workshops Include:
• 6 Workshop Tracks: Community Response, Typologies, Data and Research, Innovative Approaches, Capacity-Building in Services, Legal Strategies / Criminal Justice Response
• Typologies: Begging Crews, Agriculture, and Illicit Activities
• COVID-19 and the Impact on Vulnerable Workers
• Leveraging Research and Analysis in Addressing Labor Trafficking
• Voices of Freedom: A Collaboration between OTIP and Storycorp Exploring the Stories of Survivors and the History of the TVPA – A Labor Trafficking Focus
• The Prevalence of Coercion in Labor Trafficking Cases
Learn more about this event at cclou.org

2021 Human Trafficking Summit
2021-10-05 08:00 - 17:00
Along with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking and its partners, Attorney General Ashley Moody is pleased to announce the 2021 Human Trafficking Summit will be held virtually on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Florida’s Human Trafficking Summit brings together local, state, and national leaders working to eradicate all forms of trafficking. Learning opportunities created at the Human Trafficking Summit will allow Florida to continue working to protect victims, prevent trafficking, and prosecute traffickers.
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The 2021 Human Trafficking Summit’s webinar format is free of charge. Registration will open on July 1, 2021.

Stewards of Children - South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force Webinar
2021-09-21 14:00 - 15:00
This 2.5 hour, nationally recognized, best practice program uses videos, workbook activities and discussion to engage and educate about child sexual abuse and how to keep children safe. Parents, college students, working professionals, volunteers at child-serving organizations and other staff at agencies and community-based organizations learn that child sexual abuse knows no socio-economic, cultural or racial boundaries. Through compelling stories from survivors of child sexual abuse of their trauma and healing, participants will learn how to develop practices to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The latest changes in mandated reporting laws will be reviewed.
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Florida’s Expungement Laws - Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking
2021-09-17 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.
Florida’s Expungement Laws: Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking
Date: September 17, 2021
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / Noon – 1:30 PM Central
This free certificate 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!
When a youth or an adult victim of human trafficking is arrested – whether or not they are prosecuted – they can suffer lifelong personal and practical impacts. Trauma associated with an arrest can haunt them throughout their life. A criminal record can hurt their ability to be economically secure, to get a job or education, and to rebuild their lives and heal. Because these crimes happened while they were being trafficked, Florida law provides a way to help and clear, or “expunge,” their criminal histories. This month’s program will explain the law on expungement, describe the process for clearing a survivor’s criminal history, detail the effects of expungement on a survivor’s life, and dispel myths and misconceptions regarding expungement. If you are a professional or community member who is in actual or potential contact with sex and labor trafficking survivors, you need to know about expungement.
Presenters: Brent Woody, Lead Attorney/Executive Director, Justice Restoration Center; and Rebecca Zoeller, Staff Attorney, Legal Services of North Florida.
NOTE: The Florida Bar has approved this program for 1 hour of basic CLE credit.
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking, the International Rescue Committee and Legal Services of North Florida.
Contact for questions: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
AUDIO will be provided through your computer.
Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early.
Click here to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/68txawc2
If you have technical questions or concerns, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu.

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

Human Trafficking: The Impact on Business and the Law
2021-09-08 12:00 - 13:00
Robin Hassler Thompson, M.A., J.D., the Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC), will discuss the faces of human trafficking, human trafficking laws in Florida, the impact of human trafficking on business and the workplace, legal remedies, training for business, and how the legal profession can get involved. TWL will also present its Rose Deeb Kitchen Award.
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Human Trafficking and Florida Law: Going Deeper
2021-08-20 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
Human Trafficking and the Law: Going Deeper
Date: August 20, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / Noon – 1:30 PM Central
This free certificate 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!
This month’s program will take a deeper dive into both the civil and criminal laws regarding human trafficking. Topics to cover will include: recently passed legislation, legal issues facing children – especially in the delinquency and dependency systems, human trafficking expungement law and practice, and special topics in immigration.
Presenters: Daniela Donoso, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Legal Services of North Florida; Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director, STAC; Brent Woody, Lead Attorney/Executive Director, Justice Restoration Center; and Paolo Annino, Glass Professor of Public Interest Law, Distinguished University Scholar with the Public Interest Law Center, HELP Clinic Students, FSU College of Law.
NOTE: The Florida Bar has approved this program for 1 hour of Basic CLE credit.
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking, the International Rescue Committee and Legal Services of North Florida. Contact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
AUDIO will be provided through your computer.
Attendance will be limited to the first 1,000 people who join this event. Please join early.
Click here to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/2jcj3bu5
If you have technical questions or concerns, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu

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

Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Human Trafficking Webinar
2021-08-19 14:00 - 15:30
Registration is now open for the Working with LGBTQ+ Survivors of Human Trafficking webinar presented by the Freedom Network Training Institute. This webinar will provide attendees with an overview of best practices when working with LGBTQ+ survivors. Presenters will cover outreach, wrap-around services, and case management, housing, and immigration services specifically available to LGBTQ+ survivors.
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2021
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm EST
Registration Price: $30
Click here to register for this event
* Participants may submit questions to presenters prior to the webinar through the registration form.
