Survive and Thrive

The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look-Back and a Step Forward
2022-08-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Professionals working with and serving communities at risk of human trafficking increasingly use public health strategies to establish evidence-informed, data-driven responses to human trafficking. “The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look-Back and a Step Forward,” published by Public Health Reports (PHR) and sponsored by the Office on Trafficking in Persons, expands the current evidence base and highlights the strengths of using a public health approach when preventing and responding to human trafficking.
The authors in this supplement explore the efficacy of individual and communal
public health interventions and describe the tools used by professionals and systems of care to respond to human trafficking.
Join the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health, PHR, and OTIP for a discussion of this supplemental issue of PHR and hear directly from those involved in the development of the supplement and the authors of two articles: Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis and Applying Telemental Health Services for Adults Experiencing Trafficking.
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Forced Labor Around the World
2022-07-21 10:30 - 23:30
A Discussion on the ILO’s New Global Estimates of Modern Slavery Report
NOTE: In-person attendance at this event will be limited to 50 people. If in-person seating is still available, you will have the option to indicate whether you intend to attend virtually or in-person on the registration form.
Please join us for a moderated discussion at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on the new Global Estimates on Modern Slavery report, which is a collaboration by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Walk Free.
The report, released every 4-5 years, delves into the global manifestation of modern slavery, looks at how the situation has evolved, and what remains to be done if we are to meet our collective goal to end forced labor, modern slavery, and human trafficking by 2030, and to end child labor by 2025.
Discussing the findings of the report and its implications for U.S. policy will be Thea Lee, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor and Kevin Cassidy, Director of the ILO Office for the United States and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations, with additional panelists to be announced. Marti Flacks, CSIS Human Rights Initiative Director & Khosravi Chair in Principled Internationalism, will moderate.
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Trafficking, Incarceration, & Survival: How the Criminal Legal System Harms Victims
2022-07-20 15:00 - 16:00
This one-hour event followed by a 30-minute interactive panel Q&A will explain how forced criminality fits within the labor trafficking paradigm. Hear from survivors and other experts as they discuss what it looks like when survivors are forced to commit crimes. Increase your understanding of what it looks like when an underlying criminal offense is a part of a victim’s exploitation. Listen to survivor experiences of the consequences of wrongful prosecution and play your part in creating a solution to a criminal legal system that does not fully recognize all victims.
Is this webinar for me? This event is meant for providers who have existing knowledge of labor trafficking and are aware of best practices in client rapport building and support.
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Human Trafficking & Immigration: Rights, Remedies, and Responses
2022-07-15 13:00 - 14:30
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Across the board, there is often confusion around how to assist foreign-born survivors of human trafficking. This training will help demystify the barriers and clarify misunderstandings surrounding assisting both children and adults, specifically around immigration relief options. We will dissect example case scenarios agencies may have run into, and offer solutions to better equip our leaders and anyone in the community who might come in contact with immigrants, including social services providers, justice system representatives, child welfare professionals, the faith community, students and educators, and more.
Presenters: Vania Aguilar, M.S., Program Manager, FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights and Daniela Donoso, J.D., Equal Justice Works Fellow, Immigration Law, Legal Services of North Florida
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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ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS:
Vania Aguilar, M.S., Program Manager
Ms. Aguilar is a program manager at CAHR, where she oversees the administrative work of the Center. She has been working with the Center since 2001. She conducts trainings on human trafficking for various groups in the community. In addition, she oversees the Center’s case management and service provision for human trafficking victims and victims of other crimes. She has developed curriculum for the Florida Department of Education and Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Department of Education on human trafficking. She was granted BIA Accreditation in 2013 and is assisting clients with their VAWA, DACA, Adjustment of Status, asylum, SIJS, TPS, U and T visa application submissions. She has assisted over 300 refugees adjust their status to lawful permanent residence and helps them apply for their citizenship. She has established direct connections with prosecutors, victim advocates and law enforcement officials throughout the state. She works very closely with them to secure the necessary documentation to apply for immigration relief for clients who are victims of crimes and to apply for any other forms of relief under the Victim’s Compensation Program. She serves as a co-chair for the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking Survivor Support Committee. On behalf of the coalition, she has written co-eds, has participated on radio show interviews to discuss how Florida is affected by human trafficking, conducted presentations and outreach initiatives. In addition, she serves on the Social Justice Committee of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center, a non-profit that assists victims and survivors of human trafficking in the second judicial circuit. She received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Multilingual/Multicultural Education from Florida State University. In addition to working for the CAHR, Ms. Aguilar taught for Adult and Community Education (ACE) in Tallahassee from 2005 to 2022 where she taught evening classes to English learners from around the world. She was the lead teacher for the on-line English classes at ACE. She conducted classes for adult students in which she incorporated information about services and remedies for victims of various crimes including human trafficking and prepared students for their citizenship process. Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate degree in Learning Design and Performance Technology.
Daniela Donoso
Daniela Donoso serves as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP and The Florida Bar Foundation, and hosted by Legal Services of North Florida. Donoso designed her fellowship to be a comprehensive immigration advocacy program in North Florida to serve immigrants who are low income and/or crime victims and establish immigration protocols, procedures, and resources for LSNF staff and community partners. Daniela, a past DACA recipient, knows what it is like to have your life shifted by fear and uncertainty because of the broken immigration system. Her personal and professional experience working with marginalized communities has instilled an altruistic spirit that makes her uniquely suited for this Fellowship. Donoso received her law degree from Florida State University College of Law and became a Florida barred attorney in April of 2021. Donoso received ger bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from Florida State University. She spent her undergraduate and graduate time working for the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, gaining mentors and experience in immigration and anti-trafficking advocacy.

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

SOAR to Health and Wellness Training
2022-06-20 13:00 - 15:00
Join NHTTAC for a free 2-hour live SOAR to Health and Wellness training that teaches providers how to identify and respond to human trafficking.
In the past fiscal year, 98.3% of Live SOAR to Health & Wellness training attendees agreed or strongly agreed that they are confident they will use the knowledge and skills they learned during the SOAR training for their jobs.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Register here. (CE/CME credit not provided)
Jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
In collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families Office on Trafficking in Persons and the HHS Office on Women’s Health, supported by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center.

Human Trafficking and Understanding the Dangers of Sextortion
2022-06-17 13:00 - 14:30
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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.
Investigators have seen a massive surge in the number of cases involving youth being threatened and coerced by adults into sending explicit images online or via social media. This is a crime called sextortion, punishable under federal and state laws. Sextortion can begin on any computer site, social media site, app, or game where people meet and communicate. Often used by traffickers, this crime starts when young people believe they are communicating with someone their own age who is interested in a relationship or offering something of value. In these cases, the criminal claims that they already have a revealing picture or video of a child that they will share if the victim does not send more. The adult will use threats, gifts, money, flattery, lies, or other methods to get a young person to send an image. After the criminal has one or more videos or pictures, they threaten to publish that content, or they threaten violence, to get the victim to comply with their demands. The shame, fear, and confusion children feel can prevent them from asking for help or reporting the abuse. This program will help caregivers and others with youth to understand how the crime occurs and how to openly discuss online safety with their children.
Presenter: Marina Anderson, Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for NE and NW Regions, FL Department of Children and Families
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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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

Understanding the Intersection of Sex Work and Human Trafficking
2022-06-14 15:00 - 16:30
Registration is now open for the Understanding the Intersection of Sex Work and Human Trafficking webinar presented by Freedom Network Training Institute. This webinar will provide an overview of the intersection of sex work and human trafficking. The presenters will explore the similarities and differences between sex work and human trafficking. Attendees will learn practical ways to serve survivors who may be engaging in sex work.
This webinar will be part of a 3-part series exploring the different intersections of sex work and human trafficking. The following two webinars are Tuesday, June 14th, from 3:00-430 pm EST, and Tuesday, August 9th, from 3:00-4:30 pm EST. Please be on the lookout for registration information!
Registration cost: $30
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SPEAKERS:
Chris Ash, Survivor Leadership Program Manager
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Chris Ash (they/them) is the Survivor Leadership Program Manager at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST-LA). They are developing supports, empowerment, opportunities, and professional development for survivors of human trafficking to engage meaningfully as the movement’s organizational, strategy, and thought leaders. Before coming to CAST-LA, Chris was the Anti-Human Trafficking Specialist, and later the Prevention Education Program Manager, for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA). Chris’ current work bridges lived experience, years of direct service and community-based consent, and prevention education work. Additionally, they have graduate studies in social justice, human rights, and gender theory.
Mariah Grant, Research and Advocacy Director
Sex Workers Project
Mariah Grant (she/her) is a human rights and migration specialist with a focus on migrant and sex workers’ rights, freedom of movement, and labor exploitation. She is currently the Research and Advocacy Director at the Sex Workers Project of the Urban Justice Center where she oversees SWP policy advocacy and development of original research. Prior to joining SWP, Mariah was a Senior Training and Technical Assistance Specialist for ICF International. She coordinated the Human Trafficking Expert Consultant Network for the US Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and supported other ICF projects related to migration and trafficking in persons. Mariah has a Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratization (Asia Pacific) from the University of Sydney.

SOAR to Health and Wellness Training with CE/CMEs
2022-06-08 13:00 - 15:00
Join NHTTAC for a free 2-hour live SOAR to Health and Wellness training that teaches providers how to identify and respond to human trafficking. This training offers the following continuing education/continuing medical education(CE/CME) credits except when noted otherwise:
· Physicians – maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
· Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians – 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs)
· Psychologists – 2.0 CE credits
· Nurses – 2.0 contact hours
· Dentists – 2.0 CE credits
· Social Workers – 2.0 cultural competency CE credits
· Public Health Professionals – 2.0 CPH credits
· Health Education Specialists – 2.0 entry-level CECH
· Healthcare Team – 2.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education credits
If the credits above do not match your needs, after the training you can access a generic CE/CME certificate for non-physicians or submit your certificate of completion to your local board to request that the board accept the training as credit for your profession.
In the past fiscal year, 98.3% of Live SOAR to Health & Wellness training attendees agreed or strongly agreed that they are confident they will use the knowledge and skills they learned during the SOAR training for their jobs.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Register here*.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Register here. (CE/CME credit not provided)
*For the full accreditation information, visit: https://nhttac.acf.hhs.gov/SOARtoHealthandWellness.
Jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
In collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families Office on Trafficking in Persons and the HHS Office on Women’s Health, supported by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center.

Labor Trafficking Service Delivery Webinar Series: Financial Literacy by FRAMEWORK
2022-05-26 14:00 - 15:00
There are many financial goals that survivors of labor trafficking have, such as how to improve/understand credit scores, build savings, acquire assets, and support a sustainable lifestyle for themselves and family. This webinar will help providers understand the post-trafficking financial planning needs of survivors and how to reframe the field’s current approach to financial literacy to one that is more strategic, collaborative, and addresses systematic barriers to the economic wellbeing of survivors of labor trafficking.
Is this webinar for me? This event is meant for providers who have existing knowledge of labor trafficking and are aware of best practices in client rapport building and support.
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Speaker- Carolyne Ouya. As a Senior Training & Technical Assistance Specialist at FUTURES Workplace & Economic Justice team, Carolyne focuses on improving access to quality education and employment opportunities for survivors of trafficking and gender-based violence. Her primary project is the Promoting Employment Opportunities for Survivors of Trafficking Project. Prior to FUTURES, Carolyne served as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Access Youth & Immigration Services, one of the largest victim rights and employment services agencies in San Diego County. Carolyne earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology & Public Health from Santa Clara University and is currently a masters in Marriage, Family, Therapy student at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

"A Cup of Justice" Restoring Human Trafficking Survivors through Restitution
2022-05-20 13:00 - 14:30
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Victims of human trafficking face numerous obstacles to justice. Under federal law, mandatory restitution for trafficking survivors — compensation in a criminal trafficking case — is mandatory. But restitution is rarely ordered, and even more infrequently collected. Many survivors find their experience in the criminal justice system re-victimizing. They are forced to navigate complex victims’ compensation and criminal justice systems without legal representation. Human trafficking laws have provided both child and adult victims with some protections, but there are still hurdles for many victims looking to rebuild their lives. Survivors have the right to bring civil suits, but this process may be confusing and intimidating. Please join us for a discussion with a lived-experience expert of domestic child sex trafficking to learn more about navigating the legal system in pursuit of justice.
Presenters: Jose Lewis Alfaro, lived experience expert on domestic child sex trafficking and Martina Vandenberg, JD, founder and President, both of the Human Trafficking Legal Center.
The Florida Bar approved this program for 2 hours of Intermediate Level Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit through the Florida Bar through 11/30/23
Sponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Legal Services of North Florida and the IRC
Contact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080
Attendance is limited. Please join early.
This monthly free certificate training program is one of the “Third Friday” community events hosted by BBCAHT and STAC to inform and engage the North Florida community and beyond.

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

Frenchtown Renaissance 2022
2022-05-14 12:00 - 18:00
We invite you to come out to this important event where STAC will have an information table as well as STAC Board member, Dr. Cicely Brantley will be speaking on human trafficking and what we resources STAC can provide.
Divine Revelations Ministries, Inc. (DRMI) is excited and honored to host the First Annual Frenchtown Renaissance event on Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 12 noon to 6 pm in the community of Frenchtown, near the Carter Howell Strong Park (500-598 N. Copeland St., Tallahassee, FL 32301).
This unique event addresses the health and wellbeing of Tallahassee neighborhoods, namely Frenchtown, and has been approved by the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency under the Greater Frenchtown Southside special events grant and is being co-sponsored by the Big Bend Area Health Education Center (AHEC).
We have now entered year three of the pandemic, and Tallahassee, like other communities across the country, is enhancing recovery efforts for its citizens, while addressing the unique issues that each neighborhood faces. As you are probably aware, Frenchtown residents, businesses and other stakeholders successfully developed and advocated for the Frenchtown Neighborhood First Plan, which is in full implementation!
The Frenchtown Renaissance is designed to ignite the mind, elevate the body and nourish the spirit by focusing on three (3) major areas to enhance the health, safety and economic stability of the Frenchtown community. The word renaissance means rebirth or renewal, and this event is designed to do just that. This free family-centered event is open to the general public, and will feature Frenchtown and local entrepreneurs, local food vendors, gardeners/climate specialists, community agencies, and potential employers; a panel discussion – Community Conversations: Safety & Crime Prevention featuring survivors, Assistant Sheriff Argatha Gilmore, and other law enforcement and agencies that address these issues in our community. Headlining the music portion of the event is Tallahassee native and Grammy Award winning songstress Kendra Foster, renowned trumpeter Dr. Longineu Parsons & Musicians, songstress & actress Star Swain, dynamic duo Saylor Dollar, Rebekah Hair-Stewart, gospel artist Minister Delarryo Dunklin, and other locally grown talent. And let’s not forget, fun activities for kids.
Our goal is to empower citizens through awareness, education and experiential learning, to take action in rebounding from the pandemic and its impact; and to just come out to fellowship with neighbors and friends in one of the most culturally rich historic neighborhoods in Tallahassee.
DRMI is a nonprofit 501c3 charitable organization with a mission to help all people to live more enriching lives. We accomplish our mission by offering secular (non-religious) programming, including bridging the generational and digital divide between youth and seniors through our renowned Geeks & Gramps Program (co-sponsored by the RRF Foundation for Aging); providing anger management, substance abuse/misuse, and other human/emotional development programs behind the prison walls and to returning citizens in six counties; and by providing emergency support to those in need.
We understand that as we collaborate and partner with other community organizations, we help to build capacity, which helps us all to help individuals in our communities to live more productive, fulfilled and enriched lives.
DRMI is a 501c3 charitable organization and contributions are tax deductible. If you are interested in collaborating by co-sponsoring, tabling or making a financial contribution to the event or to DRMI, please complete the online registration form at the following link: https://form.jotform.com/drmiusfl/frenchtown-renaissance-registration.

NHTTAC - Ask an Expert: Male Victims and Human Trafficking
2022-04-28 15:00 - 16:30
National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC)
Ask an Expert Series Webinar: Male Victims and Human Trafficking
Register for a live, no-cost Ask an Expert webinar on Thursday, April 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. (Eastern).
What services and support are needed for men and boys who experience human trafficking? How are these services different from their female counterparts? Ensuring equity and inclusion of services for all individuals who experience human trafficking means addressing the needs of men and boys. Join three national experts for a discussion on men and boys’ experiences with sex and labor trafficking. Panelists will share their insight on needed services, how to talk about human trafficking and develop outreach materials in ways that are inclusive of males, and where to find additional resources on this topic.
Moderated by Suleman Masood, NHTTAC Senior Training and Technical Assistance Specialist, the session will feature insight from:

Bandak Lul, Human Trafficking Expert
Lenny Hayes, M.A., Owner, Tate Topa Consulting
Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW

This webinar is part of the Ask an Expert series sponsored by the Office for Victims of Crime’s Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center. This webinar is offered in partnership with the Office on Trafficking in Persons’ National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center.
To attend the Ask an Expert webinar, please register using the following link:
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Ask an Expert Series Webinar: Male Victims and Human Trafficking
2022-04-28 15:00 - 16:00
Register for a live, no-cost Ask an Expert webinar on Thursday, April 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. (Eastern).
What services and support are needed for men and boys who experience human trafficking? How are these services different from their female counterparts? Ensuring equity and inclusion of services for all individuals who experience human trafficking means addressing the needs of men and boys. Join three national experts for a discussion on men and boys’ experiences with sex and labor trafficking. Panelists will share their insight on needed services, how to talk about human trafficking and develop outreach materials in ways that are inclusive of males, and where to find additional resources on this topic.
Moderated by Suleman Masood, NHTTAC Senior Training and Technical Assistance Specialist, the session will feature insight from:

Bandak Lul, Human Trafficking Expert
Lenny Hayes, M.A., Owner, Tate Topa Consulting
Steven Procopio, ACSW, LICSW

This webinar is part of the Ask an Expert series sponsored by the Office for Victims of Crime’s Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center. This webinar is offered in partnership with the Office on Trafficking in Persons’ National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center.
To attend the Ask an Expert webinar, please register using the following link:
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Labor Trafficking Service Delivery Webinar Series: Naming and Healing From Trauma by FRAMEWORK
2022-04-28 14:00 - 15:30
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This 90-minute event, will provide in-depth knowledge of labor trafficking trauma and post-traumatic growth experiences. Topics include research on the trauma, survivor stories on the importance of naming trafficking experiences, and practical recommendations to develop client policies and procedures.
Is this webinar right for me? This training is tailored for anti-trafficking service providers with existing knowledge of labor trafficking, trauma, and survivor service delivery.
SPEAKERS:
Eva Eakins (They/ Them) is a grassroots social justice advocate, a prevention educator and a mental health Peer Support Specialist with a lived-experience working to raise awareness on human trafficking issues in the United States. Eva’s focus is survivors who are children and young people. Eva has worked for the County mental health care systems to identify at-risk youth and worked to connect them with services.
Charlee Borg (She/Hers ) With her extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing national and international anti-trafficking programs across sectors, Charlee weaves first-hand knowledge from over ten years serving survivors of human trafficking to create engaging and relevant training materials. Prior to Framework, Charlee built agency, regional, and state anti-trafficking capacity across the U.S. while consulting as a cross-cultural trauma and crisis response specialist. She has aided human trafficking survivors nationally and internationally by developing and managing programs, providing crisis and long-term therapy interventions, and supporting survivors and organizations better partner together. Charlee received her M.A. in International Disaster Psychology: Trauma and Global Mental Health from the University of Denver with a certificate in Program Development and Evaluation.

Holistic Approaches to Health & Wellness for Trafficking Survivors Webinar
2022-04-27 12:00 - 13:00
From animal therapy, to chiropractic care, to yoga and more, there are many health and wellness-based interventions available to support trafficking survivors through their journey to overcoming trauma. This webinar will provide attendees an understanding of how trauma lives in the body and overview various forms of health-centered approaches to healing.
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Panelists Include:
• Bradel Canfield, Kristi House
• Jessica Donnelly, AP, Grace, Love & Acupuncture
• Deborah Foote, Voices for Florida
• Mollie Gordon, MA, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
• Dr. Sarah Helms, Daughters of Worth
• Shiva Thompson, Yoga 4 Change
To support our work providing high quality webinars like these to increase awareness of sex trafficking, please make a donation today: www.voicesforflorida.org/donate/

Human Trafficking and Substance Use
2022-04-15 13:00 - 14:30
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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Substance use and human trafficking occur together very often. Traffickers use drugs and alcohol to groom, lure, manipulate, and control the people they are trafficking. Victims and survivors who are substance dependent are targeted by traffickers because of this vulnerability. How can those who work with adults or youth who are sex and labor trafficked understand how to best support survivors who have substance use disorders? What do substance use disorder professionals need to know about human trafficking? How can we all do more to understand the intersection of substance use and trauma and how this can impact survivors over the short and long terms? Presenters will cover these issues and will provide ample time for discussion and questions.

Presenters: Kristina Bailey, Human Trafficking Program Coordinator, International Rescue Committee; Graciela Marquina, Community Services Advocate, STAC; Robin Silberman, Survivor Mentor, Whole Child Leon, Open Doors Outreach Network. Moderator: Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director, STAC.
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
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/2p86najt
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

Hearth & Soul Happy Hour: Supporting Survivors of Human Trafficking
2022-03-22 05:00 - 19:00
We are happy to announce that Hearth & Soul has selected STAC as its March nonprofit partner and will be hosting a special happy hour on Tuesday, March 22 from 5-7pm. For directions to Hearth & Soul click here. We look forward to seeing you there!

Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking in the Workplace
2022-03-18 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:
Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking in the Workplace
Date: March 18, 2022
1 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / Noon – 1:30 PM Central
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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 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 now available online, and on demand, the advantage of attending this program LIVE is that you will be able to ask questions and participate with one other attendees throughout.
Moderator: Robin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director, and Graciela Marquina, Community Services Advocate, STAC. 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

Climate Change and Human Trafficking: Protecting Newly Vulnerable Populations
2022-03-17 08:00 - 09:30
Climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. Not only has it destroyed land and communities and displaced millions of people from their homes and livelihoods, but it has devastated the social fabric of people’s lives. These disruptions of governments, lives and families have weakened the already fragile protections of those who become hungry and homeless and made them more vulnerable to becoming victims of human trafficking. Women and girls are at particular risk of exploitation.
Speakers will include:
María Eugenia Villareal, Executive Director, ECPAT-Guatemala
Jonathan Todres, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Olivia Umoh, Director, Safe Child Advocacy (SCA)
Laura Healy, Programme Specialist in Migration and Displacement, UNICEF
Kiana Joy P. Yabut, Youth Representative, Guam Youth Congress
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Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - Virtual Congressional Briefing
2022-03-10 15:00 - 16:00
>How $1Billion in Federal Funds could go away to further Domestic and International Initiatives to Combat Trafficking if the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act is not passed ASAP
A Virtual Congressional Briefing
March 10, 2022 | 3:00-3:45 PM EST
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Please join us for this congressional briefing on H.R. 6552 with expert panelists including representatives from the offices of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Tanya Street, Survivor Leader & Presidential Award Recipient for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and Bill Woolf former Acting Director at OVC for the Department of Justice & Safe House Project Policy Director.
The Frederick Douglass TVPRA is critical in reauthorizing a total of approximately $1 billion over five years to continue the prevention of trafficking, protection of victims and prosecution of traffickers in America and around the globe. Without its passage, current funding allocations could cease crippling efforts to address this heinous human rights crisis.
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Human Trafficking: The Pathways to Prevention
2022-02-28 12:30 - 14:00
“Human Trafficking: The Pathways to Prevention” is a conversation on personal reflections on gaps in service provision, challenges, as well as what’s going right for survivors of color. Joining the discussion will be:

Dr. Brook Parker-Bello, Founder and CEO, More Too Life
Sandra Maria Anderson, Founder, Love Gardens Ministries International Inc.
Kioka Jones, Advocate, Parent-Survivor

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The Intersection of Teen Dating Violence, Human Trafficking, and Vulnerable Youth
2022-02-23 14:00 - 15:30
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in one year, nearly 1 in 11 female and approximately 1 in 14 male high school students report having experienced physical dating violence; and about 1 in 8 female and 1 in 26 male high school students report having experienced sexual dating violence. While teen dating violence impacts youth nationwide, youth from racial/ethnic and sexual minority groups are disproportionally affected by all forms of violence, including dating violence. Violence in an adolescent relationship sets the stage for future violence and victimization, including youth becoming victims of human trafficking.
This virtual panel will discuss the impact of teen dating violence among youth from underserved populations and its intersection with human trafficking. Panelists will also share their collective expertise, lessons from the field, and practical recommendations to build awareness and prevent these incidents in our communities.
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Honoring Black Voices in the Anti-Trafficking Movement
2022-02-23 14:00 - 15:30
Each year, February is celebrated as “Black History Month” to reflect on and appreciate the contributions that African Americans and those of the African diaspora have made in all aspects of our nation’s history, especially in fighting for the human rights of all. In this event, service providers will hear from survivors of labor trafficking as they engage in a meaningful conversation to discuss disparities in the movement regarding race, share their views on the term “modern-day slavery,” and describe how they define “justice.”
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The Case Against Othering: A Call for Intersectionality in the Anti-Trafficking Movement
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:30
Speakers:
Chanel Dionne, Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center
Cristian Eduardo, Human Trafficking Consultant
Erik Gray, Queers Uniting to End Exploitation
Crystal Hamilton, CrisLee Consulting Firm
Kristin Murray, Authentic Witness
Description: This month’s webinar will focus on the topic of intersectionality in the anti-trafficking movement. By centering on the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), the panel will address system failures, what a more inclusive movement could look like, and a call to action for individuals to find new ways to collaborate. Free to participate!
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Child Labor Trafficking: What We Need to Know
2022-02-18 13:00 - 14:30
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Child Labor Trafficking: What We Need to Know
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.
Children and youth are trafficked globally and in the United States at alarming rates. However, rarely are labor trafficked children recognized if systems and individuals zero in only on the victimization of children by sex traffickers. Labor trafficking, or forced labor of children, is often overlooked by many people and systems. The children who are vulnerable to labor trafficking may have factors that can heighten the risk for them, including separation from families and supports, poverty, lack of educational opportunities and undocumented status. Child labor traffickers can be like any other traffickers: from family members to organized crime networks and forced labor of children can coincide with sex trafficking. This presentation is for anyone who has contact with children in our community: neighbors, school personnel, child welfare, law enforcement, justice system, attorneys, parents and grandparents – everyone! Experts will provide a survivor perspective and give attendees information about this current reality that is too often overlooked.
Presenters: Martina Vandenberg, JD, Founder and President and Evelyn Chumbow, Operations Manager and Survivor Advocate, both of the Human Trafficking Legal Center.
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

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.
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National Human Trafficking Training and Assistance Center - Live SOAR Training
2022-02-10 08:00 - 17:00
Join us for a free 2-hour live SOAR to Health and Wellness training on Wednesday, February 16 that teaches providers how to identify and respond to human trafficking. This training will offer the following continuing education/continuing medical education (CE/CME) credits:

Physicians – maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians – 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs)
Psychologists – 2.0 CE credits
Nurses – 2.0 contact hours
Dentists – 2.0 CE credits
Social Workers – 2.0 cultural competency CE credits
Public Health Professionals – 2.0 CPH credits
Health Education Specialists – 2.0 entry-level CECH
Healthcare Team – 2.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education credits

If the credits above do not match your needs, after the training you can access a generic CE/CME certificate for non-physicians or submit your certificate of completion to your local board to request that the board accept the training as credit for your profession.
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Anti-Human Trafficking & Social Justice Panel Discussion
2022-02-03 12:30 - 13:30
Attend this program as part of TCC’s observance and celebration of Black History Month, to learn and explore the intersections of social justice with sex and labor trafficking. This interactive panel will delve into topical and important issues including the disproportionate impact of human trafficking on communities of color, how to identify and respond to sex and labor trafficking on the TCC campus and in the community, and how to take action to end human trafficking.
Join Zoom Meeting: tccfl.zoom.us/j/99883537411
Meeting ID: 998 8353 7411
Panelists:
Sheriff Walt McNeil, Leon County Sheriff’s Office
Michelle Tibbits-McClellan,TCC Victim Advocate
Donmetrie E. Clark, TCC, Dean and Professor of English, Communications and Humanities
Pastor Douglas Harris, STAC Board Member
Dr. Cicely Brantley, STAC Board Member

Human Trafficking and the Law: Labor Trafficking
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:30
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Description: Labor trafficking – also called “forced labor” is far more common that people think, here in North Florida and around the nation. Both the civil and criminal sides of the justice system – and our entire community – are vitally important to recognizing this reality, preventing forced labor, and fully supporting survivors. This includes active civil litigation against traffickers and taking action in the courts to ban goods coming into the U.S. from “supply chains” of forced labor. Each of us, as consumers, can also help by buying and supporting trafficking free goods and services.
Featured Speakers:
Martina Vandenberg, JD – founder and president of the Human Trafficking Legal Center
Martina E. Vandenberg is founder and president of the Human Trafficking Legal Center. Vandenberg established the Human Trafficking Legal Center (formerly HT Pro Bono) in 2012 with generous support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship Program.
Prior to becoming an OSF Fellow, Vandenberg served as a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, where she focused on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She served as a senior member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.
Vandenberg has spent two decades fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women. She has represented victims of human trafficking pro bono in immigration, criminal, and civil cases, and has testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, the Helsinki Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee on an array of human rights issues. Through the Human Trafficking Legal Center, she has trained more than 3,600 pro bono attorneys nationwide to handle human trafficking matters.
A former Human Rights Watch researcher, Vandenberg spearheaded investigations into human rights violations in the Russian Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Israel, and Ukraine. She is the author of two Human Rights Watch reports, “Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Women and Girls to Post-Conflict Bosnia & Herzegovina for Forced Prostitution,” and “Kosovo: Rape as a Weapon of ‘Ethnic Cleansing.’”
As a researcher for the Israel Women’s Network, she investigated and published the first report documenting human trafficking into Israel. While living in the Russian Federation in the 1990s, she co-founded Syostri, one of Russia’s first rape crisis centers for women.
Vandenberg has received multiple awards for her leadership against human trafficking. In 2012, the Freedom Network USA presented her with the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Award for her “outstanding leadership and dedication in working to combat human trafficking and slavery in the United States.” In 2013, she received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation’s Stevens Award for outstanding service in public interest law. T’ruah presented her with the Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award in 2014. She received the Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize the following year. Vandenberg also served as a co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Trafficking Task Force.
A Rhodes Scholar and Truman Scholar, Vandenberg has taught as an adjunct faculty member at the American University Washington College of Law and the Oxford University Human Rights Summer Program. She is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.
Fainess Lipenga – Training Advisor, the Human Trafficking Legal Center
Fainess Lipenga has been an active member of the National Survivor Network since 2013. As a survivor of labor trafficking, she uses her voice and experience to educate the community and raise awareness.
Her mission is to prevent other survivors from being re-victimized and give them hope and courage to heal, become leaders, and achieve their dreams. Prior to her role as training advisor, Lipenga served as a consultant to the Human Trafficking Legal Center for more than five years.
Lipenga has testified before Congress regarding the challenges that survivors face, and has presented to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She has provided training for pro bono lawyers, law students, physicians, law enforcement officials, and federal prosecutors. She has spoken at national conferences and developed expert training materials. In 2019, Lipenga testified before the Maryland General Assembly to advocate for passage of the Anti-Exploitation Act. With the help of her testimony, Maryland passed the bill, making labor trafficking an illegal act for the first time in Maryland.
Lipenga is a recipient of the Justice for Victims of Crime Award from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Washington, DC. She believes survivor voices and leadership are essential to advocacy on human trafficking.
Daynica Harley – Clinical Professor, FSU College of Law
Daynica Harley is a clinical professor in the Florida State University College of Law Public Interest Law Center. Co-teaching the Children’s Advocacy Clinic and Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Project, Ms. Harley supervises student advocacy and direct representation of clients across a variety of legal issues. Ms. Harley is a 2021 graduate of the Florida State University College of Law. She is admitted to practice law in Florida.
Melody Andrews – Student, FSU College of Law
Melody Andrews is a third-year law student at the Florida State University College of Law. She also attended undergrad at Florida State and earned her Bachelor’s in Theater and Creative Writing. She is dedicated to Public Interest and has been involved in the Children’s Advocacy Clinic, the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Clinic, and the International Human Rights Clinic. She is currently a legal intern at Disability Rights Florida and the Public Defender’s Office in the 2nd Judicial Circuit. She has previously been an intern at the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence.
Peyton Smith – Student, FSU College of Law
Peyton Smith is a third-year student at the Florida State University College of Law. She went to Taylor University, a small Christian college in Indiana, and studied Political Science, Philosophy, and Economics. She is passionate about immigration and international human rights issues. In the Fall of 2021, Ms. Smith participated in the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Project. Prior to law school, Ms. Smith spent six months doing anti-human trafficking work in Nepal.
Robin Hassler Thompson, JD – Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)
Robin Hassler Thompson, M.A., J.D., is the Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC), an anti-trafficking non-profit she co-founded in 2015. She co-chairs the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and is a member of its Social Services Committee. In 2001 she traveled to Bangladesh on a U.S. State Department mission, which included a visit to a trafficking rescue shelter in Dhaka. This so inspired her that since, she has directed and collaborates in many anti-trafficking projects, trains extensively, and has authored publications and curricula, including a course for the Florida Medical Association.
Hosted by the FSU College of Law and Co-sponsored by Legal Services of North Florida
CLE credit: This program has been approved for 2 hours of general CLE credit.
Contact: Robin Hassler Thompson, STAC, 850-597-2080 robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org
Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) Contact Information:
***Note: All BBCAHT members who wish to attend events Must register. ***
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bbcaht/
Kellianne “Kelli” Dougherty
Victim Witness Specialist
United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida
850-216-3909 desk
850-528-8595 cell
kellianne.dougherty@usdoj.gov

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: Effective Engagement of Individuals with Lived Experience
2022-01-26 15:00 - 16:00
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, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar in this series, Effective Engagement of Individuals with Lived Experience.
This webinar expands the scope of the series by addressing how school communities can enhance existing trafficking prevention efforts by effectively engaging survivors of trafficking, referred to often as those with lived experience. Such efforts are central to a well-informed, trauma-sensitive, and wholistic approach to preventing trafficking. Specific strategies of meaningful outreach, engagement, and sustained partnership with survivors of trafficking will be shared.
Ruth Ryder, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education (DC)

Kimberly Casey, Prevention and Communication Specialist, Office on Trafficking in Persons (DC)
Bella Hounakey, Former Member, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (VA);
Judge Robert Lung, Former Council Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (CO)
Suleman Masood, Council Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (MD)
Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman, Former Member, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (WA)

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City of Tallahassee Anti-Human Trafficking Proclamation
2022-01-26 15:00 - 16:00
Come and show your support for human trafficker survivors and local community efforts at the next City of Tallahassee Commission meeting, January 26, 2022 at 3pm. This is why: local governments can play a vital role in preventing sex and labor trafficking and supporting trafficked persons by educating many like inspectors, emergency responders, utility workers and supporting community centers with information and support for vulnerable populations and local funding for programs supporting survivors is vital.
View the details for the City Commission Meeting
