• Intimate Partner Human Trafficking: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Sexual Exploitation

    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 Webinar Registration 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…

  • Perspectives Call In Radio Show on WFSU (88.9 FM)

    Date: Thursday, January 6, 2022, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Tune in on the radio: 88.9FM (Listen to the playback of this episode.) 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…

  • NHTTAC: New SOAR Training Pilot – Working with Foreign National Minors

    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…

  • Trafficking In America Task Force

    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…

  • “Circle of Hope” Speaker Series Featuring Survivor Advocate Julia Hubbard

    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…

  • Gadsden County Community Human Trafficking Forum

    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…

  • Local Workplaces Taking Action to End Human Trafficking

    https://youtu.be/Wd0mnLuzN_I Date: Friday, January 21, 2022, 1 – 2:30 p.m. Location: Online webinar Download the Presentation_Workplace 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…

  • Whole Child Leon Professional Network Community Conversation – Human Trafficking: Prevention, Intervention and Victim Services

    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…

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Deterring Human Trafficking

    Ashleigh Chapman, CEO and president of the Alliance for Freedom, Restoration, and Justice, will moderate a conversation with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, CEO of HEAL Trafficking (Health, Education, Advocacy, Linkage), and health care industry stakeholders to discuss human trafficking victim identification and response. A21, kNot Today, and It’s a Penalty, which are members of the Alliance…

  • The Impact of Human Trafficking on Campus

    Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Location: Online Description: This panel discussion will focus on how human trafficking can occur on our state’s higher education campuses and how institutions of higher learning can and should respond. Presenters from Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College, Florida A&M University, Florida International University, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and…

  • City of Tallahassee Anti-Human Trafficking Proclamation

    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…

  • Human Trafficking: Effective Engagement of Individuals with Lived Experience

    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…