• 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…

  • Human Trafficking and the Law: Labor Trafficking

    https://youtu.be/_7rqrjLQ90Y 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…

  • Anti-Human Trafficking & Social Justice Panel Discussion

    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…

  • National Human Trafficking Training and Assistance Center – Live SOAR Training

    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…

  • Child Labor Trafficking: What We Need to Know

    https://youtu.be/xJd0RQRopqE Download the Presentation_Child Labor Trafficking 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…

  • The Case Against Othering: A Call for Intersectionality in the Anti-Trafficking Movement

    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…