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…
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. Webinar Registration 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…
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. Facebook LIVE link
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…