• Understanding the Link Between Persons with Disabilities and Human Trafficking

    https://youtu.be/3McGH2GxNiU During this training, we will discuss how people with disabilities are often targeted for sex and labor trafficking and exploited for financial gain. You will learn more about red flags of trafficking and next steps to take if you believe that someone you know may be trafficked or is being groomed for trafficking or exploitation.…

  • Human Trafficking: What Faith Communities Need to Know

    Many people think human trafficking only happens in big cities; but the truth is, it’s happening everywhere, and businesses are the eyes and ears of the community. Everyone can play a role, especially communities of faith, in identifying trafficking acts or victims.  This training will detail how you can respond if you suspect sex or…

  • Better service for two-spirit & Native LGBTQIA+ victims of trafficking

    Talking Circle Series: Improving Access to Services for Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQIA+ Victims of Human Trafficking Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQIA+ individuals are some of the most vulnerable populations to human trafficking. While there is no defining characteristic of a human trafficking victim, traffickers often target victims’ vulnerabilities such as a lack of social support networks…

  • Gadsden County Human Trafficking Community Forum

    Midway Unity Fellowship Hosted by Pastor Douglas Harris of Midway Unity Fellowship Church Human Trafficking is in Gadsden County and YOU can make a difference. Refreshments will be provided!

  • Imagine Freedom 2024: A Fundraising Event To Help Empower Human Trafficking Survivors

    Human trafficking survivors need your support now more than ever. A referral agency of the National Human Trafficking Hotline, STAC provides support to survivors of sex and labor trafficking and teaches people how to recognize, report and prevent trafficking. At Imagine Freedom 2024, guests can look forward to a gratitude-filled reception where we will honor…

  • Select Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) Quarterly Meeting

    BIG BEND COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BBCAHT) MEETING Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM Florida Sheriffs Association, 2617 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308 Our speakers will be Nicole Whitaker, Christians Against Trafficking.  Nicole will give us an update on the Human Trafficking related bills currently before the Florida Legislature. If you are unable to…

  • Third Friday Webinar: Human Trafficking and Rural Communities

    https://youtu.be/ZnIrdgLtNec This program will help us to better understand what human trafficking looks like in our rural communities and how we can work together to prevent and end it. Too many people think that sex and labor trafficking happens only in big cities or large metropolitan areas. Or that labor trafficking only happens in agricultural…

  • Community Conversation – Leon County

    Be sure to mark your calendar on February 20 for an important “Community Conversation” around human trafficking in the Big Bend and what YOU can do to help at 621 Gallery. Attendees can look forward to:  🖼️ Discussion and sharing strategies using a mural depicting the journey from surviving to thriving 🗣️ A panel discussion…

  • Human Trafficking and Florida’s Schools

    https://youtu.be/nM_Kg_OY8pU Schools are one of the most important places to highlight the issue of human trafficking – and everyone at our schools has a role in preventing as well as recognizing and responding to both sex and labor trafficking. The FSU College of Law’s Human Trafficking Exploitation Law Project (HELP) and the Children’s Advocacy Clinic…

  • 2024 Women & Girls Summit: Advocacy, Resilience, and Empowerment

    2024 Women & Girls Summit: Advocacy, Resilience, and Empowerment Register Now Location: FSU Turnbull Center 555 West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee FL 32306 Mural artist and STAC President Elect Nipa Eason and STAC ED Robin Hassler Thompson will lead a session at the Summit focused on STAC’s Mural from “Surviving to Thriving.”

  • Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) Quarterly Meeting

    BIG BEND COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BBCAHT) MEETING Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM Florida Sheriffs Association, 2617 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308 Our speaker will be Sameer Jain, US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. See additional resources from Sameer: Recent STAC Podcast, listen here: https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/episode-4-sameer-jain/ https://www.state.gov/united-states-advisory-council-on-human-trafficking-annual-report-2023/ If you are unable to attend in…