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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know-A Special Focus on Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:November 19\, 2020\, Noon – 2:00 pm ET\n\n\nFree online training\n\n\nEvery healthcare professional\, including the mental health practitioner\, holds a unique and trusted position in our world\, making it imperative that they are fully informed about human trafficking. This session will meet the requirements of Florida law regarding human trafficking education and help attendees to identify both sex and labor trafficking within their practice setting\, understand how to best respond\, and learn about resources to support trafficked persons and those who are at risk of being trafficked. Please register early. Space is limited!\n\n\n\nThis course satisfies the 2 hours of Human Trafficking training mandatory for APRNs\, RNs\, LPNs each renewal/biennium. CNAs will receive 2 hours of general credit. \n\n\n\nApplications for other healthcare provider CEUs are pending.\n\n\n\nContact Robin Hassler Thompson\, robin@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 with any questions.\n\n\nOur Panelists\n\n\nJay Reeve\, PhD\, President and CEO\, Apalachee Center\n\n\n\nJay Reeve\, PhD\, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Apalachee Center\, in Tallahassee\, Florida. Apalachee Center is a not-for-profit behavioral health center operating eight outpatient clinics\, three acute behavioral healthcare inpatient units\, two primary care clinics\, and six residential programs across the eight counties of Florida’s Big Bend region\, and manages the Behavioral Health Center at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. Apalachee Center employs over 500 staff\, sees about 7500 clients annually\, and has an annual budget of about 32 million dollars. Dr. Reeve also chairs the Mental Health Council of the Big Bend. Dr. Reeve received undergraduate\, graduate\, and doctoral degrees from Tufts\, Harvard\, and Adelphi Universities. He has been licensed as a clinical psychologist in Delaware\, Florida\, New York\, and Rhode Island. Dr. Reeve has held a variety of academic appointments\, including teaching faculty positions at Brown University Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; the University of Albany; Albany Medical College; Widener University; Immaculata College; the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; the University of Hartford\, and currently holds a courtesy appointment at the at Florida State University Medical College.\n\n\n\nIn 2014\, Dr. Reeve was made a Fellow of the Florida Council for Community Mental Health\, “in recognition of his unique and significant contributions to the Council”. In 2010\, Dr. Reeve was awarded the Visionary Leadership Award by the National Council for Community Behavioral Health. He was the first Florida mental health provider to win the Big Bend Mental Health Coalition’s Walk The Walk award\, in 2008. In 2005\, he received the Brown Medical School’s Outstanding Teaching Award in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.\n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, JD\, MA\, Exec. Dir\, STAC\n\n\n\nRobin is an attorney and consultant whose work focuses on human trafficking and violence against women. She provides consultation\, education and outreach to key professionals in the justice system\, social services\, and health care as well as to other community leaders and policy makers locally\, nationally\, and internationally.\n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina\, MSW\, Victim Assistance Director\, STAC\n\n\n\nGraciela has been assisting victims of human trafficking since 2011. She is a skilled researcher and interviewer\, has expertise working in non-profit agencies\, and provides training and education on human trafficking to communities around the state and the globe including both NGO’s and governmental agencies.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-what-healthcare-providers-need-to-know-a-special-focus-on-mental-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
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SUMMARY:Advocating to End Human Trafficking: Justice\, Equality and Economic Security for All
DESCRIPTION:This free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC is organizing during this time of social distancing and to keep up our Third Friday training schedule. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us! \n \n\n\n\n Friday\, October 16\, 2020 \n\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central  \n\n\n\nHuman trafficking does not happen in a vacuum – it is a reality keenly felt by those who are most vulnerable on account of inequality\, age\, discrimination\, violence\, and economic insecurity\, and who often lack access to healthcare\, education\, good jobs\, and other social supports. Children are particularly vulnerable and at-risk. Connecting the dots between societal inequality and human trafficking victimization is easy: creating change in a world rife with inequity is not. This program will explore ways all of us can make a difference to support the vulnerable and help build a better and more just world for those at-risk for being trafficked. We will also highlight actions we can all take and to help prevent trafficking and support child and adult survivors to heal and thrive during this time of COVID-19 and beyond.  \n\n\n\n\n\nOur Panelists\n\n\n\nSabrina Rodriguez de Conte \n\n\n\nSabrina is passionate about civic engagement\, social justice\, and advocacy for underserved communities. Sabrina has worked for various causes and nonprofit organizations including PACE Center for Girls\, Leon County Humane Society\, and Office Depot Foundation. She has a Bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Colorado in Boulder and is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at Florida State University College of Law. \n\n\n\nSabrina is a board member of the Survive & Thrive Advocacy Center and works to build awareness of the realities of human trafficking in and around the local community. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community\, Sabrina is an advocate for LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion and is a student member of the National LGBT Bar Association. In her spare time\, Sabrina enjoys spending time with her wife\, Christy\, and son\, Journey\, at the beach or on the trails. \n\n\n\nPastor Douglas McArthur Harris \n\n\n\nPastor Harris is a visionary pastor\, leader\, social activist\, and teacher engrossed in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and committed to economic justice and empowerment in underserved communities. He has been in ministry for over 20 years and serves as the senior pastor of Midway Unity Fellowship Church in Midway\, Florida. He graduated from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa\, Alabama\, where he received his bachelor’s degree in biology. After his enrollment in Jacksonville Theological Seminary\, he achieved his master’s degree and is now pursuing his doctorate in theology. \n\n\n\nRetired as a regional specialist with the Florida Education Association for 25 years\, he was president of the Gadsden Education Foundation in Quincy\, Florida\, where he would oversee and guide decision-making efforts to award educational assistance grants to teachers. He is the founder of Revive to Rebuild Ministries\, serves on the Gadsden Pregnancy Center Board\, the Executive Committee Gadsden County Baptist Association\, and the Nomination Committee Florida Baptist. \n\n\n\nCecka Rose Green\, CPM \n\n\n\nFor nearly three decades\, Cecka Rose Green\, CPM\, enjoyed a notable communications career locally\, statewide and nationally. Currently\, she serves as Regional Executive Director for the Big Bend – Tallahassee Area for Children’s Home Society of Florida. CHS programs in the Region include foster care\, adoption and independent living case management; Child Protection Team and Child Advocacy Center; Sexual Abuse Treatment Counseling Program; Early Steps; and Sabal Palm Elementary Community Partnership School™. \n\n\n\nPast positions include Director of Communications at LeadingAge Florida; Communications Director for Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Director of Communications for Voices for Florida’s Children; Vice-President/Director of Communications for P&P Communications\, Inc.; and Deputy Communications Director for the Florida Department of Children and Families. She has been quoted in USA Today\, The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times and The Miami Herald\, in addition to in multiple broadcast\, internet and print platforms. \n\n\n\nCecka is a former chair of the City of Tallahassee’s Community Improvement Advisory Council\, and she served as a member of the Tallahassee/Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. Most recently\, she was selected as one of “25 Women You Need to Know” by the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper. In 2014\, Cecka created the FAMU $10 for 10 Challenge\, a social media campaign that raised $300\,000+ for FAMU and engaged 3\,500 new donors. A 2015 FAMU NAA Distinguished Alumni\, she was selected HBCU Digest’s 2015 Alumna of the Year and was awarded the Carrie P. Meek Servant-Leader Award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc.\, Florida and the Bahamas. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, she performs executive management and public relations consulting as CEO & chief strategist for TrubyRose Strategy Group\, founded in 2019. \n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, JD\, MA – Moderator & Panelist \n\n\n\nRobin is an attorney and consultant whose work focuses on human trafficking and violence against women. She provides consultation\, education and outreach to key professionals in the justice system\, social services\, and health care as well as to other community leaders and policy makers locally\, nationally\, and internationally. \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Event Information  \n\n\n\nEvent number: 127 860 0041 Event password: Center2020  \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee.  \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080  \n\n\n\n\n\nAUDIO will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early.  \n\n\n\nClick here to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/y6hdqcdh  \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/advocating-to-end-human-trafficking-justice-equality-and-economic-security-for-all/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
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SUMMARY:Local Human Trafficking Task Forces and Coalitions: Promises and Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m.\, EST Friday\, Sept. 18\, 2020 \n \n\n\n\nHosted by: Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF. Audio will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early. \n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and the Florida Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly Third Friday Community Training Program. \n\n\n\nThis free webinar (description below) is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC is organizing during this time of social distancing and to keep up our Third Friday training schedule. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us\, but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: The best way for local communities to support survivors of human trafficking and to bring traffickers to justice is to work together. Florida has a number of local human trafficking efforts that successfully collaborate to these ends\, and one is the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force. This session will explore the challenges in building a local coalition to end trafficking\, explore successes\, challenges\, and promising practices\, discuss the role of child welfare professionals and the Department of Children and Families on this local effort\, and provide ample time for participant questions and discussions. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS: Caridad Mas-Batchelor is the Task Force Coordinator for the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force. In this role\, she oversees the over 400-member task force funded by the Office for Victims of Crime and the Bureau of Justice Assistance.  She works collaboratively with partners and key stakeholders in the community to ensure access to information and resources.  Caridad also provides training and conducts outreach to increase awareness and identification of human trafficking survivors in the South Florida area. Caridad provides technical assistance nationally including to the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime as a peer-reviewer informing the grant application process. Previously\, she supervised the anti-trafficking caseworker and provided direct assistance to survivors for the Anti-Human Trafficking Program at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Miami. She has worked with vulnerable populations for over six years. Caridad holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University and a Master’s in Law in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law. \n\n\n\nTheresa Kennedy returned to the Department of Children and Families as the Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Southeast and Southern Regions in January 2018.  In her current role she provides guidance to Child Protection Investigators\, Case Management staff and community providers related to the identification and service provision of Human Trafficking victims\, as well as assisting with the development of legislation\, policy and procedures related to this issue.  In 1997 Ms. Kennedy was hired as a Family Services Counselor and during her time with the Department she was promoted to Family Services Counselor Supervisor.  In 2003\, Mrs. Kennedy accepted a position with ChildNet\, Inc. and served as their first Service Center Director during Broward County’s transition to community-based care.  Ms. Kennedy remained with ChildNet for 14 years and served as the Program Officer of Case Management\, Adoption and Youth Services for ChildNet\, Inc.  Her areas of expertise include independent living services\, missing persons\, intake\, case management\, adoptions\, termination of parental rights\, performance management\, advocacy\, service and resource networking\, and community partner development. Theresa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Fordham University\, and is a Certified Child Welfare Professional.  She is the former Co-Chair of the Statewide Independent Living Advisory Council and Florida Coalition for Children Independent Living Sub Committee.  She is a currently a member of the Ark of Freedom Alliance\, Collective Impact Steering Committee. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080. \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC 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.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/local-human-trafficking-task-forces-and-coalitions-promises-and-pitfalls/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
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SUMMARY:BIG BEND COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BBCAHT) VIRTUAL MEETING
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 9\, 2020 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nThe speaker for this meeting will be Patrick Crough\, Special Agent Supervisor\, Ft. Myers Regional Operations Center\,  Florida Department of Law Enforcement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis virtual meeting will be held using USA-Webex.  Log-in information will be sent in a separate email next week.
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/big-bend-coalition-against-human-trafficking-bbcaht-virtual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
CREATED:20200720T172909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T132349Z
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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking and Gangs
DESCRIPTION:Live Web Event 1-2:30 p.m.\, EST Friday\, August 21\, 2020  \n \n\n\n\nHosted by: Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF. Audio will be provided through your computer. Attendance will be limited to the first 1\,000 people who join this event. Please join early. \n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and the Florida Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in BBCAHT’s Monthly Third Friday Community Training Program: Human Trafficking and Gangs. \n\n\n\nThis free webinar (description below) is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC is organizing during this time of social distancing and to keep up our Third Friday training schedule. We are happy to extend this invitation to friends and colleagues throughout the Big Bend and beyond – please join us\, but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: Gangs conduct criminal activity in all 50 states. Although most gang activity is concentrated in major urban areas\, gangs also are proliferating in rural and suburban areas as gang members flee increasing law enforcement pressure in urban areas. During this session\, attendees will learn to recognize signs of gang involvement including gang tattoos\, terminology\, graffiti and using hand signals. Attendees will also be able to recognize the warning signs and risk factors of youth gang recruitment. This session will also discuss the female’s role in gangs and how gang sex trafficking differs from other forms of trafficking. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Marina Anderson is the Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. She joined the Department of Children and Families Office of Child Welfare Human Trafficking Team in May 2015 and began her career with DCF in 2002. For thirteen years she worked as a Child Protective Investigator (CPI) in Duval County.  In 2014\, she became a Field Support Consultant for DCF.  Marina is a recognized expert in safety methodology\, providing training and mentoring to CPI and CPIS\, and was personally recognized by Governor Rick Scott as a STAR Child Protective Investigator. Marina is a certified investigator and trainer in human trafficking\, and a subject matter expert in critical injury\, domestic violence\, physical/sexual abuse and human trafficking. Marina is also an approved Human Trafficking Trainer for the Florida Sheriff’s Association. Marina is an executive board member of the Northeast Region Human Trafficking Coalition\, Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Coalition and Panama City Human Trafficking Task Force. She is also a member of the Alachua County Coalition against Human Trafficking\, Big Bend Human Trafficking Coalition and Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force. Marina Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080  \n\n\n\nIf you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-and-gangs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
CREATED:20200623T172322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T194926Z
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SUMMARY:Survivor Teachings: A Process of Healing and Hope
DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR: 1 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern / 12 – 1:30 p.m. Central\, Friday\, July 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSurvive and Thrive Advocacy Center\, the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Florida’s Department of Children and Families invite you to participate the monthly Third Friday Community Training Program: “Survivor Teachings: A Process of Healing and Hope” online from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday\, July 17. \n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Florida’s Center for Child Welfare at USF for hosting. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: The voices of survivors are essential to our understanding of human trafficking. How do we advocate with and for survivors? What are the immediate and long-term impacts of child sex trafficking and all forms of trafficking? What should we know about survivors’ lives that will help us understand and prevent human trafficking in our communities? What is the impact of trauma? How can we as professionals in healthcare\, child welfare\, businesses and the hospitality industry\, social services\, law enforcement\, the courts\, educators\, faith community\, family members and parents\, and as neighbors understand the range and the reach of traffickers? Please attend for answers to these and other questions from AmyLynn Harrington-Smoot\, advocate and survivor of sex trafficking and Graciela Marquina\, STAC Victim Assistance Coordinator who has supported survivors for over two decades. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS: AmyLynn Harrington Smoot is a survivor and advocate working with task forces\, community-based care organizations and faith groups throughout the southeast.  She is a current consultant for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center and\, in 2018\, worked with 121 Hope\, as an ambassador and speaker on human trafficking and prevention. She was the Survivor Mentor for the Open Doors Network\, through The Florida Baptist Children’s Home\, for the Central Florida area including Orange\, Polk\, Osceola and Brevard counties from November 2017 – February 2018.  She was the Survivor Mentor for The Porch Light\, a certified safe home\, from January 2015 to February 2017. AmyLynn is a survivor from childhood sex trafficking and torture that occurred for approximately eighteen months from the time she was eight years old. AmyLynn chooses to use her knowledge in the area of sexual exploitation of children as a mentor to help other survivors\, to consult with advocates in the fight against this horrific epidemic\, and in the areas of education and awareness. She is a frequent speaker and panelist throughout the southeast United States. AmyLynn works with media companies to produce specials and stories about human trafficking.  While in Tallahassee\, she participated with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT) and for the past three years has worked with the 10th Circuit Human Trafficking Task Force with education and awareness. \n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina was born and raised in Mexico City where she completed her BA in Communications\, from the Iberoamericana University. She also holds a Master’s degree in social work at Florida State University. Graciela started working at a very young age developing her interviewing skills with different populations in Mexico and the United States. While in Mexico\, she helped homeless children. She also has conducted focus groups\, and trained interviewers for social research. \n\n\n\nGraciela currently serves as the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and has worked in Tallahassee with survivors of domestic and sexual violence\, serving as Program and Shelter Manager at Refuge House. She also has consulted with the FSU Center of the Advancement of Human Rights interviewing survivors of human trafficking. For the last 20 years\, she has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking\, as well as victims of domestic and sexual violence\, assisting both immigrant and U.S. citizen survivors. Graciela has conducted numerous training programs on the topics of human trafficking\, domestic violence and sexual assault and she assists Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) both in the U.S. and in Mexico to help victims of human trafficking. Graciela has published in two peer-reviewed publications\, on topics concerning Hispanic populations. Graciela volunteers extensively in her community. She served on the Board of Directors for PACE Center for Girls\, has helped to found the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) to assist victims of trafficking\, she is an active member of the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. \n  \n\n  \nSTAC 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.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/survivor-teachings-a-process-of-healing-and-hope/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200619T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
CREATED:20210226T133211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T160958Z
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SUMMARY:Collaborating to Keep Kids Safe Across Systems and Across the State: A Focus on Florida’s Schools
DESCRIPTION:“Collaborating to Keep Kids Safe Across Systems and Across the State: A Focus on Florida’s Schools“\nhttps://youtu.be/IwLmjNjbkyE\n\n\n\n\nSchools are vital to an effective community response to human trafficking. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has been a leader in informing educators and all Floridians about human trafficking. Recent FDOE rules require each school to develop a plan on child trafficking prevention and education. Moreover\, effective and safe school response plans include collaborations with many sectors and systems: child welfare professionals\, school district leadership\, federal and local law enforcement\, mental health\, victim services providers\, culturally specific organizations\, and other appropriate community partners – all important to the development and implementation of each school’s response and to student safety and well-being. \n\n\n\nThis certificate program and training with Valerie Ellery with the Florida Department of Education (read more about her below) will address new Florida Department of Education rules regarding human trafficking education\, including how schools are impacted\, and will help to identify actionable next steps for anyone who works with children and youth: teachers\, administrators\, support staff\, parents\, child welfare professionals\, human services\, law enforcement\, justice system personnel\, and all Floridians. Understanding your role – as both a professional who works with children or as an individual – in the prevention and eradication of human trafficking is the ultimate goal of this training. \n\n\n\nSponsors: STAC in affiliation with Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nContact: STAC at stac@surviveandthriveadvocacy.org or 850-597-2080 \n\n\n\nValerie Ellery is the guest speaker. She is the Human Trafficking Prevention Education Specialist and joined the Florida Department of Education’s Title IV\, Part A team in October 2019. Valerie has dedicated over 30 years to the field of education in various roles including as a National Board Certified teacher\, curriculum specialist\, international educational consultant and best-selling author. Her books and resources in the areas of literacy\, self-worth and human trafficking have been inspiring educators to motivate and engage today’s learners in classrooms and universities in 37 nations. She is currently focused on helping Florida schools by aligning child trafficking curriculum and resources to health education standards. Valerie is a devoted wife\, mother of four adult children\, and four grandchildren. She lives for creating healthy schools and families. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nSTAC 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.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/collaborating-to-keep-kids-safe-across-systems-and-across-the-state-a-focus-on-floridas-schools/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth,Training and Awareness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170759
CREATED:20200417T171708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T194747Z
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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking: Working With Underserved Populations
DESCRIPTION:Webinar: 1-2:30 p.m.\, Friday\, May 15\, 2020 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis training is free\, but registration is required.  \n\n\n\nWebinar Materials: \n\n\n\nHT_Underserved_May2020_5.15 – Read-Only\n\n\n\nTrafficking_AdvocacyConsiderationsRecommendations-ByAPI-GBV2017-Formatted-2019\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nThis webinar will provide an overview of human trafficking and how it affects underserved populations as well as intersects with sexual and domestic violence. This program will also help participants build on their expertise in working within their specific communities as well as highlight challenges posed during this time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Case examples of both sex and labor trafficking will be used to illustrate what constitutes human trafficking and how to best identify and respond to survivors. Specific topics to be covered will include the importance of understanding and implementing trauma-informed approaches\, confidentiality\, intersections with child welfare and the impacts on children and families\, working with law enforcement\, resources\, and building community responses. Ample opportunity for participants to ask questions and discuss concerns will be provided. \n\n\n\nOutline\n\n\n\n\nOpening and introductions\nDefinitions\, laws\, context of human trafficking (relevant statistics\, vulnerability of victims\, both adults and minors\, disproportionate impacts on underserved communities\, who are the traffickers\, mandatory reporting\, etc.)\nIntersections of human trafficking\, sexual assault\, and domestic violence\nTrauma and cultural/societal contexts of trafficking\, abuse\, risk factors\, and oppressions\nIntersections between human trafficking and sexual assault (both sex and labor trafficking) and common indicators\, particularly within underserved communities\nApproaching a survivor and survivor needs\nSurvivor-driven responses; coordinating community resources and programs; other resources\nChallenges and needs in communities\nVital role of advocacy\nQuestions and discussion\n\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\nMarina Anderson\, Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions. Marina joined the Department of Children and Families Office of Child Welfare Human Trafficking Team in May 2015. She began her career with DCF in 2002. For thirteen years she worked as a Child Protective Investigator (CPI) in Duval County.  In 2014\, she became a Field Support Consultant for DCF.  Marina is a recognized expert in safety methodology\, providing training and mentoring to CPI and CPIS\, and was personally recognized by Governor Rick Scott as a STAR Child Protective Investigator. Marina is a certified investigator and trainer in human trafficking\, and a subject matter expert in critical injury\, domestic violence\, physical/sexual abuse and human trafficking. Marina is also an approved Human Trafficking Trainer for the Florida Sheriff’s Association. Marina is an executive board member of the Northeast Region Human Trafficking Coalition\, Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Coalition and Panama City Human Trafficking Task Force. She is also a member of the Alachua County Coalition against Human Trafficking\, Big Bend Human Trafficking Coalition and Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force. Marina Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida. \n\n\n\nLashawn Gordon\, Director of Membership and Engagement at United Partners of Human Services. She brings extensive experience in nonprofit management\, community engagement\, leadership and program development. She has worked in the human services sector for the last 17 years. She got her start in human services by working as a Foster Home supervisor at the age of 22.  Prior to working at UPHS\, she worked at PACE Center for Girls for 15 years. While at PACE\, Lashawn helped expand the program from serving 45 girls to 70 and helped with the transition into a new facility. In 2016\, she was awarded DJJ’s Leadership Award and was named the Unsung Shero Award by the Oasis Center for Women & Girls. In 2018\, DJJ awarded her the Outstanding Service to Youth and Families Award. PACE also presented her with the statewide Creating Partnership Award.  She is a member of Leadership Tallahassee (Class 34) and currently on the Board Directors for The Alzheimer’s Project\, Inc.\, and PACE Center for Girls Leon. She is married and has one son. In her free time\, she enjoys thrift sore shopping and reading. \n\n\n\nGraciela Marquina\, MSW\, was born and raised in Mexico City where she completed her BA in Communications from the Iberoamericana University. She also holds a Masters in Social Work at Florida State University. Graciela started working at a very young age developing her interviewing skills with different populations in Mexico and the United States. While in Mexico\, she helped homeless children. She also has conducted focus groups\, and trained interviewers for social research. \n\n\n\nGraciela currently serves as the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and has worked in Tallahassee with survivors of domestic and sexual violence\, serving as Program and Shelter Manager at Refuge House. She also has consulted with the FSU Center of the Advancement of Human Rights interviewing survivors of human trafficking. For the last 20 years\, she has worked extensively with victims of human trafficking\, as well as victims of domestic and sexual violence\, assisting both immigrant and U.S. citizen survivors. Graciela has conducted numerous training programs on the topics of human trafficking\, domestic violence and sexual assault and she assists Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) both in the U.S. and in Mexico to help victims of human trafficking. Graciela has published in two peer-reviewed publications\, on topics concerning Hispanic populations. \n\n\n\nGraciela volunteers extensively in her community. She served on the Board of Directors for PACE Center for Girls\, has helped to establish the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) to assist victims of trafficking\, she is an active member of the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. \n\n\n\nRobin Hassler Thompson\, M.A.\, J.D.\, is the Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)\, non-profit agency she co-founded in 2015 to assist survivors of human trafficking. She also is an active member and co-chairs the Social Services Committee for the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Robin’s consulting firm\, Robin H. Thompson and Associates\, represents a wide range of clients including the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights where she assists in the Center’s work on human trafficking. \n\n\n\nIn 2001\, she traveled to Bangladesh as a part of a U.S. State Department mission\, which included a site visit to a trafficking rescue shelter in Dhaka – this trip inspired her work to help build awareness about human trafficking.  From 2002 to the present\, she has directed numerous local and statewide anti-trafficking projects. Robin has lectured extensively on the topics of violence against women and human trafficking. She is a contributor to numerous national and international publications and curricula including a domestic violence and human trafficking on-line Continuing Medical Education (CME) course for the Florida Medical Association. \n\n\n\nIn addition to her anti-trafficking work\, Robin’s areas of expertise include domestic and sexual violence law and policy analysis\, Violence Against Women Act implementation\, adult domestic violence fatality reviews\, workplace violence law and policy and health care issues.  Robin has served on and held leadership positions on local\, state and national boards and committees and has chaired the local Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls\, where she lives in Tallahassee\, Florida. \n\n\n\nRobin served as the Executive Director for Florida’s first Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence during the administration of Governor Lawton Chiles. At the request of the U. S. Department of Justice\, Robin served on the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women.  She graduated from Florida State University College of Law and in addition to her law degree\, she holds an M.A. from Florida State University and a B.A. from American University in Washington\, D.C. \n\n\n\nThis training is part of STAC’s monthly training series\, offered on the third Friday of every month\, in collaboration with the Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the International Rescue Committee. \n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS to the Center for Child Welfare at USF for hosting this webinar and providing a recording. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nSTAC 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.\nSuggested donation: $20
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/human-trafficking-working-with-underserved-populations-2/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Child Sex Trafficking And Social Media
DESCRIPTION:Danger! Understanding the Dynamics of Social Media Human Trafficking Recruitment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 to 3 p.m. Eastern/ Noon to 2 p.m. Central\, Friday\, April 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Big Bend Coalition Against Human Trafficking (BBCAHT)\, Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) and Florida’s Department of Children and Families invite you to participate in April’s Third Friday Community Training Program remotely. This free webinar is one in a series that BBCAHT and STAC will be organizing during this time of social distancing to keep up our Third Friday training schedule.\n\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: Social media is increasingly being exploited to contact\, recruit\, and sell children for sex. Some traffickers use online ads to target victims\, or they will send friend/follow requests to young people in their region\, proceed to strike up a conversation\, and develop online friendships. These conversations may start off friendly and innocent\, but then the traffickers will begin to use manipulation to charm their potential victims. The online friendship quickly evolves to a romantic relationship\, and this is where the sextortion techniques are used to lure their victims into human trafficking.\n\n\n\n\n\nDURING THIS SESSION: Attendees will learn to recognize signs of social media recruitment and how traffickers lure their victims on the internet. Attendees will learn about the dangers of popular social media dating sites and apps. This session will also discuss popular emojis and their hidden meaning used to communicate sexual gesture when texting or communicating on internet sites and social media apps and will feature both presentation and the opportunity to ask questions and participate.\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTER: Marina Anderson\, DCF Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator Northeast/Northwest Regions. MODERATOR: Robin Hassler Thompson\, STAC Executive Director\, Co-Chair BBCAHT Social Services Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\nHOW TO JOIN: \n\n\n\n\n\nAUDIO will be provided through your computer. \n\n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE to register with us for this meeting or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://tinyurl.com/uo64btm\n\n\n\n\n\nSUPPORT: If you have technical questions or concerns\, please contact Center Support staff at centersupport@usf.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/webinar-child-sex-trafficking-and-social-media/
CATEGORIES:Children and Youth,Training and Awareness
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