Join us February 29 for a discussion focused on the transnational nature of human trafficking. The program will feature presentations by law enforcement agencies' representatives, consular officials and international experts.  Join the discussion to learn about the global collaboration against human trafficking and how other nations fight this horrific crime.

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsduCpqjorG9H0tScN8ZMZLPyDnvzOjTkM?mc_cid=9d96396852&mc_eid=254fdf59b5#/registration

Please join us on January 26th to dive into the world of human trafficking and commercial sex exploitation. While the presenter may be your guide, the true host is a real life pimp who shared his story with investigators during a full debrief. We will discuss the areas of glamorization, recruitment, motivation, and mindset, and discuss how we can use this knowledge to better combat human trafficking. Also, to highlight these topics, we will hear audio clips from a survivor, who openly shared her story with investigators as well.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marin-county-coalition-to-end-human-trafficking-quarterly-meeting-tickets-800015697487

The speaker is Sergeant Kyle Baker of the Pittsburg CA Police Department. Kyle is a Law Enforcement Advisor, Educator and Program Developer on fighting Human Trafficking.

Join us December 1st as we discuss innovative programs aimed at human trafficking prevention, prosecution and protection of the survivors and plan the 2024 Public Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT.  The meeting program will include: Overview of the San Mateo Human Trafficking Program - presented by Pamela Estes, Program Coordinator  --- Overview of the programs of MISSSEY ( Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth) - presented by Jennifer Lyle, PhD, MSW, MISSSEY's Executive Director.   --- Planning session of the 2024 Annual Public Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsduCpqjorG9H0tScN8ZMZLPyDnvzOjTkM?mc_cid=9d96396852&mc_eid=254fdf59b5#/registration

REGISTER HERE https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekZAYkFiO0wmlr0rEzhdoerurkcLbcnqN0lgvkHylzIAJnUQ/viewform

Join us September 8 as we learn about programs and services supporting human trafficking survivors. The meeting program will include: Overview of the Survivors of Trafficking Support Program of Opening Doors, Inc. - presented by Emily Zelaya, SOT Program Manager, Opening Doors, Inc. --- Update on the programs of the San Francisco Safety, Opportunity and Lifelong Relationships Collaborative (SF SOL) - presented by Nazneen Rydhan-Foster, Program Manager, SF SOL Collaborative & Anti-Trafficking, Department on the Status of Women. --- Report on the planning of the 2023 Annual Conference of SFCAHT.

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-ivrT4tGdY732uNflZ4_Pta5B2-ZGw-?mc_cid=822f6f98ad&mc_eid=254fdf59b5#/registration

Please join us for a Coalition’s quarterly meeting on July 27th from 10:30am to 12:00pm. The event will be via Zoom please register through Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marin-county-coalition-to-end-human-trafficking-quarterly-meeting-tickets-669139643687?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us June 2 as we learn about San Francisco Bay Area programs aimed at human trafficking prevention and protection of the survivors.   The meeting program will include: Update on the programs and Airport Initiative of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) - presented by Betty Ann Hagenau,  BAATC's Co-Founder and Executive Director.  --- Update on California child labor laws and violations that lead to child exploitation and human trafficking - presented by Ruth Silver-Taube, Legal Services Co-Chair of the South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking, Supervising Attorney of the Workers' Rights Practice, Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, Santa Clara University School of Law and Supervising Attorney of the Santa Clara County Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, Legal Advice Line. --- Planning of the 2023 Annual Conference of SFCAHT.  

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrc-uorj0iEt3b58NtqeMSynn_6BqZHJUn?mc_cid=9832fdef14&mc_eid=254fdf59b5#/registration

Join us March 24 as we learn about San Francisco Bay Area programs aimed at human trafficking prevention and protection of the survivors. The program will include:

Overview of Love Never Fails's programs and services for survivors of human trafficking, presented by Amina Siddiqi, Program Development and Fundraising Manager.

Overview and update on the programs of SpeakSafe - Save Adolescents from Exploitation, and Findingkids.org, Special Operations, presented by Marlene Capra, Executive Director of SpeakSafe and Findingkids.org's Special Projects Coordinator & Marin County Champion.

Update on anti-human trafficking initiatives at the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, presented by Nazneen Rydhan-Foster Program Manager, SF SOL Collaborative & Anti-Trafficking.

Report from the 2023 Public Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT.

We hope to see you there on the 24th!

Join us at the closing of the 14th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT as we honor the winners of the 2023 Teen Poster, Writing  & Music Contest and learn about youth achievements in human trafficking prevention!

Youth from across the Bay Area will gather to perform and share experiences in anti-trafficking advocacy.  The teen contest winners will be recognized by the San Francisco Bay Area Officials and San Francisco Giants.

This is a free event for ages 11 and up. Families, teachers, other professionals working with youth, and community members are welcome. 

Food and drinks will be provided. 

San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
 
 

We began in earnest last year, and today we bring additional testimony to bear witness to this nexus that impacts an alarmingly high number of children nationwide and at home. Our continuing conversation with the experts helps communities openly face and understand the difficulties within the foster care system that deeply affect the lives of the children moving through it; and the expert’s questions, ideas, possibilities, recommendations, and solutions, when enacted, will help turn this experience into a fulfilling one for all who take part.

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Karen Lambie, Vice President of The Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia (AFPAG), Board of Director for Savannah Working Against Human Trafficking (SWAHT), Trained Volunteer Ambassador of Hope with Shared Hope International, and Foster Mother

Rev. Ronny and Marilyn Chismentorp, Foster beginnings

Sue Lockner, Program Manager, San Francisco CASA

Carletta Jackson-Lane, JD, Executive Director, Sojourner Truth Foster Family Service Agency

Kathy Wilson, Spokesperson, New Day For Children, Adoptive Mother

with Closing remarks by Marin County District Attorney, Lori Frugoli

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/possibilities-solutions-to-the-nexus-between-foster-care-sex-trafficking-tickets-515279413597

Please join us for a Coalition’s quarterly meeting on January 26th from 10:30am to 11:45am. The event will be via Zoom please register through Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quarterly-meeting-tickets-499732311797

Don't miss our featured annual event with top law enforcement and government officials, survivors, leading anti-trafficking advocates and members of the press as we kick off Human Trafficking  Prevention Month and honor the 2023 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners!

Reception and Media Q&A Session with top law enforcement agencies 
to follow the presentations. All are welcome to attend!

Join us November 18 as we learn about innovative programs aimed at human trafficking prevention, prosecution and protection of the survivors.

The meeting program will include:

Update on anti-human trafficking activities of the San Rafael Police Department, presented by Detective Corporal Lilah Gavlick, San Rafael Police Department.

Update on anti-human trafficking prevention, community collaboration and outreach activities of the San Francisco Police Department, presented by Sergeant Inspector Antonio Flores, San Francisco Police Department, Special Victims Unit, Human Trafficking Task Force

Report on the 2022 National Conference of the U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking, presented by Sister Rita Jovick, Northern California Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking.

Wisdom International, the Marin County District Attorney, and San Rafael Elks Lodge #1108 PRESENT California’s Forgotten Children, a feature documentary that follows a diverse group of resilient survivors who have overcome commercial sexual exploitation as children and are changing the world by ensuring no child is forgotten. Through these honest, personal stories, viewers gain a look inside this ‘hidden world within the world’; a look at the realities of sex trafficking that our children face, wherever they live and whenever they are online. They also provide tools to combat this national and global epidemic while empowering survivors on their path to freedom.

Uncovering every aspect of commercial sexual exploitation, giving viewers a better understanding of this crime, encouraging communities to take action to prevent this injustice, revealing the signs of sex trafficking and sexual abuse, these true stories all help to keep children safe from behind-doors rape, violence and slavery, create a space for empathy for the children unjustly arrested for sex trafficking, teach proactive tools of communication and care for foster kids, and arm the community against the enormity of this crime, allowing us to find hope and inspiration through these survivors who have overcome incredible trauma and who now thrive as leaders in their communities.

Come for dinner (pay at venue - it’s Burger Night. beginning at 5:00pm) and stay for the film!

Film is suitable for ages 13+

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/californias-forgotten-children-film-screening-500pm-dinner630pm-movie-tickets-418286324657

Join us October 14 for a full day conference with law enforcement agencies, businesses, survivors, service providers, and volunteers as we explore the complex aspects of combating human trafficking. Learn about effective partnerships and innovative programs to support survivors of human trafficking. Share your experience and network with other professionals and volunteers fighting human trafficking and assisting the survivors.

Program Highlights:

Opening Remarks:
The Hon. Stephanie Hinds
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
Brooke Jenkins
San Francisco District Attorney
Manohar Raju
San Francisco Public Defender

Keynote
Sujata Warrier, PhD
Director of Training and Technical Assistance
Battered Women’s Justice Project

Featured Speakers and Moderators:
The Hon. Susan Breall, California Superior Court Judge
Tatum King, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations
Conan Smith, Deputy Attache’ for the Philippines
Dr. Stephany Powell, Vice President and Director, Law Enforcement Training and Survivor Services, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Tonya Chaffee, MD,MPF, Clinical Professor, Pediatrics UCSF, Director, Teen and Youth Adult Health Center, Medical Director CASARC, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Anabella Corridoni, Criminal Intelligence Analyst, INTERPOL
Thiago Miranda, Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL
Mary Steiner, President, United Nations Association-San Francisco
Antonio Flores, Sergeant-Inspector, Special Victims Unit - Human Trafficking, San Francisco Police Department

Morning Plenary Panel
Complexity of Race and Gender Issues Associated with Human Trafficking
*Morning Breakout Panels
The Nexus between Labor and Sex Trafficking
The Role of Medical Institutions in Human Trafficking Identification and Survivor Assistance
Beyond Consent – the Youth Prospective
Organ Trafficking
Efforts toward Ratification of Critical International Treaties in Fighting Human Trafficking
Afternoon Plenary Panels
Human Trafficking for Criminal Activities
Identifying and Protecting Survivors of Transnational and Interstate Trafficking
*Afternoon Breakout Panels
The Evolution in Law Enforcement Assistance and Protection of Survivors
Supporting Human Trafficking Survivors with Disability
Institutionalized Forms of Human Trafficking
Addictions and Human Trafficking
Self-Care Wellness Activities

*At registration, please indicate which breakout panel you plan to attend.

Please join us for a Coalition’s quarterly meeting on September 21st from 11am to 12:30pm. The event will be via Zoom and the Eventbrite link to register will be posted closer to the date.

Please join us for a Coalition’s quarterly meeting on September 21st from 11am to 12:30pm. The event will be via Zoom, please register through this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marin-county-coalition-to-end-human-trafficking-quarterly-meeting-tickets-418262332897

Join us September 9 as we learn about innovative programs aimed at human trafficking prevention, prosecution and protection of the survivors.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcO-grj0iHNdWmD6-6-T2CiFaXxTE7qZ4?mc_cid=abd21544ca&mc_eid=254fdf59b5

Since the 2000 passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), many organizations who previously had little or no interest in forced labor and who had otherwise held no anti-oppression principles realized the value of the anti-trafficking momentum to further their own agendas. Because of this, many anti-trafficking organizations claiming values of survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and empowerment-based programming engaged in coercive intervention and other strategies that did not center the consent and bodily autonomy of survivors. Additionally, many components of these strategies rely on policing tactics that place people from marginalized communities (including trans people, immigrants, and BIPOC)  at increased risk of harm through engagement with the criminal justice system, target vulnerable sex workers, and do not address the root causes that leave people in the sex trades without access to safety and support. 

“End Demand” has been a popular part of the anti-trafficking narrative since it’s early days, and “Demand Reduction” prioritized as a “prevention” strategy. Meanwhile, demand reduction has been criticized by labor rights organizers as antithetical to the labor organizing practices that can keep workers safe (working together, increased screening, organizing for safety), and by anti-trafficking advocates for its incongruence with what is shown to reduce exploitation in other forms of labor. This presentation will contextualize the framing of shared values and collaborations between SA and HT organizations, within the history of the passing of the TVPA. It will then offer profiles for seven common typologies of engagement, with concrete strategies for how to engage with each to further a human rights, harm reduction approach.

https://www.valor.us/webconferences/advancing-equity-through-collaboration-human-trafficking-and-sexual-assault/

Join us August 19 as we discuss innovative programs aimed at human trafficking prevention, prosecution and protection of the survivors. Stay tuned for information about the meeting agenda and featured presentations.

Meeting Registration - Zoom

Date/Time: Monday, July 9, 2022 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Legacy House

Description: Join the volunteer training of Legacy house:

• 10:00 am - 11:30 am - training with Santa Clara District Attorney's Office

• 11:45 am - 12:45 pm - training with Tina Beauchamp, Legacy House Founder