UNC Human Trafficking Conference
2025-03-27 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join UNC Pembroke for their Eighth Annual Human Trafficking Conference on March 27, 2025.
This free event will feature experts and survivors sharing insights on labor trafficking and how we can all be part of the solution. Christine Commerce, Program Director at the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, will be delivering the keynote, bringing her expertise to this important discussion.
March 27, 2025
James A. Hall Auditorium, UNC Pembroke
In-person & virtual via WebEx

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Pathways to Prevention
2025-02-05 - 2025-02-07
BWI Airport Marriott
1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090

Registration and Hotel Reservation questions should be directed to:
Nix Conference & Meeting Management
registrar@nixmeetings.com
or
314-645-1455

You will request a hotel reservation at the BWI Airport Marriott during the registration process. You do not need to make an additional hotel reservation if you are already a confirmed attendee of the conference. Please contact Nix Conference & Meeting Management with Hotel Reservation questions. Do not contact the hotel directly.
Hotel Information:

Check In- 4:00PM
Check Out- 12:00PM
Complimentary Airport Shuttle
Complimentary On Site parking
Complimentary Guest Room Wi-Fi

The rate for a single or double occupancy room is $129.00 plus tax. Taxes are subject to change. The BWI Airport Marriott requires a credit card to hold your room, but will not charge your card until check in.

Conference Schedule
(Subject to Change)

Book Club Discussion
2025-01-31 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Rachel Moran is a journalist, women’s rights campaigner and author of the bestselling ‘Paid For – My Journey Through Prostitution,’ which has been endorsed by Jane Fonda, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem, Robin Morgan and many others.
Born into a troubled family, Rachel Moran left home at the age of fourteen. Being homeless, she was driven into prostitution to survive. With intelligence and empathy, she describes the exploitation she and others endured on the streets and in the brothels. Moran also speaks to the psychological damage inherent to prostitution and the inevitable estrangement from one’s body. At twenty-two, Moran escaped the sex trade. She has since become a writer and an abolitionist activist.
‘Paid For’ has been published in fourteen countries and numerous languages including German, Italian, Korean and French. Ms Moran was prostituted for seven years in Dublin and across Ireland, beginning when she was 15 years old. She later completed her education and received a degree in Journalism from Dublin City University and a Masters in Creative Writing from University College Dublin.
She first addressed the issue of prostitution publicly in February of 2011, when she spoke to a crowd gathered in Dublin to discuss implementing the Equality Model in Ireland. She has since spoken at the United Nations, the European Parliament, Westminster Parliament, Harvard, Columbia and many other global institutions and prominent places of learning.
Today she is completing her first work of fiction, which has already been agented, and she coaches people to write their memoirs at writeyourmemoir.com

“The best work by anyone on prostitution ever, Rachel Moran’s Paid For fuses the memoirist’s lived poignancy with the philosopher’s conceptual sophistication. The result is riveting, compelling, incontestable. Impossible to put down. This book provides all anyone needs to know about the reality of prostitution in moving, insightful prose that engages and disposes of every argument ever raised in its favor.” ―Catharine A. MacKinnon, law professor, University of Michigan and Harvard University.

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Self Care & Vicarious Trauma Webinar
2024-11-07 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Join The Alliance To End Human Trafficking, the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center with Carolina Bautista-Velez, Jenny Footle, Human Trafficking Survivor and Founder and CEO of Beautiful Feet Wellness, and Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP, Director, Founder, & Owner, Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy for an insightful online webinar focused on self-care techniques for individuals who work in high-stress environments. Learn how to recognize and manage vicarious trauma while prioritizing your own well-being.
This event will take place on Nov. 7 2024 at 2 p.m. EST. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to invest in your mental health and learn valuable coping strategies.
You will learn the following:

The physical and emotional impacts of primary and secondary trauma
The symptoms of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout in themselves and their coworkers
Self‐care techniques that help reduce stress, anxiety, and posttraumatic effects

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to invest in your mental health and learn valuable coping strategies. Register now to secure your spot!

Feet for Justice Run
2024-11-03
10K. 5K. – November 3, 2024
City Park in Denver, CO OR virtual
We are looking forward to bringing the Justice Run back this fall!!! Same race, different name!

New Name: Feet for Justice Run
Hosting a 10K/5K Run
Date: Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
New Location: City Park, Denver, CO OR virtual
Same solidified Purpose: Benefiting organizations fighting trafficking and supporting survivors on both a local and global level.

Over the last 12 years, we had over 13,000 participants raising $400,000 for non-profits fighting human trafficking.
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Please contact us if you would like to be a sponsor, donate a gift prize, or have a booth as a sponsor or non-profit! Sponsorships start at $250!
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Together we can make a difference and move forward in this fight!
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Feet for Justice Team
feetforjusticerun@gmail.com

Truckers Against Trafficking: What is Driving the Demand?
2024-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for an eye-opening online event where we delve into the dark world of human trafficking. Learn about the factors that fuel the demand for this heinous crime and discover how we can play a crucial role in addressing it. Together, we can make a difference and help put an end to human trafficking.

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Shields Up, What You Need to Know to Protect Your Children from Human Trafficking”
2024-09-14 08:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Farm To Table: The True Cost of Our Food
2024-09-12 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for an eye-opening discussion on the real expenses behind the food we consume every day. The Alliance To End Human Trafficking and the National Farm Worker Ministry will explore labor exploitation and trafficking in our agricultural industry. Hear stories from those who work tirelessly and what it costs them to put food on our tables. Discover how we can make a difference in defending the dignity of workers. This online event will feature the executive director of NFWM, who will share insights and practical tips for making more informed decisions. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to delve into the true cost of our food!

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Webinar
2024-07-30 10:30 (America/New_York)
Welcome to the World Day Against Trafficking Webinar—Working To End Labor Trafficking! Join us online on **Tue Jul 30 2024** at **10:30 AM EDT** to learn more about to recognize and address this issue locally and globally. Our expert speakers will share their insights and strategies to address this global issue that also happens in our communities in the United States. Don’t miss this opportunity to educate yourself and take action against labor exploitation of both children and adults. Register now and be part of the solution!
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WEBINAR: Sextortion: What Kids and Caregivers Need to Know
2024-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Webinar: Breaking the Link: Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers Protects them from Trafficking
2024-04-17 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Description
Asylum seekers in the U.S. are at risk of sex and labor trafficking when not allowed to find legal work and provide for their families. Join Catholic Sisters and people of goodwill on Wednesday April 17 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm EDT for a webinar to encourage Congress to fix this vulnerability and also to eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic red tape by passing H.R. 1325, the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will better understand:

Understand migrants’ vulnerability to human trafficking;
Be able to evaluate work authorization as one solution to human trafficking;
Learn about pending legislation to provide for work authorizations for asylum seekers; and
Know why AEHT and NAC are supporting at the federal level as we work to combat human trafficking.

Intended Audience:

NAC and AEHT membership
Congressional staff
Like-minded advocates
The general public

Moderator: Ann Oestreich, IHM
Speakers:

Christian Eduardo
Tracey Horan, SP–Confirmed
Ronnate Asirwatham, Government Relations Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice – Confirmed

Length: 45 min for remarks, and 15 minutes for Q&A (flexible)

Webinar: Breaking the Link: How Immigration Courts Can Protect Vulnerable Children from Trafficking
2024-03-04 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
Help Congress protect vulnerable migrant children from human trafficking. Join Catholic Sisters and other experts for a one-hour webinar on an important common-sense proposal that would protect unaccompanied children who are winding their way through the labyrinthine U.S. immigration court system and are at risk of being trafficked. The Immigration Court Efficiency and Children’s Court Act, H.R. 6145 / S. 3178, would restructure the existing legal procedures and make it easier to identify children who have been trafficked or at risk of being trafficked in the U.S. Register today to help protect these children.

Webinar: Breaking the Link Between Human Trafficking and Forced Migration: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
2024-02-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join Catholic Sisters and other experts to begin breaking the link between human trafficking and forced migration. It’ll take just one hour, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST, on Monday, February 12. Human traffickers thrive where vulnerability is high, where people are desperate, and their options are limited or nonexistent. One way to cut the traffickers’ supply line is to eliminate root causes and help migrants remain in their home countries. Learn about a key piece of legislation, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 5856), that will provide systemic solutions and humanitarian assistance for food security, housing, employment, education and health care in local communities.

Kwami Adoboe-Herrera: Presidentially appointed Member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Sr. Maria Orlandini, OSF: Director of Advocacy, Franciscan Action Network
Mary Vigil: Staff Director, Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations (House Foreign Affairs Committee)

Care in the Home: Supporting Positive Domestic Work Environments With Labor Secretary Julie Su
2023-12-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
About this event
In April 2023, President Biden signed the historic Care Executive Order to improve care for families and support care workers to be paid well and valued in the workplace. This Executive Order called on the Secretary of Labor and the Department of Labor (DOL) to create and publish sample employment agreements for domestic workers and direct care workers to promote fair workplaces and ensure workers and employers know their rights and responsibilities.
We now have sample employment agreements published by the DOL, which domestic workers and domestic employers can use as a starting point to negotiate wages and working conditions that promote fairness, dignity, and respect.
Join NDWA, our partners at Hand in Hand, other domestic workers, domestic employers, supporters, and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to celebrate the publication of these sample agreements and learn how to use them in your workplace!
Accessibility

Spanish interpretation
Have accessibility questions? Reply to your registration email to confirm your requirements or request more information.

2023 HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT (Arkansas)
2023-10-16 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
The Inaugural Human Trafficking Summit will be a landmark initiative to educate the public about the types of human trafficking, the investigation process, and how to recognize and prevent human trafficking in their community. The summit will be held at the Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center on October 16-17, 2023. Registration is FREE and OPEN to the public. Breakfast and lunch will be provided on both days.

Third Annual AEHT Human Trafficking Conference
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-30

Human Trafficking and College Campuses Webinar
2023-09-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
For some, attending college is a pivotal time that involves meeting new people and testing the waters of independence. It can also be a time of increased vulnerability. In addition to the disproportionately higher rates of sexual assaults occurring on college campuses, there is also the risk of sex trafficking. In some instances, it is also a time when some learn about human trafficking in their classes and decide to become anti-trafficking advocates. JOIN US Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. EST for a presentation that focuses on human trafficking with particular attention to what is happening on college campuses across the U.S.

Art and Human Trafficking with the Red Sand Project Webinar
2023-07-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Red Sand Project is a participatory artwork created by Molly Gochman that uses sidewalk interventions and earthwork installations to create opportunities for people to question, connect and take action against vulnerabilities that can lead to human trafficking, modern slavery, and exploitation. Molly will present on how she got involved in using art to bring attention to human trafficking on July 25 at 1 p.m. Eastern.

“Forced Migration and the Threat of Human Trafficking” Briefing
2023-06-14 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Alliance to End Human Trafficking for a webinar on forced migration and the threat of human trafficking.

St Bakhita Human Trafficking Youth Video Screening and Award Ceremony
2023-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
We are thrilled to announce the St Bakhita Human Trafficking Youth Video Screening and Award ceremony on May 7th at 6pm EST. Please share this with your friends, family, school and church so that everyone can join in! We will be announcing the winners LIVE that evening.
Our judges include a panel of professional filmmakers, survivors of human trafficking, staff and members of the The Alliance to End Human Trafficking’s Education Resource Working Group.

2023 Farm Bill Letter Writing Workshop
2023-04-26 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We need your help with our letter-writing campaign! Do you have a few minutes to write our Senators and Representatives about the upcoming Farm Bill?
Join us on Saturday, April 29th: 9 – 11 am. Sr. Sara Tarango, CSJ, is working closely with Bread for the World as they conduct offerings of letters to members of Congress who have the power to impact the policies and programs that can end hunger. Urge them to support reauthorizing a Farm Bill that builds healthy, equitable, and sustainable food systems.

Native American/Indigenous Communities and their Vulnerability to Trafficking
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join a panel discussion on how Reservation communities are isolated and impoverished and vulnerable to trafficking. As well as their perception by human traffickers that non-Natives cannot be arrested by tribal police.
Panel Presenters:

Felicitas Brugo Onetti- USCCB, Anti Human Trafficking Education and Outreach Coordinator
Father Michael Carson- USCCB Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church. Assistant Director for Native American Catholics
Father David Bailey- St Mary Magdalene Church, Flint Texas

Session 3—Letter to the Editor Workshop Wednesday
2023-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
About this event
In partnership with U.S. Catholic Sisters against Human Trafficking, NETWORK is excited to announce a three-part virtual advocacy training series.
Join Sr. Eilis McCulloh and learn how you can more effectively lobby elected officials and organize your community to work towards “a world without slavery.” Over the course of three sessions, we will review the basics of faith-based advocacy, effective models of organizing and lobbying, and update our Letter to the Editor skills.
Please email Sr. Eilis at emcculloh@networklobby.org for more information.

The Book Club is Back! Meet the Author!
2023-03-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for a rare look into a book about the sex trafficking of males. Male survivor and thriver, John Michael Lander shares his story about being an Olympic bound athlete and the vulnerabilities which led him to becoming sexually abused and trafficked. This book will open your eyes to the evil underbelly of sexual abuse and trafficking of athletes! After reading the book, Meet the Author and have time to ask him questions!
Purchase book Here: Surface Tension

Pornography and Human trafficking: Unpacking the Symbiosis
2023-03-27 13:00 - 21:22 (America/New_York)
While sex trafficking and porn have both been defined as forms of sexual violence, rooted in a system of gender inequality, what is often overlooked is the way these two industries are culturally and economically linked. Join Dr. Gail Dines on March 27 at 1 p.m. EST for a presentation that will explore how porn acts as both a method of recruitment into trafficking, and a major driver of demand. Drawing from empirical research and testimonies from porn performers, trafficked women, and sex buyers, Dr. Dines argues that as long as we have a multi-billion-dollar porn industry, we will always have sex trafficking. By unpacking this symbiotic relationship between porn and trafficking, we can develop a more nuanced theory and practice to abolish all forms of sexual violence.

The Liberator Awards 2023
2023-03-25 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for a night of celebration!
The Liberator Awards highlight and acknowledge leading abolitionists across the United States. Those amazing individuals & organizations who have stepped up to the plate and worked hard to help those effected by Human Trafficking.
All tickets include dinner. Enjoy a cash bar, adult games, and both a silent auction and live auction.
Please visit liberatorawards.com for tickets and more information.
TICKETS

$75.00 Individual
$550.00 Table of 8 (Discounted price)
$75.00 Sponsor a Survivor (Help a survivor attend the event)
$140.00 Party of Two
VIP Ticket $100.00 (Includes prime seating, private happy hour w/ Founder Theresa Flores & SOAP goody bag)

Session 2—How to Lobby and Organize in 2023
2023-03-22 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Educate, Organize, and Lobby with NETWORK and AEHT
In partnership with U.S. Catholic Sisters against Human Trafficking, NETWORK is excited to announce a FREE three-part virtual advocacy training series.
Join Sr. Eilis McCulloh and learn how you can more effectively lobby elected officials and organize your community to work towards “a world without slavery.” Over the course of three sessions, we will review the basics of faith-based advocacy, effective models of organizing and lobbying, and update our Letter to the Editor skills.
Please email Sr. Eilis atemcculloh@networklobby.org for more information or register HERE.

A Story to Stop Sex Trafficking
2023-02-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Ever wonder what goes into making a movie about human trafficking? Join us for a candid view from the producer, Paula Gluck and survivor consultant, Barbara Freeman on what went into making the film. This film is an excellent look into familial trafficking in the U.S.
Watch the movie for a nominal fee at: The Turn Out ahead of time, then join us for the discussion on 2/13/22 at 7:00 p.m.

Father-Con
2023-02-11 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is YOUR day to see all that you can be! To stand together with fathers who are rising to the challenges of being 21st Century Fathers, Future Fathers and Father-Figures.
Get ready to take your life to where you want it to be! Get your tickets today!
Workshops and Trainings on father and family topics

Dozens of Resource organizations and agencies
Lunch included. – Networking – Prizes
Heart of the Father Awards
Keynote address by Fr. Greg Boyle founder of Homeboy Industries & Author of 3 books:

Tattoos on the Heart, Barking to the Choir, and The Whole Language

Spanish translation and workshops available

Catholic Sisters Impact on Helping Trafficking Survivors Thrive
2023-02-08 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
This webinar features an overview of the history of Catholic Sisters working to end trafficking and support survivors, the current work of AEHT, reflections from a house serving survivors, reflections for a scholarship recipient, and survivor retreats that sisters have been involved in. Panelists included Theresa Flores; Jean Schafer, SDS; Kathlyn Mulcahy, OP; and Dawn Schiller)
Please join the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Office of Justice Community Organizer on the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita for Part Three: National Human Trafficking Awareness Advocacy/Networking
Community Forum: Panelist Discussion
Feb. 8, 2023
Time: 6:30 to 7:30 CT
Franciscan Spirituality Center
