Human Trafficking Comes in Many Forms: It Happens Here, Too.
Saturday, January 20th, 2024 from 1 – 4:30 PM
Schedule:
1:00-1:30pm Human Trafficking 101 with d auge, Prevention Specialist at Community and Family Resources
1:30-2:15pm Unaccompanied Minors: Central America to Trafficked in Iowa with Teresa Davidson, Co-Founder & CEO at Chains Interrupted
2:15-3:00pm Pursing Equal Justice for Human Trafficking Survivors: An attorney’s experience providing legal services to victims of crime 2018-2020 with Lauren Camp, previously with Iowa Legal Aid
(*note: we will plan to end about 5 minutes early from these sessions for Q&A)
3:00-4:00pm Breakout Sessions:
Age-appropriate Information for Children and Adolescents
College Students and Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking & the Community (for anyone interested)
For Advocates and Care Providers
4:00-4:30pm: Closing remarks
May Power Hour: Indentured Servitude and Forced Labor in Britain’s Colonial Empire from the Seventeenth – Twentieth Centuries
Tuesday, May 9th 12:00-1:00 PM via Zoom
Join the Johnson County Human Trafficking Coalition for a free, live webinar with guest speaker Dr. Rachael Pasierowska. Dr. Pasierowska is a guest professor at the University of Iowa.
What do we mean by the terms “indentured servitude” and “forced labor”? For around four centuries, Britain’s Colonial Empire repeatedly extracted labor – at the cost of people’s emotional, mental, and physical health – around the world.
This talk will focus on the Empire where the sun never set, with a detailed look at Colonial North America, The English-speaking Caribbean, and Australia.
This event is free, open to the public, and does not require prior registration.
Joining Information:
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/96329103730?pwd=UzQ5dSs1dGZZbmtZSjdIOTBwZWp5dz09&from=addon
Meeting ID: 963 2910 3730
Passcode: 946317
It Happens Here, Too
Sunday, January 29th, 2023 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Iowa City Public Library
Human trafficking is happening here in
Iowa. Come to learn more about how to
identify HT, the tactics used, and join
break-out sessions to talk with others
about how this issue affects our
communities.
Schedule:
*1pm-4:30pm: Tabling with local agencies involved with HT
1-2pm: Human Trafficking 101
2-3pm: Human Trafficking and the Internet
3-4pm: Breakout Sessions:
• Child and Adolescent breakout (age-appropriate information on HT)
• College Students and HT
• HT & the Community (session for anyone interested in learning more)
• Advocates and Care Providers breakout
4-4:30pm: Closing remarks
April 2022 Power Hour
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022 AT 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St, Iowa City
For our April Power Hour Series, join us for a viewing of the film “Tricked” (2013, John-Keith Wasson & Jane Wells) at the Iowa City Public Library. We will host a discussion after the film.
Film Description:
The internet has created the golden age of the sex industry. It’s an 87 million dollar a day business and it’s growing. The allure of pleasure is only one click away. And now it’s on your smartphone.
“Tricked” offers the definitive portrait of sex trafficking in America today. The culmination of three years of filming in cities across the country, “Tricked” chronicles the girls, pimps, johns, parents, and law enforcement in cities such as Boston, Denver, Las Vegas, Orange County, Los Angeles, and New York.
Thousands of new sex workers enter the trade each month. Some opt-in by choice, but most don’t. Unsuspecting victims fall prey to the elaborate schemes of predators, who are charming, street smart, unscrupulous, and often violent. They know that a girl can generate upwards of $300,000 a year.
As the sheer volume mounts, so does the abundance and severity of harm. Key people, including ’good’ cops and legislators, are fighting for change. In certain cities, the word ‘victim’ has replaced ‘prostitute’ and pimps face harsher sentences yet nationwide, the men – and sometimes women – who peddle girls continue on with impunity.
Power Hour Series: Working With Victims of Human Trafficking
Presented by Lia Parillo, DVIP Shelter Services Coordinator and Certified Victim Advocate
January 24th, 2022
12:00 PM-1:00 PM CST via Zoom
Human trafficking is a serious issue in Iowa communities. This presentation will discuss the impact of trauma, discuss specific needs of survivors of human trafficking, and share resources available in the Iowa City area.
You can join the meeting here.
Power Hour Series: My Recovery from Childhood Violence: Inspiring Hope and Healing from Trauma
November 17th, 2021
12:00-1:00 PM CST via Zoom
Angela Rae Clark experienced sexual exploitation in rural Iowa in the early 70 and her life has been about achieving more self-agency. Angela teaches tools that she’s used to create new body memories and neural networks. These tools will help participants with their own traumas, as well as vicarious trauma when clients, friends, and family encounter trauma and tragedy.
You can learn more about Anglea by visiting her website.
This event will be held via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82832385845
SAVE THE DATE! Human Trafficking: Beyond Awareness Conference
July 21-22nd, 2021
The Johnson County Human Trafficking Coalition is hosting their Human Trafficking: Beyond Awareness conference on July 21-22nd, 2021. The conference runs from 9AM-12PM both days, and each day will include keynote speakers, a panel discussion and Q & A sessions.
The JCHTC would like to thank the sponsors for this event:
o 100+ Women Who Care
o Network Against Human Trafficking
o Domestic Violence Intervention Program
o Mercy Cedar Rapids
o Robyn Hepker
Schedule of events:
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9:00- 9:10
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Welcome
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9:10-10
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Keynote:
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10:00-10:20
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Q&A
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10:20-10:30
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Break
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10:30 – 10:50
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Panel Introduction
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10:50- 11: 50
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Q&A
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Speakers, July 21st:
- Resham Sethi, Fellow at the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), Human Trafficking Leadership Academy
- Lata D’Mello, Director of Programs (Iowa City), Monsoon Asians & Pacific
Islanders in Solidarity
- Melissa Wright, Community Outreach & Resource Planning Specialist, US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, Des Moines District
Speakers, July 22nd:
- Samantha Floyd, National Network of Survivors Department of State Human Trafficking Consultant, Justice Consulting Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer South Central Kentucky Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator
- Ann Thompson, MSW, Victim Services Coordinator, Iowa City Police Department
- Eiman Elmansori, Multilingual Advocate, Nisaa African Family Services
- Wangῦi Gathua, PhD, LPSC, Coordinator and Multilingual Community Outreach Advocate, Nisaa African Family Services
Moderators:
Day 1:
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- Brittany McGraw, LISW, ACSW, Psychotherapist Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center/Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Johnson County Human Trafficking Coalition Co-Coordinator
- Ali Harmon, MSN, RN, CEN, Interim Associate Director, Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Johnson County Human Trafficking Coalition Co-Coordinator
Day 2:
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- Lata D’Mello, Director of Programs (Iowa City), Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity
- Brittany McGraw, LISW, ACSW, Psychotherapist Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center/Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Johnson County Human Trafficking Coalition Co-Coordinator
Keynote Speaker Bios:
Resham Sethi is a Fellow at the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), Human Trafficking Leadership Academy, and will be working with the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She is a trauma-informed researcher with experience in community-engaged research with underserved communities, survivors of trafficking, refugees, and immigrants in the United States and India. Her research has focused on understanding how social, economic, and political identities and systemic inequities and inequalities play a key role in labor trafficking.
Samantha Floyd is a Client Advocate with Advocating Opportunity in Toledo, Ohio. She has over 17 years of post graduate experience in mental health, child welfare, public health, healthcare, college instruction, human trafficking policy and racial justice. Samantha holds a Masters of Science of Social Work from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of Social Work, Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is Co-Founder of Justice Consulting, a volunteer organization with a mission to address racism within U.S. human trafficking responses. She developed and teaches Dismantling Privilege, a multi-series course examining systemic racism in the United States. Ms. Floyd is a member of the United Nations Delta 8.7 Policy Guide Markets Working Group. She serves on the State Department’s Human Trafficking Consultant Network. Ms. Floyd is part of the HEAL Trafficking Speaker’s Bureau.
