This year’s conference It Can Happen to Anyone, Anywhere, features 13 hour-long presentations by doctors, lawyers, scholars, counselors, and survivors that are tailored for professionals who work with human trafficking victims, as well as students and their parents. The webinars will be recorded and available from Saturday, January 29 – Monday, February 28, 2022.
Special topics include—
- male and LGBTQ+ trafficking victims and other vulnerable populations,
- Internet safety,
- risk factors,
- how to talk to your teen,
- how to make your home a safe space,
- drug epidemic and human trafficking, and
- legal issues.
FOR STUDENTS
Boys Too: A Survivor’s Perspective
Jose Alfaro | Human Trafficking Survivor Leader, Speaker Author, Advocate, Activist
Let’s Talk Legal: Emerging Trends in Sex Trafficking
Danielle Bianculli Pinter, Esq. | Sr. Legal Counsel for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Law Center
Basic Facts and Awareness about Human Trafficking for Teens
Dr. Stephanie Streat | Social Worker and Contributing Faculty Member at Walden University
Internet Safety from a Survivor’s Perspective
Alicia Kozak | Motivational Speaker, Advocate, Internet Safety Expert
The Glamorization of Sex
Rayanne Irving | Host of Focus Forward Podcast
FOR PARENTS
Beyond the Classroom: Augmenting Prevention Education in the Home
Bill Woolf, Founder, Anti-Trafficking International
Establishing Emotional Connections and Parenting in a 21st Century World
Bella Youssef and McKenna Toler | Mental Health Counselors
Facilitated Board Game to Raise Awareness of Sexual Exploitation of Children
Dr. Maria Villar | Florida International University and Dr. Jessica Wendorf-Muhamad | Florida State University
A Mother’s Story
Susan Young, Director, ATI’s Parent Coalition to End Human Trafficking
FOR PROFESSIONALS
Relationship of Drug Trafficking to Sex Trafficking and Trauma
George Swanberg | Drug and Alcohol Counselor, LSATP, LCW, MAC and Advisory Council Member, Anti-Trafficking International
Screening & Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking In the Clinical Setting
Dr. Katherine Deye, MD | Children’s National Medical Center and Co-Founder and Program Director of the CAREs Clinic
Screen Addiction and Its Effects on Human Trafficking
Deacon Marques Silva | Director for Child Protection and Safety for the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia
Social Accountability and Vulnerable Populations as Targets of Human Trafficking
Dr. M. Elizabeth Bowman | PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Gallaudet University