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Innovative Aftercare Training Program

June 1, 2009 Posted by Allison Trowbridge

05_27_2009_child_traffickjpgThe Not For Sale Campaign and Oakland, California-based partner MISSSEY invite you to join us at our first Innovative Aftercare Training from July 27th to July 31st in San Francisco.

This intensive, one-week program offers participants training on the best practices of how to work with and for victims and survivors of human trafficking right here in the United States. With a particular focus on sexual exploitation, the training will delve into case management, court advocacy, comprehensive data reporting, needed systematic changes, as well as education and awareness projects.

{ Training will be conducted by MISSSEY Executive Director and anti-trafficking thought-leader Nola Brantley. }

If you have a heart to care for those who have been victims of modern day slavery, the Innovative Aftercare Training will give you the tools and instruction you need to become “smart activists” on their behalf.

The Why:just

United States law declares that the commercial sexual exploitation of children is defined as human trafficking. According to a December 2007 US Justice Department report:

Much investigation remains to be done regarding the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). As with other “low visibility” crimes, there is a lurking “dark figure” of unreported cases. Moreover, little reliable information exists about the types of people who exploit children in this way.

Research has revealed that CSEC takes place at three levels: local exploitation by one or a few individuals, small regional networks involving multiple adults and children, and large national or international sex crime networks where children are traded and sold as commodities.

The What:5_27_2009_lanternjpg1

Upon completing the Aftercare Seminar, attendees will acquire greater competency in:

  • The human cost of domestic trafficking of
  • United States citizens
  • Case management skills
  • Courtroom advocacy
  • Data collecting through pioneering web technologies
  • Comprehensive systematic changes and how to campaign for it
  • Plugging into a growing international movement to end all forms of human trafficking.

The Nuts and Bolts:

Session Dates:

* Session: July 27 to July 31st (Arrival July 26; leave August 1)
Limited Space:

The Session is limited to twenty-six people. Selection is based on a first come, first serve basis.

Housing (if needed):

Housing space is limited to twenty-six people per session and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.

Academy Cost:

$349

Room and Board (optional):

$240/six nights (includes lodging and food)

Total (with Room and Board):

$589

To receive more information and an application form for the Aftercare Seminar,
email: aftercare hailing from notforsalecampaign from the TLD of org

The Countertraffickers

May 13, 2008 Posted by Allison Trowbridge

The New Yorker reports on modern-day abolitionist

CountertraffickingStella Rotaru’s cell-phone number is scribbled on the wall of a women’s jail in Dubai. That’s what a former inmate told her, and Rotaru does get a lot of calls from Dubai, including some from jail.

But she gets calls from many odd places—as well as faxes, e-mails, and text messages—pretty much non-stop. “I never switch off my phone,” she said. “I cannot afford to, morally.” She looked at her battered cell phone, which has pale-gold paint peeling off it, and gave a small laugh…

Read the story of Stella, a modern-day abolitionist, in the latest edition of “The New Yorker.”

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