2022 Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

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Kick-Off Press Conference & Modern-Day Abolitionist Award Ceremony
SFCAHT

January 11, 2022 - Via Zoom

On January 11th we Joined media and community  for the 13th Annual Press Conference of SFCAHT where top government and law enforcement officials,  advocates and service providers, survivors and civic leaders announced their achievements and priorities in fighting human trafficking.

We kicked off the Anti-Human Trafficking Month and Annual Awareness Campaign. We also honored the 2022 recipients of the Modern-Day Abolitionist Award.

Featured speakers in the conference included:

• The Hon. London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco, Stephanie Hinds, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
• The Hon. Susan Breall, California Superior Court Judge & SFCAHT Co-Chair
• Manohar Raju, San Francisco Public Defender 
• Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney
• Pete Weldy, Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Region 9
• Kimberly Ellis, Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women
• Captain Sergio Chin , San Francisco Police Department
  
• Benita Hopkins, Northern & Central CA Liaison for DVULI & SFCAHT Co-Chair ​

Congratulations to the 2022 Recipients of the Modern-Day Abolitionist Award: 

• Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Advocacy and Service to Youth- ALIA WHITNEY-JOHNSON, Co-Founder and Executive Director Freedom Forward
  
• ​Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Legal Service to Children - JENNIFER DALY, Senior Attorney at Legal Services for Children 
  
• Modern Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Collaboration - TATUM S. KING, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations​

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The Global Fight Against Human Trafficking
International & Comparative Perspectives
presented by The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, FBI & SFCAHT
co-hosted by Microsoft

February 2, 2022
​Via Microsoft Teams

On February 2, professionals and activists joined for a discussion focused on the transnational nature of human trafficking. The program featured presentations by federal law enforcement agencies and consular offices based in the United States. We learned about the global collaboration against human trafficking and how other nations fight this horrific crime.

Featured speakers included:

• Stephanie Hinds, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California;
• Cardell Morant, Director, Department of Homeland Security, Center for Countering Human Trafficking;
• Remedios Gomez-Arnau, Consul General, Consulate General for Mexico in San Francisco;
• Ming Chi Scott Lai, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco;
• Lena Walther, Consul of Sweden to Nevada;
• Timothy Stone, Deputy Special Agent in Charge,​ Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Francisco

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Teen Power Against Human Trafficking
Summit 2022
​​Poster, Writing and Music Contest Award Ceremony
​SFCAHT

February 16, 2022
Via Zoom

​At the closing of the 13th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT, we joined to honor the winners of the 2022 Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest and learn about youth achievements in human trafficking prevention. Students from across the Bay Area will gather to perform and share experiences in anti-trafficking advocacy. Attendees learned how to join the movement locally and help create awareness of human trafficking in their own schools and communities

Congratulations to the first place winners:
Writing: 
Ian Tarantino - 11th grade, Aspen Academy, Petaluma 
Download the 1st place winning writing HERE.
Poster:
Nicholas Wong - 11th grade, Drew School San Francisco
Download the 1st place winning poster HERE.
Music: 
Ian Tarantino - 11th grade, Aspen Academy, Petaluma 

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