2025 Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign
SFCAHT Press Conference & Reception
Kickoff of the 2025 Anti-Human Trafficking Month and Awareness Campaign
January 10, 2025
Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco On January 10th, we gathered for our featured annual event with top law enforcement and government officials, survivors, leading anti-trafficking advocates and members of the press to kick off Human Trafficking Prevention Month and honor the 2024 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners. The press conference speakers included: The Honorable Susan Breall, California Superior Court Judge & SFCAHT Co-Chair Daniel Lurie, San Francisco Mayor Benita Hopkins, Northern & Central CA Liaison for DVULI & SFCAHT Co-Chair Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney Manohar Raju, San Francisco Public Defender Pete Weldy, Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Region 9 Orchid Pusey, Executive Director, Asian Women’s Shelter Norma Arreguin, Human Trafficking and CSEC Case Specialist, Community Violence Solutions Ahmos Netanel, Chief Executive Officer, California Massage Therapy CouncilTatum King, Special Agent in Charge Homeland Security Investigations Mike Sena, Executive Director, Northern California Regional Intelligence Center Dan Costin, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation Antonio Flores, Acting Lieutenant San Francisco Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit At a special ceremony, we honored the winners of the 2025 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award. The reception followed. |
Congratulations to the 2025 Recipients of the Modern-Day Abolitionist Award:
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2025 Teen Power Summit of SFCAHT
Honoring the Winners of the Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest
SFCAHT
March 1, 2025
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium At the closing of the 16th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT, we gathered to honor the winners of the 2025 Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest and learn about youth achievements in human trafficking prevention. Students from across the Bay Area performed and shared experiences in anti-trafficking advocacy. The SFCAHT Student Alliance presented about its initiatives and achievements. Attendees learned how to join the movement locally and help create awareness of human trafficking in their own schools and communities. To see the winning submissions and more details, Click HERE |
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The Global Fight Against Human Trafficking: International & Comparative Perspectives
Homeland Security Investigations
Consulate General of Indonesia
SFCAHT
March 6, 2025
Via Zoom On March 6th, we discussed the transnational nature of human trafficking. The program featured presentations by law enforcement agencies' representatives, consular officials and international experts. Speakers included: Hannah Manalili, Executive Director, Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, Department of Justice of the Republic of the Philippines BIO Dina Dominitz, National Coordinator and Director of National Unit for the Combat of Human Trafficking, Prostitution, and Polygamy at the Israeli Ministry of Justice BIO Nova Maulani, Consul of Protocol and Consular Affairs, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco BIO Troy Clausen, Attaché Brasilia, Brazil, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations BIO Cintia Meirelles, Director of The Exodus Road Brazil, Member of INTERPOL’s Human Trafficking Expert Group BIO Claudio Delfabro, Director of Department of International Refugee and Migration Law, International Institute of Humanitarian Law based in Italy BIO |