Let us know what events you are planning to host! To include your event in our calendar, please submit event title, organizer, date & time, location, description, contact and associated flyer/image/links to SFCAHT Coordinator at antonialavine@sfcaht.org.

​Please Note:
This calendar is offered as an awareness-raising service to the community. For additional details about specific events, please contact the hosting agency/individual named in the listing. Events hosted, sponsored or endorsed by the San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking include the acronym "SFCAHT."
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San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking's 
Directory of Services 
2015 Release 

The Directory of Services is available as a web resource  at http://sfcaht.org/directory-of-services.html.

Contribute to the Directory by sending your agency’s information or by suggesting other agencies that should be included to info@sfcaht.org.  

SFCAHT Committee Recruitment

SFCAHT is recruiting members for the following committees:
Inter-Faith Committee
Reaches out to the San Francisco Bay Area interfaith community for collaborative action against human trafficking.
Education Committee
Develops and coordinates SFCAHT training activities utilizing the Collaborative's multi-agency resources. 
Policy Committee
Oversees policy initiatives of SFCAHT and legislative updates.

    To sign up for any of these committees, please fill out this form:

2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 
US Department of State

The TIP Report is the US Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. This year’s report focuses on effective ways local communities can address human trafficking proactively and on how national governments can support and empower them.

For further information and to download the report click  here.

Must-See Video

At the SFCAHT's 2013 Human Trafficking Conference, the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women released an original video on the life of one San Francisco girl trafficked on streets throughout the Bay Area and Las Vegas.  Click here to watch it now.

For more information about using this video in counseling, education and outreach efforts, please visit Child Sex Trafficking: A San Francisco Survivor's Story. 

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 Teen
Poster & Writing Contest!

​For another year, students from across the Bay Area participated in the Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Teen Poster and Writing Contest. The theme of this year's contest was “Objectification + Commodification = Exploitation. Act To Stop Slavery!” 

The winners were recognized at the SFCAHT Awareness Campaign's closing event on February 13, 2019 at the San Francisco Main Public Library.
See all the winning submissions HERE

Congratulations to the Recipients of the Annual Awards of SFCAHT!

​Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Legal Service to Human Trafficking Survivors
​Rose Mukhar
Founder, Executive Director & Lead Attorney of Justice At Last 
Bio
Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Strategic Leadership in Anti-Human Trafficking Affairs
 John Vanek
San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program Coordinator
​Bio
Inspiring Leadership Awards were presented to the past co-chairs of SFCAHT: Nancy Goldberg, Catherine Dodd, Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, Julie Soo, and Marianna Warmee.

California Superior Court Judge, Hon. Susan M. Breall, is the new Co-Chair of SFCAHT

BIO
​Congratulations to the Hon. Susan M. Breall, Judge of the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, on being installed as Co-Chair of SFCAHT at the May 4th general meeting! We look forward to her leadership in this important role together with our other Co-Chair, Benita Hopkins, Director of Programs of Generations United, Inc.

40-hour Comprehensive Anti-Human Trafficking Advocate Training 
San Francisco SafeHouse

SafeHouse is once again offering its 40-hour comprehensive human trafficking advocate training in accordance with California Evidence Code 1038.2(b). This training does fulfill the training requirement for the Human Trafficking Caseworker Privilege; however participant must work for an organization that qualifies under 18294 of the California Welfare & Institutions Code to claim the privilege.
The training is conducted by SafeHouse staff along with guest facilitators from partner agencies in the city who support survivors. Training opportunities are offered to community members, partner agencies, and SafeHouse volunteers/interns. 
The training curriculum topics include but are not limited to:
  • History and Societal Attitudes Toward Human Trafficking
  • Peer Counseling Techniques
  • Civil and Criminal Law Related to Trafficking 
  • Resources (housing, public assistance, financial resources, etc.) for Trafficking Survivors
  • Privileged Communication
The Fall 2018 Cohort training dates are every Thursday (9am-5pm) from August 2nd until September 6th.  Training cost is $175.00 per person. For more information or to sign up, visit: http://www.sfsafehouse.org/training.html

MISSSEY Training Institute

Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, Serving Sexually Exploited Youth (MISSSEY)

MISSSEY’s Training Institute offers CSEC 101/awareness trainings and discipline-specific, in-depth trainings, for professionals who work with at-risk youth. These trainings are offered to social service providers, law enforcement personnel, child advocacy professionals, educators, and health care providers by a cadre of skilled trainers that include MISSSEY’s staff and select professionals with substantial experience working with victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE). Any organization--government, non-government, community-based, educational--can request a training from MISSSEY. Fees are charged on a sliding scale.

Contact Person: Beth Quiriarte, 
beth@misssey.org or training@misssey.org
510-251-2070 

​HIGHLIGHTS

2019 Teen Power in Fighting Human Trafficking Summit
Poster & Writing Contest Award Ceremony

February 13, 2019
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium

Youth from across the Bay Area gathered at the San Francisco Main Public Library to share experiences in anti-trafficking advocacy and prevention. At this event, we also honored the winners of the 2019 Teen Poster and Writing Contest. Parents, teachers, local politicians, and top government officials spoke about their work to free our communities from child slavery.

Download the event program HERE. 

Human Trafficking Awareness Month Kickoff Press Conference
Modern Day Abolitionist Award Ceremony

January 11, 2019
San Francisco City Hall, Room 201 (Mayor's Conference Room) 

The local media and community members joined together on January 11th for the 10th Annual Press Conference of SFCAHT where leading anti-trafficking advocates, service providers, survivors and Bay Area top government and law enforcement officials announced their priorities for the year in fighting modern-day slavery. 

We kicked off the month long awareness campaign and honored the 2019 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners: Justice at Last's Founder, Executive Director and Lead Attorney Rose Mukhar and San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program Coordinator John Vanek. 

At this event, we also presented Inspiring Leadership Awards to the past co-chairs of SFCAHT: Nancy Goldberg, Catherine Dodd, Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez, Julie Soo, and Marianna Warmee. 

Our keynote speaker was Ima Matul, human trafficking survivor-advocate and consultant, Coordinator of the Survivor Leadership Program at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST). Our other featured speakers included: FBI Special Agent in Charge John Bennett, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Susan Breall, Deputy Public Defender Patti Lee and Generations United Inc.'s Programs Director Benita Hopkins.

General Meeting
​Featuring Claire's House & International Rescue Committee
SFCAHT

November 9, 2018
San Francisco Superior Court, 400 McAllister Street, Room 617

On November 9th, we learned about Bay Area community-based services and protections available to survivors of transnational and domestic human trafficking.

The meeting featured:
• Presentation about Claire's House services for survivors of human trafficking by Nina Armstrong, Associate Clinical Social Worker, Claire's House, Catholic Charities of the East Bay
• Presentation about International Rescue Committee's programs for survivors of human trafficking by Vanessa Sequeira-Garza, Anti-Trafficking Caseworker, International Rescue Committee.
• Planning of the 2019 Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT

Collaborative Solutions to Combating Human Trafficking
2018 Annual Conference of
SFCAHT

September 25, 2018
California State Building, Milton Marks Conference Center 

Over 170 representatives of law enforcement, businesses, government agencies, survivor groups, service providers and volunteer organizations gathered for the annual full day conference of SFCAHT to explore good practices and policy solutions in anti-human trafficking collaboration and learn about effective partnerships and innovative programs aimed at eradicating modern-day slavery across the Bay Area. The participants in the conference shared experience and network with other professionals and volunteers fighting this heinous crime.
The conference program included:
Morning Plenary Sessions 
  • International Collaboration to Counter Human Trafficking
  • Priorities in Legal and Law Enforcement Collaboration
  • Local Community Collaborations
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
  • Criminal Justice Collaboration
  • Collaboration in Survivor Assistance and Protection
  • Collaboration on Advocacy and Prevention
  • Collaboration in Cases with International Elements
​Featured Speakers were: 
London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco
Hon. Teri L. Jackson, San Francisco Superior Court Presiding Judge 
Panagiotis Papadimitriou, United Nations Office for Drug and Crimes, Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit
Phil Ting, California Assembly Member, District 9
Alex Tse, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
Hon. Susan Breall, San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Sarai Smith-Mazariegos, Executive Director, S.H.A.D.E. Movement 
George Gascon, San Francisco District Attorney 
Anne Kirkpatrick, Oakland Police Chief
Toney Chaplin, San Francisco Assistant Police Chief
Dr. Emily Murase, Director, SF Department on the Status of Women
Sharmin Bock, Alameda County Assistant District Attorney in Charge of HEAT (Human Exploitation and Trafficking)
John Vanek, San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program Coordinator
Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director, Coalition on Homelessness
Dr. Gena Castro Rodriguez, Director of Victim Services, SF DA's Office
Russell Wilson, Anti-Trafficking Expert, Consultant & Researcher
Stephanie Richard, Policy & Legal Services Director, Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
Betty Ann Hagenau, Co-Founder and Chief of Strategy Officer, Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) 
Sharan Dhanoa, Director of Strategic Development, South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking (SBCEHT)
Download the Conference Program HERE.