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."

Outreach Campaign to promote the services of the 24/7 Hotline

In August 2024 we launched our third marketing campaign to promote the services of the San Francisco Bay Area 24/7 Hotline for survivors and community. As part of this campaign, the MUNI has been displaying the hotline phone number and image on busses' exterior and interior. Help us promote the hotline among communities and professionals across the Bay Area! 

2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 
US Department of State

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken 
released the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on Monday, June 24 with Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Ambassador Dyer briefed FPC journalists on the report, which represents the world’s most comprehensive resource of anti-trafficking efforts around the globe. The Report is mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and exemplifies the United States’ longstanding bipartisan commitment to combating human trafficking. This year’s Report, the 24th edition, includes narratives for 188 countries and territories, including the United States. The Report also documents several emerging global trends including the continual growth of forced labor in online scam operations.

Schedule a Training with WestCoast Children's Clinic ​

​Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT) training

WestCoast Children’s Clinic is excited to offer free Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT) training to any organization serving Bay Area youth. Sponsored by the SF Bay Area SOL Collaborative, a limited number of training slots are available. WestCoast Children’s Clinic research shows:
1 in 10 vulnerable youth show clear signs of exploitation.
75% of youth experience exploitation for 2 or more years before providers intervene.
75% of youth do not disclose exploitation.
 
Start screening at your organization! We have three versions of the CSE-IT and offer specialized training for child welfare hotline, healthcare, and education settings. Training can be accessed monthly via our self-paced platform, or live on zoom on December 7th, January 23rd, and more!
 
Spread the word! Reach out for more information and to schedule your training at no cost to your organization. Complete the CSE-IT Inquiry Form or email us at screening@westcoastcc.org.
Advanced CSEC Caregiver Training
WestCoast Children’s Clinic
Please reach out to csectraining@westcoastcc.org for specific dates!
Training takes place on Zoom
 
This 16-hour training series provides a comprehensive curriculum for caregivers to recognize and respond to youth that are commercially sexually exploited. You will also get the chance to connect with survivors with lived experience and other caregivers going through similar challenges. Any caregiver based in California is welcome to join. Caregivers include parents, foster parents, relatives, friends of the family, providers in a caregiver role, and more!
CSEC 102: Advanced Curriculum
WestCoast Children’s Clinic
Please reach out to csectraining@westcoastcc.org for specific dates
Training takes place on Zoom  
 
In this 16-hour training, we will build on the skills and concepts learned in CSEC 101, including but not limited to: an exploration of common dynamics when serving and supporting commercially exploited youth and how these dynamics impact the work and the providers. Any provider based in California is welcome to join. Providers can be from any type of youth service organization (child welfare, probation, law enforcement, youth advocate, therapist, etc)

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
To get the training and for further information visit: http://www.sfsafehouse.org/training.html

Schedule a Training with MISSSEY's Training Institute ​

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

​Our training and workshops provide a broad overview of trafficking that includes a discussion of youth pathways and risk factors, prevention and how to support trafficked youth. Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of this complex issue.

After attending a training they will also be able to identify red flags, understand how to refer youth to support services and impact how their community addresses the sexual exploitation of youth.

Youth providers will receive guidance on how to engage youth in simple safety planning. Youth training and workshops are informed by the lived realities of the youth that we serve. All facilitators have developed, trauma- and healing-informed and strengths based approaches to engaging and supporting youth participants. 

Our trainings have reached more than 10,000 adults, youth, health, and mental health professionals, including staff of local and national public and nonprofit service agencies, the City of Oakland, and school districts in Oakland and West Contra Costa County.
The trainings cover: introduction to and defining of trafficking; pathways and intersections of risk factors; red flags and victim identification; survivor realities and experiences; societal realities, systemic issues, and demand; safety planning; stages of changeImpacts of complex trauma; best practices for intervention and response; advocacy and case management; strength-based youth leadership development; and cross-sector collaboration and coalition building.

Learn more about MISSSEY's trainings HERE.

Email training@misssey.org to discuss your training needs or to request a workshop or presentation.

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:

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

The 24/7 San Francisco Bay Area Human Trafficking Hotline is up and running!

Call 📞 ​415-907-9911

Interpretation in over 240 spoken languages available 24/7
The San Francisco Human Trafficking Hotline (SFHTH) confidentially and safely connects survivors of human trafficking and their support networks with resources and protections. Through its services and collaboration with the local and national stakeholders, the hotline empowers survivors to regain control, navigate their options, and determine their next steps.
Please note: If you are in immediate danger,  call 911 for an immediate response.
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A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:

The San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking is seeking nominations of leaders in combating human trafficking in the San Francisco Bay Area to receive the 2025 Modern Day Abolitionist Award.
Nominees must be active in the fight to end human trafficking through prevention, prosecution or protection of victims. Nominees must have demonstrated a commitment to creating a local and global community that values human life and abhors practices that deny a person’s right to live a life free from violence, exploitation, or slavery. 

To submit a nomination, please download the instructions HERE.

The 2025 Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest of SFCAHT now open for submissions! 

For over a decade, SFCAHT’s annual poster and writing contest has been providing to San Francisco Bay Area middle and high school students a platform to learn about human trafficking and join the movement against this horrific crime.

Please , help to promote the contest among students and teachers in your community. Those who enter have the chance to win up to $500 and be acknowledged by SFCAHT and Bay Area government officials at a special award ceremony during the Teen Power Against Human Trafficking Summit on March 1, 2025 (see the calendar of events for details)

The theme of the contest this year is:
"Stolen People, Stolen Dreams"

Deadline for submissions: 5:00 p.m. PST on Monday, February 24, 2025.

Click HERE to see the contest rules, submission instructions, winners' prizes and information about previous contents.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 MODERN-DAY ABOLITIONIST AWARD! 

Modern-Day Abolitionist
​Changing Lives Award
SARA RICHMOND
Officer
San Francisco Police Department, Mission Station
Bio
Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding
Collaboration
PAMELA ESTES
Coordinator
San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program
Bio
Modern-Day Abolitionist Award
for Outstanding Legal Service to Human Trafficking Survivors
DEAN ITO TAYLOR
Executive Director
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)
Bio
Modern-Day Abolitionist Award
for Outstanding Policy and Enforcement
PATRICK VANIER
Deputy District Attorney
Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office
Bio

Congratulations to the winners! 2024 SFCAHT Teen Poster, Writing and Music Contest

The 2024 Contest for middle and high school students attending public, private, or home schools in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area concluded on March 9th. 

In each contest category we presented
​the following prizes: 
1st place: $500
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $100

2024 Contest Theme:
“Invisible but not Forgotten”

Click HERE to see the contest rules and details.
​
​See the 2024 winning posters below:

To get your free printed posters in three languages, please email us at info@sfcaht.org or call
​(415) 346-4600

SFCAHT Co-Chair 
the Hon. Judge Susan Breall receives Hannah G. Solomon Award 

At a ceremony on August 30, 2020, the National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco presented the Honorable Superior Court Judge Susan Breall with Hannah G. Solomon Award, the highest honor awarded by the Council, in recognition of her distinguished leadership and service.

​Congratulations to the Honorable Judge Breall for this well deserved recognition!

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. 

1st Fruits Arts Project
A Collective of Justice & Positive Youth Development

Use the arts as fruits of healing and empowerment with an inspiring and unique program offered to those most vulnerable. To enroll in the program, please contact Benita Hopkins at doublefnotes@gmail.com or 510-578-8588.

San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking's 
Directory of Services 

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.  

​HIGHLIGHTS

2024 Annual Conference Innovative Anti-Trafficking Strategies
SFCAHT

November 7, 2024
Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco
​
On November 7th, we gathered for a for a full day conference with law enforcement agencies, businesses, survivors, service providers, and volunteers to explore innovative strategies and programs in prosecuting and preventing human trafficking and protecting the survivors. We learned about effective partnerships in the field and shared experience and networks with other professionals and volunteers fighting human trafficking. Featured speakers included:
The Hon. Anne-Christine Massullo, Presiding Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court
William Scott, San Francisco Police Chief
Manohar Raju, San Francisco Public Defender
​The keynote was delivered by Venecia Margarita, MSW, Children and Youth Counselor, Mediator at San Francisco United Family Court.
To see the full list of featured speakers and the conference's detailed program click HERE.

General Meeting
SFCAHT

August 2, 2024
​Via Zoom

We learned about Bay Area programs aimed at human trafficking prevention and protection of the survivors. The meeting program will included:

  • Overview of the Community Solutions' referral protocols for survivors of human trafficking presented by Perla Flores, JD, MPA, Senior Division Director, Solutions to Violence Division, Community Solutions
  • The TipNow threat intelligence software platform presented by Cyril Rayan, President & CEO of Resiligence Inc., Silicon Valley
  • Report on the planning of the 2024 Annual Conference of SFCAHT

General Meeting
SFCAHT

May 31, 2024
​Via Zoom

At this meeting we discuss local efforts aimed at human trafficking prevention, prosecution and protection of the survivors and planed the 2024 Annual Conference of SFCAHT. The meeting program included:

  • United States Attorney's Office update presented by Marissa Harris, Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
  • Overview of the anti-trafficking program of the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC), presented by Beverly May, Director of Governmental Affairs, Human Trafficking and IT, CAMTC
  • Homeland Security Investigations update presented by Adrian Sanders, Supervisory Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations  
  • Planning session of the 2024 Annual Conference of SFCAHT

Available protection systems and supportive services to fight exploitation and trafficking of women and girls
SFCAHT 

March 14, 2024
UN CSW 68 Session & NGO Forum, New York

In March, we participated in the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women 68 Annual Session and Parallel NGO Forum. In partnership with the International Alliance of Women, United Nations Association - USA - San Francisco Chapter and National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco, we presented a virtual panel exploring local and international practices of multidisciplinary cross sector collaboration to strengthen social protections and access to supportive services for women and girls, especially those who are particularly vulnerable due to their age, low income, immigration, homelessness, social isolation, and other disadvantaging factors. Advocates from across the world joined us to share experiences and learn about our programs

2024 Teen Power Summit of SFCAHT
Honoring the Winners of the Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest

March 9, 2024
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium

At the closing of the 15th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT, we gathered to honor the winners of the 2024 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. Attendees learned how to join the movement locally and help create awareness of human trafficking in their own schools and communities. 

The Global Fight Against Human Trafficking: International & Comparative Perspectives
Homeland Security Investigations
Consulate General of Indonesia
SFCAHT 

February 28, 2024
Via Zoom

On February 29, we discussed the transnational nature of human trafficking. The program featured presentations by law enforcement agencies' representatives, consular officials and international experts. Speakers included:
  • Prasetyo Hadi, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco
  •  Aimée Comrie, Project Coordinator, Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime
  • Adrian Sanders, Group Supervisor, Homeland Security Investigations
  •  Nova Maulani, Consul of Protocol and Consular Affairs, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco
  • anina Gabriela Lipara, Team Lead/Secretariat Coordinator, European Judicial Network​

Anti-Trafficking Public Awareness Art Fair 
SFCAHT Student Alliance 

February 18, 2024
Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, San Francisco

Our art fair raised awareness and funds for the hotline for survivors of human trafficking, featuring art workshops, literature activities, a silent bid, and educational resources. The event engaged families and community members, with initiatives including live printing workshops, art sales, and a variety of engaging activities. We raised funds to support the Hotline's operation.

SFCAHT Press Conference & Reception 
Kickoff of the 2024 Anti-Human Trafficking Month and Awareness Campaign

January 5, 2024
​Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco

​On January 5th, we held our featured annual event with top law enforcement and government officials, survivors, leading anti-trafficking advocates and members of the press. We kicked off Human Trafficking  Prevention Month and honored the 2024 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners! 
Our speakers included:
  • Robert Tripp, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), San Francisco Field Office
  • Patricia Lee, Assistant Chief Attorney, Defend Division, San Francisco Public Defender's Office
  • Tatum King, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Francisco
  • Caroline Greig, Project Director,  Anti-Trafficking Initiatives, WestCoast Children's Clinic 
  • Sgt/Insp. Antonio Flores, San Francisco Police Department - Special Victims Uni, Human Trafficking Task Force
  • Jazmyn Brown, Chief Operating Officer, San Francisco SafeHouse
  • Aimée Comrie, Project Coordinator for GLO.ACT Asia and the Middle East, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime
  • Yves-Langston Barthaud, San Francisco Women's Housing Coalition, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer - SF SafeHouse
  • The Honorable Susan Breal, California Superior Court Judge & SFCAHT Co-Chair
  • Benita Hopkins, Northern & Central CA Liaison for DVULI & SFCAHT Co-Chair