Serving on the Frontlines: The Impact of Faith and Community Leaders Countering Human Trafficking for Over 20 Years

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (a division of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Act), the first comprehensive law in the United States to address the transnational crime of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation and forced labor. 

Date: 2020-10-15T14:00:002020-10-21T15:30:00October 21, 2020 October 15, 2020 - October 21, 2020

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Virtual

Event Details

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (a division of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Act), the first comprehensive law in the United States to address the transnational crime of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation and forced labor. 

To commemorate the Act, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives is hosting a webinar to highlight the contributions of faith and community leaders, our frontline service providers who diligently work to counter the detrimental effects of modern day slavery in all of its forms.  

Presenters discussed:

• History of the passing of the TVPA and the adoption of the United Nations’ Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. 
• Impacts of faith and community leaders in the prevention, protection and prosecution of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labor.
• Success of public-private partnerships supporting the lives of survivors.
• Role of DHS in countering human trafficking.

This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Blue Campaign, a DHS national anti-human trafficking public awareness campaign.

Presenters:

• Rev. Dr. Sandra Morgan, Director, The Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University, Co-Chair, Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking
• Dr. Sharon W. Cooper, FAAP, Developmental and Forensic Pediatrician, Developmental and Forensic Pediatrics, P.A. 
• Lisa C. Williams, Founder/Principal Consultant, The Centre for HOPE (Helping Other People Excel)
• Angie M. Salazar, Interim Director, Center for Countering Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Homeland Security