Gallery Talks: Women Hold Up Half the Sky
January 8, 2017, Labor trafficking in Chicago, Heartland Alliance, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077.
January 14, 2017, Sex trafficking in Chicago, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM, same as above.
Local experts speak briefly (15-20 minutes in the exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum) about current issues regarding female health, safety and economic opportunity and how their organizations are addressing these issues.
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
Human Trafficking Awareness Training
January 11, 2017, 3:30 - 5 pm, Latham & Watkins LLP, 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60611
In partnership with Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), this free training by Traffick Free will address human trafficking in the Chicago area as well as the opening of a low-demand overnight drop-in for all adult females who are victimized by sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
Link to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/traffickfree
Dreamcatcher Film Screening
January 12, 2017, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077.
A screening of the film Dreamcatcher, featuring Brenda Myers Powell.
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
The Demand that Drives Sex Trafficking in Illinois
January 15, 2017, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL.
Experts will discuss demand in Illinois and important ways communities are fighting back.
Featuring: Laura Jansen, lead author of Our Great Hobby: An Analysis of Online Networks for Buyers of Sex in Illinois, and researcher, University of Chicago; Caleb Probst and Lynne Johnson, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE);Laura Ng (Moderator), Executive Director, Traffick Free
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
VLAN and National Crime Victim Legal Institute Training
January 17, 2017, 8:30 am - 5 pm, Latham & Watkins 330 N Wabash Ave #2800
The Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services' VLAN program and partner National Crime Victim Legal Institute (NCVLI), will be conducting a day long training on enhancing crime victim services.
Link to RSVP by January 6: https://vlan.eventbrite.com.
How to Identify, Respond and Work with Youth Survivors
January 20 and 27, 2017, 9 am - 3 pm each day,
The STOP-IT program and DCFS will provide a two-day training for mental health providers on how to identify, respond and work with youth survivors of human trafficking.
Location: The Salvation Army Midway Office, 5045 W 47th Street, Chicago, IL.
Target Audience: Mental Health Providers
RSVP to Amanda Blowers at amanda_blowers@usc.salvationarmy.org by January 13, 2017.
Every Person has a Voice: Exposing, Examining, and Eradicating Human Trafficking
January 23, 2017, 3:00-6:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
An in-depth look at issues, concerns and remedies aimed to address the exploitation of individuals through human trafficking both domestically and globally.
Link to register: http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/NavigationMenu/YLS/HumanTraffickingAwarenessWeek/default.htm
CAASE Know Your Rights Training
January 24, 2017, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct. Chicago, IL
The Young Lawyers Section is partnering with Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) on CAASE's public service initiative to help victims of sex trafficking in Illinois identify whether their legal rights have been potentially violated and refer them to various organizations that may be able to help them.
Link to register: http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/NavigationMenu/YLS/HumanTraffickingAwarenessWeek/default.htm
A Path Appears, Episode One: Sex Trafficking in the USA
January 25, 2017, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
Special guest Laurel Bellows will introduce and join us for a showing of the gripping film, “A Path Appears, Episode One: Sex Trafficking in
the USA.” Learn more about the film here: https://streamingmoviesright.com/us/movie/a-path-appears/
Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL6F6DHZzs68DWxd095hKD2GpMDw0mCib8vVYCijaavzV-Pw/viewform?c=0&w=1
January 8, 2017, Labor trafficking in Chicago, Heartland Alliance, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077.
January 14, 2017, Sex trafficking in Chicago, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM, same as above.
Local experts speak briefly (15-20 minutes in the exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum) about current issues regarding female health, safety and economic opportunity and how their organizations are addressing these issues.
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
Human Trafficking Awareness Training
January 11, 2017, 3:30 - 5 pm, Latham & Watkins LLP, 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60611
In partnership with Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), this free training by Traffick Free will address human trafficking in the Chicago area as well as the opening of a low-demand overnight drop-in for all adult females who are victimized by sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
Link to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/traffickfree
Dreamcatcher Film Screening
January 12, 2017, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077.
A screening of the film Dreamcatcher, featuring Brenda Myers Powell.
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
The Demand that Drives Sex Trafficking in Illinois
January 15, 2017, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL.
Experts will discuss demand in Illinois and important ways communities are fighting back.
Featuring: Laura Jansen, lead author of Our Great Hobby: An Analysis of Online Networks for Buyers of Sex in Illinois, and researcher, University of Chicago; Caleb Probst and Lynne Johnson, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE);Laura Ng (Moderator), Executive Director, Traffick Free
Link: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/standup4women/
VLAN and National Crime Victim Legal Institute Training
January 17, 2017, 8:30 am - 5 pm, Latham & Watkins 330 N Wabash Ave #2800
The Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services' VLAN program and partner National Crime Victim Legal Institute (NCVLI), will be conducting a day long training on enhancing crime victim services.
Link to RSVP by January 6: https://vlan.eventbrite.com.
How to Identify, Respond and Work with Youth Survivors
January 20 and 27, 2017, 9 am - 3 pm each day,
The STOP-IT program and DCFS will provide a two-day training for mental health providers on how to identify, respond and work with youth survivors of human trafficking.
Location: The Salvation Army Midway Office, 5045 W 47th Street, Chicago, IL.
Target Audience: Mental Health Providers
RSVP to Amanda Blowers at amanda_blowers@usc.salvationarmy.org by January 13, 2017.
Every Person has a Voice: Exposing, Examining, and Eradicating Human Trafficking
January 23, 2017, 3:00-6:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
An in-depth look at issues, concerns and remedies aimed to address the exploitation of individuals through human trafficking both domestically and globally.
Link to register: http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/NavigationMenu/YLS/HumanTraffickingAwarenessWeek/default.htm
CAASE Know Your Rights Training
January 24, 2017, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct. Chicago, IL
The Young Lawyers Section is partnering with Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) on CAASE's public service initiative to help victims of sex trafficking in Illinois identify whether their legal rights have been potentially violated and refer them to various organizations that may be able to help them.
Link to register: http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/NavigationMenu/YLS/HumanTraffickingAwarenessWeek/default.htm
A Path Appears, Episode One: Sex Trafficking in the USA
January 25, 2017, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
Special guest Laurel Bellows will introduce and join us for a showing of the gripping film, “A Path Appears, Episode One: Sex Trafficking in
the USA.” Learn more about the film here: https://streamingmoviesright.com/us/movie/a-path-appears/
Link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL6F6DHZzs68DWxd095hKD2GpMDw0mCib8vVYCijaavzV-Pw/viewform?c=0&w=1
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