Human Sex Trafficking Conference: Raising Awareness in Social Service Communities

Human Sex Trafficking Conference: Raising Awareness in Social Service Communities

Date: March 12th, 2007
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Place: San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
Cesar Chavez Building 3rd Floor, Jack Adams Hall

8:30-9:00 Registration/light breakfast

9:00-9:15 Welcome/Introductions
Dina Redman, MSW, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor,
San Francisco State School of Social Work
Damian Ochoa, MSW Student, S.F. State School of Social Work
Juhye Park, MSW Student, S.F. State School of Social Work

9:15-10:30 Sex Trafficking Overview
Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director,
Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)

10:30-10:40 Break

10:40-12:00 Psychological Trauma Caused by Being Trafficked
Into Prostitution
Melissa Farley PhD, Director, Prostitution Research & Education

12:00-1:00 Lunch-on your own

1:00-1:20 SAGE Documentary- Survivors’ Testimonials

1:20-2:10 Transnational Methods & Critical Race Lens: Deconstructing Racism in the Global Sex Industry Through the Experience of Asian Sex-Exploitation & Trafficking
Annie Fukushima, Doctoral Student/Activist, Ethnic Studies, U.C. Berkeley

2:10-2:20 Break

2:20-3:30 Legal & Advocacy Panel

Moderator: Damian Ochoa
Panelists:
Kala Bokelman, Special Agent, Diplomatic Security Service, United States Department of State, San Francisco
Kenneth Stocker, Inspector, San Francisco Police Department
Marianne Barrett, Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco
Thea Tremain, Victim Advocate, Victim Services Division, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco
Leena Khandwala, Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies


3:30-4:20 Community Assessment & Program Planning Panel

Moderator: Damian Ochoa
Panelists:
Nayeli Cerpas, Rosalyn Moya, Charles Ramilos, & Teresa Shartel, MPH Students, SFSU Department of Health Education
Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, SAGE
Melissa Farley PhD, Director, Prostitution Research & Education

4:20-4:30 Closing Remarks and Evaluations
Dina Redman, Damian Ochoa, & Juhye Park