Senator Teresa M. Fedor Senate District 11

Representative Tavia Galonski Ohio House District 35

Senator Stephanie Kunze Senate District 16

HUMAN TRAFFICKING YOUTH PREVENTION SUMMIT 2019

Student Speaker Resource Tables

Reynoldsburg Youth Coalition– [email protected] RYHTC is a youth outreach organization focused on increasing local human trafficking awareness and prevention. RYHTC is committed to changing a culture of acceptance and tolerance towards Modern Day Slavery, to a culture of eradication and intolerance through Education Intervention and Risk Reduction. RYHTC is working to create safe campuses to enhance the chance for academic, social and psychological student success.

Renee Jones Empowerment Center, Youth Ambassador Training Academy- Cleveland; (216) 417-0823; http://rjecempower.org/contact-us/ RJEC Youth Ambassador Training Academy is a program for youth and young adults ages 16 to 24. The academy’s mission is to equip and inspire young leaders to work to affect social change, and ultimately global change on preventing and fighting human trafficking through prevention & awareness education/advocacy at schools, conferences and community events. The Youth Ambassadors will be a motivated and diverse group of youth from public & private schools and colleges who are committed to inspiring one another to lead. They will be trained by RJEC staff, human trafficking survivors (who are certified peer counselors) the Center’s Therapist, collaborative partners of RJEC, as well as Law Enforcement personnel. Additionally, informed specialized trauma training will be provided by a specialist. The training will also include program participation, as well as support groups for victims facilitated by a medical physician and a psychologist. Once trained, Youth Ambassadors will be assigned to speaking engagements at schools, college campuses, RJEC events/conferences, annual teen summit and various other community events. Youth Ambassadors will also speak at the annual Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Conference at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, Youth Ambassadors will conduct focus groups on the Center’s youth programming and make recommendations for enhancement or improvements to programs; organize service projects; assist at fundraisers; and create opportunities to engage more youth to be leaders in their community in the fight to eradicate human trafficking. Applications for the Youth Ambassador Training Academy can be found online at rjecempower.org

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Abolition Ohio at the University of Dayton – [email protected] They work in partnership with concerned community members and partner organizations in the Miami Valley and across the state and the country to prevent human trafficking, protect victims and survivors, and help prosecute the criminals responsible through awareness-raising, advocacy, education, and research.

Feminist United at the University of Dayton – [email protected] A student group dedicated to elevating the voices of all people and creating a community that is safe and accepting for all!

New Abolition Movement at the University of Dayton- [email protected] The New Abolitionist Movement operates on the principle that their organization’s work eclipses their members’ individual efforts and noble intentions. NAM was established through the passion and determination of students committed to raising awareness of and actively combating human trafficking. Transforming moral outrage into concerted effort, they stand united and uniform in opposing the trafficking of human beings. They continually strive to implement their foundational concepts – passion, dedication, awareness, and action – in community presentations, fundraising events, lobbying efforts, and victim assistance.

Unchained at The Ohio State University –[email protected] Unchained OSU is the collegiate branch of the national non-profit Unchained which was founded in Columbus. The purpose of the student organization is to raise awareness of human trafficking by utilizing fashion and other forms of artistic expression. They also work towards prevention of human trafficking through education, volunteering in the community, and fundraising. Every year, they partner with multiple different community organizations to put on a charity fashion show that tells the story of a survivor of human trafficking through three stages: Innocence, Violation, and Restoration. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of human trafficking, hear from local survivors and organizations, and raise money that goes toward a scholarship fund which assists survivors in pursuing higher education. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @unchainedosu!

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Additional Resource Tables

1DivineLine2Health– Columbus; [email protected] 1DivineLine2Health is a 501(c)3 public charity based on the West Side of Columbus, Ohio. The purpose is to help and create awareness for the many lives dying from curable illness and injustice. They work directly with people who are suffering by providing them with basic needs. They have two safe houses and serve human trafficking and domestic violence survivors and women in recovery. Their compassionate approach helps them succeed. They work, pay rent and split utilities cost, attend support groups and are enrolled in a health insurance with some needing counseling as they thrive. Through peer support and a case management approach, they become resilient and productive members of society.

Advocates for Women of the World (AWOW) at The Ohio State University- [email protected] Advocates for Women of the World is a student organization based at the Ohio State University that advocates for international women's rights through action and awareness based efforts. AWOW was founded on the principles of intersectional feminism. In other words, these action- based advocacy efforts are representative of all those who identify as women across the globe and aim to impact local and international communities. They believe strongly in the potential of women across the world and strive the eradicate barriers to opportunity and livelihood based on gender. Whether the impact is big or small, they believe that gender equality begins with the elevation of a few lives to set off waves of change.

Alliance for Healthy Youth– Summit County, Medina County, Stark County, Portage County, Washington County, Belmont County, Noble County; [email protected] The purpose of Alliance for Healthy Youth is to empower, encourage, and educate youth to make and keep healthy lifestyle choices. Their goal is to equip youth with the knowledge and skills to make decisions and practice behaviors that enhance health and wellness.

The Freeman Project – Columbus; [email protected] Founded by trafficking survivor Barbara Freeman, the Freeman Project is a non-profit organization with purpose to lead women out of the darkness and bondage of sexual exploitation into the light of life that includes self-sufficiency and progressive living. Through her organization, she provides life-changing counsel as well as practical resources that aid in the daily living and survival of vulnerable women.

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Enlighten at The Ohio State University – [email protected] Enlighten dedicates itself to creating a culture of compassion for human trafficking survivors in the city of Columbus and throughout Ohio. They directly support juvenile survivors of human trafficking and their families through a partnership with Empowerment Court, in which they facilitate affectionate and genuine relationships between survivors and legal workers. They host recreational, educational, and developmental programming for these young girls. Enlighten is increasing understanding about trafficking among college students and Columbus residents with educational speakers, outreaches, and trainings, including for Ohio State Greek Organizations. Finally, Enlighten’s outreach to trafficking victims in Columbus involves donating sanitary products and partnering with existing rehabilitation programs and local nonprofits, such as S.O.A.P. They share a commitment to fight the horrors of modern day slavery in Ohio, to advocate for survivors, and to safeguard future generations from these abuses.

Human Trafficking & Social Justice Institute, The University of Toledo– [email protected] The Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute combats human trafficking through quality and relevant research, premiere education, and community engagement. As a part of The University of Toledo, the institute has been at the forefront of human trafficking research and anti-human trafficking activities since 2000 through the work of Celia Williamson, Ph.D. Over 16 years, the institute has organized the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference along with leading several other research opportunities and projects with the purpose of raising awareness about and fighting human trafficking. The focus for the Institute is to address both upstream and downstream strategies, which means the impact of larger scale practices and policies upon human trafficking, along with immediate concerns and needs of those affected by human trafficking are addressed.

The Human Trafficking Law Project at Case Western Reserve University– [email protected] Through the Ohio Attorney General’s Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA), the Human Trafficking Program at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is expanding its community outreach, education and survivor identification with a new round of state funding. The program’s goal is to empower survivors to lead lives of meaning and fulfillments. Clients will be offered trauma-informed services from an interdisciplinary team that includes students and faculty from the schools of social work, nursing and medicine.

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International Women’s Health Club at Miami University– [email protected] The International Women's Health Club, holds awareness and fundraising events to educate students about prominent global health issues that affect girls and women around the world. The issues they focus on include sexual health, maternal health, reproductive rights, education, and human trafficking, as these are extremely important topics that often go overlooked and undiscussed. Every year, the club members vote on a nonprofit to promote and fundraise for. Last year, they donated $750 to Because I Am A Girl, an organization that provides education for girls and supports policy action to end childhood marriage, which is often connected to human trafficking. This year, they are fundraising for the International Women's Health Coalition, which does policy work, advocacy and grant-giving to protect sexual and reproductive rights for women around the world.

Maryhaven–Columbus, Delaware, Mount Gilead, Marysville, Marion, Bucyrus; 614-445- 8131; https://maryhaven.com/ Maryhaven is Central Ohio’s largest and most comprehensive behavioral health services provider specializing in addiction recovery. They have served more than 250,000 men, women and adolescents since 1953. Striving every day to bring hope, innovation and compassion to people struggling with mental illnesses and addiction disorders. They operate from three campuses in Columbus, including the main treatment center and detoxification center on Alum Creek, their women’s residence and Addiction Stabilization Center and gambling treatment offices on South High Street. They also serve patients in Union, Delaware, Marion, Morrow and Crawford Counties through five regional clinics. They provide comprehensive services for patients who at all stages of recovery, including in-patient and out-patient care, medically assisted treatment as well as cognitive behavioral and other proven therapies, individual and group counseling. They work closely with 12-step and other peer-to-peer recovery groups as they can be critical to long-term success for many patients.

Mount Carmel Crime & Trauma Assistance Program (CTAP) –Columbus; https://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/contact-us/ CTAP offers evidence-based, trauma-specific services to children and adult victims, survivors, and co-survivors of crime and trauma. In doing so, they create and utilize safe spaces and trauma-informed care practices that help victims take steps toward healing. All of their program’s compassionate and dedicated clinicians have specialized and innovative training in trauma-informed care and counseling and offer a variety of best-practice therapies at no cost

Proyecto Mariposas –Columbus; http://proyectomariposas.org/ Their vision has been to develop brave girls and strong women. Through programing they build self-esteem, encourage risk taking and create a community of love and learning. They work with Latina girls ages 2-17 in Columbus, OH by providing activities that are focused on culture, development and health. They want their girls and mothers to be physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally healthy.

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S.O.A.P –Worthington; 614-407-4749; https://www.soapproject.org/contact.php S.O.A.P. stands for “Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution” and is a hands-on outreach to fight at large events and in communities. The S.O.A.P Project was founded by author, advocate and survivor, Theresa Flores. On her worst night, after being auctioned off to nearly two dozen men in a dingy, dirty, inner city Detroit motel, Theresa recalled the only item that would have reached out to her, a bar of soap. With that in mind, she created The S.O.A.P Project — Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution — to help reach out to other victims.

Stand Together Against Trafficking (S.T.A.T)–Central Ohio; [email protected], [email protected] At S.T.A.T, they collaborate with local middle and high school teachers & counselors to present an interactive program that educates students about human trafficking while giving them strategies on how to keep themselves and their friends safe. They present to students, teachers, counselors, and nurses in the Central Ohio area. Additionally, they serve as mentors for the launch of peer-to-peer awareness programs, by providing financial support for the development of customized school-specific education & awareness materials.

Why Us? Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign at The Ohio State University– [email protected] “Why Us?” Anti Human Trafficking Campaign, works to stop human trafficking, through awareness, education, and advocacy. Founded in Autumn of 2017, “Why Us?” has aimed to fight/reduce human trafficking, with college students and college aged individuals as the target audience. “Why Us?” was established because there was a deficiency of anti-human trafficking efforts being focused specifically at college-aged students, by students, along with the pandemic rising heavily. “Why Us?” was created out of the founders’ connection to trafficking and their passion for stopping injustice against human rights. Being that “Why Us?” is composed of mainly women of color, they also place emphasis on the race-related health disparities of human trafficking, while still acknowledging the realities of trafficking for all identities.

S.T.A.R.S ( Standing Together Against Real Slavery)- Toledo; [email protected] S.T.A.R.S is a survivor-based organization dedicated to supporting and empowering young women who have experienced or are at high risk for commercial sexual exploitation/sex trafficking. STARS, offers a unique crisis prevention/intervention program with personalized case management/mentorship and a temporary shelter for women aged 18-24. They offer a safe, nurturing environment with a holistic approach toward physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth and development. They help connect victims with the best resources and most appropriate agencies, and support them through any criminal cases against sex traffickers. STARS offers stability, hope, and healing while fostering personal growth and promoting success within those who desire to make positive changes within their lives. Survivor mentors help to guide and encourage others who are struggling or at high risk for failure within the system. Through street outreach and a 24-hour crisis hotline, they connect with and support Toledo's most vulnerable women and girls. STARS serves the community by bolstering a social system already overwhelmed with clientele.

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Documentaries About Human Trafficking

DREAMCATCHER: Sex Trafficking & Redemption in (2015) Sundance award-winner DREAMCATCHER takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sex trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell, a former teenage prostitute with a drug habit. Depsite immense hardship, Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community, and works to help women and young girls break the cycle of sexual abuse and exploitation.

I Am Jane Doe (2017; Not Rated) I am Jane Doe is a documentary chronicling the legal battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their middle-school daughters, who were trafficked for commercial sex on Backpage.com, the classified advertising website formerly owned by the Village Voice.

Nefarious: Merchant of Souls (2011; Not Rated) Nefarious examines child sex trafficking in the United States and overseas. It features interviews with people representing all facets of the topic—former victims and pimps, as well as psychologists, human rights activists and law enforcement.

Tricked: The Documentary (2013; 13+) While much sex trafficking, particularly abroad, looks a lot like literal enslavement, Tricked examines the psychological bonds of prostitution in the United States—how girls and women are regularly lured into a system that destroys them, and why humans choose to exploit other humans by becoming pimps. This film was originally inspired by director Jane Wells’ interest in the dramatic surge in sex traffic in Miami during the 2010 Super Bowl.

The Long Night (2014; 16+) A true story of how quickly a runaway is forced into prostitution in the United States. Alongside the story of her life and her parents trying to find her is the tale of two police officers who decided to ask more questions of the girls they were arresting to uncover the truth of their unfortunate cirucmstances.

What Happened to the Girl Next Door? (2013; 13+) This film follows the stories of three teen sex-trafficking survivors, all owhom were sexually abused as children and one of whom ran away from home, and how they finally managed to escape the commercial . This award winning film about Human Trafficking is a great tool for teachers of middle- and high school students.

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Trafficked: The Exploitation of Women and Girls In the Bakken and Beyond (2015: Not Rated) The WDAY TV documentary examines the growing problem of sex trafficking in western North Dakota. Due to the Oil Boom in that part of the state, organized crime has moved in with guns, drugs and young girls now being trafficked. The documentary interviews women currently being trafficked, those who have survived, and women who now work to save and rescue girls who have been manipulated and groomed to become victims of traffickers. Addionally, this film examines what is being done at the Federal, State and local level to combat the trafficking of vulnerable girls on North Dakota’s Native American reservations.

Not My Life - The Global Impact of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2011; 13+) Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited every day through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, domestic servitude, begging, , sexual violence, and child soldiering. Challenging though it may be, Not My Life's message is ultimately one of hope. Victims of slavery can be set free and go on to live happy and productive lives as those who advocate for slavery victims are growing in numbers, and are increasingly effective.

The Price of Sex (2011; Not Rated) An unprecedented and compelling inquiry, this film sheds light on the underground criminal network of human trafficking and experiences of trafficked Eastern European women forced into prostitution abroad.

The Abolitionists (2016; PG-13) Dubbed Operation Underground Railroad, the mission is led by Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security special agent who fought sex traffickers at home and abroad for a decade before deciding that he could do it better as a private citizen. The Abolitionists follows Ballard and his team as they travel overseas and pose as sex tourists, outwitting pimps and liberating their modern-day slaves. With millions of children being prostituted worldwide, the team’s 57 rescues (so far) are a drop in the bucket. But watching Ballard’s grassroots justice is gratifying and inspiring.

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Apps

Traffick Cam https://traffickcam.com/ Since trafficking victims are often photographed in hotel rooms, this app lets users photograph their hotel rooms and upload them to TraffickCam’s database. These pictures are then analyzed and run against a database of pictures provided by law enforcement to find sex trafficking locations. The app also pinpoints the location of its users when they upload a picture, so that if a match is found, the local authorities know exactly where to look. With an 85% success rate, even the FBI agrees that this app could revolutionize how they conduct their investigations.

Lifeboat ACT Game http://www.lifeboat-act.com/#about Created with interactive features and story-structured gameplay, this app lets users learn how to identify the signs of human trafficking in the people they love. Play as Tommy or Sarah as they watch their friend Macy be manipulated by potential traffickers. Identify red flags in the surroundings, along with legitimate reasons for raised suspicions; players can even reach out for lifelines like police officers and reference books if they feel stuck. This app combines education with fun as users learn that everyone can play a role in identifying victims of human trafficking.

The STOP APP https://www.stopthetraffik.org/stopapp/ This app allows you to take pictures and to report suspicious activity that may be related to human trafficking. All information reported into the STOP APP is fed directly into STOP THE TRAFFIK’s secure database where it is analysed alongside multiple different datasets on human trafficking and modern slavery activity. The insights are developed into informative and easily digestible visualised reports, which are then shared with appropriate authorities, organisations, communities and individuals to enable an informed and targeted response to prevent and combat human trafficking. Hotlines

Human Trafficking Hotline Domestic Violence Hotline 1 (888) 373-7888 1-800-799-7233 https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ https://www.thehotline.org/

The Trevor Project Dating Abuse Hotline 1-866-488-7386 1-866-331-9474 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.loveisrespect.org/

Sexual Assault and Abuse Hotline Bullying and Cyberbullying Hotline 1-800-656-4673 1-800-273-8255 https://www.rainn.org/ https://www.stopbullying.gov/

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Youth Housing Resources

Ohio Department of Edcuation https://nlchp.org/ Website 202-638-2535 education.ohio.gov/McKinneyVe Runaway and Homeless Youth nto https://www.acf.hhs.gov/fysb/pro grams/runaway-homeless-youth LAU Resource for English Learners Coaltion of Homelessness and education.ohio.gov/LAU Housing (COHHIO) [email protected] https://cohhio.org/ 614-466-4109 614-280-1984

National Center for National Association for the Homelessness Education Education of Homelessness and (NCHE) Housing (NAEHCY) https://nche.ed.gov/ https://naehcy.org/housing/ 866-862-2562 School House Connection https://www.schoolhouseconnecti SERVE Improving Learning on.org/ through Research and Development National Law Center on center.serve.org/nche Homelessness and Poverty 800-308-2145

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