NEGC: Anti-Stigma Mental Health Awareness Forum-Human Trafficking
This event is hosted by Northeast Guidance Center & Has Reached Capacity
Anti-Stigma Mental Health Awareness Forum-Human
Trafficking
with Theresa Flores, LMSW
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Northeast Guidance Center 2900 Conner, Building A: The Wellness Academy Detroit, MI 48215
Training Description:
One of the primary missions of the forum is to help communities form their own unique organizations to combat human trafficking. We believe that each community has its own needs, knows who is important to be part of the effort, and what legal structure their effort should take to be most effective. The forum will target churches, non-profit organizations, human service providers, but community leaders are the ones who can involve those that they think will be most crucial to an organization’s success. NEGC in collaboration with CNS have provided a list of speakers that will address Human Trafficking and ways the community can help prevent trafficking.
Learning Objectives:
-To know how prevalent human trafficking is in the US, the statistics and places and places human trafficking takes place.
-Learn why the victim stays silent and not reach out for help
-Learn what can happen to a victim physically and emotionally when they are trafficked.
-Personal Perspective from a survivor
-Identify the communities' role in providing support and resources
Learning Objectives
-Promote public education and awareness about the growing crime of human trafficking in Michigan
Agenda:
5 p.m. Meet, Greet & Eat
Showing of film Stuck in Traffic: Modern-day Slavery in Michigan, produced
Laurie Jost, Wayne County Medical Society Foundation of Southeast Michigan
S.O.A.P. project workshop (labeling bars of soap for distribution in hotels
during high volume city events)
5:30-5:40 p.m. Introduction by Sherry McRill (Pres/CEO NEGC) & Michael Garrett
(Pres/CEO CNS) – Human Trafficking, Anti-Stigma & Mental Health Awareness
Month
5:40-5:50 p.m. CNS Anti-Stigma Team Performance
5:50-5:55 p.m. Message on Mental Health by Tom Watkins or Dr. Carmen
McIntyre, Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority
5:55-6:00 p.m. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign to Combat
Human Trafficking video (4 min)
6:00-6:05 p.m. Chief James Craig or Capt. Mark Bliss, Detroit Police Department,
on community safety & awareness especially on Detroit’s east side (Alter Park)
6:05-6:10 p.m. Message from Attorney General Bill Schuette or Jane White, Chair,
Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
6:15-7:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Theresa Flores, LSW, MS, Survivor, Author of
The Slave Across the Street, Human Trafficking Activist & Founder of S.O.A.P.
7:45-8 p.m. Questions & Answers & Comments
8 p.m. Closing Remarks
About the Speakers:
Theresa Flores, LSW,MS
Human Trafficking Survivor, Best Selling Author, and Victims' Advocate
Theresa Flores is a survivor. As a 15-year-old girl in a well-to-do white suburban neighborhood, Theresa survived two years of living hell being trafficked to men in their 20's and 30's. She was given as a reward to men in this criminal ring when they did a good job.
She was an avid track runner, an older sister to three younger brothers, and looked like an all-American girl. No one, not even her parents, knew she was being trafficked for sex.
Twenty years later, Theresa is speaking out on the reality of human trafficking in the U.S. She is the author of The Slave Across the Street, a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best seller, and The Sacred Bath. Her new international book, a top seller on the UK Sunday Times list, offers a look into her escape from her traffickers and her struggle to heal.
Theresa has been invited as a guest on The 700 Club, The Today Show, and, MSNBC's Sex Slaves — The Teen Trade. She has also been featured on Nightline, America's Most Wanted, and For the Record as a sex slave survivor.
Theresa is featured by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum in a traveling exhibit entitled, Invisible Slavery.
As a much-sought-after international speaker and expert on human trafficking, Theresa was also appointed to the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission in 2009 and has testified before the Ohio House and Senate in support of Human Trafficking legislation. Her efforts were a major part of the success of SB235 being passed into law by Ohio Governor Strickland on December 23rd, 2010.
Theresa has been awarded one of the top influential women in the Columbus, Ohio area. She was also recognized by current Ohio Governor Kaisch and received the Courage Award for her work in human trafficking.
Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 Continuing Education Credits are offered for this training. Participants must arrive on time and remain in the training for it's entirety.
- Social Workers: 2.0 Continuing Education Credits are approved for this training.
- Counselors: 2.0 Continuing Education Credits are approved for this training. The VCE is a National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
- Substance Abuse Professionals: 2.0 Non-Specific Continuing Education Credits are approved by MCBAP for substance use professionals, such as Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CAADC).
- Children's Mental Health Professionals (CMHP): These training hours meet the MDCH training requirement for CMHP staff.
- QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (QMHP): These training hours meet the MDCH training requirement for QMHP staff.
- -TRAINING HOURS: This training will count toward the annual training hours required by most provider agencies.
This event is hosted by Northeast Guidance Center & Has Reached Capacity