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https://lvantitraffickingweek.com/
Human Trafficking Symposium
Theme: Building Community Sharing Hope
Date/Time: November 9, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Location: Barristers Club, 1114 Walnut St, Allentown, PA 18102
Keynote Speaker: Shea Rhodes, Director of The Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Shea is the statewide legal expert on Pennsylvania sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation laws. Co-Founder and Director of the Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE Institute) at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.
The symposium will additionally feature several panel discussions with law enforcement and community professionals dedicated to combating human trafficking in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas.
This year’s panel facilitators: Alycha Boehm, MSW, LSW (Valley Youth House) & Catharine Kessack, MSW, LSW (Valley Against Sex Trafficking)
The symposium panels are;
- Law Enforcement Panel: Chris Duncanson – FBI, Rob Schopf -Senior Deputy District Attorney, Lehigh County, Brent Morral – DHS
- Boots on the Ground Panel: Christina Diperrio (VYH Street Outreach), Darnell Davis (ASPIRE to Autonomy), Honani Cuadrado (LVHN), Sara Meck (LC Children and Youth), Nicole Miller (LC JPO)
- Housing Models Panel: Carol Anderson (Bloom), Megan Sell (VYH THRIVE), Sarah Silverman (ASPIRE)
- Trauma Informed Care Panel: Dr. Heather Evans, DSW LCSW (Valley Against Sex Trafficking, Evans Counseling LCC), Alycha BoehmMSW, LSW (Valley Youth House), Amber Karom MSW, LCSW, CCTP (ASPIRE to Autonomy)
Students are free with ID
To register: https://whennow.com/event/
