Human Trafficking 101

This basic overview of human trafficking is most appropriate for those new to the field. Presenters will focus on both domestic and foreign trafficking as well as labor and sex trafficking. Topics will include the definition of human trafficking, how traffickers recruit, indicators for victim identification, and where and how to report suspected trafficking.

Presentation Objectives:

· Define human trafficking

· Explain the basics around how traffickers recruit

· Describe indicators for victim identification

· Outline where and how to report suspected trafficking

2019Anna SchrammSeptember 19, 2019Chuck Campbell, MDiv, BA, BS & Jamie Vaughan, BA19:9:00

Still Not Her Fault: What We've Learned from 10 Years of CATCH Court Data

When CATCH Court began in 2009, it was considered a specialized docket experiment for women ready to exit prostitution. Things began to evolve with the passing of the Ohio Human Trafficking Law in 2012. By 2014, CATCH Court was certified as a specialized docket for victims of human trafficking by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Several academic professionals began to collaboratively evaluate the effectiveness of CATCH Court, and other data interest points. Judge Paul Herbert has been recognized locally, nationally, and globally for his pioneering work. This presentation seeks to both honor a decade worth of work and also highlight lessons learned from the inside. The presenters’ goal is that attendees will grow in their understanding both from their victories, as well as their hard-learned lessons.

Presentation Objectives:

· Describe an evolution of understanding about commercial sex and the criminal justice system

· Provide clear and specific steps for individuals to advocate for a similar specialized docket in their community, as well as specific steps to expand and grow their already existing docket

· Discuss frankly why and how the health of a multidisciplinary team can impact the participants of the specialized docket, and learn about ways to stay healthy as a team

· Share honest mistakes and exciting victories of a 10-year-old docket

A Thousand Hands: A Million Stars

A Thousand Hands: A Million Stars is a creative, collaborative effort uniting visual art, poetry, music, and song created and performed all by women as a vehicle to bring awareness, empowerment, and a voice to those that have been rendered silent and hopeless by their experience in human sex trafficking. In doing so, the women artists are partnering in a cause championed by multiple organizations dedicated to the healing of survivors of trafficking. Outside of awareness, the artistic, literary, and musical project is designed to illicit a genuine, emotional response and empathy for an often misrepresented and misunderstood issue. An in-person experience of the cross-collaborative efforts may serve as a force for change in perceptions, support, and help for the survivors of human sex trafficking. The artists of A Thousand Hands: A Million Stars have taken inspiration through survivors’ experiences and stories, contributing to personal narratives of their journey in, through, and out of human sex trafficking in hopes of providing visibility to the invisible victims and the power of recovery and healing. This project is interactive, community-driven, and collaborative and speaks to civil and city issues with human trafficking.

Exhibit Objectives:

· Bring awareness, empowerment, and a voice to victims of trafficking through art

· Illicit a genuine, emotional response to those who are often misrepresented and misunderstood

· Provide visibility to the invisible victims