Reminder: LBHTTF meeting Thursday, 1/7/16 , at 11:30 -1:00 PM

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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COLLABORATIVE MONTHLY MEETING

Happy New Year, Abolitionists!

We are excited to start the new year off with you this Thursday! May 2016 be the year with more collaborative efforts to end human trafficking in our city, state, nation and world.

Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: First Lutheran Church, 905 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA (in the undercroft of the main sanctuary).

Please find agenda here.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Please join us for the 2nd annual Youth Exploitation Safety Symposium. This years theme is "Healthy Relationships, the Best Prevention". This free one day symposium will include specially designed separate adult and student tracks, panel discussion, resource fair, entertainment and call to action.

Our efforts are designed to educate our children and families about the dangers of exploitation and the need for health relationships to ensure a safe and full life. The goals are to prevent further exploitation and trafficking of young people and adults; to provide young people with a sense of value and purpose in being a part of the effort to end human trafficking; and provide a safe environment to study, live and grow.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Long Beach City College
4901 Carson Street
Long Beach, CA

Adult Track: Opal Singleton, author, advocate and educator, focusing on dangers facing youth and parents today.
After lunch each adult attendee may choose one of the following workshops:

Introduction to Human Trafficking
Labor Trafficking
Cyber Safety
Gangs
Substance Abuse
LGBTQ
Fatherhood
College Life Safety: the Hunting Grounds
Immigration

Youth Track: In collaboration with iEmpathize, this track will focus on empathy and why it is important and preventing and avoiding exploitation. It will include media presentations and interactive group activities.
The Youth Track will be engaging and interactive focusing on empowering and educating youth on how to manage a strategy to stay safe from all forms of exploitation and to keep others safe. Content and peer-led media from our newly released Empower Youth Prevention Program will help guide the conversation with youth on certain concepts and strategy tips that build upon each other throughout the event. We will address all forms of Exploitation including child sexual exploitation, discuss how Empathy is a solution to Exploitation, what are the disguises used from exploiters against kids, and then help students manage their own personal strategy to navigate through the negative and positive influences of life.

The day will wrap-up with an expert panel discussion and ways to rise to the safety challenges we face at home and in our communities.

There will be raffle prizes, lunch provided, entertainment, and a resource fair of over 35 non-profits and agencies that focus on community, children and families.

The Game Changer for Vunerable Youth. Watch video for a little preview of what to expect on Feb 20th!

Interested in donating to the task force? We are a collaborative and volunteer based group, so most of this work is done without funds! We could sure use some help to make this an even better event for our community.

Please make out a check to Kingdom Causes Long Beach, noting YESS 2016 on the check. Checks can be mailed to: Kingdom Causes Long Beach, P.O. Box 91253, Long Beach 90809. or please click here.

Mission: The LBHTTF is a multidisciplinary, survivor-centered, collaborative community effort by law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations to combat human trafficking by identifying, rescuing and empowering survivors and assisting in the prosecution of traffickers.

Vision: LBHTTF strives to be a community-based entity that provides unparalleled resources/services to the victims of human trafficking through collaboration and cooperation of all the partners.

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Y.E.S.S. 2016