CCYJ is hosting 7th Annual CSEC Task Force conference and Responding to CSEC Summer Lunch Series beginning August 31! We are very excited to now share the lineup for both events. You can find additional event information in the announcement below and on our website. We’d love to see you there, and would greatly appreciate if you could forward this information widely among your appropriate networks.
Registration for the
2021 7th Annual CSEC Task Force Conference
is now open!
Register Today | $10 Registration Fee*
*Interested Attendees may request a fee waiver
Conference Overview
7th Annual CSEC Task Force Conference
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
A four-hour virtual event providing educational opportunities designed to build and sustain our statewide, coordinated, and victim/survivor-centered response to the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Washington.
Responding to CSEC Summer Lunch Series
August 31, September 7, September 14, September 21
12:00 - 1:00 PM PDT
A four-week series of virtual workshops leading up to the conference, focusing on salient issues related to CSEC.
2021 7th Annual CSEC Task Force Conference
§ Welcome and Opening Remarks
Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ)
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
The Legislative Creation of Permissive Violence: Colonization, Pervasive Equity and the Role of Resiliency of Indigenous Communities
Karyn Kameroff (She/Her)
Surviving the Streets of New York: LGBTQI Youth Experiences Engaging in Surviving Sex
Meredith Dank, PhD (She/Her)
§ Keynote Speech
Jose Alfaro (He/Him)
Jose is a Human Trafficking Survivor, Public Speaker, Author, Advocate and Activist. He has worked with several anti-human trafficking organizations around the globe, to spread awareness on trafficking, specifically within the LGBTQ+ Community. He is currently working on a memoir depicting his own personal experiences with trafficking. He has been featured in several publications from NPR to GBH news and has worked with law enforcement, DHS and the DOJ to name a few. His work includes public speaking and giving lectures, sharing his story and statistics of human trafficking.
Responding to CSEC Summer Lunch Series
August 31: Building a Toolkit for CSEC Task Forces in Washington State
Camille Hakansson (She/Her), Maria Mathew (She/Her), Radu Smintina (He/Him)
September 7: Oregon’s Response to Human Trafficking
Amanda Swanson (She/Her)
September 14: AAPI Youth, Love for Liberation; A Dynamic Response to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSE) in Oakland, CA
Hamida Yusufzai (Spirit/Goddess)
September 21: The Intersection of Opioids and Human Trafficking
Emily Waters (She/Her)