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2021 7th Annual CSEC Task Force Conference

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! 

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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)