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Event Detail

Training Conference in Florida - Human Trafficking: Identify, Rescue and Restore

Dates: February 01, 2006 to February 03, 2006

Venue Information

Event Details

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

5-8:00pm Conference Pre-registration and Reception FGCU Ballroom
Welcome: Dr. William Merwin, President FGCU

Thursday, February 2, 2006

7:30am Admission to Public Forum $10, or FREE with FGCU ID Alico Arena, FGCU

Training of Trainers (TOT) Registration, Session One
8:30 Opening and Welcome: Dr. Bonnie Yegidis, Provost, FGCU
Introductions:
Anna Rodriguez, Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking
Doug Molloy, US Attorney's Office, Middle District, Florida
Mike Scott, Sheriff of Collier County

9:30 Documentary: Look Beneath the Surface

10:15 Panel: The Issue of Human Trafficking from all sides
Moderator, Dr. Valerie Smith, FGCU, College of Arts & Sciences
Lou DeBaca and T. Marsh Bell, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Donna Widdell, Miami Office of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Steve Wagner, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Oscar Olguin, Florida Migrant Interstate Program, FGCU
Stan Strauss, Civil Rights Division, FBI, Washington, DC
US State Department, Human Trafficking Division, Washington, DC

Action steps for the Community
12:15pm End of Public Forum and TOT Session One

12:30 LUNCHEON (for Registered Conference Participants and VIPS)
Keynote Speaker: (Invited)
Honorable Alberto Gonzalez, US Attorney General, Washington, DC

1:50 Training of Trainers (TOT) Session Two:
Recognizing the Problem and Prosecuting the Traffickers
Lou De Baca and T. Marsh Bell, US Department of Justice
Stan Strauss, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC
Donna Widdell, Miami Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

3:30 Break

3:45 Round Table Discussion with Facilitators

Mixed Groups Discuss Case Studies and Training Packets

5:00 End of TOT Session Two

Friday, February 3, 2006

7:30am Coffee and Registration FGCU Student Union, Ballroom

8:00 Training of Trainers (TOT) Session Three:
Rescue and Restore

Documentary: The Fields of Mudan
8:30 Report on Research of Trafficking Worldwide
Dr. Alex Franco, San Diego State University

9:30 Community Partnerships Model
JD Loethen, Lee County Sheriff's Office, Trafficking Unit
Steve Wagner, US Dept. HHS
Anna Rodriguez, Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking
Nola Theiss, Coalition against Human Trafficking in Southwest Florida

10:15 Break

10:30 Workshop Sessions, to include: (Select three)

• Victim Care: Short-term: Anna Rodriguez, Steve Wagner, Dr. Franco, Dr. Daysi Mejia
• Victim Care: Long-term: Anna Rodriguez, Steve Wagner, Dr. Franco
• Working with the Media: Nola Theiss, Steve Wagner, Johnny Restrepo
• Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Issues: FBI, Lee County Sheriff's Office, ICE
• Reaching Out to the Community: Nola Theiss, Dr. Mejia
• Advocacy and Legislation: Doug Molloy, Shawn Ramsey
• Prosecution Issues: Doug Molloy, Lou DeBaca, T. Marsh Bell
• Cultural Barriers to Rescue and Prosecution: Oscar Olguin, Janet Rincón, Dr. Smith
• Florida Issues: Janet Rincón, Doug Molloy

1:00 BUFFET LUNCHEON

2:00 Breakout Sessions by Interest Groups to Create Action Plans

3:15 Presentation of Action Plans

4:00 Close Conference - End of TOT Session Three

Award Participation Certificates and Continuing Education Credit Certificates

The Training of Trainers Conference*
The Public Forum and Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions will prepare professionals to return to their communities and offer presentations about Human Trafficking issues. Each participant will receive:

• A CD with15- and 30-minute PowerPoint presentations on HT issues
• Case studies for group work and discussions
• US Department of HHS Rescue & Restore Campaign, Materials Order Form and samples
• Training of Trainers Participation Certificate
• Round Table discussions with all interest groups and with your specific interest group
• A reception, two full lunches, and two coffee breaks.
• Three Continuing Education Units (3 CEU's) for $30 additional to FGCU
• Registration Fees: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors: $295. Others: $145

For more information, contact:

Dr. Genelle G. Grant
Educational Program Specialist
Florida Migrant Interstate Program
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Boulevard South
Modular One, Office 7
Fort Myers, Florida 33965
(239) 940-2082
(800) 949-1916
http://www.fmip.net

Available Downloads

Tentative Agenda

Registration Form