2023 Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

SFCAHT Press Conference & Reception 
Kickoff of the 2023 Anti-Human Trafficking Month and Awareness Campaign

January 11, 2023
Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Building, San Francisco

​On January 11th, we gathered for ​our featured annual event with top law enforcement and government officials, survivors, leading anti-trafficking advocates and members of the press to kick off Human Trafficking  Prevention Month and honor the 2023 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners (see them featured to the left). Our featured speakers were:
The Honorable Stephanie Hinds, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco District Attorney
William Scott, San Francisco Police Chief
Jeffrey Reynoso, DrPH, MPH, Regional Director – Region 9, Intergovernmental & External Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Honorable Susan Breall, California Superior Court Judge & SFCAHT Co-Chair
Kimberly Ellis, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Director
Patricia Lee, San Francisco Deputy Public Defender 
Taras Madison, Deputy Director of Administration and Finance, San Francisco Adult Probation Department
Benita Hopkins, Northern & Central CA Liaison for DVULI & SFCAHT Co-Chair
Antonia Lavine, SFCAHT & 24/7 Human Trafficking Hotline Director
Asian Women's Shelter Executive Director
The presentations were followed by a Media Q&A Session with top law enforcement representatives: 
Robert Tripp, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), San Francisco Field Office
Tatum King, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Francisco
Sgt/Insp. Antonio Flores, San Francisco Police Department - Special Victims Unit, Human Trafficking Task Force​
Congratulations to the 2023 Recipients of the Modern-Day Abolitionist Award: 
  • Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding
    Service to Survivors of Human Trafficking     - TONI EBY, Executive Director, San Francisco SafeHouse
  • ​Modern-Day Abolitionist Award
    for Outstanding Advocacy     - JENNIFER HUANG, Documentary Filmmaker, Director of Treeclimber Media

​2023 Teen Power Summit of SFCAHT
Honoring the Winners of the Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest
​SFCAHT

March 2, 2023
Koret Auditorium
San Francisco Main Public Library

At the closing of the 14th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT, we gathered for another inspiring summit to honor the winners of the 2023 Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest and learn about youth achievements in human trafficking prevention. Students from across the Bay Area performed and shared experiences in anti-trafficking advocacy. Attendees learned how to join the movement locally and help create awareness of human trafficking in their own schools and communities. 

To see the winning submissions and more details, Click HERE