2024 Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

SFCAHT Press Conference & Reception 
Kickoff of the 2024 Anti-Human Trafficking Month and Awareness Campaign

January 5, 2024
​Milton Marks Conference Center, California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco

​On January 5th, we held our featured annual event with top law enforcement and government officials, survivors, leading anti-trafficking advocates and members of the press. We kicked off Human Trafficking  Prevention Month and honored the 2024 Modern-Day Abolitionist Award winners! 
Our speakers included:
  • Robert Tripp, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), San Francisco Field Office
  • Patricia Lee, Assistant Chief Attorney, Defend Division, San Francisco Public Defender's Office
  • Tatum King, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Francisco
  • Caroline Greig, Project Director,  Anti-Trafficking Initiatives, WestCoast Children's Clinic 
  • Sgt/Insp. Antonio Flores, San Francisco Police Department - Special Victims Uni, Human Trafficking Task Force
  • Jazmyn Brown, Chief Operating Officer, San Francisco SafeHouse
  • Aimée Comrie, Project Coordinator for GLO.ACT Asia and the Middle East, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime
  • Yves-Langston Barthaud, San Francisco Women's Housing Coalition, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer - SF SafeHouse
  • The Honorable Susan Breal, California Superior Court Judge & SFCAHT Co-Chair
  • Benita Hopkins, Northern & Central CA Liaison for DVULI & SFCAHT Co-Chair
Congratulations to the 2024 Recipients of the Modern-Day Abolitionist Award: 
  • Modern-Day Abolitionist Changing Lives Award - SARA RICHMOND
    Officer, San Francisco Police Department, Mission Station
  • ​Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding
    Collaboration     - PAMELA ESTES, Coordinator, San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program
  • Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Legal Service to Human Trafficking Survivors - DEAN ITO TAYLOR, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)​
  • Modern-Day Abolitionist Award for Outstanding Policy and Enforcement - PATRICK VANIER, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office

The Global Fight Against Human Trafficking: International & Comparative Perspectives
Homeland Security Investigations
Consulate General of Indonesia
SFCAHT 

February 28, 2024
Via Zoom

On February 29, we discussed the transnational nature of human trafficking. The program featured presentations by law enforcement agencies' representatives, consular officials and international experts. Speakers included:
  • Prasetyo Hadi, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco
  •  Aimée Comrie, Project Coordinator, Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and Migrant Smuggling, United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime
  • Adrian Sanders, Group Supervisor, Homeland Security Investigations
  •  Nova Maulani, Consul of Protocol and Consular Affairs, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco
  • anina Gabriela Lipara, Team Lead/Secretariat Coordinator, European Judicial Network​

​2024 Teen Power Summit of SFCAHT
Honoring the Winners of the Teen Poster, Writing & Music Contest
​SFCAHT

March 9, 2024
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium

At the closing of the 15th Annual Awareness Campaign of SFCAHT, we gathered to honor the winners of the 2024 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