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00:00:00SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THIS DAY,
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE
00:00:0411TH
YEAR THAT THAT SENATOR FEDOR HAS
00:00:06HAD THIS. JUST AMAZING.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR 12
00:00:10YEARS AND
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE NEW FACES
00:00:15THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS ISSUE
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:00:18PARTNERING. SO THIS IS THE
COLLABORATION AND EMPOWERMENT
00:00:21PANEL,
WHICH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
00:00:23THING,
ESPECIALLY TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN
00:00:25SOMETHING FOR ELEVEN, TWELVE
YEARS.
00:00:28PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION
IS HOW WE GET STUFF DONE.
00:00:32SO I WANT TO GONNA HAVE
EVERYBODY GO
00:00:34DOWN THE LINE AND INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AND THEN JUST SAY A
00:00:38LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY
DO AND THEN WE'LL
00:00:42CONTINUE IT ON FROM THERE.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
00:00:48MY NAME IS SOFIA PAPADEMOS
AND I AM THE ANTI-HUMAN
00:00:52TRAFFICKING
COORDINATOR AT THE OHIO
00:00:53DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I
00:00:56HAND IT TO GOVERNOR DEWINE'S
HUMAN
00:00:58TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE,
WHICH IS REALLY THINK SCOTTISH.
00:01:03IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS
00:01:05PANEL.
BUT IT'S REALLY A COLLABORATION
00:01:08OF
STATE AGENCIES TO BETTER AND
00:01:10BETTER IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO
HUMAN
00:01:12TRAFFICKING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS
00:01:15OF
ACCESS TO SERVICES, TRAINING FOR
00:01:17STATE EMPLOYEES?
YOU KNOW, EMILY MENTIONED IN HER
00:01:22IN HER REMARKS EARLIER JUST HOW
WE CAN BE MORE AWARE OF CERTAIN
00:01:25THINGS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
00:01:28RIGHT. THEY GO IN AND INSPECT
SOME
00:01:29OF THESE SPACES. SO HOW CAN WE
TRAIN
00:01:31THEIR INSPECTORS WHILE THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR WHAT MAY BE JUST
00:01:34SOME TYPE OF HEALTH CODE OR
LIVESTOCK VIOLATION?
00:01:37BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE
ALSO
00:01:38LOOKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS?
00:01:40BUT LARGELY THE WORK THAT WE DO
IS INFORMED BY COALITIONS,
00:01:44IS INFORMED BY THE PEOPLE IN
THIS
00:01:46ROOM. MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS
PANEL,
00:01:48I DON'T NECESSARILY WORK
DIRECTLY IN
00:01:50THE FIELD. SO IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO HAVE THESE
00:01:53RELATIONSHIPS
TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S WORKING,
00:01:55WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
RECENTLY, I WAS APPROACHED ABOUT
00:01:58STARTING A WORKING GROUP FOR
JUST
00:02:00BARRIERS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS
WHO
00:02:02ARE TRAFFICKED. HOW ARE SOME OF
OUR
00:02:03SYSTEMS NOT SUPPORTING THESE
INDIVIDUALS? SO I'M REALLY
00:02:07GRATEFUL
TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:02:08AND I THANK YOU ALL.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
00:02:13COURTNEY
SMUCKERS AND I AM EXECUTIVE
00:02:15DIRECTOR. SHE HAS A NAME.
WE'RE A LOCAL AGENCY HERE IN
00:02:18COLUMBUS.
WE FOCUS ON EDUCATION, ADVOCACY
00:02:21AND CARING FOR ALL THOSE THAT
ARE
00:02:22IMPACTED.
MS. THAT INCLUDES SURVIVORS AS
00:02:25WELL
AS SOLICITORS AND JOHNS.
00:02:27SO FSR, OUR MAIN FOCUS
HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK
00:02:30ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE COLLABORATION IS
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A CORE OF HOW WE'RE RESPONDING
00:02:34TO
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
00:02:37GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS TERRY FAULTS AND I'M
00:02:40THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION
00:02:43SPECIALIST, WHICH
MEANS THAT MY WHOLE JOB
00:02:47IS WORKING WITH
COALITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS,
00:02:52BRINGING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER
TO
00:02:54MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
INFORMED ABOUT WHAT ONE
00:02:58ANOTHER, WHAT EACH
ORGANIZATION IS DOING, THAT WE
00:03:02KNOW
ONE ANOTHER IN THIS ARENA.
00:03:04WE KNOW WHO TO GO TO
FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF
00:03:09SERVICES OR
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
00:03:13SO I
WORK WITH THE CENTRAL OHIO
00:03:17REACH AND
RESTORE COALITION, WHICH IS A 14
00:03:20COUNTY COALITION HERE IN CENTRAL
OHIO. AND THEN THERE ARE
00:03:23COUNTERPARTS JUST LIKE
THIS, COURCY, THE CENTRAL
00:03:28OHIO REGION HISTORIC COALITION
ALL OVER THE STATE.
00:03:31AND
I REALLY LOVE WHAT I DO BECAUSE
00:03:35IT MEANS THAT I KNOW MOST OF
YOU IN
00:03:37THIS ROOM, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT
OR ANOTHER, WE'VE INTERACTED
00:03:41AS PART OF THE CODE, AS YOUR
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN
00:03:44PART OF THE COALITION OR HAS
WANTED TO HAVE INTERACTION
00:03:48WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES,
COALITIONS DOING.
00:03:50SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE,
I
00:03:52THINK. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I
THINK
00:03:54COLLABORATION AND EMPOWERMENT
IS REALLY A KEY FOR
00:03:59GETTING THE KIND OF SURVIVOR
SURVIVOR SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT
00:04:05THAT WE REALLY NEED.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
00:04:10HI. GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS GRACE TAIZZ.
00:04:12I'M HERE WITH ADVOCATING
OPPORTUNITY.
00:04:15I'M A LEGAL ADVOCATE.
I WORK CLOSELY WITH EMILY
00:04:18DUNLAP, WHO SPOKE THIS MORNING.
SHE IS OUR ATTORNEY HERE IN
00:04:21COLUMBUS.
WE WORK EXCLUSIVELY.
00:04:24I MYSELF WORK EXCLUSIVELY WITH
FOREIGN NATIONAL VICTIMS OF
00:04:27TRAFFICKING.
VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE LABOR
00:04:29TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
SO I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO
00:04:32TALK
ABOUT COLLABORATION AND
00:04:34EMPOWERMENT.
I SEE A LOT OF MY REALLY
00:04:36IMPORTANT
COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE AND
00:04:38WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO PROVIDE
GOOD
00:04:40SERVICES TO OUR FOUR NATIONAL
VICTIMS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
00:04:44A WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS WHO
WORK
00:04:45HARD WITH US TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE
00:04:47HAS ACCESS TO SERVICES.
SO I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT
00:04:50WITH
ALL OF YOU.
00:04:53HI, MY NAME IS HOLLY DANIELS.
I'M THE CO-FOUNDER AND COMMUNITY
00:04:55OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR REACHING
FOR
00:04:57THE SHINING STARS.
OH, STOP IT, GUYS.
00:05:02SO I MYSELF AM A SEX TRAFFICKING
VICTIMS. SO WE ARE SURVIVOR LED
00:05:06AND
SURVIVOR ADVISED.
00:05:08WHAT WE DO IS WE PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THE WOMEN
00:05:11THAT
ARE STUCK STILL IN THE BONDAGE
00:05:13OF
SEX TRAFFICKING, HOMELESSNESS
00:05:15AND
ADDICTION.
00:05:16WE GO OUT IN THE TRENCHES STILL
AND
00:05:18WE PASS OUT HYGIENE BAGS.
WE MEET THE WOMEN WHERE THEY
00:05:20ARE.
WE PROVIDE MEALS, FOOD, CLOTHES,
00:05:23ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
WE'RE ALWAYS EVOLVING AS THE
00:05:26NEEDS
ARE, AS THINGS ARE NEEDED.
00:05:28WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO
FIGURE
00:05:29OUT LIKE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE
THEM FOR
00:05:31FOR THE WOMEN.
WE ARE OPENING A TRANSITIONAL
00:05:33HOME
FOR WOMEN, LEAVING THE LIFESTYLE
00:05:36AND COMING BACK INTO SOCIETY SO
THAT
00:05:38THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN.
I QUICKLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
00:05:42WHY
WE DO WHAT WE DO.
00:05:44I FEEL THAT.
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?
00:05:46HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD THE
STARFISH
00:05:47STORY?
IF YOU HAVEN'T, LET ME BRIEFLY
00:05:50TELL
YOU, A LITTLE BOY IS WALKING
00:05:52ALONG THE OCEAN SHORE AND
THERE'S
00:05:54THOUSANDS OF STARFISH ON HIM
WASHED
00:05:56ASHORE AND HE'S BENDING OVER AND
PICKING THEM UP ONE BY ONE AND
00:05:59THROWING THEM BACK INTO THE
OCEAN.
00:06:01THIS MAN WALKS OVER AND HE LOOKS
DOWN AT THE BOY AND HE TELLS
00:06:04THEM,
HE SAYS, YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM
00:06:06ALL.
THE LITTLE BOY DOESN'T LISTEN.
00:06:08BENDS OVER, PICKS UP ANOTHER
STARFISH AND THROWS IT BACK INTO
00:06:11THE OCEAN.
LOOKS UP AT THE MAN AND SAYS,
00:06:14I JUST SAVED THAT ONE.
DO I FEEL LIKE A LOAN THAT I
00:06:18CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT
ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
00:06:21I CANNOT. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN
MAKE A
00:06:23DIFFERENCE. AND NO MATTER IF
IT'S
00:06:24YOU, YOU YOU WERE YOU.
EACH ONE OF US CAN MAKE A
00:06:27DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF ONE.
00:06:28AND THAT'S ALL THAT WE DO IT
FOR IS
00:06:30THE ONE SOMEBODY SHOWED
ME HOW TO PAVE THE WAY.
00:06:33PAVE THE WAY FOR ME, LIKE THE
ONE
00:06:34LIKE THERESA BARB FREEMAN.
LIKE THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO LIVE
00:06:37LIFE
AGAIN AND HOW I COULD BE
00:06:39SUCCESSFUL
IN SOCIETY.
00:06:41SO WHAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO
IS
00:06:43SHOW THESE WOMEN AND GIVE THEM
THE
00:06:44SAME TOOLS AND SKILLS THAT
SOMEBODY
00:06:46GAVE ME TO ACCLIMATE AND BE
SUCCESSFUL IN SOCIETY.
00:06:49AGAIN, LIKE THEY DESERVE AN
OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT
00:06:51WE'RE
HERE TRYING TO DO.
00:06:53I WILL GO PICK UP A WOMAN AT
3:00
00:06:54A.M. WHEN THEY SEND ME A
FACEBOOK
00:06:55MESSAGE LIKE I'M TIRED AND I
WANT
00:06:57OUT. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS I
HAVE
00:06:59TO DO, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN
00:07:01FOR THEM WHETHER OR NOT THEY
FOLLOW
00:07:03THROUGH. THAT DOES IT MATTER.
I'LL CONTINUE TO REACH MY HAND
00:07:05OUT
EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY ASK FOR
00:07:07HELP. BECAUSE IT WASN'T MY FIRST
TIME. IT WASN'T MY SECOND TIME.
00:07:10AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN
00:07:12MY TENTH TIME BEFORE I FINALLY
MADE
00:07:14IT OUT AND STUCK WITH IT.
SO AGAIN, MIGHT BE THE FIRST
00:07:17TIME BY THE SIXTH TIME.
DON'T GIVE UP HOPE BECAUSE THEY
00:07:21HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIRS.
I DO LOVE PASSION
00:07:29AND FIRE AND MOTIVATED.
SO MY NAME IS JOHN THARPE.
00:07:34I'M WITH THE LUCAS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S
00:07:36OFFICE. I AM THE SHERIFF OF
LUCAS
00:07:38COUNTY. AND I'M MAYA.
SO I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE
00:07:42NOW
OR LAW OVER 50 YEARS AND
00:07:44MY COUNTERPARTS ARE
DOWN THE HALLWAY. THEY RAN OFF,
00:07:48LEFT
ME IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE.
00:07:50BUT I AM HAPPY TO BE AT THIS,
THIS AND BECAUSE WE
00:07:55IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE REALLY
STARTING TO REALIZE HOW
00:07:57IMPORTANT
IT IS FOR US TO COLLABORATE WITH
00:08:00YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
AND WE DON'T KNOW YOU.
00:08:03AND THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LEARN
00:08:06BECAUSE
WE DO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PIECE,
00:08:09BUT WE REALLY NEED TO DO OUR
COMMUNITY PIECE AS WELL.
00:08:12SO BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT
THROUGH
00:08:13YOU.
AND THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKED
00:08:16TO
COME ON THIS PANEL TODAY IS THAT
00:08:19WE HAD STARTED SOME KIND OF
UNIQUE
00:08:21THINGS IN TOLEDO, OHIO, AND
SHERIFFS OFFICES THAT WE STARTED
00:08:25A DRUG ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU'VE HEARD OF
00:08:27IT.
IT'S CALLED DART AND DRUG
00:08:29ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM.
WE STARTED OUT JUST WITH TWO
00:08:32OFFICERS IN OUR UNIT AND NOW
WE HAVE 13 AND A UNIT.
00:08:35BUT WE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
00:08:38RESPONDING TO OVERDOSES.
OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT
00:08:42IT'S A
VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO SHOOT
00:08:44HEROIN
IN YOUR SYSTEM.
00:08:45BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE WE'RE
GOING WITH THIS, IS THAT WE
00:08:48THEN GET
PEOPLE THAT HAVE OVERDOSED.
00:08:50WE RESPOND. WE TAKE THEM TO
DETOX.
00:08:52THEY GET IN OUR CARS WITH US
AND WE TAKE THEM TO DETOX.
00:08:56WE WORK WITH THEM AND WE
CONTINUE
00:08:57WORKING WITH THEM.
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE UNIT
00:08:59IS
THAT WE'VE RESPONDED TO RIDE
00:09:01AROUND
6000 OVERDOSES.
00:09:03THAT'S A LOT OF OVERDOSES.
SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
00:09:06WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
WELL, YOU CERTAINLY KNOW, RIGHT.
00:09:09WITH ADDICTION AND ET CETERA.
AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
00:09:13HAPPENING.
BUT THERE WAS ONE OTHER STEP.
00:09:14BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I
DON'T KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO
00:09:17INTRODUCE OURSELVES OR TAKE THE
TIME
00:09:19TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
BUT WHAT ELSE WE'RE DOING IS
00:09:23THAT WITH RUNAWAY CHILDREN,
WE'VE LEARNED FROM YOU.
00:09:27IS THAT THE PROFESSIONALS IS
THAT
00:09:29WHEN A CHILD IS GONE FOR MORE
THAN
00:09:31TWO WEEKS, THERE'S A GREAT
POSSIBILITY OF THEM BECOMING
00:09:33ADDICTED OR BEING VICTIMIZED
INTO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND INTO
00:09:37PROSTITUTION. SO
WE DECIDED TO START A UNIT AND
00:09:41TO
ADD TO THE GUARD UNIT AND WE'LL
00:09:43BE
UP TO 19 OFFICERS WORK AND
00:09:45CONCENTRATING ON FINDING
CHILDREN THAT HAVE RUN AWAY.
00:09:49NOW OUR BUDGET
AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY.
00:09:53EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS
WHAT
00:09:55NEEDS TO BE DONE AND COULDN'T.
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM COULD DO
00:09:58IT
IF WE HAD THE MONEY TO DO IT
00:10:00RIGHT.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
00:10:02SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR
SIX,
00:10:04SIX OFFICERS.
BUT OUR COMMUNITY.
00:10:07I LOVE THEM. THEY.
THEY CAME UP WITH THE MONEY FOR
00:10:09US
AND GAVE US THE MONEY TO PAY
00:10:11FOR THE OFFICERS.
BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING A FULL
00:10:14TIME OFFICER THAT
FROM THE FROM WORKING WITHIN THE
00:10:18SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHAT WE DID
IS WE'RE CONTRACTING
00:10:22WITH RECENTLY RETIRED
DETECTIVES.
00:10:25WE DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN THEM.
THEY HAVE INFORMATION.
00:10:28THEY KNOW HOW TO WORK THESE
CASES.
00:10:30BUT WE ARE
WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH THEM AND
00:10:33WE'RE GIVING THEM A FLAT.
FIFTY THOUSAND A YEAR.
00:10:37SO SIX OF
THEM. AND SO
00:10:41WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR
INSURANCE
00:10:43BECAUSE THEY'RE RETIRED.
THEY HAVE THEIR INSURANCE.
00:10:44WE OUGHT TO PAY A PENSION
BECAUSE
00:10:46THEY'RE RETIRED. THEY'RE
GETTING A
00:10:47PENSION.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS,
00:10:50TOO,
TO FIND CHILDREN THAT HAVE RUN
00:10:52AWAY. AND
WE ALL KNOW THAT IF A CHILD FROM
00:10:56THIS COMMUNITY OR FROM LUCAS
COUNTY,
00:10:5813, 14 YEARS OLD, AND WE CAN ALL
REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE 13, 14 YEARS
00:11:02OLD, IS THAT HOW ARE THEY
GONNA MAKE IT BY THEMSELVES IN
00:11:05SEATTLE RUNNING
FROM THIS COUNTY OR
00:11:09RUNNING FROM LUCAS COUNTY?
IS THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF
00:11:12WEEKS,
THEY'RE GONNA BE VICTIMIZED.
00:11:13SO THEREFORE, THEY'RE GOING
TO CONCENTRATE.
00:11:16BUT THEY'LL HAVE WHAT THESE ARE
THE
00:11:1713 OFFICERS AS BACKUP
WORKING WITH THEM TO GET
00:11:21CHILDREN
BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
00:11:23BUT WHAT IS AWESOME ABOUT THIS
IS
00:11:25THAT WE'VE MET WITH ALL THE
OUTREACH
00:11:27AGENCIES, THE PROFESSIONALS
THAT CAN
00:11:28DRILL IN TO FIGURING OUT
WHY THESE CHILDREN RUN AWAY IN
00:11:32FIRST
PLACE. SO WE IN LAW
00:11:33ENFORCEMENT, ALL
WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE PAST IS
00:11:36GET THESE CHILDREN, BRING THEM
BACK.
00:11:38THAT'S IT.
AND THEN THEY RUN AGAIN.
00:11:40THEN YOU RUN AGAIN.
YOU RUN AGAIN.
00:11:42BUT AT LEAST WE CAN NETWORK THEM
TO THE PROPER PEOPLE THAT
00:11:46ARE BRILLIANT, THAT COULD
FIGURE OUT
00:11:48WHY THEY'RE RUNNING AWAY
AND BE ABLE TO STOP THEM, STOP
00:11:52THAT CAUSE OF THEM RUNNING AWAY
BEFORE THEY RUN AWAY AGAIN.
00:11:56AND I THINK I THINK THIS IS
GOING TO
00:11:57BE VALUABLE.
THAT PARTICULAR UNIT IS ONLY
00:12:00ABOUT
A MONTH OLD.
00:12:02AND SO BUT I I'M SURE
IT WOULD BE A HUGE SUCCESS.
00:12:06AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
APPRECIATE YOUR.
00:12:09I REALLY DO.
THANK YOU.
00:12:10THANK YOU, SIR. KIND OF.
HI. MY NAME IS SCOTT ARNOLD, AN
00:12:17EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRACE
HAVEN.
00:12:19WE ARE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AGENCY
00:12:21THAT FOCUSES ON ADOLESCENT
SPACES.
00:12:25SO PRIMARILY 11:00 THE NIGHT.
YOU'RE OLD YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:12:28WE DO A NUMBER OF THINGS IN OUR
PROGRAMING.
00:12:31WE DO PREVENTION, EDUCATION IN
THE
00:12:32COMMUNITY, SCHOOLS AND JAILS AND
DETENTION FACILITIES
00:12:36AND REGULARLY IDENTIFY PEOPLE
WHO ARE BEING EITHER GROOMED OR
00:12:39TRAFFICKED IN A PREVENTATIVE
EFFORT THAT WE'RE MAKING.
00:12:44AND THUS PARTNERSHIPS LIKE WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT BECOME SO
00:12:48CRUCIAL
US BECAUSE WHILE WE MAY
00:12:50IDENTIFY,
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT
00:12:52THAT. SO I WAS JUST THINKING AS
I
00:12:53WAS LISTENING TO THIS PANEL,
THERE'S NOT ONE DUPLICATION
00:12:58OF A PERSON UP HERE IN
NONE OF US COULD DO WHAT WE DO
00:13:01WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF OTHER
PEOPLE
00:13:03IN THE SPACE. SO
WE ALSO DO INTERVENTION
00:13:06TRAINING.
SO WE WILL HELP ADULTS IN
00:13:09MANY DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES WHO
WANT
00:13:11TO KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY
TRAFFICKED
00:13:12KIDS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
SO WE'LL WE'LL GO AND DO
00:13:16SEMINARS ON
THAT.
00:13:17WE ALSO DO QUITE A BIT OF
SURVIVOR
00:13:19SERVICES.
AND SO THAT IS THE
00:13:22SPACE WE'RE PROBABLY MOST KNOWN
FOR.
00:13:24AND WE DO THAT TWO DIFFERENT
WAYS.
00:13:26ONE WAY IS WE OFFER COMMUNITY
BASED
00:13:27CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD
00:13:30PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELING TO THAT PIECE.
00:13:33WE DO THAT IN THE COLUMBUS, OHIO
MARKET, IN CENTRAL OHIO MARKET.
00:13:37BUT WE ARE JUST NOW IN THE
PROCESS
00:13:39OF OPENING AN OFFICE IN
CLEVELAND
00:13:41AND ALSO AN OFFICE IN TOLEDO,
WHERE WE WILL DO THE PREVENTION,
00:13:44EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BASED
CASE
00:13:46MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THE LAST THING THAT WE DO THAT
00:13:49WE'RE
PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR IS
00:13:51RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR
SURVIVORS OF THAT OUR
00:13:54ADOLESCENCE.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO
00:13:58FOUR BED COTTAGES THAT HAVE BEEN
OPEN WITH A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT
00:14:02BEDS,
THEREFORE.
00:14:03AND SO THIS MONTH WE'RE OPENING
A
00:14:04THIRD. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
OUR
00:14:06CAPACITY UP TO 12.
SO THAT'S THE SPACE THAT WE'RE
00:14:09IN.
LAST YEAR, WE SERVED SIXTY EIGHT
00:14:11SURVIVORS OF THAT KIND OF GIVES
A
00:14:12SENSE OF THE VOLUME AND ABOUT
5000
00:14:15KIDS THAT WE DID PREVENTION ED
WITH.
00:14:17SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE SPACE ABOUT
FIVE YEARS.
00:14:20AND I'LL TELL YOU IT FOR ME,
I FEEL INADEQUATE TO BE ON A
00:14:24PANEL. I MEAN, THERE'S PIECES OF
THIS. I KNOW A LOT OF.
00:14:27AND THERE'S MOST OF IT.
I DON'T.
00:14:29AND MOST OF THE THE BEST
WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN GRACE
00:14:32HAVEN IS NOT BEING DONE BY ME.
IT'S BEING DONE BY OUR STAFF.
00:14:35I HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF THAT
POUR
00:14:37THEIR LIVES OUT FOR KIDS AND
SERVE
00:14:39THEM ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL
OF
00:14:40DUTY. AND SO I JUST HAVE A
REALLY
00:14:42HIGH VALUE FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS
THAT
00:14:44THIS KIND OF AN EVENT CREATES
AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE
00:14:47ALONGSIDE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS
00:14:49SPACE.
IT'S HORRIFYING THAT WE HAVE
00:14:52WE EVEN HAVE TO HAVE THIS
GATHERING.
00:14:54TO ME, IT'S JUST HORRIFYING.
AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE
00:14:58THIS IS TWICE AS HORRIFYING
LIKE THIS YEAR.
00:15:01RIGHT. SO THIS IS A PROBLEM
THAT'S PLAGUED OUR COMMUNITY
00:15:04FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.
00:15:06AND I'M JUST PROUD TO BE A PIECE
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
00:15:10SO I.
I'VE NEGLECTED TO INTRODUCE
00:15:14MYSELF.
I AM THERESA FLORES.
00:15:15I'M A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER
AND A
00:15:17SURVIVOR AS WELL.
I STARTED THESE SOAP PROJECTS
00:15:20AT FRIENDS FOR SAVE OUR
ADOLESCENCE
00:15:22FROM PROSTITUTION.
THAT'S 12 YEARS AGO.
00:15:25AND WE HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING
HAVE PARTNERED WITH PEOPLE LIKE
00:15:30SCOTT SAID, NOT ONE PERSON CAN
DO
00:15:31THIS.
SO WE HAVE CHAPTERS, 19
00:15:34CHAPTERS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT
00:15:37GO TO MOTELS AND HOTELS
AND DISTRIBUTE SOAPS AND WIPES
00:15:41WITH A NATIONAL HOTLINE NUMBER
AND
00:15:42LOOK FOR MISSING KIDS AS WELL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE RED STREETS
00:15:46THAT HOLLY HAS CONTOURS.
YOU GOT TO GO TO PUNE, TO KANO
00:15:51WITH.
SO WE HAVE HAD OVER 200
00:15:54SURVIVORS COME THROUGH OUR
HEALING
00:15:56RETREATS AND
THEY HAVE BEEN MY FAVORITE PART
00:16:00OF
WHAT WE DO.
00:16:01WE ALSO HAVE OFFICES IN MONROE,
MICHIGAN, WHERE LAST YEAR WE
00:16:04SERVED
51 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
00:16:07SO I GET THE WONDERFUL
JOB OF TRAVELING ALL AROUND THE
00:16:12COUNTRY.
I'M SHARING MY STORY, BUT ALSO
00:16:14SEE
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING IN
00:16:16OTHER
STATES. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU
00:16:18THAT OHIO IS THE BEST
STATE OF FIGHTING HUMAN
00:16:21TRAFFICKING
IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:16:23I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
I REALLY DO.
00:16:26I CAN TELL YOU IN MICHIGAN, THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TO STOP
00:16:29HUMAN TRAFFICKING WOULD NEVER
SIT ON
00:16:30A PANEL TOGETHER.
THEY DO NOT PLAY NICE IN THE
00:16:33SANDBOX
TOGETHER. AS I SAY, AND THAT'S
00:16:35WHAT'S MADE OHIO SO WONDERFUL,
IS WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL
00:16:39TREATMENT FOR
YOUTH, FOR WOMEN.
00:16:41WE HAVE ALL OF THESE GREAT
SERVICES
00:16:43LED BY AMAZING LEADERS.
AND YOU CAN REALLY TELL IT
00:16:47BECAUSE
YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY STRONG
00:16:48SURVIVORS WE NOW HAVE IN THE
STATES.
00:16:51SO IT'S GREAT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M
00:16:54REALLY NOT GOING TO CONCENTRATE
ON
00:16:56WHAT WE'RE DOING. WELL, BECAUSE
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF STUFF.
00:16:58WELL, WE KNOW WHAT PARTNERSHIP
LOOKS LIKE AND SHOULD BE.
00:17:02I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN
WE DO
00:17:04BETTER?
LIKE WHAT HOLES ARE THERE THAT
00:17:06WE
NEED TO START ADDRESSING
00:17:08THAT AFTER ELEVEN TWELVE YEARS
OF
00:17:10DOING THIS, THAT WE'RE STILL
FAILING
00:17:12IT.
IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO RUN
00:17:14NEGATIVE, BUT I WANT TO GROW
FROM
00:17:16THIS. SO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO
JUMP IN ON THAT ONE,
00:17:20I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT
00:17:21ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE ARE WITH OUR GUARD
00:17:26UNIT IS THAT WE
REACHED OUT TO SOME LEADERS IN
00:17:29THE
COMMUNITY AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
00:17:31LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY
00:17:34TO WIN BACK $2
OF RAISING FUNDS SO
00:17:38WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
SO
00:17:40WE DON'T DRAIN THEIR COMMUNITY
DOLLARS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
00:17:44SO WE HAVE A STRONG BOARD
OR A DARK TEAM OF ABOUT
00:17:49NINE MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THEY'RE ALL PEOPLE THAT
00:17:52CAN TRULY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND
CAN HELP US.
00:17:55AND THEY HAVE
THE PASSION, THE SAME PASSION
00:17:59THAT
OUR GUARD OFFICERS HAVE.
00:18:01THEY THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THAT
SAME PASSION.
00:18:04SO WITH WITH BRINGING THEM
AND TO OUR WORLD
00:18:08THAT WE HAVE A TENDENCY
NOT TO TALK TO, WE HAVE MORE
00:18:12ENFORCEMENT AND WE HAVE TO
CHANGE
00:18:13THAT AND BRINGING THEM INTO OUR
WORLD. WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
00:18:17WE CAN GET HELP FROM THEM.
AND SO WHAT
00:18:21IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY
POLICING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
00:18:24YEARS.
BUT THIS, IN MY OPINION, OF
00:18:27HELPING
PEOPLE THAT ARE VICTIMS OF
00:18:29PROSTITUTION, PEOPLE THAT ARE
ADDICTED.
00:18:32THERE'S A COMMUNITY POLICING AT
ITS
00:18:34BEST.
COMMUNITY POLICING THAT BEST IS
00:18:36WHEN
WE CAN INTERFACE WITH THE ENTIRE
00:18:38FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ONE
00:18:43INDIVIDUAL. SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE IN
00:18:46OUR
COMMUNITY THAT'S HELPED US SO
00:18:48MUCH
TO KEEP THIS UNIT RUNNING SINCE
00:18:502014.
ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK,
00:18:52SHERIFF, YOU
IDENTIFIED EARLIER THAT
00:18:55THAT YOU KNEW THAT THIS WAS A
NEED,
00:18:57BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING
TO
00:18:58BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO THE COMMUNITY STEPPED UP
00:19:01TO PROVIDE THAT THAT FUNDING
TO BE ABLE TO GET HIRE THOSE
00:19:04RETIRED
OFFICERS.
00:19:05YES. THAT'S A GREAT
COLLABORATION
00:19:07RIGHT THERE. YES.
YEAH.
00:19:10ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
ABOUT
00:19:12WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
00:19:13IN THE PREVENTION SPACE IS ALSO
THE EDUCATION SPACE.
00:19:16RIGHT. AND GETTING INTO SCHOOLS
AND
00:19:18I THINK WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN
SOME
00:19:20DISTRICTS TO GET INTO SOME
SCHOOLS
00:19:22AND EDUCATE CHILDREN ON THIS.
BUT REALLY, I THINK IF WE COULD
00:19:25HAVE I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT
THE
00:19:26HUMAN TRAFFICKING EDUCATION
CURRICULUM THAT WANTS TO BE
00:19:29INTRODUCED THROUGH IT THROUGH A
BILL. BUT IF WE COULD HAVE
00:19:32SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS
EARLY ON
00:19:34ABOUT HEALTHY BOUNDARIES,
HEALTHY
00:19:36RELATIONSHIPS.
I WAS RECENTLY SPEAKING WITH
00:19:38SOMEONE
FROM VIRGINIA WHO IN SOME
00:19:40OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY
HAVE
00:19:42ESSENTIALLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
TRAINING AND SOME OF THAT
00:19:45HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
00:19:46AND KIDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED
THROUGH
00:19:47THAT ARE GETTING CASE MANAGED
THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL
00:19:49GRADUATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A GREAT
00:19:52THING THAT WE COULD MAYBE TRY
AND
00:19:53MODEL IN OHIO.
JUST TRY AND REALLY
00:19:56PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO SOME OF
OUR
00:19:58KIDS EARLY ON SO THAT WE DON'T
ALL HAVE TO BE ON THIS PANEL
00:20:01TODAY
TALKING ABOUT HOW TO BETTER
00:20:02SERVE
PEOPLE IF WE COULD PREVENT IT
00:20:04FROM
FROM THE BEGINNING.
00:20:05I AGREE WITH SOFIA.
LIKE EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO
00:20:08PREVENTION.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN YOU JUST
00:20:10DON'T KNOW. AND THEN YOU'RE MORE
VULNERABLE AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO
00:20:14THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN,
00:20:15ESPECIALLY IN INNER CITY.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT JUST
00:20:18HAPPENS
TO POVERTY YOUTH, BUT
00:20:20IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY.
BUT WE'RE MORE VULNERABLE
00:20:23IF WE'RE AN INNER CITY AND
STRUGGLE
00:20:24WITH THESE THINGS WERE ALREADY
COMING FROM DYSFUNCTION AND
00:20:27CHAOS.
AND IT'S JUST NORMAL.
00:20:29LIKE WE SEE THESE THINGS
PROBABLY ON
00:20:30A DAILY, WEEKLY BASIS.
SO IT'S IT'S EASY TO FALL
00:20:34INTO THE TRAPS OF OUR
TRAFFICKERS.
00:20:36I'M KIND OF PIGGYBACKING
ON BOTH.
00:20:39WHAT SOPHIA AND HOLLY SAID
IS AS WE'RE DOING
00:20:44EDUCATION, AS WE'RE IN THE
SCHOOLS
00:20:46WITH YOUTH AND IN OTHER
EDUCATIONAL
00:20:49ARENAS WHERE WE'RE DOING.
PATIENT ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
00:20:53ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
IDENTIFIED IS TRYING
00:20:56TO SPEAK
ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH
00:21:00A COMMON LANGUAGE.
THE KIND OF LANGUAGE
00:21:04WE WANT TO USE ABOUT STATISTICS,
FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE KIND OF
00:21:08LANGUAGE
WE WANT TO USE IN
00:21:12PUBLICATIONS, THE KIND OF
PICTURES
00:21:14WE WANT TO USE, JUST
HAVING A COMMON
00:21:19VOICE. IF YOU'RE AN ORGANIZATION
AND YOU'RE PART OF A COALITION
00:21:22THAT THE WHOLE COALITION
KNOWS HOW WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN
00:21:26TRAFFICKING, BECAUSE THEN WHAT I
THINK HAPPENS IS THERE'S
00:21:30CREDIBILITY
ACROSS THE ARENA THAT
00:21:32WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
00:21:37COLLABORATIVELY.
OUR LANGUAGE EMPOWERS
00:21:41THE MOVEMENT AND THE PEOPLE
WITHIN
00:21:43IT. IN A WAY THAT IF WE
TALK WITH DISPARATE VOICES,
00:21:46IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
00:21:50CAN
DO BETTER AND WE ARE TRYING TO
00:21:51DO
BETTER.
00:21:53AND THAT INCLUDES DISPELLING
MYTHS
00:21:55BECAUSE OF ME KIND OF COMING TO
A POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE HEARING
00:21:58ABOUT TRAFFIC AND LIKE, OH, MY
GOD,
00:22:00YOU KNOW, THIS OR THIS TRUCK AND
WALMART AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
00:22:03LIKE
REALLY DISPELLING THOSE MYTHS,
00:22:05BEING
CAREFUL WITH THE STATISTICS
00:22:06THAT WE
USE.
00:22:08AND LIKE YOU SAID, EDUCATING
PEOPLE
00:22:10ACROSS THE BOARD WITH A
CONSISTENT
00:22:12MESSAGE IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN I
00:22:16GO AND SPEAK, IT'S STILL 80 TO
90
00:22:18PERCENT OF THE AUDIENCE THAT'S
NOT
00:22:19HEARD OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN
THE
00:22:20UNITED STATES.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
00:22:23THIS
FOR A GREAT LONGTIME AND THAT'S
00:22:24REALLY CONCERNING.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, LIKE
00:22:27THEY
SAID, EDUCATION IS THE FIRST
00:22:29STEP.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
00:22:32EDUCATION
AND AWARENESS, BUT IT'S STILL, I
00:22:34FEEL LIKE THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
00:22:36DO YOU GUYS.
NOT EVEN A DAY
00:22:38MADE A DAY. I KNOW WE HAVEN'T.
IF I COULD JUMP IN.
00:22:44I THINK WE'VE SPENT FIVE
YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:22:47TO DO
OUR LITTLE PIECE OF THE
00:22:48PIPELINE.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S BEEN A BATTLE.
00:22:50I MEAN, IF YOU'VE EVER HAD
TEENAGERS, IMAGINE PUTTING SIX
00:22:53TEENAGE GIRLS IN THE SAME ROOM
THAT ARE HAVE HAD THE DIFFERENT
00:22:56LIFESTYLE THAT HASN'T BEEN
TRAUMATIZED. THEN YOU PUT SIX
00:22:59REALLY, REALLY TRAUMATIZED KIDS
THAT
00:23:01TRIGGER EACH OTHER.
IT'S TAKEN US A LONG TIME TO
00:23:03FIGURE
THAT OUT AS A RESULT OF THAT.
00:23:06I LOOK AT THE PIPELINE AND SAY,
WE
00:23:07DO THIS REALLY WELL.
BUT THEN I WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
00:23:09WHEN
KIDS LEAVE US.
00:23:12AND THERE'S SERIOUS GAPS IN OUR
SYSTEMS. SO LET ME MAKE JUST
00:23:15MAKE A COUPLE REFLECTIONS IN
THAT
00:23:17REGARD.
WHEN KIDS COME TO US, THEY'RE
00:23:20IN THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY
00:23:21GET
RESCUED OUT OF CIRCUMSTANCES
00:23:24AND COURTS ASSIGN THEM THROUGH
FOSTER CARE.
00:23:27SO THERE'S A PUSH
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE'S
00:23:30SOME
REALLY GOOD REASONS BEHIND IT
00:23:31FOR
RAPID REUNIFICATION WITH
00:23:34FAMILIES.
WELL, FREQUENTLY THE FAMILY
00:23:36CONTEXT
WAS WHERE THE TRAFFICKING
00:23:38OCCURRED.
AND SO THERE'S A PUSH TO GET THE
00:23:40KIDS BACK TO THE VERY PLACE
WHERE
00:23:42THEY'RE MOST VULNERABLE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH
00:23:45SOME OF
OUR LEGISLATORS TO ADDRESS THAT.
00:23:48BUT THAT'S AN UPHILL SELL
BECAUSE
00:23:49THE MOMENTUM IS TOWARDS MORE
RAPID REUNIFICATION.
00:23:52SO THAT'S A GAP.
ALL RIGHT, THEN, IF THEY DON'T
00:23:55GO
BACK TO FAMILY
00:23:57ONE, LET ME BACK UP.
JUST MAKE ONE OTHER POINT THAT
00:24:00THERE
IS A WHOLE LOT OF FAMILY
00:24:02MEMBERS THAT TRAFFIC, THAT
THERE'S
00:24:04NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE
00:24:07IS NO
CRIME. SO BECAUSE OF THAT,
00:24:09THERE'S
NO LIMITERS.
00:24:11AND SO THE KID MAY BE SAYING
WHERE
00:24:12I WAS TRAFFICKED AT HOME, BUT
FROM
00:24:15ANY OF THE THE WAY THE LEGAL
SYSTEM
00:24:16WORKS IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES
SYSTEM
00:24:18WORKS, THERE'S PRESSURE FOR
THEM TO
00:24:19PLACE THEM BACK IN THEIR HOME.
SO THAT'S A GAP.
00:24:22A SECOND ISSUE THAT WE FOUND
IS IF A KID LEAVES US, IT'S
00:24:25STILL A
MINOR.
00:24:27THEY WOULD TYPICALLY GO INTO
SOME
00:24:29OTHER IF THEY DON'T GO HOME TO A
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
00:24:32AND OUR EXPERIENCE TO DATE
HAS BEEN WELL-MEANING, REALLY
00:24:36DEDICATED FOSTER CARE.
FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND
00:24:39AGENCIES
ARE ILL EQUIPPED TO HANDLE
00:24:42THE KIND OF TRAUMA THAT
HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE
00:24:45EXPERIENCING.
AND SO THEY DROP OUT.
00:24:48THEY BLOW UP.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.
00:24:51AND WE HAVEN'T SO WE HAVEN'T YET
FOCUSED ON THAT.
00:24:55WE DON'T I DON'T THINK
NECESSARILY
00:24:56THAT I WANT TO BE A FOSTER
AGENCY.
00:24:58RIGHT. THAT ISN'T WHAT I GOT IN
THIS
00:25:00FOR.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
00:25:02BUT I LOOK AT THAT SPACE, IT'S
LIKE
00:25:04THAT'S A HUGE GAP.
THERE WOULD BE A FOSTER AGENCY
00:25:08THAT REALLY SPECIALIZED IN
THAT SPACE IS A HUGE GAP
00:25:12IN OUR IN OUR NETWORKS.
SO AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING
00:25:15THERE
AREN'T FOSTER CARE AGENCIES
00:25:17THAT AREN'T REALLY, REALLY GREAT
PEOPLE IN SYSTEMS.
00:25:19BUT FOR THIS SPECIALIZATION,
IT'S A
00:25:21GAP.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS
00:25:23THAT
I GUESS I WOULD JUST THROW OUT
00:25:24THERE
THAT THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
00:25:26AND MAYBE THE LAST THING I'LL
SAY
00:25:28IS THAT I THINK THERE'S
THERE'S SOME COALESCENCE AROUND
00:25:32HOW
LONG IT REALLY TAKES
00:25:34TO HELP A SURVIVOR.
I FROM MY TIME.
00:25:37EXACTLY.
BUT AND I WOULD ADD THAT IN THE
00:25:41ADOLESCENT SPACE, YOU THINK
ABOUT
00:25:42THE AVERAGE AGE AT WHICH PEOPLE
START IN THE SPACE.
00:25:45IT'S TWELVE, THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
RIGHT.
00:25:47SO DO WE WAIT TILL THEY'RE 18 TO
SERVE THEM? THAT JUST MAKES NO
00:25:50SENSE
AT ALL.
00:25:52IT'S THE EARLIER, THE BETTER.
BUT MOST OF WHAT HAPPENS EARLY
00:25:56BECOMES AGENCY LED
IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT
00:25:59THINK
ABOUT FAST GET DONE AND MOVE
00:26:01THEM
ON.
00:26:02AND SO SIX MONTHS IS ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE THINKING SOMETIMES OF
00:26:06WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT SPANS
THAT
00:26:08THESE KIDS NEED AND THEY NEED
YEARS
00:26:10OF TREATMENT SPANS.
SO HOW DO WE RETHINK
00:26:13AND PUT AROUND THAT?
YOU TALK ABOUT COMMON LANGUAGE,
00:26:16TERRY, COMMON
GOALS ABOUT HOW LONG A TREATMENT
00:26:20PROCESS SHOULD BE FOR SOMEONE
WHO'S A SURVIVOR OF HUMAN
00:26:23TRAFFICKING. IS IT TWO YEARS?
IS IT FOUR YEARS?
00:26:25IS IT WHAT?
AND START TO COALESCE AROUND
00:26:27SOME
NUMBERS THAT ARE BETTER THAN
00:26:29JUST
LETTING THE CURRENT AVERAGE OF
00:26:31SIX
MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS.
00:26:32LET'S GET HIM OUT OF THE SYSTEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE IN
00:26:34FOSTER
TREATMENT FACILITY.
00:26:35SO ANYWAY, JUST SOME THOUGHT,
YOU
00:26:37KNOW, ONE OF THE STATISTICS IS
ABOUT.
00:26:3832 PERCENT OF SURVIVORS WERE
TRAFFICKED BY FAMILY, WHICH
00:26:42MEANS
THEY GENERALLY WERE TRAFFICKED
00:26:43AS AT
A YOUNG AGE.
00:26:44BUT OF THE 200 PLUS WOMEN
THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR
00:26:48RETREATS
IS ABOUT 45 TO 50 PERCENT
00:26:50WHERE TRAFFIC BY FAMILY.
SO YOU FIGURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:26:53NOT
JUST THE SIX MONTHS OR THE TWO
00:26:55YEARS
OR THE 10 YEARS.
00:26:56IT'S LIKE THE LIFETIME OF ABUSE,
RIGHT. OF TRAUMA.
00:27:00ONE OF THE LADIES THAT CAME
THROUGH
00:27:02OUR RETREAT WAS 71 YEARS OLD.
SO AND SHE WAS STILL DEALING
00:27:06WITH
THOSE ISSUES. IT'S A LIFETIME,
00:27:08MY
COLLEAGUE SAID. SO WHAT
00:27:10OTHER WHAT OTHER HOLES ARE
THERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
00:27:14IDENTIFY TO START FILLING?
SO I AGREE WITH SCOTT.
00:27:17LIKE EVEN ON THE ADULT SIDE
OF SERVICING SURVIVORS AND
00:27:21VICTIMS,
I SEE THESE WOMEN COMING THROUGH
00:27:24LIKE DETOX, REHAB,
CATCH COURT PROGRAMS AND LIKE
00:27:28THEM THRIVING AND MAKING GREAT
STRIDES IN LIFE.
00:27:30AND THEN WHEN THEY STEP DOWN
FROM
00:27:32THESE PROGRAMS, THEY GO BACK TO
THE SAME TOXIC ENVIRONMENT,
00:27:35THOSE
SAME FAMILY MEMBERS, THOSE SAME
00:27:38BOYFRIENDS, JOHNS, WHOEVER
THEY'RE RETURNING HOME TO, AND
00:27:42THINKING THAT THEY'RE STRONG
ENOUGH
00:27:43TO SURVIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
AND I SEE THEM RELAPSING.
00:27:46I SEE THEM OVERDOSING ON PASSING
BAGS BACK OUT TO THEM ON SUNDAY
00:27:50NIGHT WHEN WE'RE DOING SHREWD
OUTREACH. IT BREAKS MY HEART.
00:27:53THESE ARE MY SISTERS.
AND I JUST WANT THESE GAPS
00:27:56FILLED
SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL
00:27:58IN
LIFE. LIKE I'VE HAD THE
00:28:00OPPORTUNITY
TO DO WHAT THEY DESERVE, TO BE
00:28:02DOING
THE SAME THINGS THAT I'M DOING
00:28:03IN
LIFE. LIKE, WHAT'S THE
00:28:05DIFFERENCE?
LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER
00:28:07SERVE
THEM? AND I SEE HOUSING AS
00:28:09A BIG GAP.
LIKE THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
00:28:11PROBLEMS HERE IN SOCIETY, IN OUR
SOCIETY FOR SURVIVORS.
00:28:15LIKE, WHERE DO THEY GO WHEN THEY
LEAVE THAT TREATMENT FACILITY?
00:28:18YOU JUST DON'T GO BACK TO LIFE
LIKE
00:28:20FIVE, 10, 15, 20 YEARS OF LIVING
THIS LIFE.
00:28:22WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY FOR A
00:28:25FAST
ONE. MY MOM DIDN'T TEACH ME
00:28:27THAT.
SHE TOLD ME TAUGHT ME HOW TO
00:28:28SMOKE,
CRACK AND PROSTITUTE.
00:28:30I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY FOR A
JOB.
00:28:31I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GO TO
AN INTERVIEW LIKE WHERE CAN WE
00:28:35FILL
THESE GAPS AND BETTER SERVE THE
00:28:36WOMEN IN OUR NATION?
AND I THINK HOUSING AND STABLE,
00:28:40STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS FOR
A LONG TERM WILL HELP
00:28:44CREATE THE SPACE THAT THEY
NEED SO THAT THEY CAN STEP DOWN
00:28:48AND
GO BACK TO WORK,
00:28:50APPLY FOR JOBS, APPLY FOR A
SCHOOL,
00:28:53GET THEIR OWN APARTMENT, PAY
THEIR
00:28:55OWN WRITTEN BILLS.
GOD, I BUDGET.
00:28:58OH, I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH
THIS.
00:28:59THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN
HELP. AND HOW DO WE DO THIS?
00:29:02HOW CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER?
BECAUSE I CAN'T DO WHAT I DO
00:29:06WITHOUT
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
00:29:07AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
COLLABORATION THAT WE DO HAVE
00:29:10HERE
IN OHIO.
00:29:11WE PLAY WELL ON THE PLAYGROUND
TOGETHER BECAUSE LIKE ALMOST
00:29:14EVERY
SINGLE ORGANIZATION UP HERE, I
00:29:16SEE
LIKE I WORK WITH THEM, THEY WORK
00:29:17WITH US LIKE IT'S JUST AMAZING.
SO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE WILLING
00:29:21TO GET INVOLVED, IF IT'S NOT MY
ORGANIZATION, PICK ONE UP HERE,
00:29:24BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DOING GREAT
THINGS
00:29:25HERE IN OHIO AND WE NEED YOU.
ALL RIGHT, COURTNEY.
00:29:33I'M LOOKING AT ONE OF THE
REASONS
00:29:34WHY HUMAN TRAFFICKING THRIVES
AS THE
00:29:36ECONOMICS RATE, HOW
LUCRATIVE IT IS FOR TRAFFICKERS.
00:29:41AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
SUPPLY SIDE.
00:29:44BUT WE'RE STARTING IT.
SHE'S IN NEED TO FOCUS ON THE
00:29:46DEMAND
SIDE.
00:29:48THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL
00:29:53STRUGGLERS AND SOLICITORS
MEN EVEN BEFORE THEY MAKE A
00:29:57CHOICE
TO PURCHASE.
00:29:58I'M IN. WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE
SAME KINDS OF TRAUMA AND THE
00:30:01SAME
KINDS OF LIMITED LIFE CHOICES
00:30:04THAT ARE LEADING MEN TO THINK
THAT,
00:30:05OK, IF I'M LONELY, IF I
WANT IF I'M BORED.
00:30:09THE ONLY THING FOR ME TO DO IS
TO GO
00:30:10OUT AND PURCHASE A RELATIONSHIP
OR TO PURCHASE INTIMACY.
00:30:15I'M SO LOOKING AT AS WE HAVE
RESOURCES SET UP FOR SURVIVORS.
00:30:18WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR MEN
00:30:20AS WELL?
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
00:30:23FORWARD TO FILLING IN A LITTLE
BIT
00:30:24OF A GAP, A HUGE HOLE
HERE IN OHIO ESPECIALLY.
00:30:28I AGREE.
EDUCATE OUR MEN ON HOW TO NOT
00:30:30PURCHASE SEX OR TREAT WOMEN
LIKE A DISPOSABLE PIECE OF
00:30:35TRASH.
SORRY, WAS THAT TOO BOLD?
00:30:37ROB, I'M REAL.
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND ASK
00:30:47QUESTIONS.
THAT
00:30:51SAID THAT
WHEN SHE WAS DEPRESSED.
00:30:56THESE LEADERS HAVE
TREATED HER WORSE THAN
00:31:00ANY.
ONE IN THE
00:31:25BLACK MARKET.
COURTHOUSES COOL.
00:31:40THEY WANT MAYBE.
IT'S
00:32:10WHY I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT,
IN
00:32:12FACT, I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT
UP,
00:32:13BUT I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT
THE
00:32:14OTHER FOLKS WHEN WE'RE TALKING.
BUT THAT YOUNG
00:32:18LADY HAD
A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT
00:32:21EDUCATING
CHILDREN.
00:32:23BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
KNOW
00:32:25IS THAT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS THAT WE'RE HIRING
00:32:29MORE SO TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE FROM
00:32:33NORTHEAST,
SOUTH AND WEST OF OUR
00:32:34COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT. THE SUBURBS OUT OF
00:32:37FARM FIELDS, THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME
00:32:41PEOPLE THAT HAVE MORE
INFORMATION.
00:32:43I HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE
OF HOW TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN
00:32:47SITUATIONS THAN OTHERS.
THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS THAT
00:32:51WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY
00:32:53HUMAN TRAFFICKING IF IT WAS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
00:32:56AND BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
SHELDON,
00:32:58YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE PRODUCT
OF THE
00:33:00COMMUNITY THEY COME FROM.
PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT
00:33:03THEY ARE A PRODUCT OF THE
COMMUNITY.
00:33:04THEY COME FROM AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND INCREASE
00:33:08THE ACADEMIES, THE EDUCATION
AND THE
00:33:10POLICE ACADEMIES REGARDING
THIS. WE DO IT IN OUR CORRECTION
00:33:14OFFICERS ACADEMY.
SO IN OUR JAILS IS THAT
00:33:18OUR JAILS ARE BURSTING
FULL AND WE HAVE A
00:33:21COMPONENT OF SEX TRAFFICKING,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT WE
00:33:27TEACH WITH OUR CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS. THAT'S MANDATORY THAT
00:33:30WE
DO THAT FOR US, IT'S MANDATORY
00:33:32AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
EDUCATION IS THE ONLY THE ONLY
00:33:36WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO
00:33:38CURB THAT.
AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
00:33:41I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE
COURTS
00:33:42OF HAVING,
YOU KNOW, COURT.
00:33:45POOR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR
00:33:47PROSTITUTION ONE DAY
AND THE JOHNS
00:33:51OR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
ARRESTED,
00:33:53THE MEN ON ANOTHER DAY.
OH, OK.
00:34:01THIS GROUP SAID
WOULD BE OK
00:34:05WITH JOHN
THE BAPTIST.
00:34:12RIGHT. RIGHT.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
00:34:16AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE
ARE LAW
00:34:18ENFORCEMENT, THAT WE HAVE LONG
WAYS
00:34:19TO GO.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT.
00:34:22IS THAT 50 YEARS
AGO IS WHEN I WAS WORKING VISE
00:34:25NARCOTICS. IS THAT THE BIG
BANG AWAY WE'RE DOIN?
00:34:28I'M PRETTY PRETTY LAME WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT, IS THAT WE WERE
00:34:32IN THE BUS STATIONS, OUR
UNDERCOVER
00:34:34WATCHING FOR CHILDREN TO GET
OFF THE
00:34:36BUS AND WERE WATCHING THESE MEN
APPROACHING THEM AND TRYING TO
00:34:39GET
THEM TO GO WITH THEM.
00:34:41SO WE WOULD SNATCH ALL THESE
MEN AND
00:34:43RUSH THEM FOR PROCURING
PROSTITUTION AND.
00:34:47BUT IS SO
SOPHISTICATED, MUCH MORE
00:34:50SOPHISTICATED.
OF ONLINE AND SO ON, SO FORTH.
00:34:53THERE'S SO MANY OFFICERS THAT
REALLY
00:34:54DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO
INVESTIGATE
00:34:56THESE CASES OR AND THEY
NEED MORE EDUCATION ABOUT HOW TO
00:34:59TREAT VICTIMS.
ABSOLUTELY.
00:35:01I AGREE.
I'M NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:35:04AGENT, BUT
I DO KNOW OHIO DEPARTMENT,
00:35:06PUBLIC
SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
00:35:08SERVICES
AND CENTER FOR CHILDREN ADVOCACY
00:35:11ALL PARTNER TOGETHER AND TRAIN
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, LAW
00:35:14ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES, OHIO
00:35:17HIGHWAY PATROLMAN LIKE THEY EVEN
BRING IN A SURVIVOR TO TELL
00:35:20THEIR
STORIES SO THEY COULD PUT A FACE
00:35:21WITH WHAT THEY'VE JUST TRAINED.
AND THEY ARE REALLY GREAT ABOUT
00:35:24GETTING IN THESE COUNTIES, THESE
SMALL COUNTIES, TOO, AND TRYING
00:35:27TO
CHANGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
00:35:28THE
WAY THAT THESE OFFICERS THINK
00:35:30AND
THE WAY THEY TREAT VICTIMS OF
00:35:32SEX
TRAFFICKING.
00:35:33SO, I MEAN, WE CAN'T CHANGE THEM
ALL.
00:35:35SOME PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN THEIR
WAYS,
00:35:37BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME
TRAUMA
00:35:38INFORMED CARE TO SWAY THEM
AND PUT THEM ON OUR SIDE IN OUR
00:35:42COMMUNITIES SO THAT CHILDREN
SERVICES, WE HAVE A FULL TIME
00:35:46DART OFF HERE, ARE ASSIGNED TO
CHILDREN SERVICES, WORKING WITH
00:35:49THEM
AND TALKING ABOUT THE SAME
00:35:51ISSUES
THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:35:53AND EVEN ALSO IN THE AREA
OFFICE ON
00:35:54AGING, THERE ARE SO MANY SENIORS
THAT ARE RAISING THEIR
00:35:57GRANDCHILDREN
AND HAVING ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.
00:35:59AND THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE HAVE A FULL TIME DART OFFICER
00:36:03WITH THE AREA OFFICE ON AGING.
SO JUST TO ADD TO SHERIFF
00:36:08THURBON HOLLY'S COMMENT, I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:36:10RELY
ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE
00:36:12FIELD
WHO ARE DOING THIS WELL AND WHO
00:36:13UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THROUGH THE HIGHWAY
00:36:16PATROL
WE'RE DOING AND THE GOVERNOR
00:36:18REQUESTED THAT EVERYONE RECEIVE
NEW
00:36:19TRAINING FULL EIGHT HOURS.
AND WE'VE REALLY LOOKED FOR
00:36:23LEADERS IN THIS FIELD TO NOT
ONLY
00:36:25TALK ABOUT HOW TO INVESTIGATE
IT,
00:36:26BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
SURVIVOR OF THIS, HOW HOW
00:36:30TRAUMA HAS AFFECTED THE BRAIN,
WHAT
00:36:32THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO REALLY TRYING TO BRING IT TO
00:36:34A DIFFERENT, I GUESS, BRING
FORTH A
00:36:36DIFFERENT LENS, IF YOU WILL.
AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT LAW
00:36:39ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WE HAVE.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO THINK THE
00:36:41MAJORITY OF THEM ARE GREAT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS DISHEARTENING TO
00:36:44HEAR
THAT. BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT.
00:36:45RIGHT? THAT HAPPENS.
AND WE HAVE TO TRY AND CORRECT
00:37:04THAT.
JACKSON AND.
00:37:21HE'S BRINGING.
YES. YES.
00:37:47SO SHE WAS ASKING,
GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
00:37:51QUESTION
ABOUT GAPS IN SERVICES.
00:37:53WHAT GAPS EXIST AND HOW ARE WE
WORKING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR
00:37:56FOUR NATIONAL VICTIMS OF
TRAFFICKING
00:37:58WHO CAN BE EITHER SEX
OR LABOR OR BOTH?
00:38:03OUR POPULATION HERE, WE TEND TO
SEE
00:38:05LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS THAT
ARE
00:38:06FOREIGN NATIONALS.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF TELLING
00:38:10THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL IS
TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION, ABOUT
00:38:12SEX
TRAFFICKING, SERVICES FOR SEX
00:38:15TRAFFICKING, RESIDENTIAL FOR SEX
TRAFFICKING.
00:38:18AND NO ONE HAS EVEN REALLY
MENTIONED
00:38:19LABOR YET.
STATISTICALLY, WE KNOW ACROSS
00:38:21THE
COUNTRY THAT LABOR TRAFFICKING
00:38:23VICTIMS REPRESENT A MUCH LARGER
NUMBER THAN SEX TRAFFICKING
00:38:26VICTIMS.
BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW SERVICES
00:38:28DEDICATED TO THEM.
HERE IN COLUMBUS, WE PARTNER
00:38:31WITH
THE SALVATION ARMY'S ANTI-HUMAN
00:38:33TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE
AND THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES WHO
00:38:36HAVE
BEEN ARE STAUNCH SUPPORTERS AND
00:38:39ARE REALLY EXPERTS IN SERVING
LABOR TRAFFICKING.
00:38:42BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE
STARTED
00:38:44TO FORM OUR OWN NETWORKS, OUR
OWN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
00:38:48AND COLLABORATIONS TO SERVE
VICTIMS
00:38:50OF LABOR TRAFFICKING.
QUITE SIMPLY, THERE IS VIRTUALLY
00:38:53NO OUTREACH
TO LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
00:38:57NO ONE IN THE CITY IS GOING OUT
AND
00:38:59LOOKING FOR THEM AT A
PARTICULARLY
00:39:03RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE ABOUT I THINK WE HAVE
00:39:06ABOUT SIXTY FOUR NATIONAL
VICTIMS THAT WE SERVE OUT OF
00:39:09'80'S
OFFICE.
00:39:11AND THOSE REFERRALS HAVE ALL
COME
00:39:13THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH THROUGH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
00:39:16THERE'S A FEW THAT HAVE COME
FROM
00:39:17LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT SOMETIMES
EVEN
00:39:18FROM OTHER STATES.
AND THEN THROUGH OUR NETWORK
00:39:23OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, I SEE
HANNAH COHEED HERE FROM US
00:39:27TOGETHER.
SHE'S BROUGHT US SOME CASES AND
00:39:29WE'RE ABLE TO REFER TO HER AS
WELL.
00:39:32I.C. E.T.S S AND AMY HARKER'S
TEAM HERE WHO DO A WONDERFUL JOB
00:39:36WORKING WITH LABOR TRAFFICKING
SURVIVORS.
00:39:38BUT THERE REALLY IS
A HUGE LACK OF ANY KIND OF
00:39:42SERVICES
FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
00:39:44HERE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO RUN INTO
00:39:46THE
SAME BARRIERS, IF NOT MORE, AS
00:39:48ANY OTHER VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.
YOU MENTIONED HOUSING.
00:39:52WHEN WE IDENTIFY VICTIMS OF
LABOR
00:39:54TRAFFICKING, IF THEY'RE NOT IN
STATUS HERE OR IF THEY FALLEN
00:39:57OUT
OF STATUS OR THEIR VISA IS FOR
00:40:00FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE CLIENTS WHO
HAVE VISAS RELATED TO A DIPLOMAT
00:40:04POST. SO THEY'RE MEANT TO GET
DOMESTIC FOR A DIPLOMAT.
00:40:08WELL, THE MOMENT THEY LEAVE THAT
JOB, THEY NOW NO LONGER HAVE
00:40:11STATUS. THEY'RE OUT OF STATUS.
WE DON'T HAVE I.D.
00:40:13TO GET THEM HOUSING.
THERE'S A LACK OF FUNDING TO GET
00:40:16THEM HOUSING.
THERE ARE LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
00:40:19THERE ARE CULTURAL BARRIERS.
SO THERE REALLY IS
00:40:22A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE SOME
00:40:25AMAZING
PARTNERS.
00:40:26ASIAN ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SERVICES, ANOTHER ONE.
00:40:30THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THERE'S JUST VERRIER ON TOP
00:40:32OF
BARRIERS FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING
00:40:34VICTIMS. AND IT'S IT'S A IT'S A
PLACE WHERE UNFORTUNATELY, I
00:40:37THINK
PART OF IT IS JUST THERE'S NOT
00:40:39A LOT
OF INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON
00:40:41IT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THIS
00:40:42ROOM HAVE PROBABLY SPENT A LOT
OF
00:40:43TIME LEARNING ABOUT SEX
TRAFFICKING.
00:40:46WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT HOW CAN WE HELP SURVIVORS?
00:40:49WHAT IS A COMMON EXPERIENCE IN
THIS?
00:40:52BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN THE SAME
EFFORT
00:40:53TO LEARN ABOUT LABOR
TRAFFICKING.
00:40:55AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
THAT'S
00:40:57PARTLY WHY IT'S GREAT THAT TODAY
FOCUSED ON LABOR TRAFFICKING.
00:40:59WE HAD TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
TALKING
00:41:01ABOUT LABOR AND KIND OF THE
UNIQUE
00:41:04CHALLENGES THAT THAT REPRESENTS.
SO, AGAIN, I MEAN, IF WE HAVE AN
00:41:08INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWS
VERY LITTLE ABOUT AMERICAN
00:41:11SYSTEMS
OR THEIR RIGHTS HERE, CAN'T
00:41:13SPEAK
ENGLISH, MAYBE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK
00:41:15THE COMMON LANGUAGE LIKE
SPANISH OR
00:41:17ARABIC. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
PEOPLE WHO
00:41:18SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES.
IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH
00:41:22THEM.
IT'S HARD TO FIND OUT WHAT
00:41:23HAPPENS.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A LAW
00:41:26ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AS FAR AS
INVESTIGATING MOST CASES, LIKE
00:41:29EMILY MENTIONED EARLIER
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:41:33LABOR TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS
AND PROSECUTIONS ARE
00:41:37LIKE LESS THAN 5 PERCENT
OF ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
00:41:40PROSECUTIONS.
SO IT IS A CRIME
00:41:43THAT OCCURS WITH ALMOST COMPLETE
IMPUNITY AND WE NEED TO
00:41:46START LOOKING FOR IT.
KIND OF OUR TACTIC.
00:41:49A.O FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS
BEEN FIND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
00:41:53WHO SERVE PEOPLE FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT MIGHT BE IN A
00:41:56SOCIETY
IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCY,
00:41:59THAT MIGHT BE A COMMUNITY
AGENCY, IT
00:42:01MIGHT BE A CHURCH THAT DOES ESL.
CAN WE GO SIT WITH THEM AND
00:42:04EXPLAIN
TO THEM WHAT LABOR TRAFFICKING
00:42:07IS?
OFTEN WE SEE PEOPLE WHO SAY
00:42:09WAIT, I SEE THAT ALL
THE TIME IN MY COMMUNITY.
00:42:13I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS HELP.
WE ARE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE GET
00:42:15STATUS AND STAY IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT IF NO ONE EVEN HAS ANY
00:42:20AWARENESS
OF LABOR TRAFFICKING AS A CRIME,
00:42:22AS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS,
THEY MIGHT HAVE VICTIMS RIGHT IN
00:42:25FRONT OF THEM AND NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
00:42:29I LOVE WORKING AT ADVOCATING
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHEN WE MEET
00:42:32THOSE VICTIMS, ALMOST ALWAYS THE
FIRST THING THEY WANT TO KNOW
00:42:36IS, WILL I BE SAFE IN THIS
COUNTRY?
00:42:38CAN I STAY HERE?
WILL SOMEONE HELP ME?
00:42:40AM I GOING TO JAIL MY BEING
DEPORTED?
00:42:43BECAUSE OFTEN THEY'VE COME FROM
SITUATIONS THAT ARE.
00:42:46GREAT. OFTEN THEY'RE SCARED OF
THEIR
00:42:48TRAFFICKERS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY OWE THEM
00:42:50MONEY.
AND IN THIS CLIMATE, WE DON'T
00:42:52GET
MANY INVESTIGATIONS, WE DON'T
00:42:53GET
MANY PROSECUTIONS.
00:42:54SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE
A CRIMINAL CHARGE OR SOMETHING
00:42:58THAT BRINGS THEM RELIEF FROM
THAT
00:43:00SITUATION. THE ONLY THING WE CAN
OFFER THEM IS WE CAN GET YOU SAY
00:43:04WE'RE ABLE TO REUNIFY FAMILIES,
BRING FAMILY MEMBERS FROM OTHER
00:43:07COUNTRIES AND GET FAMILY MEMBERS
SAFE, TOO.
00:43:10SO, I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS THE
MOST
00:43:12EXCITING THING THAT WE CAN
OFFER.
00:43:13BUT THAT PERSON STILL NEEDS
HOUSING
00:43:15IN CASE MANAGEMENT AND TRAUMA
CARE.
00:43:18THEY STILL NEED WRAPAROUND
SERVICES.
00:43:20AND THERE ARE HUGE HOLES, HUGE
HOLES TO FILL THOSE SERVICES
00:43:24HERE,
BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE
00:43:25LOOKING
FOR THOSE VICTIMS.
00:43:27AND NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE THINKING
ABOUT WHAT DO THEY NEED WHEN WE
00:43:30FIND THEM.
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE REACH OUT
00:43:33TO
THOSE COMMUNITIES? SO LIKE I
00:43:34SAID,
THE THING THAT WE FOUND MOST
00:43:36EFFECTIVE IS TO SAY, OK,
WELL, NOW WE HAVE AN EAST
00:43:39AFRICAN
VICTIM, ETHIOPIAN TIWA, HEAD
00:43:41OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THAT THE
PERFECT
00:43:43FIT, THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP
CASE
00:43:45MANAGEMENT AND RUN WITH THAT
WHILE
00:43:46WE PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES.
SO WE'RE CREATING THESE NETWORKS
00:43:50THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDE GOOD
SERVICES
00:43:52FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE
ENCOUNTER,
00:43:54BUT ALSO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR
REFERRALS TO COME BACK TO US.
00:43:58BUT AGAIN, ADVOCATING
OPPORTUNITY IN
00:44:00COLUMBUS HAS TWO FULL TIME
STAFF AND
00:44:01TWO PART TIME STAFF LIKE THIS
IS NOT
00:44:03LIKE WE ARE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DOING THIS.
00:44:06LIKE, I CARRY 35 CLIENTS ON MY
CASELOAD, LIKE THERE IS
00:44:09A GREAT NEED FOR IT TO BE A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
00:44:12THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I
00:44:15CAN'T GIVE CLIENTS.
YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK ONE
00:44:17LANGUAGE
BESIDES ENGLISH, BUT I DON'T
00:44:19SPEAK
MANDARIN. I DON'T SPEAK ARABIC.
00:44:21I DON'T HAVE THE CULTURAL
CAPACITY
00:44:24TO SERVE THOSE PEOPLE
APPROPRIATELY.
00:44:25SO LIKE WE NEED TO BUILD OUT
THOSE
00:44:27NETWORKS TO MAKE SURE
THAT SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT COME
00:44:30FORWARD AND SAY, WELL, THIS
HAPPENED
00:44:32TO ME, WELL, I MIGHT NEED TO
FIND
00:44:33THE RIGHT PERSON TO TALK TO
THEM,
00:44:35BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A CULTURAL
BARRIER OR THERE MAY BE A LOT OF
00:44:37SHAME AROUND SOMETHING THAT'S
HAPPENED TO THEM.
00:44:39THERE MAY BE OTHER CONCERNS
THAT I
00:44:41DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
UNDERSTAND. AND WE NEED TO BUILD
00:44:46A LARGER COMMUNITY NETWORK
TO TRY TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE AND
00:44:49OFFER THEM THE HELP THAT DOES
EXIST
00:44:51AND ALSO EXPAND THE TYPES OF
HOPES
00:44:53THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM.
AND I THINK THE SYSTEMATIC
00:44:56CHANGES
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ARE THE
00:44:58SAME.
IF IT'S LABOR OR SEX
00:45:00TRAFFICKING OR
SHETH BOARD FOR SURE, IT HAS
00:45:02A LOT TO DO WITH EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS IS THE FIRST THING.
00:45:05AND THEN IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM
AS FACES SEX TRAFFICKING
00:45:08VICTIMS,
YOU KNOW, A LACK OF COMPLETE
00:45:10SERVICES. RIGHT.
AND JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
00:45:17I THINK IS A REFRAIN THROUGH
ALL OF
00:45:19THIS IS JUST THE PERSISTENCE
THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ON
00:45:23ALL OF OUR BEHALVES TOGETHER,
BOTH TO ADDRESS THE GAPS
00:45:29AND THE ONGOING NEEDS.
THERE IS JUST WHAT IS THIS YEAR
00:45:33TWELVE OF THIS LAW.
BUT IF YOU
00:45:36LOOK AT OTHER SOCIETAL CULTURAL
ISSUES, FOR EXAMPLE, DOMESTIC
00:45:42VIOLENCE, I JUST LOOK AT THE ARC
OF WHERE THAT WAS, WHAT IT'S
00:45:46TAKEN TO GET TO
THE PLACE TODAY, WHERE IT'S
00:45:50IT'S MORE CULTURALLY
AWARE OF PEOPLE IN A GENERAL
00:45:53WAY.
AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO
00:45:55OUTLAST
THEM.
00:45:57WE HAVE THE LAST OF THEM.
THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK.
00:45:59WE HAVE TO OUTLAST THE PEOPLE
WHO
00:46:01ARE BENEFITING AND PROFITING
FROM
00:46:02THIS. I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR GRACE.
00:46:06ALSO, YOU JUST WHEN YOU WERE
TALKING, GOT ME THINKING,
00:46:09IS THERE AN AVENUE
WHERE INTERNATIONAL
00:46:14STUDENTS ARE BROUGHT IN AND
THEN EITHER SORRY, BY BEING
00:46:17SPONSORED
BY THEIR COUNTRY TO BE A
00:46:21STUDENT OR
IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A JOB
00:46:23WHEN
GRADUATING?
00:46:24I'M THINKING OF A HIGHER
EDUCATION
00:46:25SYSTEM.
DO YOU SEE THAT THERE OR IS
00:46:27THAT NOT
AN AVENUE WHERE
00:46:30THAT HAPPENS?
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CASES
00:46:33LIKE THAT PARTICULARLY.
WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:46:35COME IN
ON SKILLED VISAS.
00:46:37SO TODAY, LIKE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT
00:46:39NURSES, I WOULD BE
100 PERCENT CERTAIN THAT SOMEONE
00:46:43COMING IN ON ANY KIND OF VISA
CAN BE
00:46:44TRAFFICKED. I MEAN, THERE'S
A LOT OF GAPS IN THE IMMIGRATION
00:46:48SYSTEM THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE
VULNERABLE TO WHOEVER GOT
00:46:51THEM HERE.
YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO HELPED
00:46:53THEM
GET A VISA, A LOT OF TIMES
00:46:55THINGS THAT YOU DON'T THINK
ABOUT.
00:46:56BUT LIKE
HERE IN THE U.S., WE HAVE THE
00:47:00H-2A
AND H-2B TEMPORARY WORKER VISA
00:47:02PROGRAMS THAT BRING PEOPLE
INTO WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND
00:47:06NONAGRICULTURAL JOBS.
THE RULES OF THAT VISA ARE VERY
00:47:10EXPLICIT. YOU CANNOT PAY
TO GET THE VISA.
00:47:13THE PERSON WHO RECRUITS YOU HAS
TO
00:47:15PAY FOR YOUR TRAVEL AND
YOUR LODGING WHILE YOU'RE HERE
00:47:18AND
THEY HAVE TO PAY YOU EVERY TWO
00:47:19WEEKS.
BUT WE SEE OVER AND OVER THAT
00:47:21PEOPLE
ARE BROUGHT ON THOSE VISAS,
00:47:23CHARGED
$20000 FOR THE RIGHT TO HAVE
00:47:25THEM CHARGED, DEDUCTED
FROM THEIR PAY, THEIR HOUSING
00:47:29AND
THEIR FOOD AT EXORBITANT RATES
00:47:31AND THEN THREATENED BECAUSE IF
THEY
00:47:33DON'T COMPLETE THEIR CONTRACT,
THEY'LL BE DEPORTED WITH
00:47:35NOTHING AND
STILL OWE SOMEBODY $20000.
00:47:38SO THERE ARE LOTS OF SYSTEMS
LIKE
00:47:40THAT WHERE THE VULNERABILITY
OF A PERSON TIED TO AN EMPLOYER
00:47:44OR TO A JOB OR TO AN AGENCY
REALLY MEANS THAT YOU CAN PUSH
00:47:48HIM
AROUND A LOT.
00:47:49WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO?
YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO YOU FIGHT
00:47:52BACK
AGAINST THAT?
00:47:54SO IN MY MIND,
I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THERE
00:47:58AREN'T CASES LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, WE'VE EVEN SEEN PEOPLE
00:48:01WHO
CAME IN INITIALLY ON RELIGIOUS
00:48:02WORKER VISAS TRAFFICKED
LIKE YOU DON'T THINK THAT.
00:48:06BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S SO MUCH
VULNERABILITY TIED UP
00:48:08IN HAVING A STATUS HERE THAT'S
CONNECTED TO DOING A SPECIFIC
00:48:12JOB,
WORKING FOR A SPECIFIC PERSON.
00:48:14IF YOU THINK, WELL, IF I DON'T
WORK
00:48:16FOR THIS PERSON, I LOSE MY
STATUS
00:48:18AND GO BACK.
WELL, THAT PERSON CAN TREAT YOU
00:48:21REALLY ANY WAY
THEY WANT TO,
00:48:25BECAUSE IF YOU COMPLAIN, THEY
CAN
00:48:26SEND YOU BACK, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, SO I THINK THAT I THINK
00:48:29THAT
A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF
00:48:31VULNERABILITY. PEOPLE TEND TO
THINK
00:48:33LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE
UNDOCUMENTED.
00:48:35THEY CROSS THE BORDER AND THEY
CAME
00:48:36HERE WITH NO PAPERS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHLY
00:48:38INACCURATE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE COME ON VISAS
00:48:40LIKE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THE
00:48:42PEOPLE
FIND WAYS TO EXPLOIT THAT
00:48:43VULNERABILITY AND TRAFFIC THEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
00:48:46QUESTION.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE SEEN.
00:48:47I'VE DONE THIS ALMOST 10 YEARS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I STILL THINK
00:48:51THAT SOMEBODY
CAN TWIST THAT, YOU KNOW.
00:48:54HOWEVER, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
TWISTED TO EXPLOIT A PERSON.
00:48:58AND SOPHIA, WOULD YOU LIKE
EXPLAIN
00:49:00TO EVERYBODY WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE IS DOING TO COLLABORATE
00:49:03AS A STATEWIDE.
SURE.
00:49:05HUH.
WELL, SPECIFICALLY, JUST
00:49:08TO PAY YOU BACK OFF, GRACE, WHO
ONE
00:49:10OF THE INITIATIVES THE
GOVERNOR'S
00:49:11OFFICE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER A
LOT OF
00:49:13STATE AGENCIES.
AND SO REALLY WHAT PEOPLE MAY
00:49:16HAVE BEEN DOING FOR, YOU KNOW,
YEARS
00:49:17AND AGENCIES NOW IT'S MORE OF A
COORDINATION WHERE WE'RE
00:49:19REGULARLY
MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:49:21REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION.
I SEE IN THE ROAD DEPARTMENT
00:49:24TRANSPORTATION
WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO
00:49:27IMPROVE
OUR RESPONSE. BUT ONE OF THE
00:49:29ONE OF OUR PARTNERS TO SPEAK TO
GRACE IS POINT ABOUT GAPS IN
00:49:32SERVICES.
WE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH
00:49:34THE
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAID, WHICH
00:49:36IS A
TASK FORCE AGENCY,
00:49:39BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS,
AS GRACE AND EMILY HAS HAD
00:49:42REALLY
BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, IS WHEN
00:49:44YOU'RE WAITING ON THAT
IMMIGRATION
00:49:45RELIEF, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
HEALTH CARE.
00:49:48SO YOU ARE PUT IN A POSITION
WHERE
00:49:49YOU'RE NOT GIVEN REALLY MUCH
MONEY
00:49:51AT ALL.
AND YOU NEED TO PAY YOUR HEALTH
00:49:53CARE
COSTS. YOU ALSO NEED TO PAY
00:49:55RENT.
BUT YOU'RE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED
00:49:56TO
WORK WITHOUT YOUR TV SET AND IF
00:49:57YOU
DON'T HAVE CONTINUED PRESENCE.
00:49:59SO FEDERAL DOLLARS
DON'T PERMIT YOU TO USE THEM
00:50:03FOR PEOPLE WHO STILL DON'T HAVE
THEIR STATUS.
00:50:06SO WE WORKED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF
00:50:07MEDICAID TO STAR A STATE FUNDED
PROGRAM TO USE STATE DOLLARS SO
00:50:11THAT
AT A BARE. MINIMUM, THEY COULD
00:50:13AT
LEAST HAVE THEIR HEALTH CARE
00:50:15COVERED
WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR VISA.
00:50:17STILL NOT A PERFECT PLAN LIKE
BRACE
00:50:19STILL CALLED ME. WE'RE STILL
WORKING
00:50:20OUT SOME OF THE KINGS IN THE
PLAN.
00:50:21BUT BUT WE'RE TRYING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST
00:50:25HIGHLIGHTING HOW
THE COLLABORATION YOU WERE
00:50:29WORKING
WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO
00:50:30BRING AWARENESS OF LIKE, HEY,
THIS
00:50:32IS A PROBLEM THAT A STATE AGENCY
COULD FIX.
00:50:35WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SOLVE SOME OF
00:50:38THOSE THOSE PROBLEMS.
I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
00:50:43MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT
YOUTH, THAT OUR LABOR TRAFFIC.
00:50:48DO YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT?
AND IF YOU DO,
00:50:52WHAT HAPPENS?
BECAUSE I KNOW SCOTT WAS
00:50:56SPEAKING
ABOUT YOUTH THAT WERE SEX
00:50:58TRAFFICKED, BUT WHAT HAPPENS
TO THEM IF THEY'RE LABOR
00:51:02TRAFFICKED?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:51:08ACTUALLY, SOMEONE JUST ASKED ME
TO
00:51:09COUNT UP HOW MANY MINORS WE HAD
IN
00:51:11THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT FIFTEEN
00:51:14THAT WE SERVE, THAT WE'RE LABOR
TRAFFIC DOESN'T MINORS.
00:51:17UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT
REALLY A
00:51:19GOOD ANSWER. AGAIN,
THERE'S NOT RESIDENTIAL
00:51:22PROGRAMS FOR
LABOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
00:51:24WHEN THE SITUATION CALLS FOR
IT, WE
00:51:26TRY TO GET THEM INTO FOSTER
CARE,
00:51:27WHICH ANYONE WHO WORKS WITH
FOSTER
00:51:29CARE KNOWS THAT THAT'S MAYBE NOT
ALWAYS THE BEST FIT.
00:51:31BUT WE CAN'T RESPONSIBLY
LEAVE 16 YEAR OLDS ON THEIR OWN
00:51:36IN THE CITY.
WE DO OUR BEST TO GET
00:51:39THEM IMMIGRATION RELIEF AS WELL.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXTRA
00:51:42OPTIONS
AVAILABLE TO MINORS THAT ARE
00:51:43HERE BY
THEMSELVES.
00:51:45SO THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD.
BUT THERE
00:51:51I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY THE
SAME
00:51:53PROCESSES WITH ADULTS.
WE FOCUSED ON GETTING THEM
00:51:55IMMIGRATION RELIEF.
WE DO TRY TO INVOLVE LAW
00:51:57ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THEY'RE
00:51:58MINORS.
IN THE CASES, BUT WE HAVEN'T
00:52:01HAD A LOT OF TRACTION IN THAT IN
QUITE A FEW YEARS.
00:52:05A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD A BURST
WHEN THERE WERE A LOT OF
00:52:08UNACCOMPANIED MINORS COMING
ACROSS
00:52:10THE BORDER.
AND SOME OF THOSE WERE PLACED
00:52:12WITH
TRAFFICKERS.
00:52:13SO WE DID DEFINITELY GET SOME
INTEREST THERE AND WERE ABLE TO
00:52:16WORK
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO
00:52:17THINGS
LIKE BLOCK CERTAIN PEOPLE
00:52:19FROM SPONSORING FOOD.
WE SEE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING
00:52:23THEM
HERE AND TRAFFICKING THEM.
00:52:25BUT AGAIN, THERE'S THERE'S
REALLY
00:52:27NOT ANYTHING
IN PLACE SPECIFIC TO LABOR
00:52:31TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
IN OHIO RIGHT NOW.
00:52:35I WILL SAY IN CENTRAL OHIO,
SALVATION ARMY WILL DO
00:52:39CASE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR
YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
00:52:44AS
VICTIMS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING.
00:52:46BUT THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY
SOMETHING STATEWIDE.
00:52:48AND I THINK TO ADD TO THAT
ON THE DOMESTIC SIDE OF YOUTH
00:52:51WHO
ARE LABOR TRAFFICKED, I KNOW
00:52:53FOR OUR
TRAIN, OUR ONE OF THE TRAININGS
00:52:55TO
HAVE OUR GRANT PROGRAMS WITH THE
00:52:56OHIO DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
SERVICES
00:52:58ON THE OHIO NETWORK OF CHILD
ADVOCACY CENTERS AND THE PUBLIC
00:53:01CHILDREN'S SERVICES ASSOCIATION,
THEY DO AN INTENSE TRAINING
00:53:05ON TRAFFICKING AND TRAUMA.
THAT PART OF IT IS ALSO TRYING
00:53:08TO
KIND OF RELOOK AT HOW WE LOOK
00:53:11AT GANG INVOLVED YOUTH AND
HOW I KNOW NATIONALLY.
00:53:14THAT CONVERSATION IS COMING UP.
MORE AT SOME OF THE CONFERENCES
00:53:16I'VE
ATTENDED IN SOME OF THE
00:53:19COMPENDIUMS THAT WE SIT ON IS
HOW ARE SOME OF THESE YOUTH WHO
00:53:22ARE
13 AND 14 YEARS OLD BEING
00:53:25THREATENED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE CRIMINAL
00:53:27ACTIVITIES AS CHILDREN?
I THINK THAT'S A NEWER
00:53:30CONVERSATION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE REALLY
00:53:32SERVICES IN
PLACE FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S
00:53:34STILL A
SEMI, I THINK, CONTROVERSIAL
00:53:35TOPIC
WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, BUT I
00:53:37DO
THINK IT'S WHERE
00:53:39OUR NATION IS LOOKING AT HOW
LABOR
00:53:41TRAFFICKING IS AFFECTING OUR
DOMESTIC YOUTH AS WELL.
00:53:43SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
ALSO,
00:53:45UNFORTUNATELY, A GAP.
SO I LIKE COURTNEY AND SCOTT TO
00:53:48ANSWER A QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE
00:53:51OUT
HERE THAT REPRESENT CHURCHES.
00:53:54HOW CAN CHURCHES COLLABORATE?
WHAT CAN THEY WHAT CAN
00:53:59THEY HELP YOUR ORGANIZATION
SPECIFICALLY OUT WITH?
00:54:03BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A
SOMETIMES
00:54:05AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE
AND THEY HAVE A LOTS OF THINGS
00:54:08THAT
CAN HELP US THRIVE WITH THE
00:54:10SURVIVORS.
SO I CAN START.
00:54:14AND THERE'S SO MANY AVENUES THAT
CHURCHES AND FAITH GROUPS CAN
00:54:18TAKE
ON.
00:54:19THE BIGGEST ONE, OF COURSE, IS
EDUCATION, STARTING WITH
00:54:22BRINGING US IN TO
MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
00:54:26BODY
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HUMAN
00:54:28TRAFFICKING IS, BECAUSE IT IS
THAT
00:54:29RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THEY MIGHT
KNOW
00:54:31SOMEONE, THEY MIGHT WORK IN A
SPACE
00:54:33WHERE THEY HAVE AN IMPACT OF
IDENTIFYING OR CARING FOR
00:54:36SURVIVORS.
BEYOND THAT,
00:54:39WE SEE A LOT OF CHURCHES THAT
WANT
00:54:41TO START SOMETHING NEW.
BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO INVITE THEM
00:54:44INTO LOOK AT WHAT'S ALREADY
HAPPENING AND SEE IF
00:54:48YOU HAVE A FEW PASSIONATE
VOLUNTEERS
00:54:50FOR ONE ORGANIZATION SEEING HOW
YOU MIGHT GROW THAT
00:54:53COLLABORATION.
WE USUALLY START IN A
00:54:55CHURCH SPACE WITH ONE OR TWO
VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME TO US FIRST
00:54:58AND THEN GOING BACK TO THEM AND
SAYING, HOW MIGHT YOU
00:55:01FINANCIALLY
SUPPORT, HOW MIGHT YOU
00:55:03SUPPORT WITH BRINGING TRAININGS
TO
00:55:05OTHER SPACES?
WHAT ARE SOME TANGENT PROGRAMS
00:55:07LIKE
AN ESL PROGRAM WHERE YOU MIGHT
00:55:10BE
ALREADY INTERACTING WITH AT RISK
00:55:12POPULATIONS AND WHERE YOU CAN
JUST
00:55:13KIND OF ADD THAT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
00:55:15LINES SO AS THE EDUCATION
SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY AND
00:55:19SERVING
WITH THE TIME AND TALENT
00:55:21SCOUT AS WELL.
SCOTT
00:55:25SO
OBVIOUSLY CHURCHES BECOME PLACES
00:55:29WHERE AWARENESS AND I THINK YOU
WERE
00:55:30TALKING ABOUT THAT COORDINATE
BILL.
00:55:31YOU GO IN AND TALK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT HOW THE CHURCH
00:55:36LOOKS AT THIS ISSUE.
WE FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE
00:55:41GOING IN AND DOING A
PRESENTATION
00:55:43AT THE CHURCH AND WE'LL HAVE
IN A VERY ANONYMOUS WAY
00:55:48SOME OLDER LADIES IN THE CHURCH
COME
00:55:49UP AND SAY, KEEP DOING WHAT
YOU'RE
00:55:51DOING BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THAT
LIFE.
00:55:53I MIGHT GET IT.
AND OF COURSE, THEY KEEP A
00:55:54REALLY
LOW PROFILE. THAT'S JUST NOT
00:55:56SOMETHING THEY WANT THEIR PEERS
TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR HISTORY.
00:56:00SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF
ENERGY
00:56:02IN CHURCHES, I THINK, FOR US.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT,
00:56:06ESPECIALLY WITH ADOLESCENCE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST
00:56:08ADOLESCENTS. YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS
REALLY DON'T CHANGE LIVES.
00:56:11PEOPLE CHANGE PEOPLE.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHO'S IMPACTED
00:56:14YOUR
LIFE THE MOST. IT'S USUALLY A
00:56:16PERSON, MAYBE IN THE CONTEXT
OF A PROGRAM, BUT IT'S THE
00:56:20ABILITY
TO TAKE LIFE ON LIFE.
00:56:22WALK WITH SOMEBODY WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH TRAUMA.
00:56:24THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT
00:56:25PIECES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
00:56:27FAITH
COMMUNITY CAN AND SHOULD BE MORE
00:56:29ENGAGED, IS VOLUNTEERING
TO BE A MENTOR, VOLUNTEERING TO
00:56:33WALK
BESIDE PEOPLE.
00:56:35AND SO THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT WE
ARE
00:56:37TRYING TO GET OUT OF, TRYING TO
HELP
00:56:39THE FAITH COMMUNITY, SEE
THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT
00:56:43FREQUENTLY NEED SOMEBODY THAT
CARES.
00:56:45THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES
00:56:47TO DO THAT. BUT THE BIGGEST
HELP WE
00:56:48ALL EXPERIENCE IN THIS SPACE IS
PEOPLE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR
00:56:52TIME TO
HELP.
00:56:53AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE
CHURCH
00:56:54CAN BE BEST MOBILIZED.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING WE'RE
00:56:57WORKING RIGHT NOW AT TRYING TO
DEVELOP A TRAIN, THE TRAINERS
00:57:00PROGRAM FOR PREVENTION.
AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT WHILE
00:57:03WE MAY BE DOING PREVENTION AND
THE
00:57:05NEED FOR THAT IS SO MUCH
GREATER,
00:57:06ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
SCHOOLS.
00:57:08AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BE
ABLE TO
00:57:10IDENTIFY TWO OR THREE VOLUNTEERS
THAT WOULD IN IN NEARLY
00:57:15EVERY CHURCH THAT WOULD GET
TRAINED
00:57:16ON HOW TO DO PREVENTION AT THEIR
LOCAL SCHOOL, IN THEIR LOCAL
00:57:20WHATEVER GROUP THAT THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO.
00:57:22THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF
TEACHERS,
00:57:25RETIRED TEACHERS, PEOPLE HAVE
WORKED
00:57:26WITH YOUTH FOUND IN CHURCHES
THAT WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPPING
00:57:30COULD
BECOME AN ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT
00:57:32HELP
WITH THE PREVENTION PIECE.
00:57:33SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
00:57:36IT HASN'T BEEN FINISHED.
BUT I THINK THE FAITH COMMUNITY
00:57:40IS THEY CARE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:57:44RIGHT. AND I THINK HELPING THEM
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IS THE
00:57:48KEY.
AND IT DEFINITELY IS.
00:57:50AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE,
00:57:54OH, I'VE GOT AN EXTRA ROOM IN MY
HOUSE. SURVIVOR CAN COME STAY.
00:57:57THERE ARE YOU KNOW, I
MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S BEEN SOME
00:58:00PRETTY, YOU KNOW, SKETCHY
SITUATIONS, TOO.
00:58:04SO WE WOULD LIKE I THINK I WE
CAN
00:58:06ALL AGREE THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY
LIKE THEM TO GET TRAINING
00:58:08BEFORE,
YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING,
00:58:09ESPECIALLY
WITH SURVIVORS, ROBBERY, PROTECT
00:58:11PROTECTIVE OF OUR SURVIVORS.
I'M GOING THROUGH LIKE THE
00:58:14SALVATION
ARMY TRAINING OR GRACE AVONS
00:58:16TRAINING ON ON TRAUMA.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE DOS AND
00:58:19DON'TS OF
WORKING WITH SURVIVORS.
00:58:21AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE THEIR
BEST.
00:58:22THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, HELPING
WITH THEIR DATA.
00:58:25OUR DATABASES OR, YOU
KNOW, SENDING OUT MAILING LISTS
00:58:28OR
GOING AND PICKING UP STUFF, YOU
00:58:30KNOW. SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS
THAT THE CHURCH, THE FAITH
00:58:33COMMUNITY
CAN HELP US.
00:58:35AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, LIKE
I
00:58:36SAID, A VERY UNTAPPED AREA
AND THAT WE WOULD ALL GREATLY
00:58:40APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE
THEY
00:58:42HAVE AN ARMY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
00:58:43TO
ADDRESS IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY
00:58:45AS
WELL FROM A DEMAND POINT OF
00:58:47VIEW,
TOO. SO SOMEONE
00:58:49HAD A QUESTION OVER HERE.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
00:58:53I'M GLAD THEY BROUGHT UP THE
FAITH
00:58:54COMMUNITY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY,
IT
00:58:56IS THAT UNTAPPED AREA.
AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
00:59:00GOING IN
INSTEAD OF SAYING, YOU KNOW
00:59:02WHAT YOU
CAN DO OR WHAT YOU CAN OFFER?
00:59:04GO AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE AND SAY,
00:59:07LET'S PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALREADY AT ENTITY.
00:59:11YOU'RE ALREADY A PLACE WHERE
THEY
00:59:13IS SET UP TO DO THINGS
THAT WE CAN'T DO FOR VICTIMS
00:59:18AND SURVIVORS.
SO IF WE THINK ABOUT
00:59:21CHANGING, OUR PERSPECTIVE IS
LIKE A
00:59:23WITCH. YOU DO KNOW THEY'RE A
BALLOT
00:59:25PARTNER.
THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A
00:59:27BALLOT
PARTNER.
00:59:28AND WE SHOULD BE GOING AFTER
THEM
00:59:29INSTEAD OF SAY, OH, IF THEY
VOLUNTEER AT ALL THIS, THAT
00:59:33THEY ARE
A VALID PARTNER AND WE CAN SHARE
00:59:36IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE NEED TO
SHARE WHAT WE HAVE OUR KNOWLEDGE
00:59:39IN HOW TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND THEY HAVE A BASE THAT
00:59:42HIT THAT WE CAN WORK IN
AND THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH US.
00:59:46SO SO I JUST
THINK IF YOU GET CAUGHT, THINK
00:59:50ABOUT CHANGING THAT PERSPECTIVE
AND
00:59:52THEN TAKING FAITH COMMUNITIES
A PARTNER THAT THEY CAN GET IT
00:59:55FROM
BOTH IF THEY CAN HELP
00:59:57SURVIVORS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE BEST
01:00:00WAY TO
DO IT IS TO STOP THINGS BEFORE
01:00:01IT
STARTS, AS THE CDC SAID.
01:00:04AND THAT'S WHERE FAITH CAN COME
IN.
01:00:05JUST LIKE OUR EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM AND
01:00:07OUR GOVERNMENT SYSTEM, THE
FAITH,
01:00:09FAITH IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
COMPONENT
01:00:11THAT SETS UP OUR VALUE SYSTEM.
SO IF WE GET WITH THAT,
01:00:16BECAUSE ADULT LEARNING TEACHES
YOU
01:00:18THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SAY
I'M
01:00:20IN A JOB TO DO THIS.
THAT'S THAT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
01:00:22NOT
RESPONDING.
01:00:24YOU NEED TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO
PARTNER WITH YOU.
01:00:26WE NEED YOU. WE NEED EACH OTHER.
SO I'M JUST THINKING, IF WE
01:00:30CAN TRY TO START REFRAMING
HOW WE ACCESS AND PARTNER WITH
01:00:34FAITH
LIKE THAT
01:00:36AND TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I THINK YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT IN
01:00:39ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN
01:00:40WORKING ON THROUGH THE
GOVERNOR'S
01:00:42OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED
INITIATIVES.
01:00:44IT'S ACTUALLY THROUGH RECOVERY
OHIO,
01:00:45WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, A
LARGER
01:00:47RESPONSE, THE OPIATE CRISIS.
BUT TRAFFICKING IS A PIECE OF
01:00:51THAT.
BUT ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING
01:00:52TO
PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY TO SEND
01:00:54OUT TO
THE FAITH COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT
01:00:55ARE
YOU ALREADY DOING, WHAT
01:00:56SERVICES ARE
BEING OFFERED? BECAUSE I THINK
01:00:58THERE
IS, TO EVERYONE'S POINT, A PURE
01:01:00UNTAPPED RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT.
01:01:03AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT
01:01:04WE'VE DRAFTED SO FAR IS HOW CAN
THE
01:01:06GOVERNMENT BETTER SUPPORT THE
WORK
01:01:08YOU'RE ALREADY DOING?
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
01:01:10BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR SAYING
THAT.
01:01:13I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT
01:01:16FAITH COMMUNITIES CAN PLAY IS
THAT
01:01:18ANY SURVIVOR OF LABOR
OR SEX TRAFFICKING, BE THEY
01:01:21YOUNG OR
OLD, NEED SERVICES.
01:01:24CERTAINLY THEY NEED SERVICE
PROVIDERS, BUT THEY ALSO NEED
01:01:26JUST
HEALTHY, SAFE PEOPLE IN THEIR
01:01:28LIVES
THAT AREN'T SERVICE PROVIDERS.
01:01:30SO OFTEN I HAVE CLIENTS SAY,
LIKE,
01:01:32CAN YOU COME TO MY HOUSE FOR A
BIRTHDAY PARTY OR CAN WE SPEND
01:01:36THANKSGIVING TOGETHER?
AND I HAVE TO SAY, NO, I YOU
01:01:38KNOW, I
CAN'T. I APOLOGIZE.
01:01:40I CAN'T BE YOUR KID'S GODMOTHER.
LIKE, THERE ARE LINES THAT
01:01:44CANNOT
BE CROSSED, BUT THEY BADLY
01:01:46NEED TO HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY
COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT THAT
01:01:49SOMEWHERE AS MUCH AS WE
TALK ABOUT SERVICES THAT CLIENTS
01:01:53NEED, THEY ALSO NEED JUST SAFETY
AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND
01:01:56PEOPLE
TO SPEND TIME WITH.
01:01:57AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A HUGE
HOLE THAT NOT JUST FAITH
01:02:01COMMUNITIES, OTHER COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THAT
01:02:03SOMETIMES
WE FORGET ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE SO
01:02:05BUSY GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED AND
FED
01:02:07INTO THE DOCTOR THAT THEY NEED
HEALTHY PEOPLE TO BE AROUND,
01:02:10PEOPLE
TO HAVE FUN WITH AND PEOPLE TO
01:02:11DO
OTHER THINGS WITH.
01:02:13YOU KNOW, IF I CAN ADD ONE LAST
THING THAT OCCURS TO ME
01:02:17WHEN I INTERACT WITH SOME OF THE
YOUNG LADIES THAT HAVE COME
01:02:20THROUGH
GRACE HAVEN.
01:02:21ONE THING THAT BECOMES APPARENT
TO
01:02:23ME IS THAT ONE OF
THEIR GREATEST NEED IN DEALING
01:02:27WITH THEIR TRAUMA IS TO
DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF
01:02:31WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME AND
WHO
01:02:32LET IT HAPPEN TO ME.
AND ONE OF THE GREATEST
01:02:36QUESTIONS
THEY HAVE IN THAT CONTEXT IS IF
01:02:38THERE IS A GOD THAT EVERYBODY
SAYS
01:02:39EXISTS AND CARES ABOUT PEOPLE,
WHERE WAS HE?
01:02:43I DON'T THINK THAT THE STATE
OR MANY AGENCIES
01:02:47HAVE PERMISSION TO WADE INTO
THAT
01:02:49CONVERSATION AND FREQUENTLY FEEL
ILL EQUIPPED TO DO THAT.
01:02:53I THINK THAT'S THE PLACE FOR THE
FAITH COMMUNITY AS WELL.
01:02:55I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE
OF HEALING THAT IS
01:02:59OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
AND IT BUT BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
01:03:02BEEN
THROUGH THIS JOURNEY HARDLY
01:03:04EVER HAVE PUSHBACK TO THAT
STATEMENT. THEY UNDERSTAND THIS
01:03:07IS A
VIOLATION AT A SPIRITUAL LEVEL,
01:03:09NOT
JUST A PHYSICAL LEVEL AND AN
01:03:11EMOTIONAL LEVEL.
AND SO I THINK THE FAITH
01:03:14COMMUNITY
HAS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN
01:03:16BRINGING ANSWERS TO THAT SPACE.
KNOW, WE END OUR RETREATS.
01:03:20IT'S KIND OF IT'S CONSIDERED
MIND,
01:03:22BODY AND SOUL. YOU CAN'T
COMPLETELY
01:03:23HEAL UNLESS YOU ADDRESS ALL
THREE
01:03:25ISSUES.
AND THAT CAN LOOK DIFFERENT AS A
01:03:27SOCIAL WORKER. I KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW,
01:03:29THAT CAN LOOK DIFFERENT TO A
DIFFERENT EVERYBODY'S, YOU
01:03:31KNOW, HAS
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF IT.
01:03:33SO IT'S NOT WE DON'T HAVE
OUR RETRIES BUILD AS CHRISTIAN
01:03:37OR
OR JEWISH OR ANYTHING.
01:03:38IT'S LIKE WHATEVER WHATEVER
SPIRITUAL TO YOU THAT COULD BE
01:03:42MAKING A BEAUTIFUL ART PIECE,
THAT
01:03:43CAN BE SPIRITUAL TO YOU CAN BE
DOING
01:03:45A YOGA CLASS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TAPPING INTO
01:03:48WHATEVER
IS YOUR HIGHER POWER OR
01:03:50WHATEVER IS
GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
01:03:52WHY ME?
YOU KNOW, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN
01:03:55TO ME?
AND SO IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL FOR
01:03:57US, FOR OUR VOTE, FOR OUR
RETREATS,
01:03:59TO BRING IN LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS
FROM
01:04:01DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BECAUSE
EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.
01:04:04NOT EVER. NOT ALL SURVIVORS ARE
THE
01:04:05SAME AND HAVE COME FROM THE SAME
PLACE. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I
01:04:08WANTED TO ASK START WITH HOLLY
IS.
01:04:11LET'S TALK ABOUT EMPOWERMENT.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES.
01:04:14SO HOW SHOULD WE
EMPOWER SURVIVORS TO BECOME,
01:04:18LIKE THE NURSE SAID EARLIER, THE
REIVERS?
01:04:21I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERY
SURVIVOR
01:04:23NEEDS TO STAND UP AND TELL HER
STORY
01:04:25OR WRITE A BOOK OR BE A LEADER.
BUT SO BECAUSE THAT PUTS A LOT
01:04:28OF
PRESSURE ON THEM.
01:04:30BUT HOW DO WE EMPOWER THEM
JUST TO BE THE BEST MOM THEY
01:04:34CAN BE
OR JUST TO HAVE A GOOD DAY?
01:04:37I WOULD SAY SUPPORT CONNECTIONS
ARE KEY HERE BECAUSE
01:04:40A LOT OF US COMING FROM THAT
LIFESTYLE DON'T HAVE
01:04:44ROLE MODELS TO LOOK AT.
LIKE WE HAD BROKEN ENVIRONMENTS,
01:04:48VERY TOXIC, DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE
IN OUR LIFE, OR IF NOT, WE
01:04:52HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THAT
CHAOS
01:04:54THAT WE HAD BEEN LIVING IN.
AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST BE A
01:04:57POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THEM AND
HELP THEM FIND THAT SPACE FOR
01:05:01SELF-DETERMINATION,
TO ALLOW THEM TO FIND WHAT IT
01:05:05IS,
THEIR PURPOSES, WHAT'S THEIR
01:05:07PASSION, IT MIGHT NOT BE GIVING
UP
01:05:08ON A PIANO AND TELLING THEIR
STORY.
01:05:10IT MIGHT NOT BE STARTING A FIVE
AND
01:05:11ONE C-3 AND GIVING BACK.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
01:05:13WAYS
THEY CAN GET INVOLVED AND DO
01:05:15SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM FEEL
FULFILLED.
01:05:18WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION,
A PIECE CALLED STITCHED UP
01:05:23HEARTS
WHERE WE DO SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP.
01:05:25WE ALLOW THEM TO
EITHER. IF THIS IS WHAT THEY
01:05:30CHOOSE
TO VOLUNTEER WITH OUR
01:05:31ORGANIZATION,
DO DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THE
01:05:32ORGANIZATION, OR HELP THEM
CREATE
01:05:34THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION IF THAT'S
SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO, IF
01:05:37THEY
WANT TO SPEAK. WE PREPPED THEM
01:05:38FOR
THAT. IF IF THEY JUST WANT
01:05:40TO BE PRESIDENT AND BE A PART OF
WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, WE
01:05:44ALSO
PUSH THAT AS WELL.
01:05:47WELL, YEAH.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY, BOTH
01:05:50WITH
THE FAITH-BASED
01:05:52CONVERSATION AND HOLLY'S
COMMENTS ABOUT EMPOWERMENT.
01:05:57JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK
01:06:00ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING PEOPLE
AROUND
01:06:03SURVIVORS IS TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
01:06:06COME AROUND, SURVIVORS REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT EMPOWERS THEM
01:06:11AND AS OPPOSED
TO WHAT LOOKS COERCIVE SO
01:06:14WELL INTENDED, PEOPLE
CAN LOOK VERY COERCIVE
01:06:18WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPACT
A SURVIVOR.
01:06:21YOU KNOW, YOU
NEED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF
01:06:26SPIRITUAL LIFE OR YOU
NEED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF
01:06:29ACTIVITY.
I'M NOT TRYING TO JUST ANY SORT
01:06:31OF
COERCION.
01:06:32AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
COLLABORATIVE TRAINING
01:06:37REALLY MAKES A PERSON,
THE PEOPLE THAT COME AROUND A
01:06:42SURVIVOR IN A HEALTHY WAY
ACTUALLY
01:06:44EMPOWER THE SURVIVOR, BECAUSE
IN THE
01:06:45SURVIVOR CAN CHOOSE
TO EMULATE THOSE THINGS RATHER
01:06:49THAN BE PRESSURED TO ALLOW THAT
SELF-DETERMINATION, BECAUSE A
01:06:52LOT OF
US DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE
01:06:55BECAUSE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM US
SO
01:06:56LONG AGO.
SO LIKE JUST THAT SPACE TO SHOW
01:06:59THEM AND NURTURE WHATEVER IT IS
THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OR
01:07:01WHATEVER
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT WANT
01:07:03TO
GET INVOLVED IN.
01:07:04SO WHAT OTHER WAYS DO YOUR
AGENCIES
01:07:07EMPOWER SURVIVORS AND WHAT ARE
YOUR NEEDS TO HELP EMPOWER
01:07:10SURVIVORS? FOR ME.
OH, OH, ME.
01:07:14I FEEL LIKE I'VE OVERPOWER
THIS KIND. I'M SO SORRY.
01:07:18SO WE ALWAYS NEED
PEOPLE TO COME ALONGSIDE OF A
01:07:21SURVIVOR.
IF IT'S A MENTOR POSITION, IF
01:07:24IT'S
A ROLE MODEL, TAKE THEM OUT TO
01:07:25LUNCH. WE'RE OPENING A
TRANSITIONAL
01:07:27HOME APRIL 1ST.
WE NEED YOU TO COME IN AND JUST
01:07:30MAKE MAYBE IT'S. TEACH A CLASS
ON
01:07:32HOW TO COOK.
MAYBE IT'S A BUDGETING CLASS.
01:07:35REMEMBER, I KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
FIVE YEARS OUT, THE LIGHTS ON A
01:07:37STONE ON A BUDGET.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST.
01:07:39FINANCIAL LITERACY, OPENING A
BANK
01:07:41ACCOUNT, ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE
ALREADY SKILLED AT OR HAVE
01:07:45KNOWLEDGE
OF. MAYBE YOU CAN COME IN AND DO
01:07:46THAT CLASS FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN
01:07:49HELP. IF YOU CAN THINK OF
OTHERS,
01:07:51I'M UP THERE.
TOUCH BASE WITH ME.
01:07:53WE NEED YOU.
GO AHEAD.
01:08:00REACHING FOR THE SHINING STARS
SHINY
01:08:02PINK TABLE UP THERE.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2013,
01:08:06I TOOK IT OVER AND OVER 2015
2016
01:08:09WE ARE MEETING POTATOS, A STREET
OUTREACH MEETING THEM WOMEN
01:08:11WHERE
THEY'RE AT PROVIDING BASIC
01:08:13NEEDS,
THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED,
01:08:14LIKE A COAT, SOCKS, UNDERWEAR,
TOOTHBRUSH TO PAY, SHAMPOO,
01:08:18CONDITIONER.
WE ALSO DO SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP
01:08:21AND NOW WE'RE STEPPING IN TO
FILL
01:08:23SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
WE'LL BE PART OF THE SOLUTION,
01:08:25NOT
PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH
01:08:26HOUSING.
LIKE HOW DO THESE WOMEN STEP
01:08:28DOWN
FROM THESE PROGRAMS AND BE
01:08:29SUCCESSFUL ACCLIMATING BACK INTO
SOCIETY?
01:08:32THIS IS OUR NEXT STEP.
I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
01:08:38OK.
I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION OF
01:08:40GRACE AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
LABOR
01:08:42TRAFFICKING
FEROCITY TO ASSESS.
01:08:45WE SO OFTEN SEE
SERVILE MARRIAGE, DOMESTIC
01:08:51SERVITUDE FOR OUR CLIENTS.
AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
01:08:54LABOR
TRAFFICKING, I FEEL LIKE
01:08:55SOMETIMES
THAT COMPONENT GETS MISSED.
01:08:57I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE
01:08:58BIT ABOUT THE CASES THAT YOU
SEE,
01:09:01YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF PTSD CASES
LIKE WHAT ARE THE
01:09:06LINES OF WORK, I GUESS FOR LACK
OF A
01:09:08BETTER WORD THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING
01:09:09TRAFFICKED AND THAT YOU'RE MOST
OFTEN SEEING
01:09:14SPECIFICALLY IN MARRIAGES OR
JUST AT
01:09:16ALL IN GENERAL
HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO, WE SEE A
01:09:20LOT OF FACTORY WORK,
AGRICULTURE,
01:09:25HOSPITALITY.
SO WORKING IN HOTELS,
01:09:28RESTAURANTS,
DOMESTIC WORK, WORKING IN HOMES,
01:09:31TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN AND
ALSO NOT FORGETTING SURVIVORS
01:09:37WHO AREN'T FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
WE DO SEE STREET BASED
01:09:41INDUSTRIES. SO BEING FORCED TO
CARRY
01:09:43DRUGS, FAKE PAPERS, THINGS
LIKE THAT, LIKE RUNNING,
01:09:46RUNNING FOR PEOPLE IN CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE.
01:09:50PRETTY MUCH WE SAY ANYWHERE
YOU CAN WORK, YOU CAN BE
01:09:53TRAFFICKED
AGAIN. WE HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE
01:09:55WITH
ADVANCED DEGREES, SOME PEOPLE
01:09:56THAT
ARE PROFESSIONALS IN TRAFFICKING
01:09:59SITUATIONS.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE ARE
01:10:02OUR
BIGGEST HERE, CONSTRUCTION
01:10:04AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT INDUSTRIES
01:10:06THAT
AREN'T WELL REGULATED,
01:10:09PLACES LIKE A RESTAURANT WHERE
MINIMUM WAGES, WHAT IS IT, STILL
01:10:12TO TWO THIRTEEN AN HOUR.
THESE ARE GREAT PLACES
01:10:16TO TRAFFIC PEOPLE BECAUSE
THERE'S
01:10:18VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT AS 10
HOURS
01:10:20OVERTIME. WAGE CONTROLS,
SAME THING WITH AGRICULTURE.
01:10:23CHILDREN CAN WORK IN
AGRICULTURE AND
01:10:25THAT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL.
YOU AREN'T PAYING OVERTIME.
01:10:27THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ANYWHERE
WHERE
01:10:29PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.
YOU MENTIONED WORKING IN HOMES
01:10:32THAT'S EXTREMELY VULNERABLE
JOB LIKE YOU'RE NOT SUBJECT TO
01:10:36OVERTIME.
NO ONE IS SEEING THE PERSON AS
01:10:39THEY
WORK OR KNOWING WHAT THE
01:10:40SITUATION
IS.
01:10:41THERE'S VERY LITTLE
REQUIREMENTS AS
01:10:43FAR AS LIKE BENEFITS OR DAYS
OFF.
01:10:46SO I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE THOSE
ARE THE MAIN AREAS THAT WE SEE
01:10:49TRAFFICKING HERE, ESPECIALLY WE
SEE
01:10:51A LOT OF LIKE FACTORY
FACTORY LABOR AS WELL.
01:10:55BUT WE'VE KIND OF HAD A BURST IN
IN DOMESTIC LABOR.
01:10:59BUT UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THOSE
PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED FOR A
01:11:02REALLY
LONG TIME BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
01:11:03SHUT IN
SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND NEVER
01:11:06GO ANYWHERE, IT'S
IT'S SUPER EASY TO CONTROL A
01:11:10PERSON
WHO WHO NEVER LEAVES
01:11:12THE FOUR WALLS OF YOUR HOUSE.
YES.
01:11:16MARY HELEN FERNANDEZ, STEWART
AND I
01:11:18SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE VERY POWERFUL.
01:11:22I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME
SEE AN EXHIBITION AT THE
01:11:26CULTURAL
ARTS CENTER.
01:11:27IT'S CALLED CROSSING BOUNDARIES.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?
01:11:31KNOW ABOUT THE IMMIGRANTS?
THERE ARE 40 ARTISTS INVOLVED
01:11:36IN THIS EXHIBITION,
EACH ARTIST IS GIVING THEIR
01:11:40WORK A WAY
TO 1 RAISE AWARENESS,
01:11:45EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR
01:11:50IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF OHIO.
01:11:53I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL OHIO
THERE.
01:11:55AND THIRD, THE MONEY THEY RAISE
IS TO DO PART TWO.
01:12:00IF YOU'RE HERE, I WOULD INVITE
YOU TO COME SEE THE EXHIBITION.
01:12:04IT'S VERY POWERFUL.
IT'LL BE GOING UP
01:12:07THE END OF MARCH.
AND THE SECOND THING, I'M
01:12:10CURATING
THE SHOW FOR THE OHIO DOMINICAN
01:12:13COLLEGE ON RESILIENCY.
AND I'VE LEFT IT VERY OPEN
01:12:20TO SOME OF MY ARTISTS ON
HOW THEY
01:12:24FIND FREEDOM,
SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER
01:12:29AND EXPRESS
THEIR JOURNEY.
01:12:33I BELIEVE THAT ALL MARKS
ARE SACRED.
01:12:37IT'S A WAY OF PRAYING.
AND MEDITATING.
01:12:41I CALL IT SLOW STITCHING.
I WORK EVERY DAY WITH
01:12:45THE KIDS. FRANKLINTON AND
HILLTOP.
01:12:47I DO INCREDIBLE ARTWORK
WITH THESE PEOPLE.
01:12:51AND ONE OF MY BOYS, JORDAN.
THE FIRST DAY WE TRIED TO STITCH
01:12:54THIS AFRICAN QUILT WE'RE PUTTING
TOGETHER.
01:12:57I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO
THIS, LORD.
01:12:59AND THE NEXT DAY, JORDAN
CAME IN AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW,
01:13:03MISS
MARY.
01:13:05THIS IS REALLY CALMING
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING ART,
01:13:10YOU'RE TAKING A TIME.
REMEMBER THAT NERVE WE TALKED
01:13:13ABOUT
BACK HERE?
01:13:15YOU BREATHE DEEPLY.
NOT ALWAYS QUIETLY
01:13:20AND RELIEVES.
SO I'LL BE DOING THE NEXT
01:13:25RETREAT
IN MARCH.
01:13:27AND I HAVE A BENEFACTOR.
I GET ARE SELLING OFA DOES
01:13:31VISION BOARDS WITH OUR
SURVIVORS.
01:13:33BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF SURVIVORS NEVER WERE
01:13:37PERMITTED TO DREAM, YOU KNOW, TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT COULD BE.
01:13:41AND SO SHE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
PART
01:13:43OF OUR RETREATS.
I'M DOING ART BECAUSE IT'S A
01:13:46WAY OF
EXPRESSING YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T
01:13:47EVEN HAVE THE WORDS RIGHT.
AND THE BEST EXPERIENCE I HAD
01:13:52WAS THE COLLABORATION WHERE WE
DID WATERCOLORS AND STAMPING
01:13:56AND WORDS AND THEY
CREATE IT.
01:13:59I CALL IT A JOURNEY
OF GRACE.
01:14:03AND ONE LADY WHO WAS OLDER.
I'M SIXTY NINE.
01:14:07SHE GOES, MISS MARY.
I'VE NEVER FELT GRACE
01:14:12UNTIL TODAY.
I WAS IN TEARS,
01:14:16BUT I FEEL VERY EMPOWERED.
WE ALL CAN PRAY AND
01:14:20HONOR AND SUPPORT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
01:14:23BUT IF YOU'RE HERE IN TOWN, COME
SEE CROSSING BORDER CROSSING
01:14:27BOUNDARIES AND CROSSING
BORDERS. EXCUSE ME, INDIAN.
01:14:30GO ON FACEBOOK AND
SEE THE VIDEO.
01:14:33GREAT.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE
01:14:34ABOUT TEN
MINUTES AT THE MOST.
01:14:36FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
01:14:38GET BACK HERE.
YEAH, MY NAME IS PASTOR GREG
01:14:42DELANEY, AND YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT
FAITH TALK.
01:14:45I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.
SO THANKFUL THAT SOPHIA IS ON
01:14:48THE
TEAM.
01:14:49I ALSO SIT ON RECOVERY OHIO WITH
HER. AND BUT ONE THING
01:14:53I WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE
IS
01:14:55WHEN GOVERNOR TWINED WAS A.G.
DEWINE, HE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT
01:14:59TO
OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS
01:15:00REACH FOR
TOMORROW, OHIO, AND ASKED
01:15:03US TO WADE INTO THE SPACE TO
TRAIN
01:15:05THE CHURCH WHEN IT COMES TO
HUMAN
01:15:07TRAFFICKING.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU
01:15:09FOLKS
KNOW THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS
01:15:11WE'VE
TAKEN ALL THE EVIDENCE BASED
01:15:13KINDS
OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS
01:15:16AND WHATNOT. WE PUT A FAITH
WRAPPER
01:15:17AROUND THEM SO THAT WE CAN
TRANSLATE FOR THE CHURCH, MOVE
01:15:21TOWARD PARTNERING RATHER THAN
ASSIGNING.
01:15:24AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE ALL
OF
01:15:25YOU AWARE, ALL HANG OUT FOR A
MINUTE
01:15:27IF YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
HAVING US COME TO YOUR CHURCH.
01:15:29WE'LL COME TO YOUR CHURCH FOR
FREE
01:15:31BECAUSE OF THE FORESIGHT OF
ATTORNEY
01:15:32GENERAL DEWINE EMPOWERING US
TO DO THAT.
01:15:35WE DO THINGS ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
01:15:37ONE TO ONE.
WE ALSO DO A CONVERSATION
01:15:40ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY.
WE DO A CONVERSATION ABOUT
01:15:42SOCIAL
MEDIA.
01:15:44WE ALSO DO A CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW
01:15:45TO EMPOWER OUR WELL-INTENDED,
LOVELY CHURCH LADIES, BUT HOW TO
01:15:50DO IT IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.
AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
01:15:53AWARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
01:15:55THAT
UP AND INSPIRES ME.
01:15:56YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. THANKS.
SO WE HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT UP
01:15:59HERE
TO.
01:16:01SORRY,
I AM NEW AT THIS.
01:16:08HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IT
IS AWESOME.
01:16:11THIS IS WHY I MET.
NO, NO, STAY THERE.
01:16:13YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAVING
A MARCH IN MARCH.
01:16:17THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.
TO WALK THE STREETS OF EAST
01:16:19CLEVELAND WAS THE WORST IS
POURING
01:16:21IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
AND THERE'S OVER FORTY SEVEN IS
01:16:24MISSING WITHIN A YEAR.
CHILD IS ALREADY, YOU
01:16:28KNOW. SO WE HAVE THE MARCH TO
EDUCATE OUR KIDS IN
01:16:31EAST CLEVELAND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
01:16:34INFORMATION,
RESOURCES, WHATEVER YOU CAN
01:16:35GIVE US.
WE HAVE LIKE 80 BEARS THAT WOULD
01:16:38WANT TO PASS OUT TO PEOPLE.
SO IF Y'ALL GUYS CAN GIVE US
01:16:40SOME
INFORMATION AND RESORTS,
01:16:43WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, OPERATION.
01:16:47THE MARCH IN MARCH.
I HAVE SOME FLYERS.
01:16:49WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING
ALMOST 15 MILES.
01:16:53YOU GO WALKING AND JUST PASSING
OUT
01:16:57INFORMATION IN BAD.
BUT I HAVE A FIGHT. I'LL GIVE
01:16:59YOU
ONE.
01:17:00THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
01:17:06MARCH.
MM HMM. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE
01:17:14QUESTIONS?
I WENT BACK OVER HERE TO MAKE
01:17:15YOU
RUN TO EXERCISE.
01:17:27THANK YOU.
I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU REFERRED
01:17:30TO THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSE FOR
THOSE WOMEN THAT ARE
01:17:34TRANSITIONING.
THE NAME OF THE HOUSE IS
01:17:36JESSICA'S
HOPE SOBER LIVING.
01:17:39WE ARE HAVING AN OPENING
HOUSEWARMING PARTY.
01:17:42I GUESS A RIBBON CUTTING A
MARCH.
01:17:44TWENTY NINTH FROM 2:00 TO 4:00
P.M.,
01:17:46COME TOWARD THE HOUSE.
CAN MEET WITH US HERE WHAT WE'RE
01:17:49PROVIDING FOR THE WOMEN AND
WHO ARE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THE
01:17:52PROGRAM THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
AWESOME. THANK YOU.
01:17:55PLUS.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
01:17:59SO I THINK WE'LL JUST CLOSE UP
WITH
01:18:00AVI, MAYBE EACH PERSON GO DOWN
AND
01:18:03JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOUR
THOUGHTS
01:18:04ON WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING GREAT.
01:18:08AND JUST MAYBE ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO
01:18:09GET INVOLVED IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION.
01:18:13YEAH. YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
01:18:16FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND
01:18:18JUST YOUR INTEREST IN THIS
ISSUE.
01:18:20AND I THINK WE ONLY MOVE FORWARD
AND MAKE PROGRESS WHEN WE WORK
01:18:23TOGETHER.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEAS
01:18:26OR NEED SOMETHING WITHIN YOUR
COMMUNITY AND TO YOUR POINT
01:18:28ABOUT
RESOURCES, OUR OFFICE HAS TONS
01:18:30OF
RESOURCES WE COULD GIVE YOU.
01:18:31BUT JUST COLLABORATION
IS SO IMPORTANT. SO PLEASE REACH
01:18:35OUT. I'LL BE AROUND HERE AFTER
FOR A WHILE.
01:18:37BUT IF THERE ARE GAPS IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'RE SEEING
01:18:40OR
YOU NEED TRAINING FOR YOUR LAW
01:18:41ENFORCEMENT OR YOUR COURTS OR
PROGRAMING, PLEASE COME.
01:18:44I MEAN, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY'S EFFORT.
01:18:47SO THANK YOU ALL.
YES. I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING
01:18:52REALLY
WELL IN OHIO, AS YOU SAID, IS IS
01:18:53PLAYING WELL TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU IF YOU TAKE NOTHING
01:18:57ELSE
FROM TODAY, MEETING A NEW
01:18:58ORGANIZATION OR A NEW
REPRESENTATIVE
01:19:00FROM AN ORGANIZATION AND JUST
GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND SEEING
01:19:04HOW
THE TWO MIGHT WORK TOGETHER,
01:19:06THERE'S
A MILLION WAYS.
01:19:08BUT JUST GETTING TO START THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IS A GREAT
01:19:10STARTING
POINT.
01:19:13I WAS THINKING JUST A MOMENT
AGO,
01:19:15I LOOK OUT THROUGH THIS ROOM AND
I SEE SO MANY FACES
01:19:20THAT I KNOW AND THAT'S NOT COOL
JUST
01:19:22BECAUSE YOU'RE PEOPLE I LIKE,
BUT
01:19:24BECAUSE EVERY FACE THAT I KNOW
REPRESENTS SERVICES
01:19:28AND OUTREACH
TO VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING,
01:19:33DOING THINGS THAT I COULDN'T DO.
BUT I MEAN,
01:19:37IF I STARTED NAMING NAMES, IT
WOULD
01:19:38BE LIKE, OH, I HAVE
THIS HUGE LONG LIST.
01:19:42BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE
DOING.
01:19:43RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A HUGE, LONG
LIST.
01:19:45AND I'D JUST LIKE TO TO HAVE US
DO MORE OF THAT, IN PARTICULAR
01:19:49IN THE LABOR TRAFFICKING ARENA.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING
01:19:55HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
GREAT
01:19:56QUESTIONS EVERYBODY HAD.
I THINK THAT IN OHIO WE ARE
01:20:01WORKING REALLY WELL TOGETHER
AND WE
01:20:02ARE FINDING WAYS TO
COLLABORATE, YOU
01:20:04KNOW, WITH THE STATE LEVEL, WITH
BIG AGENCIES AND WITH ALSO
01:20:08SMALLER COMMUNITY GROUPS.
I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
01:20:10TO
FIND SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY FIT
01:20:12AND
WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN
01:20:14HELP,
BECAUSE JUST HAVING SAFER,
01:20:16HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES GIVES US
MORE, MORE PLACES TO SEND
01:20:20SURVIVORS
AND LET THEM GET HELP.
01:20:21AND, YOU KNOW, ANY EFFORT THAT
YOU CAN MAKE IS NOT TOO LITTLE.
01:20:25SO I JUST YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
IF YOU CAN TEACH ESL OR IF YOU
01:20:29CAN
MENTOR A KID, THERE'S SO MANY
01:20:31WAYS
TO DO WHAT WE DO.
01:20:32IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FULL
TIME
01:20:33JOB.
THE WAY IT IS FOR US,
01:20:36I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I ALONE
CANNOT
01:20:38MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE YOU,
01:20:41ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES,
BUSINESSES, IN ORDER FOR US TO
01:20:44DO THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
SO WHETHER IT BE MY
01:20:47ORGANIZATION OR
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, IF
01:20:49THERE'S A
SKILL, A SERVICE, TIME,
01:20:51FINANCES, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN
PROVIDE TO HELP US DO WHAT WE'RE
01:20:55DOING.
GET INVOLVED, PLEASE.
01:20:58AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE'RE
DOING
01:21:00WITHOUT YOU.
AND FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I
01:21:04JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
01:21:06BE A PART OF YOUR LIVES AND
BEING INVOLVED WITH YOU.
01:21:09YOU'VE TAUGHT US SO MUCH.
I JUST PLEASE REMEMBER, IF YOU
01:21:12HAVE
IDEAS, THOUGHTS THAT WHILE
01:21:15WE COULD BE DOING, WE'RE
CERTAINLY
01:21:16OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:21:19SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL
THE
01:21:20WORK THAT YOU DO.
I THINK FOR ME, I'VE
01:21:27BEEN IN A LOT OF COLLABORATIVES
THROUGH THE YEARS, I LEAD
01:21:29ANOTHER
NONPROFIT AS WELL AS OUR GRACE
01:21:31HAVEN- WORK, AND MANY
NON-PROFITS AND AGENCIES
01:21:35COLLABORATE OUT OF
OBLIGATION, DUTY, MONEY.
01:21:41THOSE AREN'T WHAT I CALL ORGANIC
COLLABORATIONS.
01:21:44ORGANIC COLLABORATIONS
COLLABORATE
01:21:46OUT A PASSION.
WE WOULD DO THIS WHETHER WE GOT
01:21:48PAID
OR NOT, WHETHER WE HAD A GRANT
01:21:50OR
NOT.
01:21:51AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THIS
SPACE.
01:21:53I THINK IN OHIO, WHAT IS MAKING
THIS WORK AND PART OF THAT'S
01:21:57FUELED
BY A LOT OF SURVIVORS WHO GET
01:21:58ENGAGED. AND I WOULD JUST SAY
STAY
01:22:00ENGAGED, BRING MORE IN.
BUT LET'S NOT LOSE.
01:22:05THE REASON WE DO THIS IS OUR
PASSION
01:22:07FOR IT AND NOT TURNED INTO A JOB
OR A SYSTEM, BUT REALLY
01:22:12MAINTAINED THE NOTION THAT THESE
ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WE CARE
01:22:15BECAUSE WE SHOULD CARE.
AND THAT'S REASON ENOUGH.
01:22:18SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT I SAID.
AND IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
01:22:22CONTINUE THIS.
SO WE THIS IS HARD WORK.
01:22:26IT'S VERY, VERY DARK ISSUE,
VERY DRAINING, WHICH IS WHY WE
01:22:30NEED
COLLABORATION.
01:22:31BUT MARCH 7TH, WE HAVE THE
LIBERATOR
01:22:33AWARDS AND THIS IS WHERE THE SO
PROJECT AWARDS, SURVIVORS
01:22:37AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
INDIVIDUALS
01:22:39AND CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS
AWARDS TO HELP THEM
01:22:43JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE EXTRA
BOOST
01:22:45AND TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT
01:22:47WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE PERFECT
01:22:49COLLABORATION OF SHOWING
WHAT ALL IT TAKES TO FIGHT HUMAN
01:22:54TRAFFICKING.
THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY OPENED IT
01:22:56UP
NATIONWIDE AND WE
01:22:58HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING
FINALISTS
01:23:00AND WINNERS THAT ARE COMING.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE WINNER
01:23:03THAT
IS IN THEIR ROOM RIGHT NOW,
01:23:05HAROLD.
SO AS FOR WINNING THE SURVIVOR
01:23:08AWARD.
THANK YOU, CAROL.
01:23:12SO IF YOU'D LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ON
01:23:14THAT, I HAVE A FEW FLYERS ON THE
LIBERATOR AWARDS.
01:23:16IT'S IN COLUMBUS THIS YEAR.
SO I'M JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:23:20FOR
COMING. AND LET'S GIVE OUR
01:23:21PANEL A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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