Human Trafficking Educational Events Nov. 13 and 14
(Oakland County Youth Assistance Press Release, Nov. 8, 2014)
Community Forum for Parents, Students and Public Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014 Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Learn How to Keep Your Child Safe, Get Information About Resources
Professional Trainings Date: Friday, November 14, 2014 Time: 8:00 am–12:00 pm or 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Agency Representatives Participating:
FBI University of Michigan Human Trafficking Clinic
Michigan State Attorney General’s Office
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office
 
All sessions will be held in the Oakland County Commissioners’ Auditorium located at 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontiac, Michigan 48341 For information call (248) 858-0051
RSVP at http://human-trafficking-event.eventbrite.com.
Sponsored by THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Featured Speakers:
Theresa Flores is a Human Trafficking Survivor from Birmingham, Michigan. She is a Victims Advocate and the Director of Education & Training for Gracehaven House. Ms. Flores travels the U.S. sharing her story of trafficking and being a sex slave while living in an upper-middle class suburb of Detroit, Michigan. At age 15, she was drugged, raped and tortured for two long years. She was kept in bondage, forced to pay back an impossible debt as a sex slave. Ms. Flores endured more as a child than most adults will ever face their entire lives.
Ms. Flores is a licensed social worker for more than 20 years. She received her Master’s in Counseling Education from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor’s of Social Work from Ball State University. Ms. Flores is the author of “The Slave Across the Street”, a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best seller. Her second book “Sacred Bath”, is an international book and top seller on the UK Sunday Times list. She is also a much sought after international speaker and lectures on many aspects of Human Trafficking sharing both her personal perspective as well as a her professional expertise on the issue. Ms. Flores is featured by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Ohio and has been invited as a guest on The 700 Club, The Today Show, and, MSNBC’s Sex Slaves-The Teen Trade. She has also been featured on Nightline, America’s Most Wanted, and For the Record as a sex slave survivor.
To learn more about Theresa and her plight to stop human trafficking visit her trafficking organization, Traffickfree which is focused on building awareness through the S.O.A.P., Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution outreach, speaking at colleges, churches, and more.
Russell Petty is the Senior National Outreach Coordinator for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will provide us with valuable information and tips that will help keep children safe in the community.
~Overview of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
~The issue of missing children (statistics, abductions, internet safety, exploitation)
~Free resources from NCMEC for communities
~Safety tips for attempted abductions, internet safety and exploitation
~What to do if a child goes missing, how to share information, request posters, etc.