Preliminary information for Traffick Jam 2025. More to come.

***   The program is subject to change.   ***

9:00am-9:05am     |     Introduction

Dawn Baker (Master of Ceremonies)

TV Anchor, WTOC

9:10am-9:15am     |     Welcome

 Cynthia Robinson Alexander

President, Savannah State University 

9:20am-10:00am     |     Keynote Speech

Speaker TBA

10:05am-10:45am     |     When Home Is Where the Hurt Is: An Exploration of Familial Trafficking 

Naeshia McDowell

Director, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Response Team / Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia 

10:50am-11:00am     |     Break

 11:05am-11:45am     |     Comprehensive Community Approach to Combatting Human Trafficking 

Amy Hutsell

Director, Special Projects and Partnerships, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)

 
11:50pm-12:30pm     |     Force, Fraud and Coercion: Examining the Spectrum of Exploitation 

Sherri Stephan

Assistant United States Attorney, Human Trafficking Coordinator / US Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia  

 12:35pm-1:05pm     |     Lunch

1:10pm-1:50pm     |     Iconography (Survivor Perspectives) 

Jessica Lamb

Executive Director, Redemption Ink, Survivor Speaker 

1:55pm-2:35pm     |     Life in a Residential Shelter 

Julie Wade 

Director, Tharros Place  

2:40pm-2:45pm     |     Closing Remarks

 Bill Gettis

Chairman, Savannah Interagency Diversity Coun

cil (SIDC) 

 Location: 

Savannah State University (SSU)

Main Conference Room (A&B), SSU Student Union

3219 College Street

Savannah, GA 31404 

10th Annual Traffick Jam!

A Decade of Awareness, Advocacy, & Action