Save these dates:
January 24-25, 2025
Register for Traffick Jam 2025!
Call or email for conference information:
(912) 398-1343
The SIDC is excited to bring together experts in their respective fields to inform and educate professionals in law enforcement, mental health, social work, and education, as well as for the general public.
We can all work together to fight the scourge of human trafficking.
Open to law enforcement only.
8:00-9:00am | Registration / Breakfast
9:00-10:20am | Sherri Stephan
Exploiting Vulnerabilities: The Means and Methods of Human Traffickers
(Presentation includes POST-approved Human Trafficking curriculum.)
10:20-10:30am | Break
10:30am-12:00pm | James Fottrell
Digital Evidence in Sex Trafficking Cases
12:00pm | Adjourn
Speaker list subject to change
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Registration:
Attendees of the Law Enforcement session must contact Barry Paschal (barry.paschal@usdoj.gov) to register.
Location:
Savannah State University (SSU)
Main Conference Room (A&B), SSU Student Union
3219 College Street
Savannah, GA 31404
“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”
William Wilberforce
*** The program is subject to change. ***
9:00am-9:05am | Introduction
Dawn Baker (Master of Ceremonies)
TV Anchor, WTOC
9:10am-9:15am | Opening Remarks
Mayor Dana Williams
City of Thunderbolt
9:20am-9:25am | Welcome
Dr. Catherine Gayle
Department Chair, Social Work, Savannah State University
9:30am-10:10am | Say No to Internet Monsters: Cyber Safety
Skip Meyers
Fraud & Identity Solutions Consultant, Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
10:15am-10:55am | Survivor Perspectives
Survivor Speaker AY
Survivor Speaker
11:00am-11:10am | Break
11:15am-11:55am | 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
12:00pm-12:40pm | 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
12:45pm-1:15pm | Lunch
1:20pm-2:00pm | Comprehensive Community Approach to Combatting Human Trafficking
Amy Hutsell
Director, Special Projects and Partnerships, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)
2:05pm-2:45pm | Life in a Residential Shelter
Julie Wade
Director, Tharros Place
2:45pm-2:50pm | Closing Remarks
Bill Gettis
Chairman, Savannah Interagency Diversity Council (SIDC)
Location:
Savannah State University (SSU)
Main Conference Room (A&B), SSU Student Union
3219 College Street
Savannah, GA 31404
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COVID-19: Protocols and precautions as set forth by the CDC and SSU will be in place for attendees.
If a (potential) participant has a concern about her/his experience with Traffick Jam 2025, she/he may email the SIDC at info.thesidc@gmail.com. We do not guarantee a given outcome, but the individual can expect us to consider the complaint, make any necessary decisions, and respond within two weeks.
To report suspected human trafficking to Federal law enforcement: 1-866-347-2423
To get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888,
or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733)
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Organized in May 2013, the SIDC consists of law enforcement, businesses, government agencies, social services, educators and advocates with the shared purpose of celebrating the diversity in our community. The SIDC brings diverse perspectives together for conversation and collaboration, to create positive change.
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