The University of Louisville Women’s Center and Women 4 Women Student Board are raising awareness of human trafficking in Kentucky to educate students and the community and to take action to prevent it. The 11th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Conference will be held on Tuesday February 23rd 6-8pm virtually on Microsoft Teams. The program will be recorded and posted afterwards. The focus of this year’s conference will feature local anti-human trafficking efforts, what we can do as a community, and the impact of COVID on these efforts. Register: https://bit.ly/2MCLpga

The conference agenda includes the following:

• Survivor Speak Out
• Human Trafficking Policies & Legislation – Teena Halbig, United Nations Association-USA – KY Division

Presentations from local anti-human trafficking organizations:

• Amy Nace-Degonda, Catholic Charities of Louisville Bakhita Empowerment Initiative
• Dr. Theresa Hayden, People Against the Trafficking of Human (PATH) Coalition of KY
• Jennifer Beagle, Safe Passage