August 17, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Potter Building (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
GET IN THE FIGHT – Help End Child Exploitation and Trafficking
America’s Future Florida State Summit 2023
Attendees to the Florida State Summit 2023 will learn the facts and truth about the crisis of child exploitation and trafficking in the State of Florida and across the country, and what they can do in their community to help end this war on children. The event will include remarks by General Mike Flynn, America’s Future Board Chair. The Summit will be moderated by Lara Logan, an award-winning investigative journalist, America’s Future Board Director, and a member of America’s Future Project Defend & Protect Our Children (PDPC) Advisory Board.
Ms. Logan will lead a panel discussion with experts who have decades of street-level and first-hand experience helping prevent child exploitation and trafficking and working with victims and survivors in the areas of rescue and recovery. Summit Panelists and PDPC advisors include Tara Lee Rodas, HHS whistleblower who exposed government-sponsored, taxpayer-funded child trafficking at the southern border, Bazzel Baz, founder and president of the Association for the Recovery of Children (ARC), Tina Baz, ARC Human Trafficking Program Director, and Silvia Almond, President of S.O.A.P. (Save Our Adolescents From Prostitution).
A post-summit networking opportunity is also planned for attendees to have a chance to ask questions and gain more knowledge from other PDPC advisors who are experts in the prevention, rescue, and recovery of victims, including Liz Crokin, investigative journalist, author, and producer, Lynze Piper-Loomis, overcomer and author of I Am Silent No More, Mike Smith, film producer and director of Out of Shadows, Brian Gamble, CIO of O’Keefe Media Group, and Attorneys Ben Moore, Alicia Kutzer, and William “Bill” J. Olson.
More Details and To Register: GET IN THE FIGHT - Florida Summit & Training - America's Future (americasfuture.net)
Download Florida State Summit 2023 and the Series of Training Programs Flyer: https://www.americasfuture.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AF-PDPC-Get-In-The-Fight-FL-2-Sheet.pdf
August 18, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Ken Clark Building
GET IN THE FIGHT – Help End Child Exploitation and Trafficking
America’s Future Florida State Training
Program For Real Estate Agents/Brokers, First Responders, Home Appraisers
Learn the tactics of predators and traffickers and leverage your knowledge gained from this program to spot a trafficking house, identify a trafficked victim, and how to intervene and file a report. This is a masterclass in anti-trafficking strategies recommended for real estate agents and brokers, first responders, and home appraisers.
Instructor: Tina Baz, Association for the Recovery of Children Human Trafficking Program Director
Fee: $15 | Refreshments Included
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October 5, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Ken Clark Building
GET IN THE FIGHT – Help End Child Exploitation and Trafficking
America’s Future Florida State Training
Program For Parents and Caring Adults
Parents and caring adults are a child’s first line of defense against exploitation and trafficking. This program is recommended for parents and caring adults of youth ages 9 through 19. You will learn what grooming is, the traits of groomers, what personality behaviors in your children to watch for if you suspect your child is being groomed, and how to raise a responsible digital citizen.
Instructor: Jo Lembo, National Child Sexual Exploitation Trainer
Fee: $15 | Refreshments Included
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October 6, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Ken Clark Building
GET IN THE FIGHT – Help End Child Exploitation and Trafficking
America’s Future Florida State Training
Pitfalls of Pornography Program
This training seminar addresses the dangers of pornography, the proliferation of online pornography websites, and how pornography is an entry point for child predators. Attendees will gain an understanding of the causes and solutions to sexual exploitation. They will see how pornography usage takes a dangerous step toward purchasing sex with women and children. This session investigates normalized beliefs in buyers which are the driving factors as to why men feel free to purchase sex. The training seminar will explain the subject of demand and its impact on reducing sex buying.
Instructor: Nick Lembo, Subject Matter Expert/Trainer on the Impact of Pornography on Sex Buying
Fee: $15 | Box Lunch Included
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November 6-11, 2023, Ken Clark Building
GET IN THE FIGHT – Help End Child Exploitation and Trafficking
America’s Future Florida State Training In Cooperation With The Association for the Recovery of Children (ARC)
Fight Child Sex Trafficking Comprehensive Equipping Course
This six-day comprehensive program will equip attendees with the knowledge and skills to combat sex trafficking effectively in the areas of prevention, intervention, rescue, advocacy, or direct services to victims/survivors.
Instructors: Bazzel Baz, ARC Founder and President and Tina Baz, ARC Human Trafficking Program Director
For details and to register: FIGHT Child Sex Trafficking Comprehensive Equipping Course | The Association for the Recovery of Children
Download The Training Flyer: https://www.americasfuture.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AF-ARC-TrainingCourseFlyer-FNL.pdf