Representative Barbara Comstock joined the HUman Trafficking Awareness Seminar at Madeira School on November 9, 2017. Thanks to support from Great Falls Rotary, and Madeira School. Skye Jannery-Barney, Miss Teen Virginia is a student at Madeira and recommended a training at her school whose goal is to launch women to change the world as a 21st Century leader in Girls Education. Nancy Rivard and survivor Alicia Kozakeiwicz presented from Airline Ambassadors training team as well as author, advocate and survivor Barbara Amaya & Investigator, Bill Woolf from Just Ask, who helped adapt the training for students and parents in the local community. Here is the story in McLean Connection and Here is a link to the FOX TV Coverage
MEDIA ALERT Date: November 1, 2017
Media contact: Nancy Rivard angels@airlineamb.org (415) 359-8006
CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA COMSTOCK KICKS OFF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS SEMINAR AT THE MADEIRA SCHOOL
8328 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22102
Date/Time: Thursday, November 9th, 2017 7:00PM – 8:30 PM
Featured Speakers: Airline Ambassadors and Epic – sponsored by Great Falls Rotary
“Human trafficking is real and it is happening in Fairfax County,” reports Just Ask President and former Fairfax County Police Detective Bill Woolf, noting that, “Teen sex trafficking is the second fastest growing crime in Fairfax County.”
Congresswoman Barbara Comstock will kick off a Human Trafficking awareness seminar on November 9 at 7pm at The Madeira School that includes training from Woolf. Sponsored by the Great Falls Rotary and open to community members, Great Falls Rotary President Vishal Chawla shares, “We have invited several human trafficking awareness leaders to come together to help our community prevent and protect their families from human trafficking. Education is the best and most important tool.”
The evening includes personal stories from survivor Alicia Kozakeiwicz, and author, advocate, and survivor, Barbara Amaya, as well as information on how to recognize report potential human trafficking happening in Virginia.
Featured speaker Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors shares, “Each young person, parent and community member interacts with hundreds of people in their daily lives, at school, at the mall, grocery store and sporting events and knowing how to recognize trafficking indicators can help stop trafficking before it begins.”
Recognizing the importance of highlighting teen sex trafficking locally, Madeira Head of School, Pilar Cabeza de Vaca, notes, “Madeira’s seminar on Human Trafficking awareness brings to light the scope of human trafficking, and empowers participants to act locally and play an important role in the prevention of modern day slavery.
Participants will be given resources for support including handouts, wallet cards and fact sheets to assist them in recognizing and reporting potential Human Trafficking.
To register for the free Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar at Madeira, go to madeira.org and register in the events section.
About Airline Ambassadors International (www.airlineamb.org) utilizes airline contacts to provide for vulnerable children worldwide. Members volunteer as medical escorts, hand-deliver humanitarian aid to orphanages, and educate and advocate for child protection and human trafficking awareness globally as a leading advocate for awareness in the transport industry.
About EPIC
EPIC Solutions, an affiliate of SeraphimGLOBAL (a 501(c)(3) organization), seeks to mobilize professionals and community leaders both domestically in the United States, as well as internationally, to adopt and implement effective policies and provide vital training to combat the social injustice of human trafficking and other forms of exploitation
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