May 7, 8, Airport Sustainability Conference
See this short report by Skye Jannery-Barney who began a one month internship with Airline Ambassadors in May. She attended this two day conference in DC The first day of the conference AAI’s Nancy Rivard and Saber Rock attended, as well as Kavita Nanavati who represented AAI. See this LINK to her report:
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May 7 Testimony to Helsinki Commission See this LINK
Airline Ambassadors presented at the US Senate with Blue Campaign, Ecpat, uber, Air Hotel Associations, and Air B&B.
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May 8 – 10 IATA Cabin Safety conference, Bangkok, Thailand Donna Hubbard Keynote
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May 9,10 Aviation Festival Miami
AAI’s Nancy Rivard presented to this conference of airline CEO’s and travel industry leaders on AAI’s work combating human trafficking.
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May 21st 2018
AAI ‘s Survivor Advisor Barbara Amaya, and Navita Nanavati Airline Ambassador’s International Goodwill Ambassador participated in the Where’s MJ television interview show in Fairfax, Virginia.
The focus of the show was on sex trafficking in the United States, and what can be done to prevent it. Barbara Amaya, survivor, shared a reading from her best selling memoir Nobody’s Girl.
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Kavita shared her work with Airline Ambassadors and their upcoming initiatives including training airline personnel across the country. Kavita is also Mrs. Washington DC Goodwill Ambassador and her platform is human trafficking awareness. Watch for updates on when the show will air in your area on Hulu.
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May 24th, 2018 Airline Ambassadors International met with representatives of non-profit organizations from Russia at the Meridian House in Washington, D.C. Kavita Nanavati (Community Outreach Director), Saber Nasseri (Afghanistan Representative), and Skye Jannery-Barney (Intern) provided a short training for the members of the Russian Delegation. In hopes to train the Russian airlines, as well as the rest of the transportation industry and more, we are very excited to continue bringing awareness around the world about human trafficking.
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May 24, 2018 Path to Peace Foundation Gala dinner honoring the Santa Marta Group received by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and the UK’s Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner Kevin Hyland. AAI was a guest of the Permanent Observer mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.
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May 28, 2018 – Geneva High Commission on Human Rights – Release of ICAO’s Circular 352 – Guidelines for Training for Cabin Crew on Identifying and Responding to Trafficking in Persons. See this LINK