MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL AIRPORT RECEIVES TRAINING for EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Tuesday, January 23, 2017. 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM at Commission Chambers, MSP Airport.
TRAINING HOSTS: Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
On Tuesday, January 23rd AAI conducted its 8th annual pre-Super Bowl Training to raise awareness of MSP Airport, hotel and travel industry personnel before the Super Bowl. Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) has led global airline industry awareness for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) since 2010 and developed the first industry specific training after correctly identifying trafficking on four airlines. This was AAI’s 67th airport training.
Roy Fuhrman VP Metropolitan Airports Commission will welcome the group and Senator Amy Kobuchar provided the video message above. Remarks by MSP Airport Police Detective, Mari Askerooth, Terry Williams from the Women’s Foundation, and Joe Foster, Director of Security for Minneapolis Hilton Hotel opened the training to raise awareness of airport/airline personnel.
Every year, adults and children are being trafficked through Minnesota airports. The United States and the State of Minnesota have laws to protect victims and penalize perpetrators of human trafficking, which is commonly defined as people profiting from the exploitation of others, controlling them by force, fraud, or coercion.
Sex trafficking survivor, Donna Hubbard shared her riveting story as part of the presentation. Donna is a trainer for Airline Ambassadors and now runs Women at the Well Transition Center to help women like herself pull their lives together. She works as a flight attendant for a major airline and her testimony makes the training come alive.
Other trainers included Marie Rivard, an employee of the Hilton Hotels and active on the Civil Society Super Bowl Committee as well as Kavita Nanavati, Mrs. Maryland, and a recruiter for Mesa Airlines. The training was well received by all. See Times Herald Article HERE
LAS VEGAS McCarran Airport Training January 30, 2018
Kudos to McCarran Las Vegas International Airport for their leading edge commitment to combat human trafficking. Signage throughout the airport and even in airport bathrooms give the phone number for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
On January 30 AAI provided training at Las Vegas McCarran Airport to 134 badged employees. This was our second training in Las Vegas and the room was packed….and there was standing room only. Airport Director, Rosemary Vassiliadis opened the training, followed by remarks by DHS Representative Michael Harris. Nancy Rivard gave an overview, then trainers Teresa Garza, Alicia Kozakeiwicz and Tammy Meade provided training and Alicia especially riveted the crowd. Peggy Durfey, a former AA Agent and AAI trainer provided insights and comments as well and arranged all logistics
The day before the training our team visited with Nevada Child Seekers and FREE International to learn about local efforts to locate missing children and support trafficking victims like The Big Search One of the needs was for 30 suitcases for the recovered children….at thank you to McCarran Dufry representative agreed to meet the entire Wish List offering assistance to this community initiative. The team also had a little fun at the Hofbrau House in Las Vegas.
QUOTES FROM OFFICIALS AND EVENT HOSTS At MSP
Roy Fuhrmann, Chief Operating Officer MSP Airport
“The U.S. State Dept. has determined that transportation professionals are among the best-placed to identify trafficking situations. We are proud of the commitment of our MSP Airport Police to train all front line personnel to recognize and report indicators of human trafficking.”
Terry Williams, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
“The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota knows that sex trafficking happens every single day of the year—not because of any one event like the Super Bowl. That’s why we are thrilled to support this expanded effort to raise awareness of the issue among the airline industry, so that 365 days a year, airport and airline employees will be at the front line of reporting suspicious activity that may involve sex trafficking.”
Joe Foster, Director of Safety & Security Hilton Minneapolis
As a hotelier it is very important that we train our entire staff, not just security, to recognize and report the exploitation of children and adults. We are proud to be part of an industry that has the ability to help people in this way.
Marie Rivard, AAI Trainer, Super Bowl Committee Hilton employee
“As a Hilton employee and part of the Civil Society Super Bowl Committee I am honored to be part of this effort to raise awareness at the MSP airport.
Donna Hubbard, AAI Trainer, Flight attendant, Human Trafficking survivor
“It’s really important for all the first responders and frontline responders to be on the same page. In order for that to happen the training must have continuity and be standardized: everyone is getting the same information. We all need to get the same information the same way, know where to report it and what information is important for us to keep track of.”
“As a flight attendant and airline crew member, I realize the importance of being able to properly identify and report instances of Human Trafficking. Many years ago, I suspected seeing someone being trafficked, and felt helpless because I didn’t know what to do or whom to contact. I wish I knew then what I know now, and as part of my philanthropic platform, I want to share this knowledge with others, and hopefully save innocent lives in the process.”
Greg Bristol, President Human Trafficking Investigations and Training Institute (HTITI)
“As first responders, police officers play a critical role in uncovering human trafficking which often appears as domestic violence, labor disputes, or prostitution. Once formerly trained, police officers inside and outside airports have the opportunity to identify and arrest the traffickers .
Nancy Rivard, President, Airline Ambassadors
“Trafficking increases around major sporting events, and it is debatable how much. We believe that human trafficking is a 365 day a year problem, and are using this opportunity to raise awareness. Trained airport and travel industry personnel can be our first line of defense and trained personnel will give traffickers the message – MSP Airport is NOT a place to do business”
Our Trainings at Houston’s Hobby Airport or Nassau Bay on January 26, 2017 and Train the Trainer on January 27th were amazing! It made it special to have input from survivors Donna Hubbard, Alicia Kozakeiwicz and Katherine Griffin Townsend
The team was hosted by Houston Airports Željka Momirović, Director of International Relations for Houston Airport Systems (IAH, HOU, EFD) and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee presented a beautiful certificate to AAI President, Nancy Rivard which read: “I take great pride in recognizing Airline Ambassadors on the occasion of he Super Bowl Human Trafficking Awareness, Sadly this situation is a reality for millions of children, women, an men each year as part of the global human trafficking industry. Human Trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons. I am honored to join you all in this fight to reverse Houston being a capitol of Human Trafficking. With massive events come huge problems, and with your help we can stop the demand! Airline Ambassadors are worthy of the respect, admiration and commendation of the United States Congress.”
The team was also joined by Carlos Perez of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and Blue Heart Campaign who shared the latest 2016 UNODC Reportadded an international focus to this trans-national crime and helped provide a Train the Trainer along with coordinators Andrea Hobart and Michele Krick for 30 new professional trainers!
Many thanks to representatives from Homeland Security and Victims Services and Carlos Perez of UNODC as well as NGO participation at Hobby Airport: The Landing: Patrice Parker-Operations Director, Free the Captives: Sheila Whittle and Arrow: Freedom Place: Debi Tengler
Another presentation was held in Nassau Bay coordinated by Elizabeth Blome (NASA) that evening :
hosted by Chief of Police Kenneth Campbell
Many thanks to NGO participation from : Faith Collaborative: Kim Williams, Founder; Craig Williams, Board of Directors; The Landing: Patrice Parker, Operations Director; Natasha Paradeshi, Executive Director; Arrow: Freedom Place: Debi Tengler and and Free the Captives: Sheila Whittle
Delta is intensifying its efforts to raise awareness of human trafficking ahead of the Super Bowl coming to Atlanta.
Weeks before the big game and its fans descend on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta (NYSE: DAL) has launched a new in-flight video and enhanced signage to guide passengers on how to spot human trafficking. The city of Atlanta estimates the event will draw in more than 1 million visitors, with increased traffic around the Mercedes-Benz stadium, downtown business areas and the Atlanta airport.
In Atlanta, trafficking has consistently climbed, with 98 reported cases in 2012 to 276 in 2017, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Atlanta is a hotbed for the activity for several reasons. It’s home to the world’s busiest airport, hosts major conventions and events and has an extensive highway system. New signs are being rolled out across the airline’s major hubs in advance of the Super Bowl to educate the passengers on trafficking indicators.
“With over 56,000 employees trained to identify trafficking indicators, we are introducing a customer awareness campaign that will unite us all – sending a clear message to traffickers that they are not welcome on our planes or in our airports,” said Allison Ausband, senior vice president of Delta’s in-flight service.
Delta partnered with Polaris, an anti-human trafficking non-profit, to launch human trafficking training last year. The company has trained 56,000 of its employees to watch for signs of forced labor or sexual exploitation on flights or in airports, and roughly 500 of the airline’s employees will volunteer at the Super Bowl to help detect any potential victims of human trafficking.
The campaign was created in collaboration with Polaris and uses a young boy’s narrative of human trafficking to ask customers to #GetOnBoard.
The airline intentionally chose to feature the campaign on its in-flight entertainment systems to “heighten customers’ awareness of a scenario potentially transpiring in the row in front of them,” according to a press release.
It also provides the number for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a resource for victims and communities, which is sponsored by Delta. The video is part of the airline’s broader effort to help fight human trafficking, which dates back to 2011.
Donna Hubbard is firstborn child of the late author and Community Arts Activist Nayo Watkins and Charles “Charlie” Hubbard. After being gang raped her life became a series of abandonment, abuse, addiction, gang crime, exploitation, prostitution and violence. She was sold to a pimp, trafficked and finally became gang property. Donna served a total of 10 years in and out of jails and prisons. Donnas’ commitment to serve God prompted complete surrender to a greater destiny and purpose. Paroled in 1993 to Atlanta, Georgia she founded the Woman at the Well Transition Center: “Our Mission is to assist incarcerated, formerly incarcerated women and women and girls impacted by the criminal justice system and human trafficking, to regain their lives, their families and their dignity. WATWTC provides training, counseling, and direct services to formerly incarcerated women and girls, including street intervention with trafficked girls and women, relapse prevention and employment readiness. WATWTC has provided services and training to 6000 women and girls. Ordained in 1995 as a minister, Donna holds the titles of Preacher, Teacher, Pastor and Elder. WATWTC celebrates 20 years of nonprofit service this year.
She has served as a consultant at the county, city, state and national level in various positions with government and non-governmental agencies.
Her Consultant resume includes:
*Atlanta Working Committee to reduce prostitution, and sex trafficking in the Greater Atlanta,
*National Office of Women’s Health addressing trauma impact on women.
*Community Liaison to Fulton County Community Court, Fulton County Office on Juvenile Justice, and the Georgia Department of Corrections.
* ICAO Working Group to develop Human Trafficking Awareness Protocol for Cabin Crew
Donna Hubbard has been a featured speaker for the Santa Marta Group at The United Nations where she received a standing ovation before the General Assembly. She was a featured speaker at the 2017 AVSEC Conference in Dubai.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2018 American Mothers Inc. National Mother of Achievement
2016 SKYE Kingdom Community Service Leadership Award
2014 Clayton County Grass Roots Leadership Institute, Class Pres.
2011 Omega Psi Phi Mentoring Program – Community Service
2009 University of Kentucky 15th Annual Black Women’s Conference, Lexington, KY
2002 Atlanta Women’s Network – Woman of Significance Award
2001, 2002, 2003 Intl Black Women’s Congress, Orlando, FL, Newport News, VA,
2000 Atlanta Magazine – Women Making a Mark on the Millennium
2000 Catholic Social Services Community Service Award, Atlanta, GA
1999 “Millennium Woman” National Family Alliance, Chicago, Ill
Donna works with Airline Ambassadors International as a Certified Human Trafficking Awareness Trainer and has facilitated trainings in Hungary, Latvia, and Japan and was featured in the 52nd training of airline and airport personnel to prepare for 2017 and 2018 Super Bowls in Houston, Texas and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Donna is employed as a Flight Attendant for American Airlines. She earned her BS in Theological Studies and her MA in Christian Counseling at PCIE Seminary Program, Los Angeles, CA. Donna’s proudest of her role as mother of 7 daughters and 1 son, 10 grandchildren and 8 great grand children.
Overview and Timeline regarding efforts on Human Trafficking:
Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) has led global airline industry awareness for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) since 2009 and has developed the first industry specific training. AAI provides for vulnerable communities by leveraging partnerships with the airline industry and is comprised of over 16,000 airline employees who “travel to make a difference”.
AAI is the only organization conducting live Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Training at airports. As of January 2018, AAI has conducted 91 C-TIP Events that now link over 7,000 front line air transport professionals with law enforcement. As each flight attendant interacts with a minimum of
500 passengers per week for hours at a time, AAI C-TIP trainees are capable of monitoring over 168,000,000 passengers per year! If all 200,000 Members from the U.S. based Association of Professional Flight Attendants alone were trained, they can effectively monitor over 5.2 billion passengers. According to ICAO 3.7 billion passengers flew in 2016.
First there was two Congressional Briefings, and when airlines did not respond, AAI began providing our Counter-Trafficking In Persons (C-TIP) Program in Airports. Here is the timeline:
2010 July – Washington DC, AAI Congressional Briefing to Airlines with Congressman Chris Smith
2010 October – Washington DC, AAI Congressional Briefing to Embassies with Congressman Joe Pitts
A flight attendant notices a teenage girl uncomfortable with the older man she’s traveling with and leaves her a note in a bathroom. The teen writes back: “I need help.” A teenage boy from New Zealand on a one-way ticket to visit a sex offender is intercepted by a careful Los Angeles customs agent.
These are two stark examples of how airlines, airports and the Department of Homeland Security are stepping up efforts to thwart human trafficking: transporting people for forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Travelers will see a lot more warnings, and be encouraged to learn how to spot the crimes they may be sitting next to on flights.
Training is expanding at airports, from skycaps to shop clerks, and signs are going up, including one in every bathroom stall at the Las Vegas airport. Over the next month or so, Delta Air Lines will start placing 8-foot-tall signs at gates in hub airports. Some give victims a number to text or call and others educate travelers about signs of trafficking.
“It’s happening right under our noses,” says Nancy Rivard, a former American Airlines flight attendant who is president and founder of Airline Ambassadors International, a group that conducts training for travel-industry workers. Stopping the illegal flow of people “takes us being alert and having the guts or the moral imperative to make a call,” she says. “You hope you’re wrong, but your action could save a life.”
Calls for Help
The National Human Trafficking Hotline says substantive calls and reported cases of human trafficking will increase 10% to 20% this year. *Through Sept. 30 Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline
Last year, the National Human Trafficking Hotline took 26,727 substantive calls involving 7,621 reported cases of trafficking humans for work or sex, according to the Polaris Project, the nonprofit that operates the hotline for the Health and Human Services Department. This year’s numbers are running 10% to 20% higher, Polaris says.
Las Vegas knows that big events, from boxing matches to Super Bowl weekends, draw criminals along with other visitors. As local authorities stepped up efforts to thwart sex trafficking in particular, Rosemary Vassiliadis, director of aviation at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, realized “these monsters are coming through the airport.”
She started asking employees. Those working the taxi line told her they thought they saw it fairly regularly but didn’t know what to do. So the airport
hired Airline Ambassadors to train front-line workers. Now everyone who works at the airport goes through a summary of the training when they get their airport-issued badge.
Ms. Vassiliadis says she flunked the training on first go—she instinctively tried to intervene in a situation that looked like someone was traveling against their will. That’s the wrong move—they’ll often run. Workers are trained to try to keep people in sight without spooking them and call the right authorities when they are able.
January is officially Human Trafficking Awareness month. I think it’s about time we talk about this worldwide problem. You may of heard about human trafficking in your latest episode of Law and Order: SVU, but do you really know what it is and how many people are affected by it? Probably not, but that’s okay. That is what this article is here for, to help teach and spread awareness.
Human trafficking is the process of buying, selling or trading humans. It is when a person regardless of their age or gender is taken and either is forced into labor or sexual exploitation. Human trafficking doesn’t target one specific demographic of people. The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims globally, 26% of them being children and 55% of them being women.
People have started to take the initiative and fight back against human traffickers in the last decade. Organizations like The Polaris Project and Airline Ambassadors International are taking strides to end modern day slavery. The Polaris Project is a non-profit that works directly with victims and runs The National Human Trafficking Resource Center, which is the main hotline for human trafficking. If you are in the United States and are in trouble or see something suspicious that might be related to human trafficking call The Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1 (888) 373-7888 or text “HELP” or “INFO” to 233733 (BeeFree). Find more information on their website. Here is The Polaris Project’s map of human trafficking happening in The United States.
Another big force in human trafficking prevention is Airline Ambassadors. AAI is the only airline-industry specific non-profit group that provides Human Trafficking Awareness Training to employees at airports around the world. These trainings, offered by airline volunteers and victims, teach pilots, flight attendants, ticket agents and ground personal how to identify and report the problem. Airline Ambassadors works closely with border patrol and the Department of Homeland Security. Since 2009, AAI has helped save hundreds of children! For more information, please go to www.airlineamb.org.
Big events like the Superbowel are places where a lot of human trafficking happens. At last year’s Super Bowl in San Francisco Airline Ambassadors International saved children from human trafficking; they have trainings scheduled this week to prepare people in Houston for Super Bowl 51. People often use their wealth or fame to lure their victims. In some instances traffickers create fake modeling agencies or job ads that are really just ploys to capture unsuspecting targets.
Human Trafficking Awareness presentation at Houston Airport 10/25/2016.
Airline Ambassadors International with the assistance of the Houston Airport System’s Director of International Relations, Zeljka Momirovic presented the Human Trafficking training for Houston George Bush Airport personnel on October 25, 2016. Presenters were retired AA flight attendant Sandi Hodges, AA flight attendant and survivor Donna Hubbard, and AA flight attendant Leslie Power. Roslyn Parker, with Travel to do Good, Cry Freedom members, Suzanne Pretti, Nicki Lamey, and Pat Weeks and United flight attendants Jess Reiss and Ginny Stogner McDavid were all instrumental in publicizing and helping facilitate this event.
The event wrapped up with a presentation by Elijah Rising , Kendleton Farms’ founder and director, Cat French. She is a modern-day abolitionist who is passionate about seeing the end of human trafficking in Houston and around the world. She is a former sociology professor and researcher in the social sciences, with an extensive background in outreach and ministry to prostituted women and children. 100 people attended representing law enforcement, TSA, DHS, pilots, flight attendants, agents, and others in the travel industry. Media coverage was given by KHOU, Channel 11
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee presented Airline Ambassadors with a proclamation that spoke to the work the organization is doing to educate the airline industry. She acknowledged the other agencies that were there including the State Department, Houston police Department, TSA, and airport management. She also spoke to the human trafficking issues in Houston, and that through legislation, she would continue to do her part.
Other Houston area non-profit organizations that were represented included, Sheila Whittle with Free the Captives, Chris Horton with United Against Human Trafficking, Jenn Ahart with Rescue Houston, and Patrice Parker with The Landing. They were available to answer questions about their organization and how individuals could get more involved locally in combating human trafficking in their area. Sponsors of the event were Three Strands Global, Cry Freedom, a small group of Grace Fellowship UMC, and Travel to Do Good.
This training followed our earlier training on October 14 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia where Representative Barbara Comstock joined us and mentioned the need for media coverage of our important work See story HERE
Additional Congressional Endorsements from Representatives Titus, Speier, Yoho and Senator Klobucharat this LINK
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Preparing for Super-Bowl - Houston is on a mission to stop human trafficking in its tracks!
"It is often said that Houston is the hub for sex trafficking," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner declared. "Let me just say that Houston will be the hub for the prevention and elimination of sex trafficking."
So, local officials are joining the mayor in rolling out a new anti-human trafficking campaign to fight back.
"And we're not just doing it for the Super Bowl," Turner said. "We're doing it for everyday Houstonians and for people who visit our city." The Harris County District Attorney's office says it's handled over 1,700 human trafficking cases since February 2013 alone. "The reality is that human trafficking victims are subtly hidden in plain sight," Harris County D.A. Devon Anderson shared. The D.A. says human trafficking does not just involve extreme cases where individuals are locked up in cellars. "Victims are not held in physical captivity, rather they are held by emotion and psychological restraints," she added. As Mayor Turner summed up, "If it's one person, it's one person too many-- especially when we are talking about our children."
Airline Ambassadors teams provided Recognize It Report It Human Trafficking Awareness training at all THREE Bay Area Airports before the SuperBowl in Santa Clara. With support for our OnLine Training from the Bay Area Anti Trafficking Coalition, 1000 frontline airport personnel were trained to effectively scan 24 Million passengers traveling to the Bay Area for the SuperBowl and throughout 2016. Check out some of the Press below:
Many thanks for support from Girls Rights Foundation and Bay Area Anti- Trafficking Coalition, Robert Bothman Construction, American Airlines and United Airlines. FLY SFO has been proactive raising awareness among employees. Bravo for the leadership of airport director, Jeff Littlefield and Susan Kim, who also coordinated an this great awareness effort this spring raising $150,000 for the cause They have also implemented anew VIDEOand provided Awareness Badges for FLYSFO employees. Here is a few pictures from the trainings last week: Short video montage here
Can’t make the trainings? No problem our on line training is available! Due to a grant from the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition, this training can be provided for free to 500 persons in the Bay Area!
In addition to the in-person training programs Airline Ambassadors has teamed up with two world-class organizations to deliver AAI’s training programs online. Classroom24-7 (www.classroom24-7.com) is a leading provider of online education technologies and services. Counter Human Trafficking Compliance Solutions (https://www.chtcs.com/) is a global compliance and advisory company that provides on-site assessments, improvement plans, training, research, and supply chain transparency required for corporations to combat human trafficking, forced labor, and child labor. Just Click this LINK
“We’re honored to be helping Airline Ambassadors combat human trafficking on a massive scale. Using our technology platform, employees in the air travel industry will get critical training anytime, anywhere they have an internet connection,” says Ernie Liang, Classroom24-7’s CEO. Linda Rizk, Founder of Counter Human Trafficking Compliance Solutions, adds “Airline Ambassador’s human trafficking awareness program is closely aligned with our mission eliminate human trafficking in corporations’ supply chains. We believe Nancy’s approach of attacking human trafficking through working with the air travel industry is smart, strategic and effective. We’re proud to support Airline Ambassador’s important work.”
This event, supported by 250 airport employees, was coordinated by the FLY-SFO Administrative Office and raised $150,000 to support Freedom House – Freedom House is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to bring hope, restoration,and a new life to survivors of human-trafficking by providing a safe home and longterm aftercare.
The event began with a one-mile remembrance walk around the airport that included SFO Airport Director, John Martin. It concluded with informational presentations by Freedom House Founder, Jaida Im, as well as a graduate survivor of the Freedom House program at the Aviation Museum. Nancy Rivard, of Airline Ambassadors, commended coordinators, citing her goal to provide another training at SFO airport before Super Bowl 2016.
Over 250 airport personnel participated. 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls; in a show of solidarity, the remembrance walk was comprised of men walking while women and men raised pledges to support them.
Here is Nancy Rivards’s comments at the event:
“Sunday was the SuperBowl in Phoenix, and law enforcement agencies in 17 states arrested nearly 600 people and rescued 68 victims of human trafficking. It’s particularly meaningful that this sting culminated on the day of the Super Bowl, which unfortunately has emerged as a prominent haven for sex trafficking.”
When I started Airline Ambassadors in 1996 to help orphans and vulnerable children I had never heard of human trafficking. Like most of us I thought slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. But in 2009 after correctly identifying trafficking on four airlines…(one of those cases led to the bust of a pornography ring in Boston saving 86 children) we learned the truth, that human slavery is more prevalent now than at any time in human history. According to the ILO 2014 report it is a 150 Billion industry!
Traffickers move their victims frequently, often using the speed and convenience of commercial air travel. This keeps victims powerless – so they don’t have any friends or family or to places where they don’t speak the language. I knew as a flight attendant that airlines have infrastructure to train staff annually and this issue could be added to annual emergency procedure training.This one step alone would provide thousands of eyes and ears in the air, potentially saving thousands of lives. We researched the issue and learned horrifying statistics statistics that 600-800,000 victims are trafficked across borders annually and in our own country up to 100,000 children are at risk of exploitation. Working closely Customs Border Protection we developed an industry specific training which we kicked off with Congresswoman Jackie Speier in this very room in 2012. We will provide our 27th airport training in Chicago with the Dept of Aviation on Feb. 20, 2015.
Last month was Human Trafficking awareness month. Two bills were passed in Congress and our local Congressman Mike Honda introduced new legislation. We partnered with Bay Area Anti Trafficking Coalition to provide a training with Congressman Honda in San Jose last year, and with support from the Bay Area’s Bothman Construction, we will be able to do another training here at SFO as well before the SuperBowl in Santa Clara next year. Those of us in this room are all in a position to recognize and report human trafficking. We can be aware of indicators; Notice children and who accompanies them; or young women traveling alone; if a person is under control of a travel companion; has possession of their passport and travel documents; do they seem ashamed, frightened or nervous?;Afraid to make eye contact ; Afraid of uniformed security ? If a situation does not feel “right” we encourage everyone to go with their gut and call the DHS TIP Line. 866-347-2423. I have wallet cards with the TIP Line number for everyone in the room. You hope you are wrong, but that one action may save a life
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Overview and Timeline regarding efforts on Human Trafficking:
AAI Training and Presentations
2012 Apr. – SFO ITMI International Tourism and Management HQ, Staff Training
2016 Jan. – San Francisco International Airport Training pre-Super Bowl Training 
2017 Jan. 27 – City Council Nassau Bay – Pre-Super Bowl Training Training
2017 Aug. 14 – Manila International Airport – AirAsia personnel Training
2018 Jan. 23 – Minneapolis International Airport pre-Super Bowl Training
Human Trafficking Awareness presentation at Houston Airport 10/25/2016. 
Airline Ambassadors International with the assistance of the Houston Airport System’s Director of International Relations, Zeljka Momirovic presented the Human Trafficking training for Houston George Bush Airport personnel on October 25, 2016. Presenters were retired AA flight attendant Sandi Hodges, AA flight attendant and survivor Donna Hubbard, and AA flight attendant Leslie Power. Roslyn Parker, with Travel to do Good, Cry Freedom members, Suzanne Pretti, Nicki Lamey, and Pat Weeks and United flight attendants Jess Reiss and Ginny Stogner McDavid were all instrumental in publicizing and helping facilitate this event.
The event wrapped up with a presentation by Elijah Rising , Kendleton Farms’ founder and director, Cat French. She is a modern-day abolitionist who is passionate about seeing the end of human trafficking in Houston and around the world. She is a former sociology professor and researcher in the social sciences, with an extensive background in outreach and ministry to prostituted women and children. 100 people attended representing law enforcement, TSA, DHS, pilots, flight attendants, agents, and others in the travel industry. Media coverage was given by KHOU, Channel 11
"And we're not just doing it for the Super Bowl," Turner said. "We're doing it for everyday Houstonians and for people who visit our city." The Harris County District Attorney's office says it's handled over 1,700 human trafficking cases since February 2013 alone. "The reality is that human trafficking victims are subtly hidden in plain sight," Harris County D.A. Devon Anderson shared. The D.A. says human trafficking does not just involve extreme cases where individuals are locked up in cellars. "Victims are not held in physical captivity, rather they are held by emotion and psychological restraints," she added. As Mayor Turner summed up, "If it's one person, it's one person too many-- especially when we are talking about our children."
