Dallas Symposium on Human Trafficking
Dallas Symposium on Human Trafficking
Agenda
8:15a Registration Begins
9:00a Welcome – The Rev. Dr. Chris Girata
9:10a Episcopal Diocese Message – Rt. Rev. George Sumner
9:20a Dallas Trafficking Overview – Dallas City Council Member Jennifer Staubach Gates www.dallascityhall.com
9:25a Texas Overview & Task Force Update – Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General http://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/
9:45a “Profile of the Trafficker” - Dr. Vanessa Bouche’, TCU Professor of Political Science www.vanessabouche.com
10:00a – 10:30a – Restore & Empower – A Survivor Discussion
- Kim Robinson – CEO, New Friends New Life http://www.newfriendsnewlife.org/
- Rebekah Charleston – Survivor Leader, Exec Dirof Valiant Hearts http://www.valianthearts.org/
- Kristin McWilliams – Thistle Farms Magdalene Program http://www.thistlefarms.org/
- Kimberly Stevens – Thistle Farms Magdalene Program
- Dr. Vanessa Bouche’, Moderator
10:30a Break
10:45a Panel Discussion “How Dallas is Changing the Game for Child Sex Trafficking”
- Carmen White – Dallas County DA
www.dallascounty.org/department/da/staff/carmen_white.php
- Kristen Howell – Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County http://www.cacdc.org/
- Carrie Wright – Director of High Risk Youth, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center http://www.dcac.org/
- Catherine De La Paz – Detective, Dallas Police Department http://www.dallaspolice.net/
- George Lynch, Moderator – Chief Executive Officer, Traffic 911 http://www.traffic911.com/
11:30a Campus Activities
North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking Information Exchange – Coke Activities Room & Garden Cloister
Artifacts of Human Trafficking art exhibition- Parlor
Lunch provided by In-N-Out Burger
1:30p Rev. Becca Stevens – Founder, Thistle Farms http://www.thistlefarms.org/
2:30p Close – The Rev. Dr. Chris Girata