Human Trafficking Conference
Thu, Jan 18
|North Myrtle Beach
Engaging Minds is sponsoring this conference to bring awareness and education to the prevention and intervention of Human Trafficking.
Time & Location
Jan 18, 2024, 9:00 AM – Jan 20, 2024, 12:00 PM
North Myrtle Beach, 300 N Ocean Blvd, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582, USA
About the Event
WELCOME!!
Engaging Minds Services, INC. will be hosting a human trafficking conference. The Coastal Region Task Force is brings together representatives of social service agencies, state, federal and local government agencies, criminal justice agencies, researchers, faith-based organizations, and business leaders, to lay groundwork for future collaborative projects, advocacy, and program development for human trafficking.
The purpose of our conferences is to educate social service, hospitality, health care, and criminal justice professionals on human trafficking and the needs and risks of those victimized by the commercial sex and labor industry.
Our sessions will consist of defining human trafficking, recognizing the signs, learn how traffickers lure their victims, impact of social media on trafficking, and strategies that churches and agencies can use to deter traffickers from targeting people in our community. Phil Chalmers will be our speaker on the 19th. He has 35 years' experience as a profiler and will share the expertise that we need to ensure our congregations, organizations, and schools are safe. Our state human trafficking interfaith and human trafficking leaders will be present to answer any questions you may have.
The cost of the conference is $250per person. A group rate is avalible for $1000 for a group of 5. if you are bring a group for more than 5 please contact Sara Vickers at 843-438-4550.
Hotel Reservations can be made using the following link: https://www.avistaresort.com/engaging-minds-2024?ftvariation=group.