Taking a Deeper Look: The Intersection of Race and Human Trafficking for System Involved Youth

Nola K. Brantley

Training Description

This training will provide the historical context of human trafficking. Participants will learn about the historical oppression and trauma of ethnic groups that are over-represented in the foster care and juvenile justice systems and how this provides the backdrop of human trafficking. This training is essential given that these ethnic groups are disproportionately impacted by foster care and human trafficking. The training will also discuss implicit biases, privilege, and racism. Participants will learn how to approach system involved youth, their caregivers, and communities affected in culturally competent ways.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will learn how race intersects with human trafficking

2. Participants will learn to describe the historical context of slavery with African Americans and it’s relation to the disproportionate number of African American youth in foster care who are trafficked

3. Participants will learn to describe the historical context of labor and sex trafficking with the Latino population

4. Participants will learn at least 1 strategy to engage system involved youth in a culturally competent manner.

Agenda 

9:00am-9:15am  Welcome and introduction

9:15am-10:30am  Intersectionality and human trafficking

10:30am-10:45am  Break (CEUs not provided during this time)

10:45am-12:00pm  Intersectionality and human trafficking

12:00pm-1:00pm  Lunch (CEUs not provided during this time)

1:00pm-2:30pm  Historical context of African Americans and Native Americans

2:30pm-2:45pm  Break (CEUs not provided during this time)

2:45pm-3:45pm  Historical context of Asian Americans and Latinos, Implications today

3:45pm-4:00pm  Q&A and evals

Meet Our Trainers

Nola K. Brantley, CEO & Founder of Nola Brantley Speaks has become nationally recognized as a powerful Survivor voice for the issue of child sex trafficking through her moving and information packed public speaking. Her hard work and perpetual vigilance has brought both focus and concrete resources to this chronically underserved and largely unrecognized population of victimized youth. Nola’s approach aims to be holistic!

This course meets the qualifications for (5.5) BBS CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.