Public Trainings & Events

1/30 Panel Discussion: Government Contracting and Human Trafficking

Join the Human Trafficking Legal Center for a free brownbag lunch discussion on government contracting and human trafficking.

January 30, 2019
12:30-2:00pm
Morrison & Foerster
2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 6000
Washington, DC 20006

Register online here.

Speakers:

Scott Amey, Project On Government Oversight
Damien Specht, Morrison & Foerster
Linda K. Dixon, Department of Defense Combating Trafficking in Persons

Moderator:

Martina Vandenberg, The Human Trafficking Legal Center

1/23 Panel Discussion: Civil Litigation to Combat Human Trafficking

Join the Human Trafficking Legal Center and Pillsbury for a free discussion on the use of civil litigation to combat human trafficking. Lunch will be provided.

January 23, 2019
12:30-2:00pm
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
1200 17th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20036

Register online here.

Speakers:

Sahar Hafeez, Pillsbury
Betsy Hutson, McGuireWoods
Martina Vandenberg, The Human Trafficking Legal Center
Fainess Lipenga, Survivor-Leader

Moderator:

Sarah Bessell, The Human Trafficking Legal Center

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3/27 Film Screening and Discussion: “Trafficked in America”

Join the Human Trafficking Legal Center and the Solidarity Center for a screening of the documentary “Trafficked in America” followed by a discussion with film writer and producer Andrés Cediel.

March 27, 2019
3:00-5:00pm
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

Register online here.

Speakers:

Andrés Cediel, Writer & Producer, “Trafficked in America”
Shannon Lederer, Director of Immigration, AFL-CIO
Neha Misra, Senior Specialist on Migration and Trafficking, Solidarity Center
Martina Vandenberg, President, The Human Trafficking Legal Center

5/15 Book Reading and Discussion with Labor Trafficking Survivor and Author Vannak Prum

Join the Human Trafficking Legal Center at Kramerbooks & Afterwords in Washington, DC for a book reading with labor trafficking survivor Vannak Prum, author of “The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: A Graphic Memoir of Modern Slavery.”

May 15, 2019
6:30pm
Kramerbooks & Afterwords
1517 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Event is free and open to the public.

More information on the event may be found here.