Lunch & Learn: The Connection Between Missing Children and Human Trafficking

May 25, 2022 @ 12:00PM — 1:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar

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Lunch & Learn: The Connection Between Missing Children and Human Trafficking

Join us on May 25th as we host a special training to commemorate National Missing Children’s Day! We know that traffickers are intentionally looking for and grooming vulnerable people. Even more so since the pandemic started, mental health and isolation have further increased vulnerabilities amongst our youth. Come “Lunch & Learn” with us and hear from a local specialist on missing and homeless youth as we share statistics, risks and warning signs that are specific to this population of vulnerable children among us!

Speakers:

Karen McHenry, Homeless and Missing Youth Program Director at Bellefaire JCB

Karen McHenry, LISW-S, LICDC is the Director of the Homeless and Missing Youth Programs at Bellefaire JCB. Karen is a tireless advocate for missing and homeless youth as well as for those who are trafficked.

She has been at Bellfaire JCB for 35 years and has been instrumental in raising awareness and providing services to trafficked youth in Cuyahoga County.

Karen holds a Masters Degree of Applied Social Sciences from Case Western University. She is a Licensed Independent Social Work Supervisor and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor in the State of Ohio.

Alicia Ley, Program Coordinator at the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking

Alicia has spent many years advocating and building holistic, trauma-informed programing to support survivors as they heal. Alicia’s own lived experience fuels her fiery passion to provide accurate and engaging education and awareness to our region. She is fervent about providing empowering solutions in the fight against human trafficking.

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