East Ohio Conference UMC

Human Trafficking Team Betty Spencer, Pastor Coralee Cox, Belinda Wing & Rev. Paul White

2011-001 Resolution: major & vital voice to advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves 1) Call upon state & local law enforcement to enforce the laws that already exist to help abolish human trafficking

2) Call upon state & local legislative bodies to enact new legislation for the purpose of: Protecting victims Bring about an end to human trafficking

3) Commit to re-convening the Ohio Commission for the Study of the Trafficking in persons

Legislation: Update New HB 262 copy Ohio Commission for the study of Trafficking Study copy Members:

Research Committee Members

Celia Williamson, Sub-Committee Chairperson, Ph.D. University of Toledo Sharvari Karandikar-Chheda, Ph.D. Ohio State University Jeff Barrows, D.O., M.A. (Bioethics) Gracehaven Trisha Smouse, Ohio State

Gene Kelly, Clark County Sherriff

Peter Swartz, Toledo Police Department Nadia Lucchin, Not for Sale Campaign

Mark Ballard, Immigration Customs Enforcement

Craig Tame, United States Attorney Office, Northern District of Ohio Graduate Research Assistants Tasha Perdue, MSW Candidate Mark Ohashi, MSW Candidate Dorothy Sullivan, MSW Candidate

Network Update Betty

Set Goals

2011 2012 Calendar : Deadline August 31

Date Reminders: April 6-8 is Easter Weekend April 24 May 4 is General Conference June 17 -21 is Annual Conference July 18 -21 is Jurisdictional Conference

Define Responsibilities: C&S UMW COSROW

Set date for next meeting

Many of the following organizations are still being established. They offer opportunities for involvement, but may not yet be able to assist in all situations. Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at (888) 373-7888 to connect with the
coalition best able to help with a given case.

Central and Southeast Ohio Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition, Columbus; Michelle Hannan, (614) 437-2149 or hannan@use.salvationarmy.org; 24-hour hotline, (614) 285-4357

Gracehaven House, Columbus; Jeff Barrows, (937) 210-1503 or jbarrows@gracehavenhouse.org

Southwest Ohio End Slavery Cincinnati; Kari McCarty, (812) 212-6959 or kmccarty@ywcacin.org

The Prostitution Intervention Collaborative Taskforce, Dayton; Joanne Hale, (937) 225-4920 or joanneh@sunrisecenter.org

Northwest Ohio Northwest Ohio Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force; BCI Special Agent David Pauly, (419) 494-4969; or FBI Special Agent Jake Hardie, (419) 2548997

Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition, Toledo; Celia Williamson, (419) 530-4084 or Cwillia4@UTNet.UToledo.edu Second Chance, Toledo; Mary Schmidbauer, (419) 244-6050 or SecondChance@tamohio.org

Northeast Ohio Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking, Cleveland; Karen Walsh, (440) 356-2254 or Collaborative_initiative@yahoo.com

Northeast Ohio Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center; Dan Clark, (216) 619-6194 or danc@clevelandrcc.org