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Emerging Trends, Updated Statutes and Ongoing Challenges: A Conversation About Human Trafficking

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On September 25, 2008, then Governor, David Paterson signed into law The Safe Harbor Act, making New York the first state to recognize that young people who were being sexually trafficked were in need of protection not detention.

New York State has continued to support rather than punish trafficking victims as exemplified by the passage of the Survivors of Trafficking Attaining Relief Together (START) Act. This law, the first in the nation, allows victims of both sex and labor trafficking to petition the court to vacate a conviction if the crime was the result of being trafficked.

This session will begin with an overview of human trafficking, including which populations are most vulnerable. We will offer strategies and approaches to help you engage with victims of trafficking, who often exhibit signs of trauma including distrust of the judicial system.

We will discuss what efforts the NYPD is undertaking and the important role of the NYPD Human Trafficking Squad to ensure traffickers are arrested and convicted.

Session participants also will learn about the innovative work of the Brooklyn Human Trafficking Task Force and how to apply their transformative work to your practice.

Lecturer Bios

Jayne Bigelsen, Esq.

Jayne Bigelsen is the Chief Policy and Education Officer at Women’s Justice NOW(WJN)- the sister agency to the NYC branch of the National Organization for Women (NOW-NYC.) At WJN/NOW-NYC, Jayne works to eradicate human trafficking and all forms of gender-based violence through uplifting the voices of survivors and fighting for systemic change.

Prior to her work at WJN, Jayne was VP of Legal/Advocacy at Covenant House New York (CHNY) where she founded CHNY’s first anti-human trafficking department, supervised CHNY’s legal response to the current migrant crisis, created and led a youth leader advocacy program and co-led the first ever large-scale study on the relationship between human trafficking and youth homelessness.

Prior to her work at CHNY, Jayne was the Director of Legislative Affairs at the NYC Bar Association for eight years. At the City Bar, Jayne advocated for NYS’s first anti-trafficking law and a safe harbor law for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

Jayne has an undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, a law degree from Harvard and an MA in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University.

Anna Nakhla, LCSW

Anna Nakhia, LCSW, is the Senior Program Coordinator for the Justice and Empowerment for Teens Initiative (JET) at Sanctuary for Families. Anna has focused her career on serving survivors of gender based violence and has a decade of experience working directly with survivors of trafficking in NYC. Anna has led the JET Initiative since joining Sanctuary for Families in January 2020.

The JET Initiative provides comprehensive trauma-informed clinical services to survivors of sex trafficking ages 11-24. In addition to her role at Sanctuary for Families, Anna has psychotherapy experience providing individual therapy to a diverse range of clients. Prior to Sanctuary for Families, Anna was the Anti-trafficking Program Specialist at Covenant House New York, NYC’s largest homeless shelter for youth.

Anna has received training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and is a certified supervisor in field instruction (SFI). Anna earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Villanova University in 2013 and her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University in 2019.

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