Youth Exploitation

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday July 21, 2020 - Wednesday July 22, 2020
      2:00 pm - 2:59 pm
  • Location: online webinar
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Contact

Diana Wrenn Rapp (dwrenn1@gsu.edu)

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Dr. Eric Wright and Jennifer Swain of YouthSpark explore the problem of youth exploitation in Atlanta and make recommendations.

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Media
  • Three-Part Web Series on Social Justice and Human Trafficking Three-Part Web Series on Social Justice and Human Trafficking
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The Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC) and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS) present a three-part moderated web series on Social Justice and Human Trafficking.

In the third webinar of the series, Dr. Eric Wright, Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Public Health at Georgia State University, and Jennifer Swain, Executive Director of YouthSpark, discuss "Youth Exploitation" and share the results of the latest Atlanta Youth Count, which examined the prevalence of sex and labor trafficking among youth aged 14-25 experiencing homelessness in the Metro-Atlanta area.

All are invited to attend, including faculty, students, and the public. 

Click here to RSVP.

A link to the webinar will be sent to the email address you provide on the day of the event. 

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Goals of the series are to:

  • educate the public, including faculty, students, and community members about realities of human trafficking 
  • discuss current challenges, trends, and/or successes
  • describe specific needs for research, training, service, etc.
  • provide opportunities for the audience to get involved and stay involved throughout the coming year
  • consider ways to foster collaborative cross-sector partnership 
  • build community that will re-convene in person at the AGSC symposium in April 2021

Additional Information

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Groups

Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
human trafficking, exploitation, homelessness, social justice
Status
  • Created By: drapp6
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jun 25, 2020 - 12:53pm
  • Last Updated: Jun 25, 2020 - 12:53pm