ROTARY ACTION GROUP AGAINST SLAVERY HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT

The Rotary Action Group Against Slavery will be hosting a webinar  sharing some perspective on the great progress that has been made in the  fight against modern-day slavery/ human trafficking and next steps.

In  Addition to keynote speaker (TIP) Ambassador John Cotton Richmond and  Val Richey (OSCE) we will have insightful panel discussions on: Health  Care/ What needs to be done to make a difference, Financial Services:  What needs to be done to make a difference, Survivor Services: What  needs to be done to make a difference: Speaker on Education/Prevention. 

Many  Thanks to Laura Ellsworth, Jones Day, Matt Friedman, The Mekong Club  and Dave McCleary, Global Chair Rotary Action Group Against Slavery for  co-chairing the event. Rotary International, composed of community  leaders from local chapters throughout the world, is committed to  generating these critical Partnerships by fostering the exchange of best  practices among its grassroots members, national and local governments,  NGOs, law enforcement, business, and individual communities, allowing  all of these sectors to learn from one another, thereby multiplying the  effectiveness of all. This Summit brings together front-line experts  from all of these domains, but its goal is not identification of the  problem: it is the design of creative solutions. Participants will  discuss what is working and what is not in the fight against human  trafficking, with the goal of identifying specific action plans going  forward. 

For more information and to register, please click here.

The Investigation

Moana is committed to helping bring justice against her traffickers and helping to liberate child victims who she indicates are currently being trafficked and exploited by this ring.  She is voluntarily providing ARC with vital information including perpetrators’ names, locations, vehicles, trafficking motels, photos, criminal history and her own witness testimony to help launch the investigation.  I am in contact with the Homeland Security Human Trafficking Victim Specialist in the jurisdiction where this trafficking ring has been operating for  many years.  We expect this investigation will take several weeks since  much research must be done to authenticate and collect supporting  evidence.                                         

There are many risk factors for Moana.   I am continuing to provide support and advocacy, particularly in  finding safe housing and stable employment for her as well as resources  for personal recovery and mental health.                       

For more info, please click here.

"Something Bigger Than Overthrowing Small Governments," the professional history of Bazzel Baz and the Association for the Recovery of Children, one of our non-profit partners.

Baz' long-anticipated non-fiction book details riveting highlights from Baz' life told in his witty, humorous and enthralling manner.  Explore in  first-person his stories from The Citadel and watch how his career in  the U.S. Marine Corps was interrupted with a shrewd recruitment by the  CIA.  Experience extreme adventures and history-changing missions from Baz’ ten years as a CIA special operator. 

Then walk through the events that birthed Association for the Recovery of Children(ARC).   Included in this book are multiple after-action reports from  outstanding ARC child rescue missions. Baz has reserved for the last  chapters some crucial revelations about our current times, "What Hides in The Darkness.”  Showing his fearlessness toward controversy, Baz takes a powerful stand on current issues that will inspire his readers to become the American patriots that are needed to defend a nation under attack from within. The professional history of Bazzel Baz and the Association for the Recovery of Children

Baz' long-anticipated non-fiction book details riveting highlights from Baz' life told in his witty, humorous and enthralling manner.  Explore in  first-person his stories from The Citadel and watch how his career in  the U.S. Marine Corps was interrupted with a shrewd recruitment by the  CIA.  Experience extreme adventures and history-changing missions from Baz’ ten years as a CIA special operator. 

Then walk through the events that birthed Association for the Recovery of Children(ARC).   Included in this book are multiple after-action reports from  outstanding ARC child rescue missions. Baz has reserved for the last  chapters some crucial revelations about our current times, "What Hides in The Darkness.”  Showing his fearlessness toward controversy, Baz takes a powerful stand on current issues that will inspire his readers to become the American patriots that are needed to defend a nation under attack from within. 

To order your copy of "Something Bigger Than Overthrowing Small Governments," please click here.

Launch of "26 Seconds"

"26 Seconds" is a dramatic documentary episodic miniseries that peers  behind an evil shadowy curtain of this rampant global plague. It takes audiences from the neon underground in Thailand to the dusty refugee camps of Iraq; from the glitz and glam of Las Vegas to across the border in Tijuana; from the sunny streets of Southern California to the slums of New Delhi, Phnom Penh and East Africa. The 26 Seconds pilot  is currently available on the online platforms listed below. Creating  Awareness & a Call to Action in 68 English Speaking countries and  over 120 countries overall.

     Amazon Prime

     YouTube

     Google Play

     iTunes

We have created a new funding campaign to complete the 26 Seconds Feature Documentary needed more now than ever. Please help us to continue to Create Awareness and a Call to Action during this difficult time of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Traffickers still want to make their money and are sending children and young women to work on the streets and/or solicit and sell sex online to service men, who may or may not test positive for the coronavirus. This horrific reality needs to be acknowledged and we ALL need to offer resources to victims from the sex trade. We ALL have different gifts and resources and I will do my part through media with the 26 Seconds Feature Documentary. Please help raise funding to complete post-production here.

Watch Unseen in Theaters Today

Inspired by true events in Utah, Unseen is about a  teenage girl’s innocent social media mistake. Carly, 17, like most  teenagers, want to have her own money, be seen at parties, get out of  her small town and find something better, even become famous. Carly’s  way out of her current situation comes in the form of a social media  avert that she sees on her phone. An agency looking for models and  offering them a prize of $1,000. Due to some everyday white lies, Carly  puts herself in an unsafe position. Carly’s lies lead to her being  unseen, never to be seen again. The next day when family and friends  realize that no-one knows Carly’s whereabouts, it’s too late. This is  “fame lure” and can happen to any child, anywhere at any time.

     Watch exclusive interviews with the cast of Unseen here.

     See theaters showing Unseen here.

Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Quarterly Meeting

Date TBD

9:30am to 11:30am

Center for Healthy Communities, Yosemite Room B

1000 N. Alameda Street in Los Angeles

Please join us in the next LARHTTF Quarterly Meeting with updates on the task force, the subcommittees and for the chance to network, share resources and consult with the different stakeholders. Parking is free. Please bring brochures and other resources to share! For more information, please email philip@castla.org