NGO CSTIP Meetings
Our message is simple: Think Globally, Act Locally.
Find out how you and your organization can fight human trafficking by attending our informative monthly meetings.
2023
2024
NGO CSTIP January 9, 2024 11:30am-1:00pm EST
Speaker: Tod Melton
Topic: Tod will discuss his efforts in support of Think Globally, Act Locally.
Tod Melton: Tod Melton is a Third Order Carmelite and an active member of NGO CSTIP. He has over 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer with a specific background in handling wrongful death cases. Tod is neither a labor lawyer, nor well-versed in employment law. Rather, his background in wrongful death led to his representation of the family of Humberto Cassarrubias Sanchez who tragically died in the cornfields of America while working as an H2A agricultural guest worker.
By using the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and his knowledge of wrongful death cases, Tod was able to bring healing to the family of Humberto Cassarrubias Sanchez.
View the recording of the meeting: https://youtu.be/3OHd9j9tGWg
NGO CSTIP January 9, 2024 11:30am-1:00pm EST
Speaker: Tod Melton
Topic: Tod will discuss his efforts in support of Think Globally, Act Locally.
Tod Melton: Tod Melton is a Third Order Carmelite and an active member of NGO CSTIP. He has over 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer with a specific background in handling wrongful death cases. Tod is neither a labor lawyer, nor well-versed in employment law. Rather, his background in wrongful death led to his representation of the family of Humberto Cassarrubias Sanchez who tragically died in the cornfields of America while working as an H2A agricultural guest worker.
By using the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and his knowledge of wrongful death cases, Tod was able to bring healing to the family of Humberto Cassarrubias Sanchez.
View the recording of the meeting: https://youtu.be/3OHd9j9tGWg
United Nations Civil Society Forum, February 9, 2024
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Conference Room 4
9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Download the booklet / program for the day: CSF 24 Program_FINAL 2e
NGO CSTIP February 13, 2024 11:30 – 1:00 PM EST
We continue our general meetings with more information regarding using laws to stop trafficking.
This month, Katherine Pratty will be speaking about work that is being done regarding deterring companies from using slave/forced labour.
For more information contact: NGO CSTIP <ngocstip@gmail.com>
Link to the recording: CSTIP Feb 2024
CSW 68 March 11-22, 2024
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women CSW 68.
Go to: https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw68-2024 for more information about meetings and events (online and and in-person in New York City).
Go to: https://ngocsw.org/ngocsw68/ to see what is happening on the NGO CSW Forum and parallel events (open to all – online and in-person in New York City)
For more information contact: NGO CSTIP <ngocstip@gmail.com>
NGO CSTIP April 9, 2024 11:30 – 1:00 PM EST
Heidi Cerneka has spent over 25 years living and working as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Brazil, Belize, Kenya and now at the Mexico-U.S. border. In 2019, she joined Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, representing detained and non-detained migrants in their search for justice and for safety. Today, she focuses on migration and human trafficking as it occurs to people on their migrant journey. She also works with a specific project in Brazil that focuses on influencing the judiciary to recognize human trafficking when it occurs for the purposes of forced crime.
Heidi will speak about migrants and the personal impact of human trafficking as well as the importance of training as a prevention tool.
Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/XXuYwuYXX_U
For more information contact: NGO CSTIP <ngocstip@gmail.com>
PACT: Carlson/PACT Webinar UN World Day of the Boy Child
NGO CSTIP June 11, 2024 11:30 – 1:00 PM EST
We will be sharing information regarding our pilot project to diminish prevalence by bankrupting the business of human trafficking and measuring results.
What’s nursing got to do with it? Probably a question that you don’t associate with human trafficking but we at CSTIP believe nursing has a lot to do with it. Did you know that according to some studies 88-92% of victims seek medical care while they are being trafficked? What an opportunity to not only provide victim services but to also help prevent victimization.
–> View the Zoom meeting here: What’s Nursing Got to Do With It!
Jennifer Graebe MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Director, ANCC NCPD and Joint Accreditation Programs
Jennifer Graebe has a professional nursing career spanning 26 years. Jennifer is the Senior Director of the NCPD and Joint Accreditation programs at the ANCC. In this role, Jennifer is responsible for strategic operations and program expansion through identifying opportunities and creating relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders. Jennifer received her Master of Nursing in leadership and health systems management from Drexel University, her baccalaureate degree in nursing from Villanova University, and a certificate in healthcare management, accounting, and economics from Johns Hopkins University. Jennifer is a DrPH candidate in education and public health and a co-investigator and senior advisor with the Global Strategic Operatives for the Eradication of Human Trafficking. She serves as the Vice-chair for Competency Based Education Network board of directors (BOD), is a BOD for the Academy for Forensic Nursing, and is the Chair of the Alliance Board of Director Nominating Committee. She is part-time faculty at Capella University in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and adjunct faculty at the Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing. Jennifer is a published author, and a seasoned presenter both in the US and internationally. Jennifer is a peer reviewer and a lead associate editor for the Journal of Continuing Education. Jennifer has held leadership positions at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital as a Clinical Educator and Clinical Manager in the Emergency Department.
For more information contact: NGO CSTIP <ngocstip@gmail.com>
2023
December 2023: an interview with Heather Fischer (Thomson-Reuters and a speaker at CSTIP’s programs) and Minal Patel Davis (Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence at the City of Houston) about the work that Houston is doing to incorporate anti-trafficking programs into local government operations.