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225 years ago, 12 people sat around a table in a bookshop in London and founded an anti-slavery organization in England. It took them and those who joined them just 20 years to achieve the legal end of the slave trade across the entire British Empire, smashing a vast industry and setting the stage for the abolition of legal slavery everywhere. What they began is ours to finish.

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There will be dozens of NGOs, law enforcement, students, community members, survivors, researchers, and more in attendance.

Speakers and special guests include:
• Natasha Falle, Survivor, Founder of Sex Trade 101
• Henry de Ruiter, Detective Sergeant, York Regional Police
• Husam Farah, Constable, RCMP
• Aura Burditt, Chair, London Anti-Human Trafficking Committee
• Christina Harrison-Baird, Chair, Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking
• Shae Invidiata, Founder, [free-them]
• Stan Burditt, Founder, Men Against Sexual Trafficking
• Deepa Mattoo, Lawyer, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario /Network of Agencies Against Forced Marriage
• Shelley Gilbert, Coordinator of Social Work Services, Legal Assistance of Windsor/ Windsor Essex Anti-Human Trafficking Action Group
• Kim Howson, Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking
• Andrew McLaughlin, Co-Founder, Learning for Hope
• Jolene Stowell, Co-Founder of Providing Resources, Offering Supports
• Actress and Singer Songwritter Kate Todd

9:30 - Registration and refreshments

10:00 - SoChange's David Peck opens the conference

10:15 - AAMS opening remarks by president Karlee Sapoznik

10:20 - Key Note summaries of Ontario-wide situation:
-Sex Trafficking (Natasha Falle, Survivor)

-Forced Labour (Shelley Gilbert, Coordinator of Social Work Services, Legal Assistance of Windsor; Windsor Essex Anti-Human Trafficking Action Group)

- Forced Marriage (Deepa Mattoo, Lawyer, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario/ Network of Agencies Against Forced Marriage)

11:15 - Breakout Sessions
- Educators moderated by Jeff Gunn, Alliance Against Modern Slavery (Kim Howson, Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking and Andrew McLaughlin, Co-Founder, Learning for Hope)

- Law Enforcement moderated by Julie Sorenson, OPP (Henry de Ruiter, Detective Sergeant, York Regional Police and Husam Farah, Constable, RCMP)

- NGOs/Front Line moderated by Carly Kalish and Andrea Lagios, Providing Resources, Offering Supports (Aura Burditt, Chair, London Anti-Human Trafficking Committee and Christina
Harrison-Baird, Chair, Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking)

12:15 - Lunch: feel free to visit NGO displays!

1:15 - Musical performances by Jeff Gunn, Mike Black, and Kae Sun

1:30 - Summary of findings and next steps facilitated by Stan Burditt of Men Against Sexual Trafficking and Shae Invidiata, Founder, [free-them]

3:00 - Conference closes