9:00 AM                Morning Session

Kaign Christy, International Justice Mission
Deputy Aaron Wolf, Riverside Cty Sherriff Dept.
Human Trafficking Task Force
Victim Specialist, FBI
Sandra Morgan, Global Center for Women and Justice

Q & A Session

Deputy Aron Wolf, Riverside Cty Sheriffs Dept, Human Trafficking
Task Force
Victim Specialist, FBI
Jennifer O’Farrell, Operation SafeHouse, Anti-Human Trafficking Director
April Steele, Child S.H.A.R.E.

11:30 AM               Lunch Break
*Vendors available to purchase lunch, cash only please.  See list below.

                             

12:30 PM              Afternoon Session

April Steele, Child S.H.A.R.E.
Harmony Dust, Treasures Ministry
Steven Kiefer, Oasis Christian Center
Kerry Decker, Million Kids and Rapha House

    Everyday Abolitionists Forum

                                     Shannon Sergey, Forever Found

                                              Jocelyn White, Slavery No More

                                              Jonathan Slater, California Baptist University

                                              Emily Hibard, Treasures Ministry

        Russ Bermejo, My Refuge House

A Domestic Human Trafficking Survivor
Kevin Potter, Oasis USA

3:00 PM                 Exhibitor Tables Remain Open

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

Kaign Christy | International Justice Mission
Kaign Christy formerly served with IJM as the Regional Director of Operations in Southeast Asia, and before this was the IJM Field Office Director in Cambodia. IJM is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local governments to ensure victim rescue, to prosecute perpetrators and to strengthen the community and civic factors that promote functioning public justice systems.

In his role as Regional Director of Operations in Southeast Asia, Mr. Christy was responsible for overseeing all the IJM field offices in Southeast Asia. He coordinated their development and implementation of budgets and oversaw the design and execution of new projects among the four different Southeast Asia offices. Prior to his position as Regional Director of Operations in Southeast Asia, Kaign served IJM as Director of IJM’s Field Office in Cambodia. Throughout his three years in Southeast Asia, Kaign worked with the Cambodian authorities to investigate and prosecute cases of sex trafficking, forced prostitution, and the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. Over the course of his three years as Field Office Director Mr. Christy led and participated in investigations resulting in the arrest of 102 traffickers, and the rescue of 296 victims of sex trafficking, some as young as 6 years old. As a result of his effective work Mr. Christy was awarded the Commander Medal of Sahametrei by the Prime Minister, the highest award given by the Government of Cambodia to foreign nationals for service to the nation of Cambodia.

Before joining IJM in 2004, Mr. Christy had a 20 year career with Aspey, Watkins and Diesel, the largest law firm in northern Arizona. As managing partner of their Sedona office for 15 years, Kaign practiced law in the areas of estate planning and probate, real estate transactions, criminal defense and municipal court prosecution.

Mr. Christy received his B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from Wheaton College and his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary.Mr. Christy also regularly represents IJM at church services, donor groups, conferences, law schools and universities all over the country.

Mr. Christy and his wife Jean live in Arizona. They have two children, Lizzy and James.

 

 

 

 

Deputy Aron Wolf | Riverside Cty Sheriffs Dept, Special Investigations Bureau,
Human Trafficking Task Force

She has been featured in various media sources, including Glamour Magazine. She is a sought after speaker and her memoir, Scars & Stilettos has been published by Lion Hudson. www.iamatreasure.com

Steven Kiefer| Oasis Christian Center
Mr. Kiefer was born and raised in Europe. He now lives in Burbank, CA with his beautiful wife and two kids. Aside from leading a media production company he is very active at the Oasis Christian Center in Los Angeles. He also leads a Mens Sexual Addition Recovery group at the “Celebrate Recovery” program that meets at the Oasis Christian Center.

Sandra Morgan, RN, MA | Global Center for Women and Justice
Sandie Morgan is the Director of Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and Justice and teaches Women’s Studies, Family Violence, and Human Trafficking at Vanguard. Sandie recently received a grant to further address violence against women in Northern Iraq through a partnership to integrate women’s studies at Duhok University. She recently served as Administrator of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force in the battle against the modern slave trade. As a Registered Nurse, Sandie served on the Board of the International Nurses Association in Athens, Greece where she lived for ten years. It was there that she discovered human trafficking while doing a story for Lydia Living magazine and working on reducing violence against women. Sandie continues to serve as Founder/Director of the Lydia Today Foundation (www.lydiatoday.org) and Live2Free, a youth mobilization initiative against slavery (www.live2free.org). Sandie guest lectures in universities, community groups, and churches and is presently pursuing a PhD in Intercultural Studies. Sandie has been interviewed by the LA Times, the OC METRO Business Magazine, the OC Register, KOCE – Real Orange, Today’s Christian Woman, and other media. Developing community grassroots awareness is critical to ending slavery. She partnered with other members of the OC Community to produce an awareness video, The Cost of Demand, which can be viewed at www.live2free.org. Changing the way we think about the forces that drive demand for human trafficking is her goal. She says, “The modern slave trade is a business fueled by demand. Consequently, to some degree we are all part of the problem or part of the solution. We contribute to demand by turning a blind eye to pornography and sex tourism or by making choices that reward companies that keep their bottom line under the rest of the market by the use of slave labor.”

Shannon Sergey | Forever Found
Forever Found is a nonprofit Christian organization founded in 2010 to aid in the full rescue of children victimized by child prostitution and trafficking by supporting aftercare homes around the world that are effectively rescuing and restoring these victims. Forever Found raises this support through the development and promotion of the works of musicians, artists, and writers who are willing to donate all or a portion of their proceeds to help these children.