S.T.O.P. Conference

"Stop Trafficking: A Call to End 21st Century Slavery” will take place from March 19-20 in Willingham Hall at Mercer University's Macon campus, but there will be related events on Tuesday and Wednesday which are free and open to the public, and we welcome you to them.

Pre-Conference Events (Free and Open to the Public)
Tuesday, March 17, Willingham Hall
07:00 pm-08:00 pm	The Sold Project: Screening and Discussion with Film-Makers. Rachel Sparks, Founder and Producer, The Sold Project; Rachel Goble, Executive Director and Associate Producer, The Sold Project.
Wednesday, March 18, Newton Chapel
10:00 am-10:50 am	Christian Responses to Sex Trafficking. Cindy Dawson, Global Women.
Thursday, March 19, Willingham Hall
07:00 pm-07:45 pm	*Patricia McCormick’s Sold: A Reading and Discussion.* Patricia McCormick, author of Sold.
08:00 pm - 08:45 pm	A View from the Inside. Joana Santos, Sex Trafficking Survivor; Alia El-Sawi, Tapestri

S.T.O.P. Sex Trafficking: The Call to End 21st Century Slavery Main Conference, Willingham Hall (Registration Required)
Friday, March 20
08:00 am - 08:30 am	On-site registration and continental breakfast
08:30 am - 09:00 am	Worship Service Craig McMahan, University Minister and Dean of the Chapel
09:15 am - 10:00 am	Trafficking 101: What is it? Why is it here? How can it be stopped? Bradley Myles, Deputy Director of the Polaris Project
10:00 am – 10:45 am	The Human Toll of Sex Trafficking and the Way Out: Kika’s Story Kika Cerpa, Sex Trafficking Survivor; Dorchen Leidholdt, Director, Battered Women’s Legal Services
11:00 am – 11:45 am	Confronting Demand Globally Donna Hughes, Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Endowed Chair Women's Studies Program, University of Rhode Island
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm	Lunch, Presidential Dining Room, University Center
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm	One City’s Response: Fighting Trafficking & Aftercare Stephanie Davis, Policy Advisor on Women’s Issues, Office of the Mayor, Atlanta Alesia Adams, Youth Development and Sexual Trafficking Prevention Coordinator, Salvation Army
02:45 pm - 03:45 pm	Georgia Roundtable and Recognition of Georgia's Advocates. President William D. Underwood; Police Chief Mike Burns; Journalist Chris Horne; Crisis Line and Safe House Sexual Assault Director Dottie Stafford; Alia El-Sawi, Tapestri; Hannah Vann, President of S.T.O.P.
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm	Hope Amidst Despair: What We Can do to Rescue the Oppressed Lauran Bethell, Creator New Life Center, Thailand; Global Service Missionary
05:00 pm - 05:15 pm	Call to Action Craig McMahan
05:30 pm - 06:45 pm	Dinner on your own
07:00 pm - 09:00 pm	Movement Music, Movement Film: Screening and Q & A Justin Dillon, Musician, Director of Call + Response

Conference Schedule