Event Title
What is the Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)? Prevention, Identification, and Intervention
Location
Online, Zoom
Event Website
https://sites.google.com/ugacease.org/ceaseconference2020/program-of-events
Start Date
23-4-2020 8:45 AM
End Date
23-4-2020 10:00 AM
Description
Erica Mortonson is the Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator with Georgia’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. At CJCC, she oversees the statewide project that includes the Human Trafficking Task Force. The Task Force coordinates and facilitates communication and collaboration amongst Georgia’s anti-trafficking stakeholders. She provides guidance in the development of resources, such as training curricula for law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers and students. Erica has over 6 years’ experience in human trafficking, sexual assault and child sexual abuse services. Previously, she was the Sexual Assault Program Director of The Cottage, Sexual Assault Center and Children’s Advocacy Center. There, she supervised the agency’s team of advocates and clinicians and worked collaboratively with law enforcement and prosecutors in sexual assault cases in the Athens-Clarke County area. She also oversaw the mental health support groups for victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse. She serves on the Georgia Sexual Assault Response Team State Expert Committee and has been recognized as a leader in the development of innovative training resources for law enforcement in their response to victims of crime. Erica holds bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology and Gender Studies. She is also a licensed clinician (LCSW) having earned her master’s degree in Social Work, graduating with honors from the University of Georgia.
Camila Zolfaghari serves as the Executive Director of Street Grace, bringing ten years expertise and experience prosecuting human trafficking cases and spearheading legislative changes. During her time at Street Grace she has overseen the passage of some of the most historic legislative victories in the history of the human trafficking movement. She was invited by First Lady Marty Kemp to serve on the GRACE Commission, a group of leaders dedicated to ending human trafficking. She is a highly sought-after speaker and is often invited to speak at statewide and national conferences and share her expertise along with the innovative policy and demand centered work of Street Grace. In 2014, Camila Zolfaghari was appointed by former Attorney General Sam Olens to be the first Special Prosecutor dedicated to the prosecution of human trafficking in the State of Georgia. As a prosecutor for the Attorney General’s Office, she had the authority to prosecute human trafficking throughout the entire state and assisted jurisdictions as they worked these complex cases. In addition to handling prosecutions, Ms. Zolfaghari oversaw the Attorney General’s policy agenda on human trafficking. She was involved in the National Association of Attorneys General Human Trafficking Committee and she chaired the statewide Law Enforcement Workgroup. Prior to this position she was the head of the Human Trafficking Unit for the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office where she was responsible for the prosecution of all human trafficking cases. She prosecuted the first case of human trafficking against a buyer in the State of Georgia and prosecuted many traffickers who were sentenced to life without parole. The majority of her work involved young local girls who were manipulated and trafficked in Fulton County. She worked closely with the FBI, GBI, ICE, local law enforcement agencies and other nonprofit and community partners to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases. Ms. Zolfaghari obtained her J.D. from the University of North Carolina and her L.L.M in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Tennessee.
What is the Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)? Prevention, Identification, and Intervention
Online, Zoom
Erica Mortonson is the Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator with Georgia’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. At CJCC, she oversees the statewide project that includes the Human Trafficking Task Force. The Task Force coordinates and facilitates communication and collaboration amongst Georgia’s anti-trafficking stakeholders. She provides guidance in the development of resources, such as training curricula for law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers and students. Erica has over 6 years’ experience in human trafficking, sexual assault and child sexual abuse services. Previously, she was the Sexual Assault Program Director of The Cottage, Sexual Assault Center and Children’s Advocacy Center. There, she supervised the agency’s team of advocates and clinicians and worked collaboratively with law enforcement and prosecutors in sexual assault cases in the Athens-Clarke County area. She also oversaw the mental health support groups for victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse. She serves on the Georgia Sexual Assault Response Team State Expert Committee and has been recognized as a leader in the development of innovative training resources for law enforcement in their response to victims of crime. Erica holds bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology and Gender Studies. She is also a licensed clinician (LCSW) having earned her master’s degree in Social Work, graduating with honors from the University of Georgia.
Camila Zolfaghari serves as the Executive Director of Street Grace, bringing ten years expertise and experience prosecuting human trafficking cases and spearheading legislative changes. During her time at Street Grace she has overseen the passage of some of the most historic legislative victories in the history of the human trafficking movement. She was invited by First Lady Marty Kemp to serve on the GRACE Commission, a group of leaders dedicated to ending human trafficking. She is a highly sought-after speaker and is often invited to speak at statewide and national conferences and share her expertise along with the innovative policy and demand centered work of Street Grace. In 2014, Camila Zolfaghari was appointed by former Attorney General Sam Olens to be the first Special Prosecutor dedicated to the prosecution of human trafficking in the State of Georgia. As a prosecutor for the Attorney General’s Office, she had the authority to prosecute human trafficking throughout the entire state and assisted jurisdictions as they worked these complex cases. In addition to handling prosecutions, Ms. Zolfaghari oversaw the Attorney General’s policy agenda on human trafficking. She was involved in the National Association of Attorneys General Human Trafficking Committee and she chaired the statewide Law Enforcement Workgroup. Prior to this position she was the head of the Human Trafficking Unit for the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office where she was responsible for the prosecution of all human trafficking cases. She prosecuted the first case of human trafficking against a buyer in the State of Georgia and prosecuted many traffickers who were sentenced to life without parole. The majority of her work involved young local girls who were manipulated and trafficked in Fulton County. She worked closely with the FBI, GBI, ICE, local law enforcement agencies and other nonprofit and community partners to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases. Ms. Zolfaghari obtained her J.D. from the University of North Carolina and her L.L.M in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Tennessee.
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