Ecumenical Conference on Human Trafficking
Multiple Perspectives to Addressing this Complex Issue
Sponsored by National
Council of Churches – Justice for Women Working Group & United Methodist
Women’s Division United Methodist Seminar Program on National and
International Affairs
Participant Evaluation Responses:
What are you planning to do when you return home to follow up on this conference?
Sift through the information, make calls, visit sites, and then include a project in our Sister Share Program. –Mary Clark
Meet with my denomination’s leaders about way we can formally address human trafficking.
–LaMarco Cable
Continue growing my experience & sharing. –Katherine Ward
Put more information on our website. Continue pressing the Canadian Council of Church. Put more emphasis on the topic with ELW. –Ruth Vince
I will be informing my Board of Director members of the information shared so that we, the UMC/UMW and Woman’s Division can continue and expand our mission work with women, children, and youth! –Carmen FS Vianese
Follow up with the organizers to broaden the message and get a statement of faith and action to give to our national leaders. –Tronie Foundation
Share resources –Jane Tafel
Work to ensure more staff to work directly on trafficking and DV and other issues. Further workshops. Possible collaboration with Church of the Brethren. –Mary Streufert
I’ll prepare a report for the Church of the Brethren General Secretary and Board. I’ll participate in “what’s next?” discussions. I’m thinking of doing an article on the relationship of historical slavery to present-day slavery. –Ann Speicher
Bring back to my group and integrate ecumenical practice, use ideas presented by others.
–Amber Petitt
Get my church to plan for presentation by someone I met at this conference. –Lillian Oats
Provide training for staff who might encounter women being trafficked to serve farmworker men. –Virginia Nesmith
Compile all of my resources I gained and those of others and possibly do a presentation with church and our community. –Ericka Miller
Send resources to home parish in Columbus, OH and display resources at my seminary.
–Juliana Mecera
I am going to write blogs and also to member churches in my sub region (East and Central Africa) to start conversations, workshops, etc and those that have programs that address human trafficking to network/work with other in fighting this vice because East Africa is a hub for sex tourism. –Christine Mahgale
Doing further research and creating an educational workshop for youth and young adults. Also, presenting info from this conference to my ethics class. –Megan Malick
Continue integrating HT in DV. And bring it to the faith communities we work with.
--Sally MacNichol
Continue our work and also plan to open a shelter. –Do Kim
Share the experience with members of the coalition I belong to. Follow up on contact with persons I met during the conference. –Geraldine Kennedy
Work to establish a statement against trafficking in Mennonite Church USA. –Rhoda Keener
Continuing the work . . . –Phil Jones
Bring more awareness to local church. –Betty C. Jones
Share this information with my executive team members as we prepare to share within our congregations and denomination. –Shirley A. Cannon
I am going to begin to make ecumenical connection in my community to see if we can work together on the issue of human trafficking and to encourage other American Baptist Women to do the same. –Barbara Anderson
Talk to my pastor about leading an adult-forum/information session on Human Trafficking.
–Sister Michelle Collins
Prepare and implement education awareness for youth and adults in my church and organizations that I am a part of (Distric, State, and National Conventions).
–Hugh Dell Gatewood
Present to Sunday School class and community college –Rev. Mary M. Finklea
Working with several of the folks in the resource open space to develop resources.
–Brigitte Gynther
Continue feasibility survey with unity coalition. –Ann Hayman
Look for ways to get more information about HT out to community organizations and faith communities that we work with, make the connections with DV etc.
–Sally MacNichol
Report to our board and encourage discussion about how we want to relate ecumenically to the work of preventing sexual exploitation. –Amy Hartman
I’m planning to put the participants’ names on my mailing list. –Carol Smolenski
Get more documentations and information to share with our partner church in Africa for their sensitization. Seek more resources for our partner engaged in these activities.
–Robert Kabyla Mpoyo
Order Rescue and Restore--look at utilize NCC statement along with UMC statement.
–Joanne Reich
As I missed much of the conference, after reviewing the notes, etc., I would like to meet with other form the New York tri-State area, to see what can be the next steps. –Joan Grimm Fraser
I will be preparing for you, Pastor Ann, and I will also be giving a presentation at Gustavus during the fall semester on the experience. As always, I am challenged and inspired onward! –Mikka McCracken
Connect with LaMarco in our common Global Ministries Office. Talk with staff whose work intersects. Put information on our website. –Loey Powell
Share the intervention strategies that I learned with my group/organization and my church. –Chigozie Udemezue
Write report for the CWU Action Team and the National/Global Concerns Chairperson of CWU. Get responses and act from them. –Una Stevenson
Continue and increase my efforts to raise consciousness among Presbyterians, while, at the same time, continuing to connect and collaborate with our European partners.
–Rev. Jon. T. Chapman
Keep this issue in mind as we go through a strategic planning process. –Kala Ganesh