Overview of the Anti-Human Trafficking Movement in North Carolina
January 10, 2024 @ 2:00PM — 3:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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In a little over a decade, North Carolina has made some incredible strides in addressing human trafficking. Learn more about how the state government and nonprofit organizations across the state are addressing human trafficking in an effort to prevent human trafficking and assist survivors to restoration.
Panelists:
Bryan M. Stephany is an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina where he currently serves as the Human Trafficking Coordinator and previously served as the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Stephany prosecutes a wide variety of cases, including violent crimes such as kidnappings, robberies, and car-jackings, firearms offenses, and drug offenses, but with a particular emphasis on cases involving human trafficking and child exploitation. Mr. Stephany is a graduate of St. John Fisher University and Cornell Law School and has been with the United States Attorney’s Office since 2018. Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Stephany was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where he litigated a wide variety of complex civil cases in state and federal courts throughout the country for eleven years.
Bengie Matthew Hair is the WORTH Court Human Trafficking Court Coordinator in Cumberland County, N.C. He manages grants, oversees the development of targeted case management program, develops MOUs with health/mental health/substance use/supportive care providers/HIPAA training and compliance officer; develops and implements data collection and tracking system; and develops processes and procedures for successful court/consumer outcomes.
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