Join AATOP and the Chicago Bar Association at the May 20 Human Trafficking Training!

Training To Assist Asian and Pacific Islander Victims of Human Trafficking

May 20, 2013

4-6 PM
The Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court Complimentary program; 1.75 MCLE credits approved

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Topics:

·         Asian American Trafficking Outreach Project (AATOP) overview

·         Introduction to Chicago-area API community

·         Human Trafficking Legal Framework

·         Practical considerations for representing API trafficking victims

  

Speakers:

Sehla Ashai, The International Organization for Adolescents

Allison Creekmur, Legal Assistance Foundation, Immigrants and Workers' Rights Practice Group

Diana Lin, Northwestern University professor, APLAN chair

Catherine Longkumer, Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services/A.T.L.A.S.S.T.

Linda Rio Reichmann, Child Law Consultant

This training is for attorneys interested in learning more about volunteering with AATOP to assist API human trafficking victims. Individuals who are not attorneys but work with potential victims are also welcome.

Training sponsored by the International Organization for Adolescents AATOP project, the Asian Pacific American Legal Advocacy Network,

and the Chicago Bar Association.

To register, visit www.chicagobar.org and go to the CLE seminar section.

APLAN's May Meet and Greet a Success!

Thank you all who came to the APLAN and AATOP Meet and Greet last Wednesday, May 8! We had a good turnout - 30 in attendance. It was our pleasure meeting with attorneys and other individuals who were interested in anti-trafficking work in the Asian American community of Chicago. AATOP has already connected with several of you from that night and we are looking forward to more future collaboration and progress around this issue.

Enjoying hor d'oeuvres provided by the Chicago Bar Association (CBA)

Evening conversations between Legal Assistance Foundation of  Metropolitan Chicago's (LAF) Allison Creekmur, CBA's Linda Rio Reichmann, and International Organization for Adolescents's (IOFA) Shelby French

APLAN's Diana Lin gives an introduction to the work of the Asian Pacific American Legal Advocacy Network

Thanks for your involvement and many thanks to the CBA for graciously hosting us for providing food and drinks!