Coordinator:
Linda Lucena – SI Bidwell Rancho (D1) – stoptrafficking@soroptimistsnr.org
Trafficking Committee Members:
California Specific
Sheryl Longsworth – SI Rancho Cordova/Gold River – siranchocordova@soroptimist.net
Nilda Valmores – SI Sacramento – nildaguanzonvalmores@gmail.com
Training/Webinars
FREE Training for courses for the general public–
From the DHS Blue Campaign this course includes defining Human Trafficking, Indicators, Reporting Suspected Human Trafficking and Scenarios.
https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/general-public-indicators-training-course?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgNanBhDUARIsAAeIcAvLXjQ3vEK9d3EGXkwh7D_zb_2egPXG48RVbcTxwLpxo20_hUiW8rQaAnriEALw_wcB
Click on the link for free or low-cost trafficking training from Hope for Justice, a global non-profit organization which aims to end human trafficking and modern slavery. It is active in the United States, UK, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda and has its headquarters in England.
https://us.learningacademy.hopeforjustice.org/store
This is a list provided by the Department of Justice covering key legislation on Human Trafficking – old and new https://www.justice.gov/humantrafficking/key-legislation
Note that there may be multiple repeats of legislation between all the links
Sextortion & Exploitation webinar link https://webinars.sharedhope.org/product/sextortion/
Three Things Tech could do to Effectively Fight Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking past webinar link https://webinars.sharedhope.org/product/shared-hope-showcase-three-things-tech-could-do-to-effectively-fight-dmst/
Special Events about Human Trafficking

Resources
- Internet Safety FREE Digital Downloads
- Social Media Safety 101 guide for teens, designed by youth, for youth https://youthonline.sharedhope.org/
CA-Specific
CA McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Education School District Liaisons – CA School District Liaisons
California Child & Youth Sex Trafficking Report Card – https://reportcards.sharedhope.org/california/
California legislation information–SB 14
Senator Shannon Grove has introduced Senate Bill 14, a bill that would include human trafficking in the lists of crimes that are defined as serious and violent under California law, making the crime a strike under the Three Strikes law. If passed, SB 14 will help strengthen protections for the millions of victims of sex and labor trafficking.
NV-Specific
NV McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Education School District Liaisons – NV School District Liaisons
Nevada Child & Youth Sex Trafficking Report Card – https://reportcards.sharedhope.org/nevada/
General Information
United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 – https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/2021/GLOTiP_2020_15jan_web.pdf
RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING PENDING LEGISLATION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
CA Assemblyman Ken Cooley’s trafficking page: Human Trafficking | Official Website –
Assemblymember Ken Cooley Representing the 8th California Assembly District (asmdc.org)
Sacramento County District Attorney’s website trafficking page: https://www.sacda.org/victimservices/human-trafficking/
CA Office of State Attorney General trafficking page: https://oag.ca.gov/human-trafficking
NV Attorney General’s Office trafficking page: https://ag.nv.gov/Human_Trafficking/HT_Home/
Human Trafficking State Laws: https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/humantrafficking-laws.aspx
SPECIFIC TO CALIFORNIA
This is a list of legislation that has been presented in recent years
Here is a link to the most recent legislation that was introduced on human trafficking to our knowledge https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2553
Below is a list from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce created that provides a small summary of the bill,
and gives their status
https://www.uschamber.com/task-force-to-eradicate-human-trafficking/anti-human-traffickinglegislation-tracker
• Note that there may be multiple repeats of legislation between all the links
SPECIFIC TO NEVADA
NRS 200.467 & 200.468 – “Human Trafficking” Laws in Nevada:
NRS 200.467 & 200.468 – Human
Trafficking – Nevada Law (shouselaw.com)
SPECIFIC TO THE UNITED STATES
This is an article that lists all of the human trafficking bills that were passed recently
Here is US legislation on human trafficking that was introduced recently
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2991/text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3946?s=1&r=23
The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (EARN IT Act) unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee: Click here to read more
- Below is a list of passed legislation on human trafficking: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/human_trafficking/6210
- Here are more existing laws provided by the Department of Homeland Security regarding Human Trafficking https://www.dhs.gov/human-trafficking-laws-regulations
SI/Bidwell Rancho has created bus shelter ads that went up in front of 2 local schools. The QR code leads to more information about Human Trafficking.

- The STOP Trafficking FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Soroptimist.Stop.Trafficking
- “Taking Down Backpage” book by Maggie Krell: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Down-Backpage-Fighting-Trafficker/dp/1479803049
What is Trafficking? Social Media Tools, and more can be found at the link below in the Bulletin from
Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHS/bulletins/32cb5f8