OATH Events
Human Trafficking: Here, There, and Everywhere
February, 1, 2010 Monday
Kell’s Irish Pub, 6:00 PM
Free and open to the public. All ages included.
Mark you calendar for the first Monday of every month for these events.
RSVP: Amy Harris at
or 503-228-7231 x 100
We will kick-off the new series with Retired Special Forces Colonel Dr. Bill Hillar, Dr. Cyndi Romine, and Jessica Richardson. Dr. Hillar teaches human trafficking to law enforcement and at various colleges including University of Oregon. His personal story inspired the movie “Taken” and his pursuit of righting this atrocity.
Jessica Richardson’s story was recently told on Channel 6 news.
OATH Slavery Still Exists Weeks at various campuses.
Great speakers include Bill Hillar and others.
University of Portland - February
Pacific University - March 8-12
University of Oregon - May 12-15
Oregon State Univesity - May 12-15
February 8th
Prayer service for victims of human trafficking and slavery at St. Mary’s Cathedral on February 8th from 6:30-8pm.
This is the feast day for St. Josephine Bakhita. Pope John Paul II said that in St. Josephine Bakhita, “We find a shining advocate of genuine emancipation. The history of her life inspires not passive acceptance but the firm resolve to work effectively to free girls and women from oppression and violence, and to return them to their dignity in the full exercise of their rights."Please join us for readings, reflections, and music. St. Mary’s is located on NW Couch at NW 18th in Portland. For more information, please contact Brian Willis, Director, Global Health Promise at 503.381.0085 or or at http://www.globalhealthpromise.org.
February 16th
THE HIGH PRICE OF CHEAP SEX
Feb. 16th, PSU campus, SMSU 327/8/9, 7:00 Free
Charles Moore, Director of Operations, of ITEMP (Institute for Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing Persons) is coming all the way from Guatemala to open for this anti slavery awareness event. Following Charles, Nola Brantley, of MISSSEY (Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth), will be joining us from San Francisco to speak about her experiences as a victim of sexual slavery and about her organization/after care facility. Contact Lexie Woodward at for more information.
