Champions of equality: NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Wednesday, June 4th
6:30 PM
Virtual Program
Join the Alice Paul Center for a conversation with the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
The New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking is a fully volunteer-run organization that coordinates statewide community efforts to end sex and labor trafficking in New Jersey. With 200 volunteers and more than 180 affiliates, including nonprofits, faith-based organizations, academics, law enforcement, and direct service providers, we empower communities with the knowledge of what human trafficking is, how to prevent it, and how to support those affected by it. NJCAHT organizes free speaking events, outreach, and educational programs to inform people of all ages about the physical, psychological, and financial effects of human trafficking, including forced labor—and how they can help prevent or end it.
Our program will feature a survivor of human trafficking who will share her lived experience and speak about how there is so much work to do in survivor equality, regardless of gender or racial identity. Additionally, we will discuss how and why NJCAHT was started, the work we have accomplished during the last 14 years, and give human trafficking education.
Gina Cavallo is a nationally recognized leader, author, public speaker, advocate, and survivor consultant in the anti-trafficking movement. She is the founder of We RISE USA and serves as the Survivor Consultant and Board Vice-President for the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Gina also co-chairs the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Anti-Trafficking Task Force and is a distinguished member of the New Jersey Commission on Human Trafficking.
In addition, Gina serves on multiple Survivors’ Advisory Boards and Councils, including the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, NJCASA (New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault), and PACT-USA (Protect All Children from Trafficking) . Through these roles, she continues to use her lived experience to inform survivor-centered policies and initiatives.
Kate Lee is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking – a volunteer-based, survivor-inclusive organization which represents over 200 diverse organizations. Kate started working on the issue of human trafficking in 2006 with the Junior Leagues of New Jersey’s State Public Affairs Committee, which she chaired from 2009-2011. She also co-chaired the NJCAHT’s Legislative Committee for 8 years, helping to get some keys pieces of state legislation passed. Kate has a BA in Politics from the University of Warwick in the UK, and spent most of her working career as a BBC Radio News and Current Affairs Producer in London. Kate relocated to Tokyo with her family, where she worked for NHK – Japanese public radio and television, before moving and settling in the US.