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A special thank you to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks San Rafael Lodge #1108 that has been exemplary in the promotion of safety for the community through education against human trafficking. Lodge 1108 now sponsors Wisdom International’s work directly and their consistent support, shown also through the sponsoring of multiple resource tables and pizza, has enabled us to consistently educate the community about the twists and turns of this horrible crime.
Thank you B.P.O.Elks Lodge #1108!
Our Future Elks Events: More to come – stay tuned.
Our Past Elks Events:
Our Elks Event is finished BUT… TEENS!
THIS CONTEST IS ONGOING UNTIL SUBMISSION DUE DATE OF FEBRUARY 29th, 2024 at 5:00pm.
Contest Rules and Applications HERE.
2024.01.30 – #1 Kids Event: It’s the San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking “12th Annual TEEN POSTER, WRITING and/or MUSIC CONTEST” hosted tonight by Wisdom International: Help2Others and Elks Lodge #1108, San Rafael, 6:30pm – 8:30pm.
An evening of fun, education, and creativity for middle school and high school age teens to learn about social justice and express your understanding of human trafficking while creating something truly amazing. See past year’s winning submissions here. Invite your non-Elks friends! Supplies provided. Submit individually or in groups up to 3 kids pooling your creative talents. Pssssssst… You can apply for 1 or for 3 categories.
Keep your creations coming – You still have time to submit.
Submissions are due no later than 5:00pm on February 29th, 2024!
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries will win cash prizes (see flyer) and be honored by SF city officials
at the Teen Summit Award Ceremony on March 9th, 2024 in San Francisco.
We encourage all kids to express your ideas in Your favorite medium and submit before the deadline.
If you want to be a judge instead, let us know.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 29th, 2024 at 5:00pm
GOOD LUCK!
2024.02.06 – #2 Kids Event: Kids! Join your middle school and high school peers EVERYWHERE for GLOBAL SAFER INTERNET DAY 2024, endorsed by the National PTA and sponsored in the USA by Connect Safely. This will be an interactive educational evening hosted by Wisdom International: Help2Others and Elks Lodge #1108, San Rafael from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Parents are welcome, too! Share this collaborative learning and safety planning opportunity with your friends. Better… bring them along!
Another small group but we talked a long time resulting in a very personalized evening for an 11-year old! A golden opportunity of combining her experiences and knowledge into the information presented. That’s what we’re all about, Preventing her from falling into Harm.
2023.08.18 – Community event “Soaring Online, until…… Trafficked” hosted by Wisdom International: Help2Others and Elks Lodge #1108, San Rafael, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. We were back to in-person events with the latest information on internet trafficking for you from multiple sources.
**Please RSVP for attendee numbers — Suitable for 13+ years or when accompanied by parent or guardian
** Order your Fish ‘n Chips Dinner – pay at Elks
Our group was small this time but engaged with many great questions on this new information from youth, young adults, and adults.
2022.11.02 – Community screening of the multi-award winning film “California’s Forgotten Children” hosted by Wisdom International: Help2Others in collaboration with the Marin County District Attorney’s Office via Zoom.
What a great film! We had 76 attendees and a lively discussion afterwards. Bits of the information in the film have changed so these were explained showing how we in the Bay Area take very seriously all sex trafficking and are making the necessary changes.
2021.09.01 – “Elks What’s Wrong Here – Human Trafficking in Marin,” hosted by Elks Lodge #1108 Drug Awareness Program, to explain the reality of this crime in our community.
Another successful educational event with the Elks Lodge in San Rafael. Elks and the greater community attended to learn the facts of this crime in Marin. There were great questions for both of our speakers and stories from the audience, each adding their bits to the evening.
2019.10.17-18 – “Drugs and Our Community – Negative Impacts and Connecting for Positive Action,” a 2-Day Conference by the Drug Awareness Program (DAP) of Elks Lodge #1108 in San Rafael, California.
The historic Boyd Mansion, San Rafael, CA
home of Elks Lodge #1108.
Top information about drugs’ pivotal position for many, for most, of the ills of society, including sex trafficking. Experts in each field, including Wisdom International: Help2Others, came to share their knowledge, spread understanding, dispel myths and build a network of informed people ready and willing to take action.
2018.01.11 – National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month – “Targeting Demand,” to discuss the link and chain cycle of supply and demand of sex trafficking including interruption solutions with Elks Lodge #1108, Shared Hope International Ambassador, Mankind and Feet 2 Da Street at Elks Lodge #1108, San Rafael, California.
Prevention education includes education for buyers of sex with children, what we in the industry call ‘Demand’. For this community event we brought together experts in their own areas of human trafficking and domestic violence.
2017.05.12 – “Playing The Game and INTERNET SAFETY,” with Elks Lodge #1108, Shared Hope International and Special Guest Speaker, San Rafael, California. In collaboration with the Elks, this time we emphasize teen empowerment and recruitment tactics used in our local neighborhood, as told by a young Survivor.
The bravery of every Survivor to stand up and tell their story to strangers is something we at Wisdom International will always respect. This young girl’s bravery enables us to learn the truth, and then pass this truth on to our communities. Without their bravery, we would still be oblivious to the great harm that is perpetrated upon vicitms of this pervasive yet hitherto hidden crime. Thank you to you and every other Survivor. May you thrive.
2016.10.27 – National Substance Abuse Prevention Month – “Drugs and Sex Trafficking in Marin: What You Need to Know Now,” hosted by the Elks Lodge #1108 Drug Awareness Program with Shared Hope International Ambassador and Special Guest Speakers, at the Elks Lodge, San Rafael, California.
This is a comprehensive training discussing the multi-fold problems of opioid and prescription drug use in Marin County as well as the inextricable interconnections between drug use and sex trafficking from well-known and less-known angles.
2016.01.16 – National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month – “Man-to-Man Discussions about Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Teenagers,” a Men Only event for the Community by Elks Lodge #1108, Shared Hope International and Special Guest Speakers, San Rafael, California.
Men speaking with Men. This training emphasized that human trafficking is not a ‘woman’s issue’ but an issue for humanity and that the voices of men are critical in prevention and all anti-human trafficking efforts.
2015.09.15 – “Protecting Teenagers – An important community meeting about the Crime of Sex Trafficking in Marin and What You Can Do to Stop It,” hosted by the Elks Lodge #1108 with Soroptimist International of Marin, Shared Hope International and Special Guest Speakers, San Rafael, California.
We return to the Elks for another community training and the screening of What Is Human Trafficking?, a move by the Soroptimist International of Marin, and tonight shown alongside Chosen by Shared Hope International. The Survivors in each film speak about the recruitment tactics used by traffickers that trick them. The films were followed by a panel of experts made up of several law-enforcement Officers and Deputy District Attorneys from Marin County.
2015.05.19 – “Examining Recruitment Tactics Luring Children into Sex Trafficking, a Documentary Film Presentation and Panel Discussion on Human Trafficking, a Global, a Local Pandemic,” hosted by the Elks Lodge #1108 with Shared Hope International, San Rafael, California.
Bringing awareness of the local problem of human trafficking to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, opening the doors to a series of events for Elks members and the community that have either highlighted human trafficking or combined this crime with the serious issues of drug addiction and abuse.
Would you like to educate your community about this crime? Do you have an event in mind?
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