Be Well, Be Safe Oct 18th

The Abbotsford School District, Abbotsford Police Department and the BC RCMP invite parents and interested members of the community to attend the BE WELL, BE SAFE event at the Abbotsford Arts Centre on Wednesday, October 18th at 7:00 pm to listen to Cathy Peters, an anti human trafficking educator, speaker and advocate.

Door open 6:30 pm - event starts 7:00pm    THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND

The BE WELL, BE SAFE event will address strategies to protect you(th) from trafficking, exploitation, gangs, and online bullying.

Peters is a former inner city high school teacher raising awareness about "Human Sex Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation and Child Sex Trafficking." Her website is beamazingcampaign.org. Her recently released book is "Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and How to Stop It". Since 2014, she has made over 650 presentations to politicians, police, and the public.

Her work was introduced in the BC Legislature, she has been asked to present to three Federal Justice committees and most recently to the Federal Status of Women Committee on human trafficking. She has been a keynote speaker to three missing and murdered Indigenous women and girl's gatherings, various Indigenous groups and had a booth at the July 2022 Assembly of First Nations Convention. In 2022 she presented at the Global Summit "Connecting to Protect - Addressing the Harms of Porn on Youth from a Public Health Perspective" (University of Calgary), at the first RCMP human trafficking webinar for law enforcement across Canada and at the 2023 Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit.

In 2022 she was awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal for her work.