With a little fan fair (but not too much) The Drop started back up this week. Check out what’s happening, I’m pretty excited to see where it goes.

Tonight I’m heading down to The ASHA Forum at Fuller Seminary – it’s pretty easy when the campus is about 40 ft from my office. I’m pretty excited to meet a lot of front lines who are saving the world (and children) everyday. The best part is that it’s interactive and designed so that attendees contribute. Here’s the weekend lineup:

Asha Forum Consultation for North America

Beyond Awareness: Empowering a Response

May 1-3, 2009, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

Conference Schedule
(confirmed at this time, subject to change)
Friday, May 1: (6:00 – 10:00 pm, registration begins at 4:00 pm)
Plenary Session #1: Rob Morris, Co-Founder and President, Love146, “Building a Movement: What Is It Going to Take?”
Special Screening: “Very Young Girls”

Saturday, May 2: (8:30 am – 9:45 pm, late registration 8:00 am)
Plenary Session #2: Dr. Sharon Cooper, National Board for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children “How Many Ways Can I Hurt You?”

Breakout Sessions:

Online Grooming Sharon Cooper, National Board for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

How to Do Street Outreach Frank Barnaba, Barnaba Institute

Innocence Lost: Child Predators Rajiv Patel, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Making the Connection between Pornography, Prostitution and Trafficking Melissa Farley, Prostitution Research and Education Demand, Tania DoCarmo, U.S. Director of Development, Chab Dai Coalition

Getting to Know the Laws that Should be Protecting Our Children, Robert Flores

Approaches to Rehabilitation/Aftercare Glenn Miles, Director of Prevention, Love146; Mark Crawford, Executive Director, The Garden of Hope; Tania DoCarmo, U.S. Director of Development, Chab Dai Coalition, Charlene Underhill Miller – Panel discussion facilitated by Kathy Maskell, U.S. Advocacy Director, Love146

Primary and Secondary Prevention Strategies with At Risk Children in Lower Socioeconomic Communities Sandie Morgan, Vanguard Center for Women’s Studies Community Liaison and Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force Administrator

Identifying and Understanding the Sexually Abused Child, Vicky Didato, Child Sexual Abuse Institute of Ohio

Plenary Session #3: Lisa Thompson, Liaison for the Abolition of Sexual Trafficking, Salvation Army USA National Headquarters “How We Got Here: A History of the Religious and Political Origins of Our Battle Against Child Sexual Exploitation”

Special Screening: “Demand”

Sunday, May 3: (9:00 am – 12:45 pm; Working Groups 2:00 pm)
Panel Discussion: Empowered Advocacy – Mobilizing Congregations for Prevention, Intervention and Rehabilitation, Lynn Brown, Love Justice Taskforce, Boise Vineyard; Nigel Morris, Compassion Ministries Director, Anaheim Vineyard; Cheryl Pittluck, Human Trafficking Taskforce, Anaheim Vineyard;
Alicia Woodard, Vanguard Center for Women’s Studies Program Assistant; facilitated by Kathy Maskell, U.S. Advocacy Director, Love146

Plenary Session #4: Dr. Beth Grant, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Project Rescue and FAAST Steering Committee Member “Closing Challenge: When God Stood Up!”
Working Groups (by invitation): Prevention Strategies for N. America, Demand, and Publishing Project: Tackling Common Questions