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Keynote Speakers: Justin Hoover, Assistant State
Attorney 15th Judicial Circuit talks about Human
Trafficking right here in our own backyard
Shanika Ampah, Victim of Human
Trafficking Shares Her Personal Story
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Embassy Suites Hotel
1601 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach
$40.00 for PBCBA members
and complimentary for Judges
Attorneys who are not PBCBA
members are welcome for $55.00.
Attend this luncheon and receive 1 CLECertification
There will be plenty of parking at the hotel,
including top level of the garage—free!
Law and 1.0 and Juvenile Law
Luncheon supported by:
Did you kno w Florida was recently ranked number 3 in the number of reported human trafficking cases?
Shanika Ampah was just 11 years old when it happened to her. “After being sexually abused at home I was
that runaway girl,” she said. Like many others, Shanika resorted to prostitution. After spending seven years
being abused, she escaped at the age of 18.
Today, Shanika is a mother of eight children, nurse, advocate and survivor. She is founder and director of
Guiding Light Outreach Inc., in Miami, which is the parent organization of Yeshua’s A.R.M.S. a place that
brings awareness, recovery and mentors survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
Shanika joins us to tell her story of modern day slavery so this doesn’t happen to anyone else.
Justin Hoover, Esq., will also speak. Justin is a prosecutor for the 15 th Circuit where he serves in the Spe-
cial Victims Unit. Justin joins us to talk about the real world of commercial sex trafficking taking place
right here in Palm Beach County.
Join us on Friday, May 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in West Palm Beach.
This event is expected to sell out. Purchase your ticket online today at www.palmbeachbar.org.