About UsThe Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) rallied volunteers to plan Freedom Summit 2011 on January 21-22 at Harbor Light Church in Fremont, California. With 1700 attendees, 33 anti-human trafficking organizations, and 28 breakout sessions, involving over 50 speakers/experts in the field, Freedom Summit 2011 stands as the largest anti-trafficking gathering in the U.S. to-date. The overwhelming response encouraged the BAATC to emerge as an official non-profit entity that will continue to serve as the respected “backbone” and connective tissue helping individuals, churches and anti-trafficking organizations work effectively together to build a unified San Francisco Bay Area response to human trafficking.
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Freedom Summit 2015 Video
Freedom Summit 2015 Highlights from BAATC on Vimeo. |
Mission
BAATC efforts equip and engage individuals, civic groups, and non-profits with best practices to sustain in the fight against human trafficking in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We work to build collaboration between local non-profits to establish a stronger continuum of care among victim service providers, and educate activists about how to sustain in their continuum of engagement to intervene on behalf of those who are enslaved.
The full scope of human trafficking in the U.S. includes sex slavery, forced labor, domestic servitude, as well as consumer choices that impact exploitative child labor practices overseas. Such individual and collective harms can be paralyzing to a concerned person or community group if not understood or approached appropriately. Informed by almost 10-years of collaborating with various Bay Area-based anti-human trafficking non-profits, the BAATC offers opportunities to raise community awareness while also providing trusted recommendations on actionable steps for anyone to stand with us in our goal: TO ACHIEVE A SLAVE-FREE BAY AREA.
The BAATC serves the INDIVIDUAL.
We are committed to educating individuals, student groups, faith communities and social clubs to offer personal consulting on devising a doable action plan for engagement over the coming days, weeks and months. >>contact us
The BAATC serves the COMMUNITY.
We host a bi-annual Freedom Summit to allow for a place and time for all non-profits and interested individuals to be able to come together to learn, grow and collaborate. To see what happened at Freedom Summit 2015 on May 9th in Levi's Stadium, go to: www.freedom-summit.org
The BAATC serves the anti-trafficking ORGANIZATIONS.
We are aware of over 50 non-profits in the Bay Area working to fight human trafficking. Most of these rarely speak to one another. With our coalition model, we stress the importance of tangible collaboration, and the belief that we are better together. The BAATC hosts regular gatherings to build a unified Bay Area response among organizations working to end trafficking here in our region.
Make sure organizations you care about are connected to us. Send organizational names and any contact info >>contact us
The full scope of human trafficking in the U.S. includes sex slavery, forced labor, domestic servitude, as well as consumer choices that impact exploitative child labor practices overseas. Such individual and collective harms can be paralyzing to a concerned person or community group if not understood or approached appropriately. Informed by almost 10-years of collaborating with various Bay Area-based anti-human trafficking non-profits, the BAATC offers opportunities to raise community awareness while also providing trusted recommendations on actionable steps for anyone to stand with us in our goal: TO ACHIEVE A SLAVE-FREE BAY AREA.
The BAATC serves the INDIVIDUAL.
We are committed to educating individuals, student groups, faith communities and social clubs to offer personal consulting on devising a doable action plan for engagement over the coming days, weeks and months. >>contact us
The BAATC serves the COMMUNITY.
We host a bi-annual Freedom Summit to allow for a place and time for all non-profits and interested individuals to be able to come together to learn, grow and collaborate. To see what happened at Freedom Summit 2015 on May 9th in Levi's Stadium, go to: www.freedom-summit.org
The BAATC serves the anti-trafficking ORGANIZATIONS.
We are aware of over 50 non-profits in the Bay Area working to fight human trafficking. Most of these rarely speak to one another. With our coalition model, we stress the importance of tangible collaboration, and the belief that we are better together. The BAATC hosts regular gatherings to build a unified Bay Area response among organizations working to end trafficking here in our region.
Make sure organizations you care about are connected to us. Send organizational names and any contact info >>contact us
Executive Team
Eric Venable, Executive Director
Eric is passionate about working with those who are underserved, exploited or forgotten. Before working with the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition, he was “on the ground” as Director of Cityteam in San Francisco’s Tenderloin/SOMA neighborhood. This shelter and recovery center served San Francisco's most vulnerable population. Eric has twenty-five years of vocational ministry experience, including ten years at Menlo Church. He has his B.A. from Moody in Chicago, Ill. and a M.A. from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Eric is a third generation Silicon Valley native. In his spare time, Eric enjoys coaching basketball, skiing, and bad 80’s music.
Betty Ann Boeving Hagenau, Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Betty Ann is the founder of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition. She has been leading, teaching, and speaking about community-based strategies to fight human trafficking since 2002. In 2006, Betty Ann climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise $45K to fight child trafficking. She is “the voice” of Stanford women's basketball, having just hit the milestone of 300 games announced in 19 seasons with the team. Betty Ann holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon and her M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford, specializing in International Conflict Resolution. Betty Ann has led educational tours around the world to all seven continents and has visited over 90 countries.
Brian Wo, Co-Founder, Chief Program Officer
Brian first heard about human trafficking in 2008 through the film Call and Response, and has been involved in the anti-trafficking movement since. Prior to starting the BAATC, he spent over sixteen years in vocational ministry, including twelve years as the Associate Pastor of Grace Community Covenant Church. A native of Phoenix, AZ, Brian studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in the aerospace industry before answering the call to ministry. Brian holds a B.S. from UC Berkeley, and a M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminary. Besides being an ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church, he plays jazz, loves running, and tinkers with his '67 Mustang when he has spare time.
Eric is passionate about working with those who are underserved, exploited or forgotten. Before working with the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition, he was “on the ground” as Director of Cityteam in San Francisco’s Tenderloin/SOMA neighborhood. This shelter and recovery center served San Francisco's most vulnerable population. Eric has twenty-five years of vocational ministry experience, including ten years at Menlo Church. He has his B.A. from Moody in Chicago, Ill. and a M.A. from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Eric is a third generation Silicon Valley native. In his spare time, Eric enjoys coaching basketball, skiing, and bad 80’s music.
Betty Ann Boeving Hagenau, Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Betty Ann is the founder of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition. She has been leading, teaching, and speaking about community-based strategies to fight human trafficking since 2002. In 2006, Betty Ann climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise $45K to fight child trafficking. She is “the voice” of Stanford women's basketball, having just hit the milestone of 300 games announced in 19 seasons with the team. Betty Ann holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon and her M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford, specializing in International Conflict Resolution. Betty Ann has led educational tours around the world to all seven continents and has visited over 90 countries.
Brian Wo, Co-Founder, Chief Program Officer
Brian first heard about human trafficking in 2008 through the film Call and Response, and has been involved in the anti-trafficking movement since. Prior to starting the BAATC, he spent over sixteen years in vocational ministry, including twelve years as the Associate Pastor of Grace Community Covenant Church. A native of Phoenix, AZ, Brian studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in the aerospace industry before answering the call to ministry. Brian holds a B.S. from UC Berkeley, and a M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminary. Besides being an ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church, he plays jazz, loves running, and tinkers with his '67 Mustang when he has spare time.
Board of Directors
Betty Ann Boeving Hagenau
Ruby Jacques
Clara Reese
Edwin Tan
Jeremiah Chan
Ruby Jacques
Clara Reese
Edwin Tan
Jeremiah Chan
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