During our 2025 Shield Global Online Safety Conference, anti-human trafficking and exploitation activists Deanna Larsen, Josh Eckstein, and Oluwafemi Abe hosted a collaboration jam to discuss the question:
What can we do globally to reduce harm from human trafficking and online exploitation?
In this event, Deanna, Josh, and Femi will talk about how the conference session went, what their main takeaways were, and what concrete steps they suggest that we can work to put into action to improve collaboration and coordination across generations and borders!
Deanna Larsen‘s life mission is to empower individuals through martial arts and self-defense. With over 35 years of martial arts experience, she has dedicated herself to helping people gain confidence and personal safety skills. She is the owner of Chain Reaction Martial Arts and Founder of the FATE Initiative: Fighting Trafficking and Exploitation with Personal Safety and Self-Defense Training. Beyond martial arts, She is a passionate anti-human trafficking and exploitation activist.
Josh Eckstein is an 18-year-old in the field of human trafficking prevention. He is developing localized and accessible resources on trafficking avoidance and promoting resources in trafficking hotspots from the U.S. to Sierra Leone while leading intersectional solutions in human trafficking and climate issues in Uganda.
Oluwafemi Abe holds a post-graduate degree in Public Policy, specializing in human rights and democratic governance.