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Atlanta Bar in the Community A panel Discussion on Human Trafficking On October 1, 2014, the Government & Public Interest Section of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) presented a panel on Modern Day Slavery in America: A Discussion on Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation. The event was Co-Sponsored by the Public Interest Law, Women in the Profession and Criminal Law Sections of the Atlanta Bar Association. Pictured from left to right at the are Heather Miller (Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP), Nekia Hackworth Jones (United States Attorney’s Office), and Atlanta Bar President Jacquelyn H. Saylor (The Saylor Law Firm LLP). Truancy intervention project Volunteer of the year honorees Truancy Intervention Project (TIP) Volunteer of the Year Honorees were recognized at a luncheon. From left to right are Mary Alexander Myers (Jones Day), Erin Payne (Oldcastle), Keli Carter (Troutman Sanders), Richard Storrs (The Storrs Law Firm), Bill Fletcher (Gibson, Deal & Fletcher), Scott Jarvis (Alston & Bird), Kasmyene Hayes (The Partners Group), Jill Pope (The Pope Law Group), Kamron Mitchell (Fox, Weiss) and Tara Stewart (McKenna Long). TIP was founded by the Atlanta Bar over 20 years ago and has served over 9,000 children since then. The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association December 2014 THE ATLANTA LAWYER 55