Featuring two powerful and dynamic survivor leaders, Katie and Marjorie will share their journey on how they recovered from feeling hopeless as human trafficking victims to helping other survivors. Both will share their compelling stories about their trafficking experience. They will emphasize the force, fraud, and coercion that kept them psychologically stuck in the cycle of trafficking. They will capitalize the audience on their inspiration to leave their trafficking situation and describe their miraculous trauma recovery. In an interview style, Katie and Marjorie will focus on the importance of survivor engagement. They will highlight their experiences serving on the 3Strands Global Foundation Survivor Board and other survivor leader community involvement. They will highlight the magnitude of lived experience while working with law enforcement and community service providers. Marjorie will share her passion for advocating for survivor-driven policy reform, while Katie will provide essential components when engaging with human trafficking victims in trauma treatment. They will speak about the importance of providing trauma-informed care in mental health and healthcare settings and an emphasis on the psychological impact of trauma bonding with their traffickers. In a call to action, Katie and Marjorie hope to inspire other survivors to become survivor leaders in their own community.
Trigger Warning: This presentation contains information (written, spoken, or visual) that may be triggering or (re)traumatizing to attendees.
Katie Papke is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking. She serves on multiple survivor advisory boards and human trafficking task forces and commissions.
Marjorie Saylor is a passionate advocate for human trafficking survivors and a dedicated abolitionist. As Director at One Safe Place, she has over a decade of experience combating trafficking and gender-based violence. A survivor herself, Marjorie mentors others, contributes to policy advocacy and is writing her first global trafficking report.