Morning Welcome
Between Need and Action: Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Women Exiting Prostitution
Nili Gesser, PhD, JD
Bride Trafficking in India: An Emerging Threat to Human Dignity
Vijay Raghavan, PhD
From Policy to Practice: Applying Best Practices in Residential and Community-Based Anti-Trafficking Services
Liberty Sarkar, QSW
From Survivor to Advocate: Empowering Survivor Leadership in Anti-Human Trafficking Work in Uganda
Prossy Nansubuga
From Victim to Defendant: Race, Gender, and Survivor Criminalization in the Chrystul Kizer Case
Rhonelle Bruder, MSc, PhD(c) and Cassandra Mary Frances Young, PhD
Human Trafficking Data Unpacked: Employing a Multi-Dataset Approach
Eva Garrido, MA and Maddie Moffett, JD
Not What It Looks Like: Rethinking Trauma and Human Trafficking
Ashley Buckner, LCSW, LCSW- QS, LISW- CP, LICSW, LISW, LISW-S, LSCSW, LCSW-C, LIMHP, MCAP, ICADC, CEOLD, CSW-G, QCSW
Preventing People from Becoming Traffickers Through Early Character Values Development
Matthew C. Clarke, MSc, MCogSci
The Schoolyard-to-Exploitation Pipeline: Identifying Peer Victimization as a Gateway to Trafficking
Aspen Brauer
Addressing Unintentional Harm by Caregivers of Human Trafficking Survivors
Heather Evans, DSW, LCSW (she, her) and Alycha Boehm, DSW, LCSW (she, her)
Beyond Trauma-Informed: How Survivor-Led Organizations Transform Outcomes
Monica Nagy
From Rescue to Prevention: A Survivor-Led Model for Disrupting Human Trafficking at the Source
Angus Thomas (he/him)
Integrating Regressed Childhood Memories of Familial Trafficking and the Impact of Mind Control: A Survivor Leader’s Story of Their Personal Healing Journey
Rory Cassidy, BA
Intersections of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Human Trafficking: A Global Needs Assessment
Shobana Powell, DSW, LCSW (she/her), Kathy Givens (she/her), Mariya Taher, MSW, MFA (she/her), Liz Dubberly (she/her), Nuzhat Zaman, MPH, CPH (she/her), and Angie Cameron Schultz, PhD (she/her)
Powerful Story, Art, and Creative Expression to Combat Human Trafficking
Marci Renée, MA
Surviving the Academy: How Traffickers Groom, Train, and Hide Exploitation in Plain Sight
Gloria C. Martinez, MSW
The Risks and Benefits of Altruism: Survivors’ Recommendations for Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Risks
Logan Knight, PhD (she/her) and Anchal Jain, MSW (she/her)
Trump’s Mixed Signals on Human Trafficking: Updates on U.S. Policy Changes and Impacts for the Anti-Trafficking Movement
Glenn M. Harden, PhD (he/him) and Tatiana Rothchild, PhD(c) (she/her)
Lunch Session: Emancipation Nation Network & Survivor's Journey Informational Session
Lunch Session: RAMCOA Survivors Networking Room
Lunch Session: Researchers Networking Room
Lunch Session: Service Providers Networking Room
Lunch Session: "Social Hour" Networking Room
Lunch Session: Survivors Networking Room
Cognitive Strengthening Pilot Program for Girls and Adolescent Victims of Human Trafficking
Nicole Gallego, MSW (she/her) and Claudia Deschamps, BS (she/her)
From Crisis Response to Long-Term Recovery: Applying Recovery Management to Survivor Healing
David L. Nalls
Generational Exploitation & Human Trafficking: Bound, Broken, and Fighting Back
Jackie Carlino, CCTP, INHC, LPC (she/her) and Kellie Ann Peterson, MDiv (she/her)
Help Shouldn’t Hurt: The Hidden Barriers Survivors Face in Healthcare
Johanna Kay Bolte
Indigenous-Led Sexual Exploitation Prevention: Building Relationship-Based, Community-Led Approaches
Jacqueline Peeace, BCom (she/her) and Christina Hoover, MEd (she/her)
Municipal Ordinances as a Pathway to Support Human Trafficking Prosecution
Paul Jung (he/him), Sonja DeVries (she/her), Kiana Harris (she/her), and Angela Robinson, PhD (she/her)
The Professional Paradox: How Anti-Trafficking Organizations Replicate Exploitative Labor Dynamics Against Survivor Leaders
Jarrett Davis, MA (he/him), Helen Stiver, BA (she/her), and Mike Chapman (he/him)
Trafficking in the Digital Age: How Human Exploitation Manifests Online and the Expanding Role of AI Across the Abuse Lifecycle
Avi Jager, PhD
Trust Before Treatment: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Working with Trafficking Survivors
Melissa Kaiser, LBSW
“We Called Her Mom”: Youth Labor Exploitation
Bakari Roscoe (he/him) and Sufiyah "Saylove" Yasmine, MA (she/her)
Adversity & Aftermath: Findings From a Study of 350 Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation in the U.S.
Courtney Furlong, PhD, LPC, CRC
Be the Man: Men Helping Boys and Men Protect Girls and Women From Exploitation
Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, MSW, PhD, Julio Alamanza, and George Nolan
Beyond the Data Point: Why Analysis Requires Lived Experience Input
Brittany Dunn, MBA (she/her) and Alia Azariah (she/her)
Framing Awareness: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Trafficking Intervention Programs in India
Sonali Jha, PhD(c)
Modern Day Slavery: My Journey from Hell to Heaven
Lena Cebula
Organized Sexual Abuse and Family Controlled Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Laurie Krull, LCSW-R and Kait Gannon, BA
Partnering with Purpose: How Collaboration is Driving Regional Intervention Against Human Trafficking
Arathi Packiyanathan, MSW (she/her) and Simran Fazal, BS (she/her)
Systems-Involved Youth and the Root Causes of Human Trafficking: Centering Data, Lived Experience, and Systems Change
Annjanette R. Alejano-Steele, PhD (she/her/siya) and Marla Sutherland, MA (she/her)
The Body as a Crime Scene: Preserving the Evidence of Violence
Mindy M. Lause, MSN, RN, AFN-C, SANE-A, SANE-P
Wrap-Up Session
Community Mental Health Art Exhibit's Expressive HEARTS to Creative Compass: A Holistic, Trauma-Informed Framework for Multi-Modal Healing and Community Connection
Shelly Kepford, MAC, LSW and Daniel Huesman, MSW, LISW, LICDC
Issue Box Theatre Presents: The Exonerated
Issue Box Theatre
I Want You To See Me: Healing Through Story-Telling (7th edition)
Rosie Best and Meg Kraner