Conference Report
Sessions on Friday, April 7 |
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9:20-10:15 |
Opening Speaker: Dorchen Leidholdt Dorchen Leidholdt, Director, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families in New York City and Co-Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women |
10:30-11:15 |
Speaker: Rosilyne Borland Introduction by Gretchen Van Vliet, Deputy Director, Office of Global Health, School of Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill Rosilyne Borland, Associate Expert, International Organization for Migration Health Consequences for Victims of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: HIV and AIDS |
11:30-1:00 |
Lunch & Featured Speaker: Norma Hotaling Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, The SAGE Project (Standing Against Global Exploitation) Connecting the Dots: Trafficking, Prostitution, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children |
1:10-2:45 |
Global Perspective Panel Marisa Ugarte, Founder and Executive Director, Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition
Annalisa Enrile, Chair, Gabriela Network
Ken Franzblau, Anti-Trafficking Campaign Coordinator, Equality Now
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3:00-4:30 |
Law Enforcement Panel Kevin Kendrick, Special Agent in Charge, Charlotte FBI
Elissa Steglich, Managing Attorney, Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center
David Sobczyk, Commander, Chicago Police Department
Larry Sachs, Grants Research Specialist, Chicago Police Department
David Munday, Major, North Carolina Highway Patrol
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4:45-5:30 |
Featured Speaker: Melissa Farley Melissa Farley, Founder and Director, Prostitution Research & Education What Must We Not Know in Order to Keep the Business of Sexual Exploitation Running Smoothly? |
5:30-6:30 |
Reception - Second Floor Meeting Room D-E Student Poster Display |
7:40-8:40 |
Keynote Speaker: Laura Lederer Laura Lederer, Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons, Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, US Department of State |
Saturday, April 8 |
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9:00-9:40 |
Opening Speaker: Rodger Hunter Hall Rodger Hunter-Hall, Senior Analyst for the Trafficking Program, US Department of Health & Human Services Looking Beneath the Surface: The Plight of Trafficking Victims, a Modern Day Form of Slavery |
9:45-10:55 |
Breakout Sessions: Health, Social & Political Challenges Room B: Melissa Farley, Founder and Director, Prostitution Research & Education
Room C: Catherine Fogel, Professor, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill
Room D: Donna Hughes, Professor, Women's Studies, University of Rhode Island
Room E: Larry Sachs, Elissa Steglich, David Sobczyk, Chicago Human Trafficking Task Force
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11:10-12:20 |
Breakout Sessions: Models of Intervention Room B: Alesia Adams, Youth Development and Sexual Trafficking Prevention Coordinator, Salvation Army, Atlanta, GA
Room C: Liz Arnold, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest University
Room D: Vednita Carter, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Breaking Free
Room E: Norma Hotaling, Founder and Executive Director, The SAGE Project (Standing Against Global Exploitation)
Room H: Michelle Old, David Munday, John Price, NC Human Trafficking Task Force
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1:30-3:00 |
Solutions/Policy Implications Panel Derek Ellerman, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Polaris Project
Rodger Hunter-Hall, Senior Analyst for the Trafficking Program, US Department of Health & Human Services
William Polk, Director, Victims and Citizens Services, North Carolina Attorney General's Office
Donna Hughes, Professor, Women's Studies, University of Rhode Island
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3:00-3:30 |
Summary & Charge Dorchen Leidholdt, Director, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families in New York City and Co-Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
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