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PAST EVENTS

January 11-12, 2021

 2021 Maryland Child Trafficking Virtual Conference:: Inform. Act. Change. The University of Maryland School of Social Work, in collaboration with the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, and the Maryland Department of Human Services, is sponsored the 4th annual Maryland Child Trafficking Conference. This event is an annual statewide public awareness conference to mobilize the community in response to child trafficking. Topics covered include: responding to child trafficking during COVID, opioids and human trafficking during COVID, protecting children online, legislative updates including live Q&A, and a panel on labor trafficking in Maryland. This two-day virtual event was held virtually on January 11th-12th, 2021 from 9:00 am -12:00 pm. 

August 7, 2019

 The 3rd Annual Maryland Child Trafficking Conference: A Call to Action. This conference was held on August 7, 2019, at Towson University. annual statewide public awareness conference to mobilize communities and individuals in response to trafficked youth. The public awareness conferences focus on integrating both sex and labor trafficking moving from awareness to action. The success of this conference resulted in over 400 participants reaching various professionals as child welfare, juvenile justice, medical, law enforcement, mental health professionals, as well as parents, caregivers, community and faith-based providers. Our selective strategy builds on the need for continued training of professional personnel who work with human trafficking survivors with an emphasis on victim-centered, trauma-informed care.

October 11, 2018

 RYC‌ Seminars Series: Beginning this Fall, the Ruth Young Center for Families and Children will be hosting a series of research to practice seminars. The RYC Seminar Series will kick off with a half day mini-session and Open House on October 11, 2018.

April 27, 2018

 Changing Course: Reshaping Juvenile Justice through Best Practices Training
sponsored by the Delaware Criminal Justice Council and Office of Defense Services

April 7, 2017

Maryland Crime Victims’ Rights Conference, Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland
Child Sex Trafficking in Maryland Workshop Session led by Amelia Rubenstein, Clinical Research Specialist
 

Dr. Nadine-Finigan Carr contributes to webinar Intimate Partner Violence Among Expectant and Parenting Youth Prevention, Identification and Intervention
sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services

IN THE NEWS
 June 2018  UMB Champion of Excellence: Dr. Nadine Finigan-Carr
 May 2018  Dr. Nadine Finigan Carr, appointed as Community Relations Commissions for District 14
April 2018 Connections Magazine highlights Dr. Nadine Finigan-Carr and Amelia Rubenstein
March 2018 Release of Handbook of Foster Youth, contributions by Dr. Nadine Finigan-Carr & Amelia Rubenstein
December 2017 Healthy Teen Network On The Road PSA. Hidden in Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking
December 2017 Progress in the Fight Against Child Trafficking
October 2017 Ruth Young Center’s Dr. Finigan-Carr to speak on Child Sex Trafficking at the School of Medicine’s Social Justice Lecture
March 2017 Children of the Night: Sex trafficking is Maryland’s dirty open secret (Quote by Amelia Rubenstein)
March 2017 Amelia Rubenstein Received Governor’s Citation for work with Human Trafficking
February 2017 Governor’s Sex Trafficking Bill Would Help Child Victims
October 2016 University of Maryland School of Social work Awarded $2.5M Grant to Address Human Trafficking
October 2016 Workgroup investigates, seeks to boost aid for youth victims of human trafficking in MD
May 2016 Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking
November 2015 Expert: Washington County a hub for child sexual trafficking
August 2015 Inside Baltimore’s War Room and the Fight Against Human Trafficking
September 2014 Dozens of Girls in Maryland Juvenile Detention Centers are Victims of Sex Trafficking

PARI

Dr. Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD, CSTVI Principal Investigator attends signing of SB 308 Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017

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