草榴社区

The Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation鈥檚

Third Annual Survivor-Led Program

鈥淓ngaging Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation to End Gender-Based Violence鈥�

The CSE Institute presents cross-disciplinary workshops and discussions aimed at engaging the survivor community to end gender-based violence. Workshops will be led by survivors to encourage participants to engage in problem-solving scenarios on a variety of relevant topics and current issues in legislation, law enforcement and education.

This event will take place on Thursday, April 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday, April 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Inn at 草榴社区 (610 County Line Road, Radnor, PA 19087). It is open to the 草榴社区 community and the public and is approved by Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 9 sustainable credits, approved by MPOETC for 12 CLEE credits and NASW-PA Chapter is a co-sponsor of this workshop. Nine CEs will be awarded for completion of this course. NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.

A networking reception and awards ceremony, hosted by , Victim Advocate for the Commonwealth, will immediately follow the event on Thursday, April 11 at the Inn at 草榴社区 featuring remarks from Anne Ream, founder of the Voices & Faces Project. We are honored to announce that retired State Senator Stewart Greenleaf is the recipient of the 2019 Justice Done Award.

Thank you to the Governor鈥檚 Office of Homeland Security for their co-sponsorship of this event and continued support for the mission of the 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law's Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE Institute).

**Parking is free for all attendees

Schedule:

Day 1 鈥� Thursday, April 11, 2019

8:00-9:00 a.m.: Registration & Breakfast

9:00-10:30 a.m.: Welcome Remarks

Panel Discussion: 鈥淭hose Questions You Need Answered but Are Afraid to Ask鈥�
Survivor Leaders: , Director of Education and Partnerships at The Organization For Prostitution Survivors, , Founder/Director of Survivors for Solutions, , Founder, Breaking Free, Inc., , Associate Director, My Life My Choice, and , Writer, Activist and Faculty Member, Metropolitan State University

Moderated by , Director, 草榴社区 Law Insitute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation

10:30-10:45 a.m. Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.: Workgroup Breakout Sessions

Haley Halverson, Vice President of Advocacy and Outreach, National Center on Sexual Exploitation with , Policy Consultant, Fashion Designer, and Speaker, Dressember 鈥� 鈥淎 Click Away: How Pimps & Sex Buyers Use Social Media and Porn to Exploit鈥�

, Writer, Activist and Faculty Member, Metropolitan State University 鈥� 鈥淪ex Trafficking of Indigenous Women鈥�

, Director of Education and Partnerships at The Organization For Prostitution Survivors 鈥� 鈥淰ersus: Lateral Oppression in the Movement to End CSE鈥�

, Associate Director, My Life My Choice 鈥� 鈥淔rom Awareness to Prevention: The Role of Survivor Leadership in Effective CSEC Prevention Programming鈥�

12:00-1:15 p.m.: Lunch with Featured Speaker

, Policy Analyst & Victim Advocate, Sheriff's Human Trafficking & Initiatives, Cook County Sheriff's Office of Public Policy, Survivor Leader on 鈥淐onnecting Personal Experience to Policy Reform: Examining 鈥楨xited Prostitution Survivor Policy Platform鈥欌��

1:30-3:30 p.m.: Workgroup Breakout Sessions

, Survirvor Advocate, Coalition Against Slavery and Trafficking and  Mark Wirtz on 鈥淗uman Trafficking and Healthcare: Survivor Advocates Essential Members of the Emergency Department Medical Team鈥�

, Founder, Breaking Free, Inc. and Survivor/Advocate on 鈥淏lack Women and Sex Trafficking/Prostitution鈥�

, Survivor/Advocate and Sarah W. Helms, PhD, Psychologist on 鈥淪urvivor Led: Working with Survivor Leaders to Serve Victims鈥�

, Detective, Upper Merion Township Police Department and Detective Connie Marinello, Upper Merion Police Department, CEASE survivor leader panel with Lt. Donna Gavin on 鈥淟aw Enforcement Response and Demand Driven Investigations鈥�

3:30-3:45 p.m.: Break

3:45-5:00 p.m.: Workgroup Breakout Sessions

, Founder & Director, Free Our Girls, with , Professor of Sociology, University of Northern Colorado 鈥� 鈥淔rom the Researched to the Researcher: Building Collaborative Survivor-Researcher Partnerships鈥�

Survivor/Advocate, and , Survivor/Advocate 鈥� 鈥淐SEC Survivor Leadership Panel鈥�

Tammy McDonnell, Survivor Advocate, Covenant House with , Justice for Victims Fellow, CSE Institute 鈥� 鈥淔ace it to Erase it: Vacating Convictions for Survivors鈥�

5:30-8:00 p.m.: Networking Reception & Award Ceremony

Day 2 鈥� Friday, April 12, 2019

8:00-8:30 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m.: Welcoming Remarks & Plenary

, Director of Education and Partnerships at The Organization For Prostitution Survivors and , Director of Operations, Organization for Prostitution Survivors 鈥� 鈥淭rauma Informed Organizations in a Survivor Centered Movement"

10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Workgroup Breakout Sessions

, Founder/Director of Survivors for Solutions 鈥� 鈥淩e-examining Harms and Shifting Perspectives towards Solutions-based Public Policies-Globally and the U.S.鈥�

, Founder, Breaking Free, Inc. and Founder, DIGNITY House 鈥� 鈥淲orking with Survivors鈥�

, Founder & Director, Free Our Girls 鈥� "LE Only Workship on Anti-Demand"

12:30-2:00 p.m. : Working Lunch: Wrap up for Participants with Survivor Leaders