January 2021 This January, SAFE Center staff team was actively involved in promoting Human Trafficking Awareness Month within the community—delivering presentations during numerous anti-trafficking events, providing independent trainings to community organizations, and raising awareness through media appearances. Human Trafficking Conversation with Senator Ben Cardin On January 22, the SAFE Center partnered with the […]
March 2021 Our team at the University of Maryland SAFE Center shares in the grief and pain of our colleagues, clients, and community over the brutal shootings of Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, and Delaina Ashley Yaun last week at three […]
Source: Emirates News Agency | March 10, 2021 The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF) hosted its first-ever Women’s Virtual Forum this week, featuring powerhouse female leaders, experts, and activists. The participants included Vice President of Costa Rica Epsy Campbell Barr; UAE Minister of Culture and Youth Noura Al Kaabi; UN Women Executive Director […]
Source: Freedom Network USA | February 26, 2021 For Freedom Network USA, Black History Month is a time to celebrate Black Excellence and continue focusing on how the anti-trafficking field can be actively anti-racist. As a movement, the anti-trafficking field has started recognizing its roots in systemic oppression and some actions have been taken to breach the […]
January 22, 2021 In honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the SAFE Center partnered with the Prince George’s County Human Trafficking Task Force to co-host U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland for a virtual conversation about human trafficking efforts in Maryland. Following opening remarks by Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Senator Cardin heard brief […]
January 2021 This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the UMD SAFE Center is pleased to partner with TISTA Science & Technology and their 700 employees in providing the Center’s survivors with VISA gift cards for groceries and family essentials. TISTA and the SAFE Center began working together in December of 2019, when TISTA employees […]
January, 2021 Now that 2020 has come to a close, we reflect on the unique challenges presented by the pandemic and our efforts to meet the acute needs of trafficking survivors who have been severely impacted. The pandemic has exacerbated our clients’ vulnerability to homelessness, food insecurity, and re-exploitation. Many have lost jobs and […]
November 17, 2020 The SAFE Center Director participated in an “ICTalk” with the Society of Professional Journalists to highlight the international and domestic reality of human trafficking and to outline the media’s role in guiding public perception of the issue and debunking popular conspiracy theories. Watch the full conversation between Susan Esserman and Sue Kopen […]
November 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EST The SAFE Center will join the Maryland Hospital Association, the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, Shady Grove Medical Center in hosting a free 90 minute training covering the basics of human trafficking and an overview of the updated and recently released Maryland “Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Health […]
Source: Baltimore Fish Bowl | November 4, 2020 A Maryland program to connect potential victims of child sex trafficking with needed services will expand to more jurisdictions with $1 million in grant funding, officials announced Wednesday. The grant award will continue the Child Sex Trafficking Screening and Services Act Regional Navigator Program in Cecil, Montgomery and Washington counties, […]
