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 […]
On August, 14, 2020 the SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors joined over 70 national, state, and local advocacy organizations for survivors of violence and human trafficking in a Joint Comment Submitted in Response to USCIS Policy Manual Chapters Applying Discretion in USCIS Adjudications; 1 USCIS-PM E.9 and 10 USCIS-PM A.5. The joint response firmly […]
Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland | August 4, 2020 U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur Announces Award of Nearly $1 Million in Federal Funds to Provide Housing to Victims of Human Trafficking in Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur of the District of Maryland today announced that Maryland has received […]
June 25, 2020 Over 1,400 audience members participated in the Embassy of Israel and Jewish Women International’s virtual conversation, From the Experts: Women Leading Efforts to End Human Trafficking, addressing the impact of human trafficking on local and global communities. SAFE Center director Susan Esserman joined with Dina Dominitz, head of Israel’s National Anti-Trafficking Coordination […]
June 3, 2020 Our team at the University of Maryland SAFE Center shares in the grief and pain of the University of Maryland community, our colleagues, clients, and the country over the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many Black Americans before them. Racist actions, policies, and agencies are […]
March 8, 2020 In honor of International Women’s Day, the Washington D.C.-based international law firm Steptoe and Johnson LLP, where SAFE Center Founder and Director Susan Esserman is a partner, hosted an event to recognize and promote the SAFE Center’s mission to serve human trafficking survivors throughout the region. Since the SAFE Center’s launch […]
On January 29, the Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors hosted a strategic symposium on labor trafficking to highlight the enactment of Maryland’s first labor trafficking law, the Anti-Exploitation Act of 2019, which the SAFE Center advocated for in the Maryland General Assembly. University of Maryland School of Public Health […]
October 1, 2018 The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors has received a one-year $843,337.00 grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) Victims of Crime Assistance (VOCA) Program to provide comprehensive services to victims of sex and labor trafficking in Maryland. The funding […]
