The Social Justice Student Initiative at the S.J. Quinney College of Law human trafficking symposium, “At Risk Youth: Pathways to Delinquency and Sex Trafficking”, on February 19, 2016. The Social Justice Student Initiative has partnered with the Global Law Center to host an event that will focus on bringing to light the harsh reality of at-risk, runaway, and homeless youth who are recruited, forced, and coerced into sex trafficking.
For further information, a detailed list of workshop descriptions, and to register for the symposium, click here. Please RSVP by February 15, 2016. If you have questions, contact at SJSI@law.utah.edu.
This event is 4.5 hours CLE (pending).
Social Justice Student Initiative
AGENDA
8:00-9:00
Breakfast and Registration
9:00-9:50
Opening Address: Tim Ballard, Founder and CEO, Operation Underground Railroad
10:00-10:50
Workshop A: Hot Topics: Ending Demand & Eliminating Criminalization of Minor Victims, Flip Sides of the Same Coin: Rachel Harper, Esq., Policy Counsel, Shared Hope International
Workshop B: Combatting Online Sexual Exploitation of Trafficked Children: Jennifer Fischer, Elizabeth Green, and Dustin Grant, FBI Special Agents
11:00-11:50
Workshop C: Human Trafficking — An Important Public Health Care Concern for the Youth of our State and Nation: Dr. Kathy Franchek-Roa MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine
Workshop D: Issues Faced by Trafficking Victims in the Juvenile Justice System: Pamela Vickery, Executive Director, Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys
11:50-12:15
Lunch
12:15-1:30
Keynote Address: Faces and Shadows of Juvenile Sex Trafficking – Taking our Nation’s Temperature: Rachel Harper, Esq., Policy Counsel, Shared Hope International
1:40-2:30
Workshop E: How Cultural Norms Contribute to Vulnerability & Predatory Behavior: Fernando Rivero, MPH, EMT-P, Captain, Unified Fire Authority
Workshop F: Disrupting Black & White Visions: Human Trafficking, Race, and Difference: Dr. Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Program, College of Social Work at the University of Utah
2:30-4:00
Closing Reception
Annie Isabel Fukushima 