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2023

October 16 – Guest Speaker, “God, The Body, and Sexuality,” Queer Theology course at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

September 20-21 – Co-Presenter, “Basics of Harm and Repair: Rebuilding Trust with and between Survivor Leaders” and “Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience: A Framework and Assessment.” International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, Virtual.

September 14 – Organizer and speaker, “Learn from Trafficking Survivors Capitol Hill Briefing.” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Room, Dirksen, Washington, DC.

June 23-28 – Research Consultant and Participant, “Towards Principles for Equitable Engagement” Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre project workshop. University of Liverpool Centre for the Study of International Slavery,  Liverpool, UK.

June 21-22  Advisory Council Member and Plenary Panel Speaker, “Beyond tokenistic involvement of survivors in anti-trafficking research.” Equity in Evidence Conference, London, UK.

May 17 – Trainer, “Rethinking Survivor Leadership Train-the-Trainer.” Private nonprofit, Virtual.

May 5 – Trainer, “Rethinking Survivor Leadership Train-the-Trainer.” Private nonprofit, Virtual.

April 18 – Plenary Panelist, “Survivor Leadership.” Freedom Network USA Conference, Washington, DC.

April 17 – Co-Presenter, “Naming Harm, Rethinking Leadership.” Freedom Network USA Conference, Washington, DC.

April 13 – Trainer, “Rethinking Survivor Leadership.” OVC Survivor Engagement Training and Technical Assistance, Virtual.

March 7 – Facilitator, HUD Listening Session on housing needs of survivors of human trafficking. Virtual.

March through May – Trainer, “Meaningful Lived Experience Engagement Organizational Coach Training.” Facilitated three private, virtual 15-hour train-the-trainers for technical assistance providers.

February 20 – Moderator, “Radical Nonjudgment in Survivor Advocacy: Harm Reduction in Practice.” Virtual.

February 14 – Co-organizer and speaker, “Survivors perspectives on ‘demand reduction’ strategies in the sex trades” White House Gender Policy Council Listening Session. Virtual.

January 25 – Co-host and Panelist, “GFEMS and NSN ‘Meaningful Inclusion of People with Lived Experience’ Launch Event.” Hybrid, virtual and Washington, DC.

January 18 – Moderator, “Care, Self-Determination, and Safety: Effective and Holistic Human Trafficking Prevention.” Virtual.

2022

November 2-3 – Participant, “Beyond Words: Exploring the Meaning of ‘Victim-Centered’ & ‘Trauma-Informed’.” Project Roadmap, Washington, DC.

September 23 – Facilitator, “Bringing Your Story into Your Advocacy.”Survivor Leadership Cohort from FUTURES’ National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Virtual.

September 22 – Facilitator, “Trauma-Informed Storytelling.” NSN Weekly Skill-Building Session, Virtual.

September 7 – Co-Presenter, “Advancing Equity Through Collaboration: Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault.” VALOR US, Virtual.

September 1 – Guest Lecturer, “Language, Power, and Control in Abusive Dynamics.” Private non-profit leadership cohort, virtual.

August 2 – Co-trainer, “Sex Work and Human Trafficking.” NYSCASA, Virtual.

July 19 – Trainer, “Working with Survivors in the Sex Trades.” NYSCASA, Virtual.

June 29 – Guest Lecturer, “Navigating Partnerships, Values Alignment, and Integrity.” UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

June 16 – Co-trainer, “NCCASA’s Campus Human Trafficking Prevention Toolkit.” VALOR US, Virtual.

June 10 – Co-trainer, “NCCASA’s Campus Human Trafficking Prevention Toolkit.” NASPA, virtual.

June 8 – Trainer, “Meaningful Survivor Engagement in Leadership.” Human Trafficking Legal Center staff retreat, virtual.

April 28 – Co-trainer, “Meaningful Survivor Engagement in Leadership.” Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, virtual.

April 7 – Webinar co-presenter, “Sex Work and Human Trafficking.” Freedom Network USA, Virtual.

March 16 – Co-presenter, “Developing Survivor Leadership & Professional Talent.” Freedom Network USA Conference, Miami.

March 16 – Co-presenter, “Contextualizing Demand: Deconstructing an Ideology.” Freedom Network USA Conference, Miami.

March 9 – Facilitator, Technical Assistance Session. Oklahoma Department of Public Health, Virtual.

March 1 – Presenter, “Changing Social Norms for Violence Prevention.” Oklahoma Department of Health, Virtual.

February 22 – Presenter, “Externalizing the Violence.” Oklahoma Department of Health, Virtual.

February 15 – Presenter, “Upstream, Same River.” Oklahoma Department of Health, Virtual.

January 27 – Webinar co-presenter, “Wraparound Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking.” Freedom Network USA.

2021

December 7 – Webinar co-presenter, “Non-Discrimination Practices in Housing Programs.” Freedom Network USA.

October 18 – Co-presenter, “Academic Equity through Trauma-Informed Practices: Making Repositories Sustainable for Researchers with Lived Experience.” Samvera Connect, Virtual.

October 16/17 – Co-facilitator for private nonprofit training of human trafficking trainers, Boston, MA.

October 13 – Co-presenter, “A Roadmap to Prevent and Disrupt Human Trafficking: A Health Care & Human Rights Challenge.” Tennessee Hospital Association Annual Meeting Training, Franklin, TN.

September 28 – Presenter, “Understanding Safety and Tradeoffs for LGBTQ Youth.” Children’s Advocacy Centers of NC Conference, Virtual.

September 28 – Presenter, “Questioning Binaries and Certainty to Support LGBTQ Youth Survivors.” Children’s Advocacy Centers of NC Conference, Virtual.

September 23 – Co-presenter, “Effectual Measurement for Courageous Social Change: Findings from a Human Trafficking Prevention Curriculum Matrix.” International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, Virtual.

September 22 – Presenter, “Reframing Human Trafficking Prevention.” International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, Virtual.

June 15 – Trainer, “Throwing Away the Menu: Emergent Spaces.” Private Nonprofit, NC.

March-June – Co-Facilitator, 7-part series of interactive training workshops on Emergent Space.

Feb-June – Lead Trainer, 120+ sessions of live, interactive training to school district personnel, including an overview of sexual violence, trauma-informed and healing-centered responses, and sexual violence prevention.

April 7 – Presenter, “Consent in the Digital Age.” Private Nonprofit, NC.

March 25 – Presenter, “Externalizing the Violence: Shifting from Bogeymen & Bad Guys to Our Collective Responsibility.” Learning to Unlearn: Transforming Anti-Trafficking Work, the 2021 Freedom Network USA Human Trafficking Conference, virtual.

March 17 – Trainer, “Working with LGBTQ Survivors of Human Trafficking,” Private Nonprofit, New Orleans, LA.

March 16 & 18 – Guest Lecturer, “Human Trafficking Prevention.” University of Wisconsin School of Social Work, Madison, WI.

2020

December 16 – Web conference co-presenter, “Creating Emergent Spaces for Sexual Violence Prevention During COVID-19.” PreventConnect and National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

December 10 – Workshop co-presenter, “Emergent Space: Finding an Alternative.” Solving the Campus Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Puzzle Conference, Chrysalis Network, Virtual.

November 11 – Workshop co-presenter, “Full-body Noticing: Navigating Sexuality with a Trauma History.” Woodhull Sexual Freedom Virtual Summit.

November 3 – Webinar presenter, “Understanding Trauma: Do No Harm.” Private Nonprofit, NC.

October 27 – Guest Lecturer, “Human Trafficking and Working with Survivors of Complex Trauma.” UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

October 11 – Workshop Presenter, “Community Accountability for Consent Violations.” Flashepoint Simulation 2020: FlasheStream. Virtual flow arts festival.

September 24 – Webinar co-presenter, “Housing Solutions for LGBTQ Survivors of Human Trafficking.” Freedom Network USA.

September 22/23 – Panelist, “Human Trafficking Primary Prevention.” Private nonprofit conference, NC.

September 22 – Presenter, “Sex Trafficking: Myth, Fact, and How to Help.” Berea College Sociology Club, Berea, KY.

September 19/20 – Co-Presenter, “Human Trafficking Advocacy.” Presenter, “Human Trafficking and Marginalized Populations.” Private nonprofit conference, NC.

September 12/13 – Co-facilitator for private nonprofit training of human trafficking trainers, Boston, MA.

August 18/20 – Webinar co-presenter, “Overview of Sexual Violence Prevention Curricula.” Private nonprofit, NC.

July 22/23 – Webinar presenter, “Trauma-Informed Prevention Education.” Private nonprofit, NC.

July 17 – Presenter, “How Nonprofits Can Partner With Grassroots Mutual Aid Project to Care for Their Communities.” Freedom Network USA member meeting.

July 11 – Guest Speaker, “Intimate Partner Violence in Polyamorous Relationships,” Human Sexuality course at Widener University.

July 8 – Online workshop presenter, “COVID-19 School Series: Trauma-Informed Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response for School Staff.” Government agency, NC.

July 1 – Webinar presenter, “Sexual Violence Prevention 101.” Private nonprofit, NC.

June 30 – Webinar co-presenter, “Upstream, Same River: Rethinking the Bones of Our Systems.” Private nonprofit, NC.

June 23/July 7 – Webinar co-presenter, “Safety and Services for Incarcerated At-Risk Populations.” Private nonprofit, NC.

June 17-21 – Workshop facilitator, “BYstander to UPstander for Tweens/Teens” and “Bystander Intervention (16+).” Workshop co-facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries” and “How to Talk to Kids About Consent.” PlayThink Movement and Arts Festival, Harrodsburg, KY.

June 9 – Webinar presenter, “Sexual Violence Prevention 101.” Private Nonprofit, NC.

May 14 – Online workshop presenter, “LGBTQ+ 201: Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors.” Private nonprofit, NC.

May 13 – Webinar presenter, “LGBTQ+ 201: Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors.” Private nonprofit, NC.

May 4 – Webinar presenter, “LGBTQ+ 101: Language and Frameworks.” Private nonprofit, NC.

April 30 – Online workshop presenter, “LGBTQ+ 101: Language and Frameworks.” Private nonprofit, NC.

April 12 – Online workshop presenter, “Community Accountability for Consent Violations.” Independent workshop.

April 1 – Webinar presenter, “Trauma-Informed Prevention Education.” Private nonprofit, NC.

March 19 – Panelist, “Housing Solutions for LGBTQ+ Survivors.” Freedom Network USA Human Trafficking Conference, Miami, FL. Presented at their virtual conference due to COVID-19.

March 10 – Webinar presenter, “Upstream, Same River? Rethinking the Bones of Our Systems.” Private nonprofit, NC.

February 22 – Co-presenter with Ames Simmons (Policy Director, EqualityNC), “Criminalization of Survival.” Triangle Queer Conference, Durham, NC.

February 17 – Guest Speaker, “God, The Body, and Sexuality,” Queer Theology course at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

February 12-13 – Trainer, “Reframing Human Trafficking Prevention.” Private nonprofit, Whiteville, NC.

January 23 – Panelist. NC Public Health Leaders Conference, Raleigh, NC.

January 22 – Webinar presenter, “Trauma-Informed Prevention Education.” Private nonprofit.

2019

December 14 – Host, Queer Ecstatic Dance at the Flowjo, Carrboro, NC.

November 16 – Producer and Host, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

November 9 – Host, Queer Ecstatic Dance at the Flowjo, Carrboro, NC.

November 3-6 – Co-presenter, “Human Trafficking in the Historical Context of U.S. Slavery.” SAFE Coalition for Human Rights Conference, Chicago, IL.

October 30 – Co-Trainer, “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Prevention and Response.” Full-day statewide school personnel training through SHIFT-NC, Raleigh, NC.

October 29 – Webinar presenter, “Human Trafficking Direct Services.” Private nonprofit.

October 28 – Guest Lecturer, “Human Trafficking and Working with Survivors of Complex Trauma.” UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

October 24 – Producer and Host, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

October 11-14 – Workshop facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries” and “Community Accountability for Consent Violations.” Flashepoint Flow Arts Festival, Stuart, VA.

October 3 – Guest panelist, “Behind Closed Doors Yet In Plain Sight: Human Trafficking In North Carolina” on The State of Things on WUNC Radio.

September 26 – Producer, Host, and Storyteller – Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

September 21 – Presenter, “Direct Services to LGBTQ+ Survivors of Human Trafficking.” Private training, Western NC.

September 19-20 – Presenter, “Meeting People Where They Are: Harm Reduction in Sex Trafficking Outreach and Direct Services.” International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, Toledo, OH.

September 17 – Guest lecturer, “Human Trafficking and Listening to Impacted Communities.” UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

September 13 – Guest lecturer, “Human Trafficking and Listening to Impacted Communities.” UNC School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

August 22 – Producer, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

August 16 – Storyteller, Smut Slam DC at the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, Alexandria, VA.

July 31 – Trainer, “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Prevention and Response.” Full-day statewide school personnel training through SHIFT-NC, Raleigh, NC.

July 25 – Producer and Host, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

July 17 – Speaker, “Impacts of FOSTA/SESTA.” Women’s Initiative, LGBT Center of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC.

June 29 – Producer and Host, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

June 12-16 – Workshop facilitator, “Consent for Kids,” “Consent for Tweens and Teens,” and “Community Accountability in the Age of #MeToo.” Workshop co-facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries in a #MeToo World.” PlayThink Movement and Arts Festival, Harrodsburg, KY.

June 9 – Workshop facilitator, “Community Accountability for Consent Violations” in collaboration with The Flowjo, Carrboro, NC. 3:00 – 6:00 pm.

June 7 – Presenter, “Working with Survivors of Trauma in a Non-Clinical Setting” at Intersections: A Community Conversation on Youth Homelessness training by the LGBTQ Center of Durham Host Home Program, Durham, NC.

June 6 – Storyteller, “Sex Ed Storytelling: An Evening of True Tales from Folks in the Field” fundraiser for SHIFT NC, The Pinhook, Durham, NC.

May 25 – Workshop facilitator, “Community Accountability for Consent Violations” in collaboration with Living Arts Collective, Durham, NC. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

May 23 – Producer and Host, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

May 17 – Presenter, “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Holistic Prevention and Response” at SHIFT NC’s Annual Conference Diving Below the Surface: Exploring the Depths of Adolescent Sexual Health, Greensboro, NC.

May 14 – Co-presenter, “Human Trafficking in the Historical Context of US. Slavery” at NCCASA’s Bi-annual Conference Movement and Momentum, Chapel Hill, NC.

May 8 – Dialogue co-facilitator for a learning circle about gender and sexual minority inclusivity in the movement community at The Flowjo, Carrboro, NC. 6:30 -8:00 pm.

April 25 – Producer, Host, and Storyteller, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

April 25 – Presenter, “Human Trafficking 101,” Morehead City, NC.

April 24 – Trainer, “Direct Service Fundamentals to Survivors of Human Trafficking,” Swan Quarter, NC.

March 28 – Producer, Host, and Storyteller, Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling. PIT Chapel Hill, NC.

March 27 – Guest Speaker, “God, The Body, and Sexuality,” Queer Theology course at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

March 27 – Guest Speaker, “Human Trafficking,” Media and Journalism course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

March 12 – Webinar presenter, “Developing a Support Group Program for Survivors of Sexual Assault.” Private nonprofit, NC.

March 11 – Guest Speaker, “A Feminist Perspective on Human Trafficking,” Gender and Sex Roles Sociology course at Berea College, Berea, KY.

March 6 – Dialogue co-facilitator for a learning circle about gender and sexual minority inclusivity in the movement community at The Flowjo, Carrboro, NC. 6:30 -8:00 pm.

March 2 – Workshop co-facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries: an interactive workshop for the local movement community” in collaboration with Living Arts Collective, Durham, NC. 11:00 am-2:00 pm. Co-facilitated with Bonnie MacDougall.

February 21 – Presenter, “Direct Service Fundamentals to Survivors of Human Trafficking,” NCHTC Symposium, Charlotte, NC.

February 9 – Workshop co-facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries: an interactive workshop for the local movement community” in collaboration with The Flowjo, Carrboro, NC. 1:00-4:00 pm. Co-facilitated with Bonnie MacDougall.

February 2 – Trainer, private nonprofit advocate training, Chapel Hill, NC.

January 26 – Workshop facilitator, “Consent and Boundaries: an interactive workshop by and for LGBTQ friends” in collaboration with the LGBTQ Center of Carrboro, NC. 1:00-4:00 pm. A fundraiser to fund space rental for a by-and-for-trans ongoing yoga series.

January 23 – Speaker, “LGBTQ Activism: Past, Present, Future” for local school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance.

January 20 – Workshop facilitator, “Trauma and Resiliency: Working with Marginalized Populations” for private civil service training, Carrboro, NC.

January 8 – Guest Speaker, private event, Winston Salem, NC.

2018

December 13 – Storyteller, “Sex Ed Storytelling – An Entertaining Fundraiser” fundraiser for SHIFT NC, Motorco, Durham, NC. Tickets $10.

November 15 – Panelist, “Human Trafficking Professionals in Conversation,” and presenter, “Moving into the Margins with Minor Sex Trafficking,” North Carolina Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Summit, Greensboro, NC. (November 14-15)

October 19 – Presenter, “Centering the Margins: Moving Beyond ‘Perfect Victim’ Expectations in Minor Sex Trafficking Prevention and Response,” Carolina Conference on Queer Youth, Charlotte, NC.

October 10 – Speaker, “Sex, Grace, and Social Justice: How Immanent Theologies Make Bodies Matter,” Nerd Nite Chapel Hill.

June 15 (Friday) – Co-Presenter, “Consent and Boundaries in a #MeToo World.” PlayThink Movement and Arts Festival, Berea, Kentucky. (June 13-17)

April 17 – Guest Speaker, “God, The Body, and Sexuality” Queer Theology course at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.