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2023

September – 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.

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.

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.