Event Calendar
Phoenix Dream Center – Open House Tour
Take a tour of the Phoenix Dream Center. Open for individuals and groups – tours are about 1 hour.
Webinar: Wielding Your Inner Strengths: Building Your Personal Resilience
Wielding Your Inner Strengths: Building Your Personal Resilience April 1 | 10—11am Presented by Claire Louge, M.Ed. Life is full of challenges – big and small. Whether we’re facing major loss, a global pandemic, or just some atrociously bad traffic, life is constantly offering us opportunities to practice resilience. This training will focus on what […]
Webinar: Technology and CSEC: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This module will look at the ways technology is used by traffickers and buyers to facilitate child sex trafficking. Emphasis will be placed on recruitment and purchasing strategies and how pornography relates to child sex trafficking. This module will also examine prevention strategies related to the use of technology. Conversely, the module will also focus […]
POSTPONED NEW DATE TBD – Take Back the Night Phoenix 2020
Take Back the Night Phoenix 2020: FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE! Help us spread the word and let’s TAKE BACK THE NIGHT PHOENIX! Follow along with our hashtag: #tbtnphx TBTN Phoenix 2020 will feature: Survivor speakers sharing their stories of sexual assault, domestic violence, and trafficking; Approximately 50 agencies tabling to provide outreach and support; […]
Webinar: Connection Before Correction—Why Attachment Matter
Connection Before Correction—Why Attachment Matters April 8 | 10—11am Presented by Meghan Hays Davis, MAS, IMH-E® Parenting is hard, parenting children with trauma histories is a whole different ballgame. This workshop will show how care providers can assess past attachment patterns that lead to negative behaviors, reinterpret those behaviors and provide relationship based guidance and […]
Webinar: Preventing and Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
Preventing and Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences April 15 | 10—11am Presented by Claire Louge, M.Ed. Childhood trauma affects later adult health and wellbeing. This training will delve into the revolutionary Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study, an ongoing body of research study that demonstrates the link between early trauma and adult behavior. You’ll learn how to […]
POSTPONED! NEW DATES TBD – 2020 National Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference
Looking back to our first two years, the focus of the National Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference has been on building awareness and collaboration. This year, our audacious conference goal is to expand programming, advocacy and policy, across the country in a big way. We have been inspired by the feedback from prior conference attendees […]
Webinar: Stress, Trauma, and the Trauma-Informed Approach
Stress, Trauma, and the Trauma-Informed Approach April 29 | 10—11am Presented by Claire Louge, M.Ed. How does stress negatively impact your life? This workshop will delve into the body’s natural response to stress, and use this as a lens for understanding the impact of trauma on human thinking and behavior. Participants will learn simple stress […]
Sexual Offenses: Mind and Motivation
Gain an introduction into the psychology, or mindset, of those that commit sexually motivated crimes. Learn about sex offender typologies and patterns of behavior. Explore the relationship between paraphilia such as exhibitionism, voyeurism, and fetishism and criminal acts. Review and dissect real case examples to gain insight into offender modus operandi. Knowledge obtained can be […]
Webinar: Supply and Demand: The Roles of Traffickers, Buyers, and Gangs In CSEC
The purpose of this module is to recognize and understand the roles that traffickers and gangs play as they provide the supply of children in sex trafficking. Additionally, the module will focus on how buyers contribute to the demand for child sex trafficking and how each group continues the cycle of victimization. Societal factors around […]
Webinar: The Medical Evaluation of Victims of Child Sex Trafficking
This module focuses on the role of medical providers in the evaluation and treatment of victims of child sex trafficking. Participants will learn about victim identification, how to properly gather information from the victim, how to conduct the medical exam, how to provide appropriate testing and treatment, and what referrals can made on behalf of […]
Webinar: Moving Forward After Victimization: Helping Victims to Survive and Thrive
In this module, we will discuss how as advocates we can best attempt to understand how a victim’s perspective of their exploitation will impact them during and after leaving “the life.” The speaker will address resiliency of victims during their exploitation and how they can move forward to empowerment. Additional topics include how public perception/stigma […]
Child Abuse Prevention Conference
This year’s conference theme is “Connection: The Power of Relationships” and will focus on how building and strengthening relationships is critical to creating the world we want for children.
Shared Hope 2020 Just Conference
THE NATION’S LEADING CONFERENCE ON JUVENILE SEX TRAFFICKING Event Registration Opens Spring 2020 This unforgettable and inspiring conference features today’s most pressing issues in the anti-trafficking field. Presentations and workshops focus on skill-building, survivor experiences, cross-discipline collaboration, task force development, case studies and lessons learned. The JuST Conference continues to stand by the motto that […]