Title:

Reporter & Author

Organization:

Presentation Title:

The Disaster of Legalization, and the Rise of the Abolitionist Model

Presentation Description:

Julie Bindel will draw on her extensive research on the global sex trade to highlight examples from countries such as Germany, Holland, Nevada, USA, and Australia/New Zealand and decriminalization has failed to address any of the problems inherent to the sex trade, and has, in fact, made matters far worse for the prostituted women and men, and those societies in general. Bindel will suggest that the abolitionist (Nordic) model is the only way forward.

Bio:

Julie Bindel is an investigative journalist, writer, and broadcaster. She has been active in the global campaign to end violence towards women and children since 1979 and has written extensively on surrogacy rape, domestic violence, sexually motivated murder, prostitution and trafficking, child sexual exploitation, stalking, and the rise of religious fundamentalism and its harm to women and girls.

Julie has authored over 30 book chapters and reports on a range of topics pertaining to gender inequality and abuse, and writes regularly for The Guardian, Independent, the New Statesman, Spectator and Truthdig. She appears regularly on the BBC and Sky News. Julie also produces radio documentaries on various aspects of violence and exploitation of women and girls.

She was Visiting Journalist at Brunel University (2013 – 2014), Visiting Researcher at Lincoln University (2014-17) and is an advisory board of Byline (byline.com). Julie’s book on the state of the lesbian and gay movement in the UK (Guardian books, 2014) has been praised for being thought-provoking and challenging. Julie has also co-authored The Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys (2003), Exiting Prostitution: A Study on female desistance (2014). Her latest book is The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth (2017).

Title:

Co-Founder

Organization:

A Call to Men

Presentation Title:

Breaking Out of the Man Box

Presentation Description:

A CALL TO MEN Co-Founder Ted Bunch radically challenges the collective socialization of men by examining the social norms, culture and traditional images of manhood that have created an environment that supports, tolerates and often encourages men’s violence against women. Bunch provides insight into the construct of sexism and challenges the privileges and entitlements given to men by men.  He articulates how the Man Box perpetrates sexism and inequality, and how embracing and promoting a healthy, respectful manhood will prevent trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, discrimination, and other social ills.

Bio:

Ted Bunch is an educator, activist and lecturer working to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls.  Ted is internationally recognized for his efforts to prevent violence against women while promoting a healthy, respectful manhood.

Ted is the former director and co-creator of the largest program for domestic violence offenders in America.  His innovative work laid the groundwork for the prevention strategies now endorsed as best practice in engaging men to end violence against women. Ted developed and implemented model response programs for police, fire departments, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and other first responders dealing with domestic violence.

Ted is an adviser to the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball, providing policy consultation and facilitating violence prevention and healthy manhood training.  Ted was a guest presenter for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, and an international lecturer for the U.S. State Department. He was invited to help lead the #TimesUp Engaging Men efforts and is providing ongoing healthy manhood and sexual harassment prevention training throughout the entertainment industry.

Title:

Child Advocate

Organization:

Jacob Wetterling Resource Center

Presentation Title:

“There’s a Dream That We Dream How the World Should Be….”

Presentation Description:

Patty will share lessons learned about child safety following her son’s abduction. Understanding the continuum of child sexual abuse, and the contributing factors of today’s social environmental to sexual harm. we also need to focus on the vision and work to build healthier, more respectful relationships. We need to teach our children about relationships and respectful boundaries so that they don’t grow up to become someone who would exploit another. Let’s talk about what are we fighting for.

Three Objectives or Takeaway Ideas:

1. Have increased understanding of child abduction and exploitation and how to replace fear with knowledge.
2. Understand the collaboration needed to stop harmful behaviors
3. Share the hope for a world where children have the right to grow up safe and follow their dreams.

Bio:

Patty Wetterling is the mother of Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted at the age of eleven by a masked gunman on October 22, 1989 near his home in St. Joseph, Minnesota. On September 1, 2016, nearly twenty-seven years after his abduction, Jacob’s remains were found, and his abductor arrested. Throughout her healing process, Patty has continued to search for prevention solutions and to seek answers to build a better safer world for children.

Patty co-founded the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC) and Team H.O.P.E. a national support group for families of missing children.  Patty co-authored the books, “When Your Child is Missing:  A Family Survival Guide,” and “Perspectives on Missing Persons Cases.” Patty has become a nationally recognized educator on child abduction and sexual exploitation of children.

Patty was Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children from 2012-2015 and remains a champion of hope for families whose children are still missing and for prevention of sexual exploitation and abduction.

Title:

Journalist, Columnist

Organization:

The New York Times

Presentation Title:

The Virtual Cage: How the Internet Teaches Us to Exploit Ourselves

Presentation Description:

Details Coming

Bio:

Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Wednesday and Sunday. Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger for theatlantic.com.

He is the author of To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism (2018), Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics (2012), Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (2005) and a co-author, with Reihan Salam, of Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (2008). He is the film critic for National Review and a Writer-in-Residence at the Elm Institute. He co-hosts the op-ed page’s podcast, The Argument, with Michelle Goldberg and David Leonhardt.

Title:

Founder and Executive Director

Organization:

The Samaritan Women

Presentation Title:

"View from the Trenches" & “Continuum of Care”

Presentation Description:

View from the Trenches

Long-term restorative care offers a different vantage point on survivors and their healing journey.  In this very candid session Jeanne Allert shares their experiences and insights from “doing life” with survivors for the past 12 years.  Her talk will focus on those areas where the care processes encounters the biggest obstacles.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the scope of services offered by long-term restorative care
• Identify barriers in our systems of care that complicate recovery
• Develop an appreciation for the complexity of needs of victims of sexual exploitation

“Continuum of Care”

Four seasoned victim services professionals discuss the uniqueness of their position along a larger—and necessary—continuum of care, and how services vary based on that position and where their clients are in their healing journeys.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the distinct characteristics and service needs of clients at each stage
• Appreciate the challenges of direct service at each stage
• Consider where your desire to serve would best be offered

Bio:

In 2007 Jeanne founded and currently directs The Samaritan Women, a national faith-based organization providing restorative care to survivors of domestic sex trafficking.  Jeanne architected the therapeutic care model, incorporating clinical and alternative therapies from addictions recovery, trauma-informed care, spiritual healing and positive psychology.

In 2018 Jeanne help establish the National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance which serves as a trade association for shelter programs across the country.  Its mission is to advance the field of shelter care through advocacy, networking, agency accreditation and an annual conference.  In 2018 The Samaritan Women announced the formation of the Institute for Shelter Care, which serves as a research, training and equipping entity to help establish new shelter programs, stabilize and improve current programs, and facilitate qualified research to advance national standards of care and best practices. In 2018 she was awarded “Most Innovative Woman in Nonprofits” by the Stevie Awards.

Jeanne is a graduate of the FBI Citizen’s Academy and sits on the National Advisory Council for the Conference on Crimes Against Women.  She authored PRACTICES, a national survey report of residential service providers in 2017, Funding Landscape for Residential Service Provider Agencies for Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking in 2016, and co-authored Guide for Residential Service Providers for Human Trafficking Survivors with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015.  Her work is profiled in the 2015 national documentary “In Plain Sight.”

Jeanne has served as an international public speaker for over 35 years.  She holds a Master of Arts in Education and a Master of Divinity in Church Ministry (graduating May 2019).

Title:

Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology

Organization:

West Virginia University

Presentation Title:

PLENARY: Violence Against Adult Women: The Contribution of Pornography and Image-Based Sexual Abuse; BREAKOUT: Confronting Adult Pornography and Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Presentation Description:

PLENARY: Violence Against Adult Women: The Contribution of Pornography and Image-Based Sexual Abuse

The social scientific literature on the relationship between pornography, image-based sexual abuse, and violence against women has grown considerably over the past 10 years. This presentation chronicles major developments in the field and provides answers to these three: What do we know? How do we know it? What are the next steps?

Three Objectives or Takeaway Ideas:

1. Participants will become familiar with the current social scientific knowledge about the relationship between violence against women, pornography, and image-based sexual abuse.
2. Based on their own personal and work experiences, participants will identify new areas of research.
3. Participants will be learn about why pornography and image-based sexual abuse contribute to various types of violence against women.

BREAKOUT: Confronting Adult Pornography and Image-Based Sexual Abuse

The main objective of this presentation is to suggest progressive individual and collective means of
confronting adult pornography. These measures involve taking an explicit stand for women and have the
potential to help reduce much pain and suffering.

Bio:

Walter S. DeKeseredy is Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University. He has published 25 books, 100 scientific journal articles and 83 scholarly book chapters on violence against women and other social problems. In 2008, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma gave him the Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award. He also jointly received the 2004 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division on Women and Crime and the 2007 inaugural UOIT Research Excellence Award. In 1995, he received the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award from the ASC’s Division on Critical Criminology (DCC) and in 2008 the DCC gave him the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, he received the Critical Criminal Justice Scholar Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ (ACJS) Section on Critical Criminal Justice and in 2015, he received the Career Achievement Award from the ASC’s Division on Victimology. In 2017, he received the Impact Award from the ACJS’s section on Victimology and the Robert Jerrin Book Award from the ASC’s Division on Victimology.

Selected Publications

DeKeseredy, W.S., & Dragiewicz, M. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of Critical Criminology(2nded.). London: Routledge.

DeKeseredy, W.S., Dragiewicz, M., & Schwartz, M.D. (2017). Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against Women. Oakland, CA: University of California Press. Winner of the 2017 Robert Jerrin Book Award, American Society of Criminology’s Division on Victimology.

DeKeseredy, W.S., Schwartz, M.D., Nolan, J., Mastron, N., & Hall-Sanchez, A. (2018). Polyvictimization and the continuum of sexual abuse at a college campus: Does negative peer support increase the likelihood of multiple victimizations? The British Journal of Criminology.DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azy036/

Rennison, C.M., & DeKeseredy, W.S. (2018). Violent girls in the United States: Urban, suburban, and rural differences. International Journal of Rural Criminology,4, 27-42.

Messinger, A.M., Birmingham, R.S., & DeKeseredy, W.S.(2018). Perceptions of same-gender and different gender intimate partner cyber-monitoring. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518787814.

Pritchard, A., DeKeseredy, W.S., Nolan, J., & Hall-Sanchez, A. (2018). Who speaks first? Analyzing response waves in a large-scale campus climate survey. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment,& Trauma. DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2018.1468374.

DeKeseredy, W.S., Hall-Sanchez, A., & Nolan, J. (2018). College campus sexual assault:The contribution of peers’ pro-abuse informational support and attachments to abusive peers.Violence Against Women, 24, 922-935.

DeKeseredy, W.S., Hall-Sanchez, A., Nolan, J., & Schwartz, M.D. (2017). A campus LGBTQ community’s sexual violence and stalking experiences: The contribution of pro-abuse peer support. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 1, 169-185.

Title:

Chair & Professor

Organization:

Social, Behavioral and Human Sciences, University of Washington

Presentation Title:

PRESENTATION: Black Girlhood Interrupted: Physical and Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Girls; DOCUMENTARY: Let Me Tell Ya'll 'bout Black chick: Violence Against Black Women in Pornography

Presentation Description:

PRESENTATION: Black Girlhood Interrupted: Physical and Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Girls

Bio:

Armed with my first adult library card, at age 12 I checked out the book Scream Quietly or the Neighbors Will Hear. This book was one of the early academic efforts to investigate domestic violence. Today, I spend my professional life writing, training and consulting. My primary goal is to produce research that can be applied to real life problems. For example, I create culturally sensitive training material for domestic violence/sexual assault advocates.

In 1997, after completing my second post-doctoral fellowship at the University of New Hampshire, the opportunity to help build an institution and a psychology program drew me to UW Tacoma. I teach a range of psychology courses related to violence and sexuality, including Family Violence, Human Sexuality, Sex Crimes and Sexual Violence, Sexual Deviance.

I study the long-term consequences of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. I also investigate the hypersexualization of young women in the media.

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Not on My Watch, Inc.

Presentation Title:

Role of the Church in Combatting Sex Trafficking: From the Pulpit to the White House

Presentation Description:

What is the church’s role in combatting sex trafficking in their communities and cities.  How do we effectively use our power to help shape the laws of our land while protecting the most vulnerable among us.  Let’ hear God’s heart on the matter.

Bio:

Named 1 of 25 most influential women in the Bronx, Rev. Dr. Que English continues to be a trailblazer for criminal justice reform, education reform, women and girl issues, human trafficking and domestic violence.

Rev. Que is the CEO/Founder and Executive Director of Not on My Watch, Inc. (NOMW) and Chairs the New York City Faith-Based Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence.  NOMW has empowered over 300 houses of worship with the tools necessary to combat human trafficking and domestic violence in their communities. They’ve hosted five national conferences where over 3,000 to date have attended spanning from federal personnel such as Homeland Security representatives to grassroot organizations educating, empowering and creating advocates around these issues.   They have worked together with national and local organizations to see the passing of key legislation to protect the most vulnerable among us.

Rev. Que formed and serves as the Convener of TrafficK-Free NYC (TFNYC).  It is the only community led convening that brings together service providers, city agencies, and survivors for the sole purpose of combatting human trafficking in New York City.

As an educator, Rev. Que launched first human trafficking course in Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work and Nyack College.

Title:

Founding CEO and Champion Mentor

Organization:

More Too Life, Inc.

Presentation Title:

BREAKOUT: The Language of Cultures: Overcoming Biases and Bigotry in the Anti-Trafficking Movement as it relates to Victim Services and Identification

Presentation Description:

BREAKOUT: The Language of Cultures: Overcoming Biases and Bigotry in the Anti-Trafficking Movement as it relates to Victim Services and Identification

When it comes to expression, be it verbal or physical, we all have unique accents. We don’t choose to have these accents, yet adapt to them in our early childhood years, based on the cultural behaviors and environments we grow up with. Whereas for many accents bring personality, for some accents bring trauma. In order to understand one’s behavior, we must apprehend their culture – be it gang culture, rape-culture or hypersexualization – and to which degree these cultures bring new challenges in the 21^st century. As service providers and responsible community members, we must look aside these cultural biases and bigotry and help individuals understand that they are victims, yet their trauma does not have to define who they are. We understand that whereas everyone has a potential, not everyone has an opportunity. We seek to instill a new sense of identity to those who have longed to discover themselves in a world where they cannot be found.

Three Objectives or Takeaway Ideas:

1. (Negative) culture does not have to define who you are
2. We need to understand and break down the boundaries of trauma in order to assist others in discovering who they want to be
3. Victims often don’t know that they are victims, because of accepted cultures

Bio:

Founder and CEO/ED of More Too Life, Inc., and a sought-after international speaker, and champion against human trafficking and teacher in what she calls “Digital Integrity, Intelligence and Safety”. She has been recognized with countless achievement awards, fellows and appointments, and most recently was named a Google Next Gen Policy Leader, with the ability to learn from leading Google executives and other leaders in profound aspects that deal with world issues in relation to tech and tech policy. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 44^th President of the United States and the White House in December 2016. She also received the advocate of the year in the state of Florida from the Attorney General Pam Bondi, Human Trafficking Council held by the A.G. and Governor Rick Scott and his cabinet. She holds a PH.D in Pastoral Clinical Counseling and accreditation in Pastoral Clinical and temperance-based Counseling, as well as  a Bachelor in Biblical Studies, Master’s in Pastoral Clinical Counseling  and two Honorary Doctorates, one in Humane Letters and Theology and one in Biblical Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary, National Christian Counseling Association, CICA University and Seminary and Richmond Virginia Seminary.

Title:

Neurosurgeon

Organization:

Presentation Title:

A Population of Slaves: How the Pornography Industry is Capturing our Brains, Hearts, and Humanity

Presentation Description:

1. Digital pornography is increasingly addictive, and ignoring this only potentiates it’s ability to harm
2. The pornography industry, personified by companies like Mindgeek, use this addictive potential to enrich themselves, and minimize their exploitation of the performers and consumers by the material that enriches the industry.
3. Academic apologists ally themselves with Big Porn to deflect and minimize the evidence of both harm and addiction, modeling Big Tobacco’s playbook, and purposefully targeting youth.  Thus, a public health approach is needed to counter this predatory industry.

Bio:

Dr. Hilton is a neurosurgeon practicing in San Antonio. His research and publishing interests have included traumatic brain injury, minimally invasive surgery, and neural mechanisms of addiction.

He has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on addiction and the effects of pornography on the brain. He also serves on the board of directors of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, and has served on the board for the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health. Dr. Hilton has spoken at numerous symposiums and forums on pornography as a public health issue in the United States and internationally, including a symposium in Warsaw, Poland in the Parliament building, at a Vatican conference at the Gregorian Pontifical University convened by Pope Francis in 2017, and at a Set Free Summit in Singapore in March of 2019. He has also been featured in several documentaries on pornography. He and his wife Jana have 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

Title:

Director

Organization:

Sensibilities, Inc.

Presentation Title:

PLENARY: Restorative Justice & Circles to Address Sexual Harm; BREAKOUT: If Not Now When? Dealing with Compassion fatigue and Secondary & Vicarious Trauma

Presentation Description:

PLENARY: Restorative Justice & Circles to Address Sexual Harm

Addressing the harm done is key for the healing of those harmed as well as the broader community. Circles also offer an opportunity for children that cause the harm to more fully understand the impact of their behavior and to take meaningful accountability. This session provides a brief overview of the theory and the practice of restorative justice and circles along with examples of ways circles can be used for prevention and intervention with sexually harmful behaviors.

PLENARY: Restorative Justice & Circles to Address Sexual Harm;

Compassion fatigue, Secondary & Vicarious Trauma are not only individual but also organizational responsibilities. This session speaks to individual and organization indicator and solutions to promoting wellness for those who do this work.

Bio:

Since 1976, Cordelia has been doing a wide range of work to promote sexual health and prevent sexual harm. Since 1992, she’s operated her own training and consultation business based in Minneapolis, MN. She is author of “The Impact of Pornography on Children, Youth and Culture,” (2011, updated 2017) and “Fired Up” 2014 a play based on survivors stories about child sexual abuse/exploitation. In her over 4 decades of this work she’s conducted over 2700 presentations. For over 20 years she was on the board of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and remains on the ATSA (Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers) prevention committee.

Cordelia has an MA in Human Development (St. Mary’s University) with a focus on sexuality and sexual violence.

Title:

Feminist Journalist and Writer

Organization:

Abolitionisten Nederland

Presentation Title:

The Failure of Legalization of Prostitution in The Netherlands

Presentation Description:

In 2000 the Dutch lifted the ban of brothel keeping and by doing so they legalized prostitution. The intentions were good: improve conditions for women in prostitution and combat human trafficking. Almost twenty years later, the Dutch have to admit their policy, which they deemed progressive and pragmatic, has totally failed. As the mayor of Amsterdam admitted lately: the situation in the red light district of Amsterdam has become untenable. Renate van der  Zee will explain why the Dutch thought the legalization of prostitution a good idea, why it has failed and to what consequences.

Bio:

Renate van der Zee is a Dutch feminist journalist and writer with a focus on prostitution and humand trafficking. She has done extensive research and has written several books on the Dutch sex industry. Her stance is that the legalisation of prostitution in The Netherlands has not only failed to improve conditions for women in prostitution, but has helped to create a market where international networks of human traffickers exploit vulnerable women from poor countries who are bought by men who justify themselves by claiming that what they do is legal.