3rd Annual Medical Symposium on
Human Trafficking







January 19 - 23, 2021



2020 - 2021 MEDICAL Student Coordinators



VCU School of Medicine



Carolyn Shadowen



Outreach Chair


About Carrie

David Branson



Research Chair


About David

Gurjas Bajaj



Marketing / Advertising Chair


About Gurjas

Benjamin Blake



Logistics Chair


About Benjamin

DAY 1
Tuesday, January 19, 2021



Survivor-led Training for
Healthcare Providers



Survivors provide information that only those with lived experience have. We need this educational approach to inform our practices so that we can meaningfully advance the care and protection of trafficked persons.


Survivor Experts Bella Hounakey and Tanya Gould will share their insights on trauma-informed care and discuss how medical and social service professionals can better meet the unique needs of their patients with trafficking histories.


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Tanya Gould
Survivor Consultant



About Tanya


Bella Hounakey
Survivor Consultant



About Bella


DAY 2
Thursday, January 21, 2021



Art & Technology-based Presentations for
Human Trafficking Prevention



Bruce Miller



Founding Artistic Director & Founding Producer,

Virginia Repertory Theatre


About Bruce

Hannah Miller



Director, Community Health and Wellness Programs, Virginia Repertory Theater


About Hannah

BRUCE MILLER AND HANNAH MILLER will discuss the theater play they will be creating for students in grades 6 - 8 that will teach them how to stay safe from the predatory tactics of human traffickers.


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Amie M. Ashcraft, PhD, MPH



West Virginia University, Department of Family Medicine



Amie will talk about the app she developed to train key personnel in rural areas to identify and report child sex trafficking.


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Self Care



Compassion Fatigue:
The Healing Art of Yoga





We are not our jobs or the thousands of tasks that make up our jobs. We are not the sensations or emotions we feel. We are not the car we drive or the house we live in. We are not Mr. and Ms. Stressed. Join Cheryl Bodamer PhD, MPH, RN, CHSE, in an interactive workshop on how yoga can help you strip away the emotions, sensations and conditions that lead to burnout or compassion fatigue.


About Cheryl
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The Intersection of FilM and Fighting Human Trafficking



Producers Heather Waters, Tanya Gould, and Christina Zorich
expose the horrors of human trafficking through their films
GROOMED and THE NEW ABOLITIONISTS




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Heather Waters



Founder & Producer, Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF)



Heather will share how she is raising public awareness about human trafficking through her film festival.


ABOUT RIFF About Heather

Tanya Gould



Survivor Consultant and Producer,
GROOMED



“My hope is that Groomed helps people connect the dots, gain compassion to the realities of trafficking and pay more attention to what is happening right in their communities.”


ABOUT THE FILM About Tanya

Christina Zorich



Director, THE NEW ABOLITIONISTS



"With this film, I set out to not only expose the causations of trafficking but to reveal practical solutions."


ABOUT THE FILM About Christina

Day 3
Friday, January 22, 2021



Presentations by our Community Partners:
Raising Awareness



Bill Woolf
Founder, JustAsk Prevention
Director, Human Trafficking Programs for the U.S. Department of Justice



Bill will discuss the tie between school closures due to COVID and sex trafficking of youth.


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Members of the Student Advisory Council of JustAsk Prevention will share how they are empowering youth to avoid and prevent human trafficking.


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Julie Russo


MPH Candidate

School of Public Health, Virginia Commonwealth University

About Julie

Julie Russo, Emma Marie and Celie Dean will discuss why they are developing a support group for family and caregivers of survivors of human trafficking.


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Emma



Mother of a Survivor of Human Trafficking


About Emma

Celie



Grandmother of a Survivor of Human Trafficking



Lauren Harris



Educator, Fairfield Middle School, Henrico, Virginia



Lauren will share her experience working with survivors of human trafficking and will explain how trauma-informed interactions can positively impact their health and recovery.


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Day 4
Saturday, January 23, 2021



School of Medicine Forum on
Human Trafficking:
Medical Student Perspectives


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