Tuesday, August 5

3:30 p.m.           

Opening Remarks 

Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty, SSND

Migration and Refugee Services (MRS)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

4:00 p.m.                     

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and Its challenges

John Miller

U.S. Department of State

Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons                                                                                                                

Julianne Duncan

MRS/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

Wednesday, August 6

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

The potential of faith-based organizations to combat human trafficking

Steve Wagner

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement Office

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Juvenile justice and human trafficking

Judge Nina Hickson

Fulton County Juvenile Court, Atlanta Georgia

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and networking

2:00 p.m.

Working with the victims

Damian DeArmas

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

The plight of women on the streets and their  potential as trafficking victims

Panel:

·        Sister Patricia Ash, SSJ, Chaplain, Baltimore City Detention Center for Women

·        Mark Gilkey, Detective, Metropolitan Police Department Prostitution Unit, Washington, D.C.

·        Sid Ford, Founder and Director of YANA (You Are Never Alone)

5:00 p.m.

Reception

Thursday, August 7

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Involving our constituents

Sister Joan Hart, SSND

9:45 a.m.

Networking/Workshop

10:30 a.m.

On remembering the victims

Closing Remarks

Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty, SSND