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SAFE Center and Guatemalan Consulate Collaborate to Address Trafficking in Maryland’s Immigrant Communities

During Human Trafficking Awareness month, the SAFE Center was invited to lead a training session for staff at the...

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SAFE Center Spotlights the Transformational Impact of Business Partnerships on Human Trafficking Survivors

Our Human Trafficking Awareness Month event, First Step into Employment: Empowering Human Trafficking Survivors through Economic Opportunities, highlighted the...

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Allison Norris Discusses Challenges for Unaccompanied Minors at USCCB Convening

Allison Norris, Esq., Legal Immigration Services Director at the SAFE Center, was invited by the U.S. Conference of Catholic...

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Jatnna Gomez Appointed to Prince George’s Co. Commission for Women

SAFE Center Director of Equity and Community Partnerships, Jatnna Gomez, was confirmed this July by the Prince George’s County...

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Expanding Youth Prevention Efforts in Prince George’s County Schools

Through school visits, youth trainings, and peer leadership programs, Prevention Social Worker Tanejah Jones has led the SAFE Center...

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SAFE Center Teams with Heal Trafficking & UM Capital Region Medical Center on Race and Equity in Healthcare

In a powerful panel discussion led by the SAFE Center, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center (UMCRMC) & HEAL...

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Alysha Welsh Tapped as Immigration Judge

SAFE Center Legal Services Director Alysha (Ali) Welsh was recently appointed by the U.S. Attorney General to serve as an Immigration...

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The SAFE Center Advocates for Leveraging the International Trade Agenda to Combat Forced Labor

The SAFE Center filed comments urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to adapt and deploy existing international ...

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Survivor Ambassador Interns Hold Food Drive

The SAFE Center partnered with Spectrum Foods and Poultry, a University of Maryland, College Park alumni-owned company, to host...

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Sophie Aron Named Vice Chair of Montgomery Co. Human Trafficking Prevention Committee

SAFE Center Research and Program Coordinator Sophie Aron was named Vice Chair of the Montgomery County Human Trafficking Prevention...

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SAFE Center Co-Leads Session at FNUSA Conference 2022

Social service providers approach their work with the desire to support and empower others. Anti-trafficking organizations, despite a focus...

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SAFE Center Hosts Federal and International Experts at Critical Updates Forum

This January, during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the SAFE Center developed and hosted a high-level, virtual two-panel program featuring...

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UMD SAFE Center Grieves with the AAPI Community & Decries Anti-Asian Racism

March 2021 Our team at the University of Maryland SAFE Center shares in the grief and pain of our...

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SAFE Center Co-Hosts Human Trafficking Conversation with U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin

January 22, 2021 In honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the SAFE Center partnered with the Prince George’s County...

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SAFE Center Partner Spotlight: TISTA Science & Technology

January 2021   This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the UMD SAFE Center is pleased to partner with TISTA Science...

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SAFE Center Reviews Impact of COVID-19 Response

January, 2021 Now that 2020 has come to a close, we reflect on the unique challenges presented by the...

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SAFE Director Discusses Media Representation of Trafficking with Society of Professional Journalists

November 17, 2020 The SAFE Center Director participated in an “ICTalk” with the Society of Professional Journalists to highlight...

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SAFE Center Co-Hosts Virtual Human Trafficking Training for Health Care Providers

November 12, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EST The SAFE Center will join the Maryland Hospital Association, the Maryland Human...

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SAFE Center Joins National Organizations in Opposing Changes to the USCIS Policy Manual

On August, 14, 2020 the SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors joined over 70 national, state, and local advocacy...

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SAFE Center Director Moderates Trafficking Expert Panel Hosted by International Association of Women Judges

July 22, 2020  In recognition of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, the International Association of...

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UMD SAFE Center Team Statement on Racial Injustice

The UMD SAFE Center decries the structural racism that remains as a toxic legacy of our country’s history and permeates our society today, and we are working to ensure that we are an actively anti-racist institution.