The Schedule

Human Trafficking II: Alaska & Beyond: Opening Remarks & Land Acknowledgement

Opening by: Dr. David Moxley, Dr. Yvonne Chase, & Jenifer Leigh

Land Acknowledgement by: Dr. Jessica Ullrich, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage

We Are Calling to You, MMIWG2S in Alaska

Introducer: Dr. Andre Rosay, Associate Dean, COH at UAA

Alaska's Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok, Executive Director, Data for Indigenous Justice Gender Justice & Healing Director, Native Movement

Media Chronicles MMIW (VIDEO)

Introducer: Dr. Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Services, UAA

Panel Discussions: Missing Murdered Indigenous Persons

Moderator: Dr. Seta Kabranian-Melkonian

A Focus on Indigenous Women

Panelists:

• Ingrid Cumberlidge, MMIP Program Coordinator, District of Alaska, DOJ

• Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok, Executive Director, Data for Indigenous Justice Gender Justice & Healing Director, Native Movement

• Dr. Jessica Ullrich, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage

Government & Law Enforcement Discussions

Moderator: Dr. David Moxley, Director of the School of Social Work and Department of Human Services, UAA

Contributions Spanning Across Alaska's Governmental and Law Enforcement Agencies

Panelists:

Experts from multiple government and law enforcement agencies

• Erin Terry, Victims Specialist, FBI, Anchorage Division

• Chris Darnall, Assistant Attorney General, AK Dept of Law's OSP

• Adam Alexander, Assistant US Attorney, Project Safe Childhood & Human Trafficking Coordinator for the District of Alaska

This is Our Story...

Introducer: Dr. Amana Talala Mbise, School of Social Work, UAA

Voices of Survivors

Speaker: Autumn Smith, Founder Amy's Consulting

Closing Remarks & Review of CEUs

Remarks by: Dr. Yvonne Chase & Jenifer Leigh

Welcoming Remarks & Review of Logistics

Welcome by: Dr. Yvonne Chase & Jenifer Leigh

Reflections on Labor Trafficking and Exploitation in Alaska & Beyond

Moderator: Dr. David Moxley

Panelists:

• Dr. Meredith Dank, Research Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York

• Dr. Amana Talala Mbise, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage

• Anna Taylor, JD, Alaska Institute for Justice

Can We Get Along?

Introducer: Jenifer Leigh, Division of Community & Behavioral Health, UAA

Interagency Collaboration and Coalition Building to Combat Trafficking

Speaker: Dr. Charles Hounmenou, Assistant Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago

What Research is Telling Us

Introducer: Dr. Yvonne Chase

Victimization of American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: Findings of a National Survey

Speaker: Dr. Andre Rosay, Associate Dean, College of Health

Combating Human Trafficking through Research, Programming, and Policy Development

Speakers:

• Dr. Rebecca Poon, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Coordinator, APRIES and CenHTRO

• Dr. David Okech, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Georgia; Director of APRIES and CenHTRO

African Programming and Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) Center on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach (CenHTRO)

Advocates for Strengthening Survivor Support

Moderator: Carey Brown, Senior Academic Advisor with the College of Health Student Success Center

Connecting Access to Quality Mental Health Services

Speaker: Dr. Sara Buckingham, Assistant Professor of Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage

Healing our Children and Our Community: Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking

Speaker: Karen Sallee, Nurse Practitioner, Alaska Child Abuse, Response

Journey to Healing: Counseling Trauma and Crisis

Speaker: Dr. Christina Stuive, Associate Professor of Counseling, Kenai Peninsula College/Kenai River Campus

Efforts to Fight Human Trafficking: ANJC's Response and Partnership Development for MMIW

Speaker: Alicia Ambrosio, Advocacy Program Manager, Alaska Native Justice Center (ANJC)

Final Comments & Closing Remarks

Remarks by: Dr. Yvonne Chase & Jenifer Leigh