Agenda

2021 CEASE Virtual Conference:

Leaders in Combatting Child Sexual Abuse

and Trafficking at Home and Abroad

April 16, 2021

8:30am - 3:00pm EST

Welcome Remarks and Georgia's Response to the Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children: Building a National Model

8:30am - 10:15am EST

Welcome Remarks from

Marlan Wilbanks, Partner, Wilbanks & GouinlockProfessor Emma Hetherington, Director, CEASE ClinicDean Peter "Bo" Rutledge, University of Georgia School of Law


Panel Moderated by:Erica Mortonson, LCSWHuman Trafficking Unit Supervisor, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Amy Boney

Director

Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia's CSEC Response Team

Naeshia McDowell

Coordinator

Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia's CSEC Response Team

Hon. Roxanne Formey,

JD, LLM

Judge

Chatham County Juvenile and H.O.P.E. Court

Debbie Garner

Special Agent in Charge

Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit

How Georgia is Working to End International Child Sex Trafficking

10:30am - 11:45am EST

Panel Moderated by:Camila Zolfaghari, JD, LLMExecutive Director - Georgia, Street Grace

David Okech, MSW, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Georgia School of Social Work

&

Director, African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES)

Claire Bolton, M.A., Ph.D.

APRIES Program Manager - Sierra Leone

African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES)

Hon. Justice Adrian J. Fisher

Justice of the High Court

Judiciary of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Break

11:45am - 12:30pm EST

Keynote Speaker:

Sarah Klein

12:30pm - 1:15pm

Sarah Klein is an attorney, an advocate for victims of sexual abuse, and a former competitive gymnast. Sarah is also one of the first known victims of former Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Larry Nassar, and in July 2018, at the ESPYs, Sarah accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of herself and the hundreds of other survivors of Nassar’s sexual abuse. Prior recipients of the Ashe award include Nelson Mandela, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Robin Roberts. Today, Sarah is a widely respected advocate for legal, cultural, and political change. Her op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “I lobbied to change the law after I was abused by Larry Nassar,” caught the attention of Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, and she has worked in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California and elsewhere for legal reform that will bring survivors healing and justice. Sarah believes that the time has come for the law to impose upon abusers and their enablers, both institutions and individuals, the legal consequences they deserve. Sarah is an alumna of Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Global Entrepreneurship program. She sits on the Board of Directors of CHILD USAdvocacy, an organization committed to protecting children’s civil liberties and keeping children safe from abuse. She also sits on the Board of the Montgomery County Advocacy Project (MCAP), preventing child abuse and neglect in Montgomery County through legal services, advocacy, and education.

Legislative Reforms for Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

and Closing Remarks

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

Panel Moderated by:Emma Hetherington, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Georgia School of Law& Director, Wilbanks CEASE Clinic

Kathryn Robb

Executive Director

CHILD USAdvocacy

Mike Griffin

Public Affairs Representative

Georgia Baptist Mission Board