Maryland Child Trafficking Awareness Conference

Transforming Together: Collaborative Strategies for Statewide Growth

June 5, 2025

Towson University

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Join the Conversation: Collaborating for a Sustainable Future

As we navigate a rapidly evolving landscape, the power of collaboration stands out as a vital force for statewide growth and sustainability. Transforming Together: Collaborative Strategies for Statewide Growth invites leaders, practitioners, and stakeholders from diverse sectors to explore dynamic partnerships that foster sustainable development and equitable progress across our communities.

This conference will focus on:

  • Innovative Cross-Sector Collaboration: Fostering connections across sectors to create a unified approach to address complex issues, leveraging each other’s strengths and resources to drive systemic change
  • Empowering Survivor Voices: Highlighting the importance of involving survivor leaders in decision-making processes to ensure that growth initiatives are inclusive and responsive to survivor needs.
  • Policy and Advocacy: Discussing the role of policy in promoting sustainable practices. Participants will share insights on effective advocacy strategies influencing legislation and driving systemic change.
  • Technology Innovation: Explore the latest tools, techniques, and collaborations, showcasing how modern approaches are making a difference in preventing and addressing child trafficking.
  • Sustainable Futures: Addressing the critical need for growth strategies that prioritize inclusivity and equity, ensuring that progress benefits all members of our communities.

Join us as we foster a space for dialogue, learning, and connection, empowering participants to transform challenges into opportunities through collaborative strategies that propel our communities forward.

Request for Workshop or Poster Proposals

The deadline to submit is March 14, 2025. A PDF version of the call for proposals is available for download. Please submit questions using the contact form at the bottom of the page.

Workshops

We are seeking 75-minute workshops focused on fostering cross-sector collaboration to address complex issues contributing to trafficking and leveraging resources to drive systemic change. Sessions may examine how different complexities intersect to heighten the risk of trafficking and exploitation. Additionally, workshops could showcase innovative technology tools or community-driven approaches to combat human trafficking.

Workshops aimed at a range of audiences, from community members new to the issue to professionals working with survivors of trafficking, are highly encouraged. Attendance will likely be in the 50-120 range for each concurrent workshop. Please include details on how you will creatively make the workshop engaging or interactive for such a large group.

Posters

We are also seeking poster presentations to be exhibited during the conference. 

Posters should be related directly to the field of child trafficking (either sex or labor trafficking), and fall into one of the following categories:

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Practice

Tips on practice innovations that have been working well (in general or especially online during coronavirus).

Policy

Descriptions of new or updated policies affecting Maryland, information about local, state, or national legislative advocacy campaigns.

Research

Background, methods, findings & discussion about trafficking-related research that may be of interest to practitioners.

Outreach

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 Registration for the 2024 Maryland Child Trafficking Conference is now open!

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Testimonials

Very moving day. Thank you.

It was all fantastic, but the break out session[s] were phenomenal!

I really enjoyed the conference[...]. Helps me to look at trafficking with a somewhat different lens.

It is so important to set aside our own perspectives and be challenged to do better and create systematic change. Thank you for bringing in these powerful women.

Survivor panel [...] was informative, enlightening, it opens eyes to what works/not works.

Informative, thought provoking, educational

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