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New Guidelines Help Identify, Support Human Trafficking Survivors in Maryland

Source: Maryland Hospital Association | January 24, 2020 A new resource guide aims to equip Maryland health care providers...

SAFE Center Director Delivers US Chamber of Commerce Event Keynote on Partnering with Businesses to Combat Trafficking and Empower Survivors

January 16, 2020 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum on Integrating Services for Human Trafficking Survivors on...

SAFE Center Director Featured on Kojo Nnamdi Show

Source: WAMU 88.5  (Washington’s NPR Station) – The Kojo Nnamdi Show | January 9, 2020  In honor of Human...

UMD SAFE Center Launches Economic Empowerment Initiative led by Mari Snyder

Source: University of Maryland School of Public Health | June 20, 2019  The University of Maryland SAFE (Support, Advocacy,...

SAFE Center Releases 2019 Legislative Report

Source: University of Maryland School of Public Health | June 10, 2019  Three new Maryland laws passed this year...

SAFE Center Clinical Social Worker Presents at County-Wide Human Trafficking Symposium

Source: The Sentinel | April 10, 2019  “To educate the public and begin the discussion around a problematic topic,...

SAFE Center Director Keynotes Calvert County Commission on Women’s Women of the World Luncheon

Source: The Calvert Recorder | March 20, 2019  “The Calvert County Commission for Women and the League of Women...

SAFE Center Joins School of Public Health

March 12, 2018 The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors is...

SAFE Center Director Co-Authors Washington Post Op-Ed

Source: The Washington Post | March 6, 2019  “At the University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE)...

SAFE Center Receives VOCA Grant, Expands to Washington County

October 1, 2018 The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors has...

SAFE Center Team Presents at September Anti-Trafficking Conferences

September 24, 2018 On September 20, 2018, the University of Maryland School of Social Work sponsored the 2nd annual...

SAFE Center Welcomes New Team Members in 2018

September 10, 2018 In recent months, the SAFE Center has welcomed three new staff members and three social work...

SAFE Center Joins Governor Hogan in Announcing New Anti-Trafficking Initiatives

Source: UMB News | August 21, 2018 “Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s new anti-human trafficking initiatives take into account the many dimensions...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Honors SAFE Center Director with Award

Source: UMB News | July 23, 2018 “This month, the SCLC, whose roots trace back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in...

SAFE Center Director Presents at UMBrella Speaker Series

Source: UMB News | February 27, 2018 “A young woman was trafficked into the United States from Mexico, tricked into crossing...

SAFE Director Delivers Keynote and Receives Medal at Congressional Banquet

December 1, 2017 On November 30th, the Founder and Director of the University of Maryland SAFE Center for Human...

SAFE Center Social Services Director Testifies before Montgomery County Council

Source: Montgomery County Council | November 06, 2017 The UMD SAFE Center’s Director of Social Services, Heidi Alvarez, testified before the...

University of Maryland Launches the UMD SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors