Source: Maryland Today | July 27, 2023 Marriott International and the University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors will expand a program to prepare survivors of human trafficking for hospitality careers. The national rollout of the Future in Training (FiT) Curriculum will span 11 metropolitan areas throughout the continental […]
SAFE Center Director of Equity and Community Partnerships, Jatnna Gomez, was confirmed this July by the Prince George’s County Council to serve a 2-year term on the Commission for Women. The Commission, established by the Council in 1972, was created to improve the quality of life for women and girls by advocating, initiating, and championing […]
Through school visits, youth trainings, and peer leadership programs, Prevention Social Worker Tanejah Jones has led the SAFE Center Behavioral Health team in expanding prevention efforts across the region, promoting safety and mental well-being for students. SAFE Center staff have hosted outreach events at Bowie High School, the International High School at Langley Park, […]
In a powerful panel discussion led by the SAFE Center, University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center (UMCRMC) & HEAL Trafficking, experts explored the connection between race, trafficking, and health equity. Intersecting identities can affect the care that human trafficking survivors receive, and health care providers can play a key role in supporting patients with lived […]
Source: UMB News | January 23, 2023 Susan G. Esserman, JD, founder and director of the SAFE (Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors — was recognized Jan. 20 by U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin in his “Local Heroes Video Series.” Esserman, a former deputy U.S. trade representative with the rank of […]
Source: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin | December 15, 2022 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced introduction of the Continued Presence Improvement Act (S. 5261) to make common-sense improvements to the Continued Presence Program (CP), a temporary immigration status provided to individuals identified […]
Source: WTOP | December 3, 2022 Maryland’s second busiest trauma center is receiving federal funding to help identify and aid victims of sex and labor trafficking. The University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center hospital (UM Capital) in Prince George’s County will get nearly $800,000 from the Department of Justice to go toward screening, […]
SAFE Center and UM Capital Region Health Receive Grant to Implement Human Trafficking Response Model
College Park, MD | November 30, 2022 The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded the University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, in partnership with the University of Maryland Capital Region Health (UM Capital), a $799,878 grant to establish a comprehensive human trafficking […]
The SAFE Center filed comments urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to adapt and deploy existing international trade mechanisms and develop new strategies and tools to combat forced labor on a more systemic basis. Those who exploit and benefit from forced labor create unfair trade conditions, devastate workers, undercut legitimate business, and mislead […]
The SAFE Center partnered with Spectrum Foods and Poultry, a University of Maryland, College Park alumni-owned company, to host a food drive benefiting SAFE Center clients. The food drive was the capstone project of participants in the SAFE Center’s seven-week Survivor Ambassador Internship program, which is a survivor leadership program developed and run by the […]
