2nd Annual ONA Human Trafficking Awareness Symposium

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Join Us for the 2nd Annual ONA Human Trafficking Awareness Symposium

For 2022, the symposium is virtual via CE4Nurses and features 3 different courses. 
What Happened to You? A book discussion with implications for practice
  • A live-virtual, book-club style discussion about an insightful trauma-informed care book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    • Learners will be able to share their thoughts and learn about various other resources during this session. Pre-reading of the book not required for attendance. The live discussion is June 22nd at Noon and a recording is planned to be made available.
The Fundamentals of Human Trafficking for Health Care Professionals 
Human Trafficking Nursing Education: Discoveries, Insights and Takeaways
  • These self-paced courses are recorded-only and will present foundational information about human trafficking, as well as strategies nurses can use to create, implement, and/or advocate for enhanced human trafficking identification and prevention programs in their workplaces. 
    • The courses will become available by 6/22/22 and registrants will get an email reminder when the courses open.
Free for ONA Members
$25.00 for all others

The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)

  • Human Trafficking Nursing Education: Discoveries, Insights and Takeaways
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    A 1.15 Contact Hour Webinar about how to create and integrate human trafficking awareness education into academic and care-site programs.

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    Criteria for Successful Completion: View entire webinar and complete evaluation.

    Exp. Date: 7/1/2024

    The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)

    Lara Wilken, DNP, RN

    Dr. Lara Wilken (she/her/hers) coordinates the RN-BSN program at Bowling Green State University, earning her doctorate with a focus on healthcare and human trafficking. She has been educating healthcare providers for the last eight years on human trafficking, developed hospital policy and is co-chair of the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Public Awareness Committee.

  • The Fundamentals of Human Trafficking for Health Care Professionals
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    A 1.5 Contact hours Webinar activity regarding the current state of human trafficking and strategies for identification of victims.

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    Criteria for Successful Completion: Commensurate with participation and completion of an evaluation form.

    Exp. Date: 7/1/2024

    No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company. 

    The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)

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    Alicia Ley, BA

    Alicia Ley currently serves the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking as a Program Specialist where she founded and leads the Survivor Advisory Council. Alicia has spent many years advocating and building holistic, trauma- informed programing to support survivors as they journey through healing. It’s these face-to-face relationships, as well as Alicia’s lived experienced, is what fuels her fiery passion to provide accurate and engaging education and awareness to our region. She is fervent about bringing survivors and allies together in order to provide empowering solutions in the fight against human trafficking.  

The following is a list of organizations that are doing work to raise awareness, reach victims, and support survivors of human trafficking.
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Freedom a la Cart
https://freedomalacart.org/
Contact: Bekah Moran (bekah@freedomalacart.org); Community Engagement Manager

Freedom a la Cart is a non-profit social enterprise located in Columbus that works to empower survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation to build lives of freedom and self-sufficiency. Through our three levels of impact service: 1) Restoration in CATCH Court Support + Outreach services; 2) Growth through Employment + Independence; and 3) Stability found in our Butterfly Continuum of Care program, Freedom a la Cart provides supportive services to approximately 400  unduplicated survivors of human trafficking each year.

How to Get Involved:
We have LOTS of opportunities to get involved with at Freedom, and we’d love to pair you with a volunteer opportunity that matches your talents and interests! Current volunteer opportunities include working in the kitchen, assisting our organization with our annual fundraiser, Eat Up Columbus, and walking alongside a woman within our programs through GED or personal mentorship. If you're interested in getting involved, please reach out to us at volunteer@freedomalacart.org; or visit https://freedomalacart.org/engage/
One specific new initiative Freedom a la Cart has implemented within the past year is our Street Outreach Program, reaching out to those at-risk of being sex trafficked on the streets of Columbus. We are currently in need of tangible donations of items to go within each of our outreach bags. See our Amazon wishlist here for items we're in search of!
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Local Outreach Volunteers
localoutreachvolunteers.com or on facebook at @localoutreachvolunteers
Contact: Candace Miller at localoutreachvolunteers@gmail.com 
LOV was founded in 2017 to serve the homeless and the victims of sex trafficking in Columbus Ohio. We provide outreach services each weekend with aims to meet the immediate needs of those on the streets of Columbus. Those interested in helping our mission there are opportunities to collect donations, volunteer for both direct and indirect roles, prepare meals, or provide monetary support. The best way to keep up with what we do and how to help is through our Facebook page @localoutreachvolunteers where we post sign ups for food and volunteers and current needs list.
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Forensic Nursing Network Inc. 
https://forensic.nursingnetwork.com/ 
Contact: Ruth Downing MSN CNP SANE-A
Director of Project Development Forensic Nursing Network
Ruth.Downing@ForensicNursingNetwork.org 
Forensic Nursing Network provides education, consulting services, technical assistance, program evaluation and policy development for forensic nurses and forensic nursing programs. We collaborate with stakeholders as the voice of forensic nursing in Ohio. Our mission is to strengthen the healthcare response to those impacted by intentional violence, and build capacity by elevating the expertise of forensic nurses and healthcare professionals. We provide sexual assault nurse examiner trainings, as well as education on interpersonal violence, human trafficking and strangulation injuries. Contact us to discuss your training needs, or if you would like to collaborate to improve the healthcare response to violence in Ohio.