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Critical Convos: Changemaker in the Community


Total Credits: 1.0 including 1.0 Category II CEs

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Instructors:
Nadine Finigan Carr, PhD |  Lori James-Townes, MSW
Duration:
1 Hour 15 Minutes

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Description

Being a changemaker in the community, takes commitment and compassion and Dr. Nadine Finigan-Carr possesses both for the communities she serves. Dr. Finigan-Carr is internationally recognized as an expert on minor human trafficking and sexual exploitation, collaborating with colleagues in the UK, Canada, and the Caribbean. Moderated by Lori James-Townes, LCSW-C, MSW ’91, Dr. Finigan-Carr will discuss her collaborative process around community-based research in human trafficking with a particular focus on child sex-trafficking.   

Instructor

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Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD

Executive Director, UMB Center for Violence Prevention, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Commissioner, Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights

Nadine M Finigan-Carr, Ph.D., is a prevention research scientist focused on the application of behavioral and social science perspectives to research on contemporary health problems, especially those that disproportionately affect people of color. Her scholarship is grounded in theories and methods found primarily in the field of health behavior change among individuals and the environments that support or impede chronic disease prevention or management, injury, and violence. She is an internationally recognized expert on minor human trafficking and sexual exploitation having collaborated with colleagues in the UK, Canada, and the Caribbean. In 2018, she presented a TedX talk titled, Child Prostitutes Don’t Exist. She holds dual appointments at the University of Maryland, Baltimore – Research Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Associate Professor in the School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Finigan-Carr is the Director of the Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative. She is the Principal Investigator of research projects at both the state and federal levels designed to intervene with system involved youth – those in foster care or the juvenile justice system. These youth have a double vulnerability – adolescence, a critical stage marked by increased risk for negative social and behavioral outcomes including aggression and sexual risk behaviors; and, being removed from their families of origin. Dr Finigan-Carr is the author of Linking Health and Education for African American Students’ Success (Routledge Press). She has served as special guest editor for the Journal of Negro Education (2015), the Journal of Violence and Victims (2020), and Children Youth Services’ Review (2021). She also serves as a Commissioner of Community Relations in the Baltimore City Office of Civil Rights, Equity and Wage Enforcement. Dr Finigan-Carr can be reached by email at nfinigan-carr@ssw.umaryland.edu or via twitter @doctorNayAKA. 


Lori James-Townes, MSW Related Seminars and Products


Lori James-Townes, LCSW-C, MSW ’91 
Executive Director at National Association for Public Defense/President, Expand-Now 

Lori James-Townes is President & CEO of Expand-Now. She also serves as an Assistant Training Director for National Association of Public Defense. Lori’s passion is adding value to others. Lori has over 25 years of teaching, clinical practice, leadership, and management experience in juvenile justice, mental health, and public defender settings. Her most recent public defender position was Director of Social Work, Leadership and Program Development, with Maryland Office of Public Defender. With over more than 800 employees, she served as one of the first Directors of Leadership in a public defender setting. While in this position, she demonstrated her ability to help others grow in the areas of teamwork, leadership, and management. She also led the agency’s social work staff, consultants, and interns. 

Lori is certified John Maxwell Trainer, Coach and Speaker. She has developed programs that are now national models for other agencies. In 2015, The Daily Record Newspaper named her as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. As a speaker, she is requested both nationally and internationally. 

Lori has held various leadership positions on national organizations and Boards of Directors. Her commitment to growth has been recognized as organizations have appointed her to serve as Conference Chair for several national conferences and training programs. Lori also serves as a faculty member for national and regional leadership development, trials skills, training, and programs, including but not limited to: National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialist Gideon’s Promise, National Legal Aide and Defender Association, Administrative Offices of the Courts (Training Branch), MD Department of Human Services, and other private and non-profit entities. 

 


Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives: 

  • Participants will understand community-based research and its impact. 

  • Participants will define Human trafficking, especially child sex trafficking. 

  • Participants will develop an understanding of federal laws, state and local policies related to human trafficking. 

  • Participants will describe how sex trafficking impacts victims and the challenges when working with victims of human trafficking.  

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Fee & Registration:

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Cost is $15 and includes CE credit.  

 

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