Date
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Name
2025 Roadmap Report Unpacked: The Next Step in Anti-Trafficking Reforms to Support Trafficked Youth
Track
Prevention
Speakers
Sarah Bendtsen Diedhiou, Shared Hope International
Christine Raino, Uplift Strategies
Mercy Gray, LYRIC LGBTQQ+ Center
Anne LaFrinier-Ritchie, Someplace Safe
Audrey Morrissey, My Life My Choice
Commissioner Margie Quin, Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Christine Raino, Uplift Strategies
Mercy Gray, LYRIC LGBTQQ+ Center
Anne LaFrinier-Ritchie, Someplace Safe
Audrey Morrissey, My Life My Choice
Commissioner Margie Quin, Tennessee Department of Children's Services





Description
Moderators: Sarah Bendtsen Diedhiou, Shared Hope International and Christine Raino, Uplift Strategies
Learn from the research and work of Shared Hope’s JuST Response Council and one community to define, build, and implement an ideal community-based framework responding to child sex trafficking, with a goal of reducing reliance on child welfare and juvenile justice systems while keeping trafficked youth connected with family and community. This collaborative effort of community organizations lived experience experts, leaders, policymakers, systems, and funders, reforms what is into what can be.