
Full Name
Christine Raino J.D.
Job Title
Founder, President
Organization
Uplift Strategies
Speaker Bio (JuST)
With 20 years of experience, including 12 years leading policy reforms, Christine is a dedicated expert in addressing child and youth trafficking. As a consultant specializing in children's rights and youth justice, Christine employs her skills to support legal and policy analysis, strategy development, coalition building, meeting facilitation, training, research, and project management.
Christine has advanced survivor-centered legislative frameworks, shaped state policy work to prioritize the rights and needs of trafficking survivors. She has authored and led groundbreaking research on critical issues such as unjust criminalization of survivors, victim-offender intersectionality, Safe Harbor policies, and community-driven approaches to preventing and responding to trafficking.
Christine has advanced survivor-centered legislative frameworks, shaped state policy work to prioritize the rights and needs of trafficking survivors. She has authored and led groundbreaking research on critical issues such as unjust criminalization of survivors, victim-offender intersectionality, Safe Harbor policies, and community-driven approaches to preventing and responding to trafficking.
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