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Lauren Trantham (5 Min.)
Ride My Road & ANP Conference Series Presents:
2nd-Annual Southern Oregon Human
Trafficking Disruptors Summit
Thursday-Friday, May 8-9, 2025
Ashland Hills Hotel & Conference Center
2525 Ashland St. (Hwy. 66) • I-5 Exit 14
2-Day Advance Tickets $100 • SAVE $35
Includes 2 Lunches & Free Parking
Special Men’s Breakfast plus Afternoon
Parents & Teens Event: Saturday, May 10
* Locations TBA *
LEARN FROM TOP LEADERS IN THE GLOBAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING MOVEMENT
Did you know? Human Trafficking happens everywhere, and the Interstate 5 corridor through the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon is a hotspot in the nation. From labor trafficking, to massage parlors, to child exploitation- our communities are especially vulnerable.
Over 20 million people are trafficked around the world at any moment in time. How it happens might surprise you. Less than 5% of trafficking cases in the US result from kidnapping or abductions.
Human trafficking extends beyond sexual exploitation to labor trafficking in the cannabis industry for example, where migrant workers are treated as slaves. It’s happening every day, causing immeasurable injustice and suffering.
This two-day, deep-dive educational and networking summit is for anyone interested in getting a better understanding of the true realities of human trafficking in Southern Oregon, the nation, and the world.
- Over 20 million people are trafficked around the world at any moment in time.
- Less than 5% of trafficking cases in the United States result from kidnapping or abductions.
- Southern Oregon is a major hotspot in the nation. It’s a crisis happening every day in our communities.
What can we do about it? Let’s come together as a community to learn how to support our vulnerable populations at risk of being trafficked. Hear from local survivors and national leaders, and engage with the many local agencies and organizations exhibiting their services.
This unique, second-annual event brings together another panel of passionate and inspiring experts and activists to learn and deploy strategies to combat trafficking and support survivors. Learn tools and skills to spot what trafficking looks like and discover surprising solutions to rid our communities of these terrible, urgent, and fundamental dangers.
Get inspired and get involved! Attend this groundbreaking summit to equip yourself with the facts and the strategies. Be part of a solution to protect communities from the horrors of trafficking!
“By coming together, we can disrupt the cycle of human trafficking and create a safer, more just society for all. This unique event is critical in raising awareness and mobilizing action to address this troubling meta-issue in our society.”
– Lauren Trantham, Event Producer and Founder/Director of Ride My Road (5 Min. INTERVIEW)
2 Days • 10 Presentations • 2 Panels • 20 Exhibitors • 2 Lunches & Free Parking
Areas of Focus: Human Trafficking 101 • Familial Trafficking • Labor Trafficking • Sex Trafficking • Online Exploitation • Avenues of Victimization • Self Care • Demand Reduction • Agency Showcase, and More
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Zoe Bellatorre
YouBelongLLC.org
Zoe Christine Bellatorre is a subject matter expert in familial trafficking with over 10 years experience in the field. She has earned a Masters in Intercultural Studies with Children at Risk, and a Bachelors in Education. She holds lived experience in familial trafficking being trafficked by her father and grandfather beginning at age 2 into early adulthood. “The trafficking was normalized within the familial culture; many of the perpatrators (buyers) were in a network known to my family. I never went missing, so there were no alerts or law enforcement intervention, the traffickers were within my immediate family. No one ever intervened and I was never helped.” I desire to change this for those being exploited now, addressing systems and methods for child trafficking response. Read More
Jay Benke
Cleverhuman.org
Jay Benke is a Gender-Based Violence and Human Trafficking Specialist and uses this expertise in her work as a consultant, trainer, public speaker, author, mentor, curriculum developer, content creator, graphic designer, and fact-check editor. She is the owner of Clever Human, LLC, and the creator of The Network, a comprehensive directory connecting survivors, advocates, allies, and stakeholders committed to the work of supporting victims and survivors. Jay is also a National Engagement Specialist for the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus (STSC), an all-survivor organization that supports survivors in shaping policy and legislation. She is a faculty member at Elevate Academy, the largest human trafficking survivor school in the U.S., and consults for both the public and private sectors. Read More
Justin Euteneier
EpikProject.org
As Director of Programs at Epik Project, Justin Euteneier equips male civilians in the US to speak directly to sex buyers at the point of sale, disrupt cultural acceptance of exploitation, and seek areas of our lives as men where we can work towards creating an equitable and flourishing culture. Justin holds a Master’s Graduate Degree in Social Justice from Kilns College, has presented at MIT Counter Human Trafficking Workshop, and has 10+ years working in the anti-human trafficking movement. At Epik Project, Justin has designed and built an innovative buyer engagement platform that has led to over 200,000 purchase attempts from 100,000 buyers in the US utilizing all-male volunteer efforts. WATCH VIDEO from March 2024 Summit
Ashley Faison-Maddox
AshleyFaison.com
Ashley Faison-Maddox is a mom, wife, and the Founder/Acting Executive Director of Diamond Collective, a California-based organization dedicated to providing long-term support to survivors of human trafficking through monthly restorative experiences. Her mission is to disrupt exploitation and plant seeds of confidence with survivors. She brings a decade of experience in the anti-trafficking movement and her lived experience as a survivor to this conversation. She was recently appointed as a Commissioner on the Sacramento County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls serves as a member of the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus and has advocated for legislative changes, including California Senate Bill 1414, to increase penalties for those who solicit minors. Additionally, Ashley trains and works as an expert consultant with CA law enforcement on human trafficking.
Tomas Perez
EpikProject.org
Tomas Perez began engaging in the anti-trafficking fight in 2010 and quickly noticed that while men are the primary drivers behind the demand that drives sex trafficking, very few were practically involved in effective efforts to abolish it. His vision to create meaningful onramps for men to engage in this issue has resulted in the training, equipping, and support of hundreds of volunteer men across 20 cities in North America. Tom is an active member of several local and national collaborative efforts to eradicate commercial sexual exploitation. Tom also serves as the demand reduction specialist on the Oregon Attorney General’s Trafficking Advisory Committee. He previously led a multidisciplinary team of law enforcement, prosecution, business, and faith communities as the head of the demand subcommittee Read More
Cristina Petrone
JacksonCountyCasa.org
I am Cristina Petrone, a mother of two beautiful school-aged boys and a person who has always been passionate about children. My desire to help children in the foster care system was ignited the same day. I closed a big account in pathology sales 13 years ago. Despite the joy that should have come with this success, I asked myself what I was doing in a profession that felt so spiritually depleting. It was then I saw the sign next door, “CASA.” I immediately knew that was where I was needed most. At the time, I did not know I was pregnant, so my desire to be a CASA was put on hold. Three years later, my family and I decided to foster and welcomed our first children in foster care. We fostered for the next 2.5 years. My desire to work for CASA grew steadily after having a Co- CASA couple assigned to our case. I will never forget the impact they had on our foster child, and his family, and the ongoing support they gave us. In August of 2020, my dream to work for CASA was realized. I have a Master’s degree in teaching and a decade of teaching at colleges here and abroad. I have advocated for neglected and abused children for the last eight years and cannot imagine doing anything else. I am truly honored to be a part of the CASA community, a “voice” for the child.
Edward Suk, LCSW-R
MissingKids.org
Edward Suk, L.C.S.W.-R is the Executive Director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children / New York Regional Office, NCMEC/NY. NCMEC is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. Mr. Suk, a New York State Certified Social Worker, has over 35 years of experience in the field of social work, specifically working in children’s mental health and in child advocacy. Trained in clinical social work, Mr. Suk began his career as a child and family therapist specializing in individual, group, and Read More
Lauren Trantham
RideMyRoad.org
Lauren Trantham is the Co-Producer of the 2024 Southern Oregon Human Trafficking Disruptors Summit. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Ride My Road, a national anti-human trafficking organization founded in 2016. As a photographer, Lauren has had the honor of photographing over 80 American survivors of human trafficking. In addition to hosting events across the country, Ride My Road has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support survivors to reclaim their lives. Through their online platform Disruptors University, Ride My Road also provides online education for everyday people to learn about the realities of Human Trafficking in The United States. With a focus on Survivor Leadership and community outreach, Ride My Road envisions a world free from exploitation. WATCH VIDEO from March 2024 Summit
JR Ujifusa
Multnomah Co. DA
JR Ujifusa has been working on human trafficking crimes and issues for the last 15 years and is also a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the district of Oregon focusing on federal human trafficking crimes.
He is the Senior deputy and supervisor of the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Drug and Property unit and Human Trafficking Team which oversees the Sex Buyers Accountability and Diversion Program, First Offender Program, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Law Enforcement group, National Sex Trafficking Law Enforcement List Serve, and is the primary prosecutor for all felony prostitution and human trafficking cases within Multnomah County. JR has trained, presented and been a guest speaker at numerous national and regional human trafficking conferences and trainings. Read More
Dorene Willet
Hadar & Adara
Dorene Willet‘s passion is for creating beautiful pieces, but more so, her passion is for the people wearing them. Her intent is to infuse beauty and joy into every piece, so it brightens your soul, not just your outfit. Dorene is thrilled to use the gifts that have been given to her to love people in such a tangible way. When you receive a piece from Hadar and Adara, it’s really coming to you with love from a little red cabin in the woods. Dorene regularly donates a portion of her proceeds to celebrate survivors of trafficking.
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