WEBINAR
A Call to Guys Part II: Shifting the Conversation from ‘I have daughters’ to ‘I have sons’
This is the follow-up to 'A Call to Guys: From Bystander to Standing With Sex Trade Survivors & Exited Voices' that centered the voices of lived experience experts. Join us to hear more about how men can join the fight against commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking from exceptional male allies in the field.
Moderated by Dr. Angie Henderson, Peter Qualliotine from Modeling Equality, Tom Perez from EPIK Project, and Officer Robert Knab from Fort Collins Police Services will share their perspectives on shifting culture, and what male allyship looks like in their daily work.
ABOUT YOUR HOST
Angie Henderson, Ph.D.
LEAD DATA ANALYST, TRAINING COORDINATOR, AND CO-FOUNDER
Megan and I began working together following the 2015 University of Northern Colorado Empathy Week, collaborating on research projects that would benefit her organization. In 2018, we co-founded Avery Research & Consulting, and in 2020 we've merged the two organizations as The Avery Center. The Avery Center’s commitment to centering survivor voices and assuring that solid data informs the organization’s practices truly set this organization apart. Many organizations provide direct services, focus on data analysis, or focus on survivor leadership; The Avery Center combines all three.
"Angie and Megan take the complex social issues facing our society today and translate them into bite-sized chunks for the rest of us. Their passion, vision and perspective is lively, insightful, professional and applicable. As a leader in the anti-trafficking work of our area, I can always count on them to bring timely answers to challenging problems, answers that invite me to think differently and with a clarity I'd not yet known. We would not be where we are in our work today without Angie and Megan."
Chris Bruno, LPC
Restoration Counseling
"I would like to give a Huge shout out to the Avery Center, Megan Lundstrom and Suleman Masood for their recent 3 hour training they provided to the New Jersey Coalition against Human trafficking. Anyone looking for professional and survivor informed training I would highly recommend using them. As the NJCAHT HT Consultant I wear many hats, one which constantly involves evaluating our needs as a Coalition. There’s a lot of research and responsibility that’s involved inviting the right survivor experts to the table. Although I also train, speak and advocate I don’t pretend to know everything since no one does. I welcome times where I could sit back and have my cup filled and learn from others too, this is how we grow. With that being said, I cannot thank Megan and Suleman enough through this entire process. Going back and forth with emails, for months asking questions and getting their recommendations they met all of our needs beyond any expectations. They certainly left our Coalition more survivor informed covering a multitude of areas. Thank you Megan and Suleman and thank you to the NJCAHT for entrusting me with being your consultant, I have the utmost respect for the NJC they really care about the issue of trafficking and always want to ensure that survivors are treated with dignity and respect."
Gina Cavallo
New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking
"The Avery Center is a wonderful organisation, right at the forefront of the fight against exploitation in the USA. Their approach, research, and commitment to building dedicated partnerships allows us to work together and build innovative projects powered by data and technology. Through global relationships, we can all achieve more than the sum of our parts."
Ruth Dearnley
Chief Executive, STOP THE TRAFFIK
"Breaking the phases into the categories of boyfriend pimp, CEO pimp, and CSE is a breakdown I would have never thought to apply but seems really crucial to our understanding. That has given me a lot of pause. This proves the importance of having individuals with lived [experience] as active participants (and ideally leaders) of the work...there is a tremendous amount of work to be done to develop more refined, nuanced, and targeted information."
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