Rethink Resources

Workshop “Supporting youth who trade sex” at the Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services in Annapolis, MD October 27-29 MANY Annual Conference.

Workshop for Milwaukee youth service providers on supporting youth who are or have been involved in the sex trade, November 8, 2008 10am-2pm at 3229 N. Martin Luther King Dr. (inside HeartLove Place).

Zine of creative expression by youth who are currently or have been involved in the sex trade.

Consulting and Adult Ally to the Young Women’s Empowerment Project. www.youarepriceless.org

Recent Completed Projects

Training “Helping Youth in the Sex Trade” for youth care workers certification program, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2, 2008

Workshops five part series on Teens and the Sex trade at St. Rose Youth and Family Center for teen girls, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September - October 2008

Presentation on Youth and the Sex Trade at Plan A for Abstinence Event for youth, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September September 24th.

Workshop “Changing Policies and Practices to Really Help Youth in the Sex Trade” at the Fifth Annual National Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work, and the Commercial Sex Industry in Toledo, Ohio September 18-19, 2008 http://www.prostitutionconference.com/

Presentation on Youth and the Sex Trade at Plan A for Abstinence Summer Camp for youth, HeartLove Place, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 24th, 2008.

Workshop “Youth in the Sex Trade” Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center - Grant Street Transitional Living Program for youth, July 2, 2008

Training “Ritual Abuse, Torture and Trafficking: Realistic Tools for Supporting Youth” June 27th, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.

Workshop for Milwaukee youth service providers on supporting youth who are or have been involved in the sex trade, May 3, 2008 10am-1pm at 225 W. Capitol Dr (Lad Lake Education and Life Skills Development Center).

Consulting, grant writing and fund development work for the Young Women’s Empowerment Project. www.youarepriceless.org

Training “Legal Rights for People in the Street Economy” with the Chicago Harm Reduction Training Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois, March 21, 2008 www.anypositivechange.org

Workshops Teen Prostitution with student co-presenter at WINGS Academy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 13th, 2008 for 7 classes of students at the school health fair.

Training “Helping Youth Involved in Trading Sex for Money or Survival” at St. Rose Youth and Family Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 31, 2008 http://www.strosecenter.org/

Consulting on research design and analysis for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded grant to research juvenile involvement in the sex trade in Chicago. Primary researchers are with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority www.icjia.state.il.gov

Workshop “Doing the Right Thing: Ethics and Boundaries” at the Fourth Annual National Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work, and the Commercial Sex Industry in Toledo, Ohio September 27-28, 2007 http://www.prostitutionconference.com/

Workshop “Why youth don’t stay in your program and how to change that” at the Fourth Annual National Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work, and the Commercial Sex Industry in Toledo, Ohio September 27-28, 2007 http://www.prostitutionconference.com/

Workshop “Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth Trading Sex for Money” at the It’s My Life Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, September 30 - October 3, 2007 bringing “together youth in foster care, alumni, caregivers, practitioners and advocates…to guide preparation for adulthood services for youth aging out of foster care” http://www.casey.org/Resources/Projects/ItsMyLife/

Training “Harm Reduction based Street Law” with the Chicago Harm Reduction Training Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois, May 19, 2007 www.anypositivechange.org

Workshop Youth in the Sex Trade and Harm Reduction Case Management at the Third Annual Basic Center Symposium in Portland, Oregon May 17-18, 2007 http://www.nwny.org/conferences/oregon.htm

Workshop “Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth Who Trade Sex for Money or Other Needs” at the Pathways to Adulthood National Independent Living/Transitional Living Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 9-11, 2007 www.nrcys.ou.edu/conferences/npta07

Training with the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, Harm Reduction 101 for “Safety Planning for Real People” March 20. 2007, Chicago, Illinois. www.batteredwomensnetwork.org

Speaking at the Midwest Regional Conference for Medical Students for Choice on “Reproductive Health and the Sex Trade” January 20. 2007, Northwestern University. www.ms4c.org

Workshop “Developing the Leadership Skills of Experiential Youth” at the 3rd Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work and the Commercial Sex Industry in Toledo, Ohio September 28-29, 2006 www.prostitutionconference.com

Training “Harm Reduction and the Sex Trade” with the Chicago Harm Reduction Training Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois, July 2006 co-facilitated with three youth who are also staff of the Young Women’s Empowerment Project.