November 2020 Webinar
Transforming the Process of Finding Shelter for Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Survivors: The Safe Shelter Collaborative
When your residential program is full, finding emergency shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors can be challenging. Advocates often spend hours calling one agency after another to locate an appropriate placement. The Safe Shelter Collaborative is an innovative technological approach to locating emergency shelter. By sending out a blast alert to certified users within a geographic network, agencies provide faster access for a greater number and diversity of survivors. This webinar introduces the Safe Shelter Collaborative and the ways it has transformed the process of finding emergency shelter.
SPEAKERS: Kate Keisel, co-founder and CEO, Sanar Wellness Institute; Catherine Johnson, COO, Caravan Studios; Fran S. Danis, PhD, associate professor emerita from the University of Texas at Arlington
Free for members / $25 for non-members
Speakers
Kate Keisel has over a decade in the anti-trafficking field in direct services within the United States, Latin America, and West Africa. She is the co-founder and CEO of the Sanar Wellness Institute located in Newark, New Jersey. She previously served as the director of Polaris New Jersey. She holds a BA in international studies and human rights from Portland State University and an MSW with a focus on complex trauma from Rutgers University.
Catherine Johnson is the chief operating officer of Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. With over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and public sectors, she has managed numerous department-level operations, budgets, and strategic fundraising initiatives. She holds a BA in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in public administration from the University of Washington.
Fran S. Danis, PhD, conducts research and evaluation on gender justice issues. She is an Associate Professor Emerita from the University of Texas at Arlington and recognized by the National Association of Social Workers as a pioneer in the field of violence against women. Her research has focused on the self-efficacy of service providers to provide services to domestic violence survivors and other crime victims; resiliency of abuse survivors and their adult daughters, and developing coordinated community responses to crime victims. She is the co-editor (with L. Lockhart) of Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice (2010), Columbia University Press.