Time

4/15/2026

8:00 a.m. to Noon

Speaker Training

11: 00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Mass celebrated by Bishop Cristiano G. Borro Barbosa and Welcome/Opening Prayer

2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Session 1A: Global Perspectives in Human Trafficking Panel.  Speakers: Sr. Abby Avelino (Talitha Kum/UISG--Rome), Nigina Abdul Moqim,  Program Manager, GBV, Child Safety & Wellness- US Programmes- Social Integration at HIAS; Ruth Freedom Pojman, Founder, Ruth Freedom Pojman Advisory; and Sr. Michelle Loisel, DC.

4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Break

4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Session 2A: The Stages of Grooming: A Trauma-Informed Perspective, Speaker: Stacy Reed-Barnes, PsyD, CEO, Founder, and Principal Consultant of Stacy’s Joy Consulting LLC., Research Associate for the Human Trafficking Research Hub at William James College, Massachusetts Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Human Trafficking, and author.

Session 2B: Look into the Dark Web: Child Exploitation Prevention, Speaker: A Federal Bureau of Investigation representative will speak to this important topic.

5:15 p.m.

Dinner/Evening on Own

Time

4/16/2026

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.

Gathering Prayer/Announcements

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Session 3A: Working with Healthcare Professionals to Recognize, Respond to, and Prevent Human Trafficking, Speakers: Holly Gibbs, MPH, System Director of CommonSpirit Health’s Human Trafficking Response Program; and Haley Krueger-Alyass, MSN, RN, AFN-C, CEN, SANE-A, IVSE-C (Trinity Health), Emergency Nurse Education Coordinator at Trinity Health Livonia and as a Forensic Nurse Examiner at Turning Point.

Session 3B: Economic Empowerment of Social Enterprise as a Tool for Healing, Speaker: Meghan O'Halloran, MBA, Executive Director of Franciscan Peacemakers

10:45 a.m. to 11:45 am

Session 4A: Human Trafficking Indicators and Key Prevention Pathways with William James College Human Trafficking Research Hub. Speakers: Paola Contreras, PsyD, Akyla Joseph, MA, John Minahan, PhD, Stacy Reed-Barnes, PsyD, and Shay Valentine, MA.

Session 4B: Behind the Screens: Psychological Vulnerabilities and Systemic Exploitation in the Digital Age of Trafficking, Speakers: Grace E. Beason, LICSW, MSW, M.Ed., MBA, and
Gavin Anthony Grounds, CEng, BSc (Hons), MBA, FBCS, MIoD, Mercury Risk

Session 4C: Shadows to Light Boston Anti-Trafficking Coalition of Women Religious Panel, Speakers: Sr. Ruth (Betsy) Goodwin, OSF, Sr. Mary Jane Cavallo, Executive Director, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and Sister Marilyn (Marlie) McGoldrick, CSJ.

noon to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m. to 2:15pm

Session 5A: Shaping Tomorrow, Together: An Interactive Prevention Training, Speakers: Linsey Corville, MA, Senior Manager of Program Advancement; and Kaelly Pandey, Senior Manager of Curriculum & Instruction for 3 Strands Global Foundation   

Session 5B: Trafficking of Persons with Disabilities: Vulnerability, Systems, and Survivor-Centered Prevention, Speakers: Meg Johnson, Director of Prevention and Education, SafeHouse of Seminole; and Katia Coonan, LCSW
Katia Coonan, Statewide Human Trafficking Prevention Operations Manager for the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Session 5C: Outpatient Management of Complex Health and Social Needs of Patients with Experiences of Human Trafficking. Speakers: Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, MD, MPH, MBA, and Andrea Reilly, MD, Freedom Clinic Director, Massachusetts General Hospital

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Session 6: Human Trafficking Survivor Panel – Risk Factors and Prevention.  Speakers: Patty Bennet, MA, Consultant and Trainer; Dr. Stacy Reed-Barnes, CEO, Founder, Principal Consultant, Stacy’s Joy Consulting LLC; and Savannah Parvu, Founder of a Voice for the Voiceless.

3:45 p.m. to 5:30 pm

Break

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm

Dinner/Keynote with Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, Founder of Homeboy Industries: Cherished Belonging: The healing power of love in divided times

Time

4/17/2026

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m.

Session 7A: Survivor Centered Housing Models.  Speakers: Ali Boak, MPH, Executive Director of Lifeway Network and Meaghan Patterson, SSJ, M.Ed., MSW, Executive Director of  Dawn's Place

Session 7B: Strategies for Serving Survivors of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation in the Criminal Legal System. Speaker: Gwen Jackson, CATCH Court Program Leader at Franklin County Municipal Court

Session 7C:  Human Trafficking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.  Speaker: Jessica Wickey Byrd, EdD, Executive Director, and David Metcalf, Ph.D., UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Checkout

11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Closing Keynote - Professor Mary Graw Leary, JD, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law