Emily Dunlap is a Staff Attorney with Advocating Opportunity ("AO") in Columbus, Ohio. AO provides free legal services and advocacy to trafficked and exploited persons. Ms. Dunlap represents human trafficking survivors in immigration, juvenile, domestic relations, criminal, and civil proceedings. She also provides consultation on anti-trafficking best practices and policy.
Read MoreBrandy A. Rogers has studied various forms of dance since the age of 3. From Ballet to House, her love to learn is constantly evolving in her own movement language. She is currently dancing her second season with Blue Moves Modern Dance company of Nashville, Tennessee.
Read MoreDenise Ritter is an Associate Professor of voice and opera at the University of Radford in Radford, Virginia. She has been a performer internationally and throughout the U.S. with extensive Oratorio experience. In addition to being an active performer, Denise is also a sought-after clinician, teacher, presenter, and author.
Read MoreH. Gerrey Noh is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University. Her PhD degree in music theory and composition is from Kent State University. She also holds an MA in music theory and ab MM in piano performance from Kent State University.
Read MoreAndreea Lee performed a variety of chamber music and solo recitals in churches, concert halls and private venues around the world with a repertoire that ranges from Baroque era to Contemporary. Andreea Lee holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the National University of Music from Bucharest, Romania and a Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Toledo.
Read MoreRebecca Hoback trained at the Milwaukee Ballet School and the UNC School of the Arts. She worked as an apprentice with the Montgomery Ballet before moving to Nashville to work as a second company member at Nashville Ballet. There, she began work with Banning Bouldin and joined New Dialect in June 2013.
Read MoreCarla Ciuffo is a New Yorker transplanted to Nashville and has lived in the south for the last nine years. Her work lies somewhere between illustrative narrative, photography, and collage. Carla is responsible for creating the artwork for this project that ranging from 2D to augmented reality and a short film that tells survivor stories through poetry, dance and vocals.
Read MoreJane Mills Atwood is an artist and singer who incorporates musical aspects of words in her writing. Ms. Mills Atwood holds degrees from Kent State University, including a Masters in Vocal Performance. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at The University of Toledo, maintaining a private voice studio.
Read MoreJo Beth Gonzalez teaches theatre at Bowling Green High School. The club has been leading workshops and performing their original play, Lily’s Wings, throughout Northwest Ohio for seven years. The club received the 2018 OH/MICH Liberators Award for their efforts in drawing awareness about human sex trafficking of minors.
Read MoreThe University of Toledo’s College of Arts and Letters offers diverse opportunities for students with over 30 majors, 40 minors, and 17 graduate programs.
Read MoreThe University of Toledo’s Human Trafficking & Social Justice Institute’s mission is to respond to human trafficking and social justice through teaching, research and engagement.
Read MoreThe Arts Commission supports, promotes and connects visual, performing, and literary artists, arts organizations and businesses. They take pride in serving and connecting regional artists and the general public to information and opportunities that inspire a creative life. Through innovative programming, public art, artist services, inclusive youth programs, and community events – The Arts Commission aims to inspire a vibrant community in Toledo.
Read MoreMelissa Nahra is a junior at Mercyhurst University double-majoring in Intelligence Studies and International Relations and minoring in History. After she graduates in 2021, Melissa intends to further her education in graduate or law school with a focus in Human Rights Law.
Read MoreAmanda McDole is a forensic nurse at The Toledo Hospital. She has been a sexual assault nurse examiner for the past two years, with over 10 years of nursing experience in the emergency setting. Amanda is currently a member of the Lucas County Human Trafficking Collation among other community organizations aimed at assisting victims of crime.
Read MoreDr. Karen Hoblet has a 44-year history in nursing and acute and community care. She has been a professor in The University of Toledo’s College of Nursing for the past 13 years. Her research interests include human trafficking awareness, principles of community and relationship to violence and crime, leadership, and process and quality improvement.
Read MoreIssue Box Theatre (IBT) is a non-profit whose mission is to create space for human dignity using theatrical elements for social justice. IBT has produced Next to Normal, Company, and Remember Me to raise money to serve those with mental illnesses or dementia, as well as those facing mental illness.
Read MoreAravindhan Natarajan is an Assistant Professor in the department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Legal Specialties at the University of Toledo. His teaching interests are: Arts based engagement in social work, Human behavior and the social environment, social work practice, community mental health, social research methods, substance abuse treatment, family therapy and child welfare. His doctoral work involved studying stages of change and mandated substance abuse treatment under the criminal justice system.
Read MoreDaniel Huesman is a University of Toledo graduate with over 18 years’ experience in mental health. He promotes decriminalization of the mentally ill working for Toledo Legal Aid Society on the Opportunity Project and volunteers at the UT Student Run Clinic supporting students with social work development.
Read MoreMegan Kraner recently graduated with her BSW from the University of Toledo and is currently continuing her studies at UT through the MSW Program. Megan has been involved with the Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference for 4 years and is now the Conference's Art Committee Director. Through this position, Megan has been able to use her passion to create safe spaces for survivors, of all types of trauma and challenges, to tell their stories and share their creative capabilities.
Read MoreKari Oberlin graduated with her BSW in May 2019 from the University of Toledo, where she will also continue on to complete their MSW Program, finishing in May 2020. Kari hopes to obtain her LISW and to provide advocacy and support services for veterans and individuals with severe and persistent mental health disorders.
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