Support. Advocacy. Freedom. Empowerment. These qualities form the foundation for the new SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors that UMB recently opened with its MPowering the State partners at the University of Maryland,College Park (UMCP). Read more: UMB_President’s_Message_July-August-2016
Published Summer 2016 in the UMB School of Nursing’s Nursing Forum http://digital-editions.todaymediacustom.com/um-school-of-nursing/nursing-forum/summer-2016/#p=28
Published May 9, 2016 on the UMB website http://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/may-2016/newspressreleaseshottopics/helping-survivors-of-human-trafficking.php By Alex Likowski The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore announced the opening Monday, May 9, of the University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) …
Editorial published May 22, 2016 in the Frederick News Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/an-unseen-yet-devastating-cost/article_e188d12f-2ddb-5cc6-beff-d324e9a1ac35.html Human trafficking and the misery of its victims have gone unseen and unnoticed too long. This is not some distant problem for other states. Human trafficking is here, in Maryland, …
Published on May 9, 2016 in the Diamondback http://www.dbknews.com/2016/05/09/umd-umb-collaborate-to-open-safe-center-for-local-human-trafficking-survivors/ By Jessica Campisi As a partner in a law firm office in Washington, Susan Esserman has seen many cases of human trafficking in Prince George’s County. A number of these cases …
Published on May 13, 2016 in the Frederick News Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/cops_and_crime/new-university-safe-center-takes-on-many-aspects-of-human/article_7f302f8f-8667-5b44-9a51-2a884c141732.html By MEGAN MORRIS Medill News Service COLLEGE PARK — Maryland, at the crossroads of major interstate highways, has become a hot spot for human trafficking, but many state residents …
Op-ed published on May 16, 2016 in the Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-safe-center-20160516-story.html By Wallace D. Loh, Jay A. Perman Human trafficking is a global and profitable business, trading in the exploitation of vulnerable populations. While the full scope of human trafficking is …
Fri Mar 25, 2016 Research initially funded by the Center for Health-related Informatics and Bioimaging, (CHIB) plays a key role in a just-announced(link is external)multidisciplinary effort to develop innovative, safe and sustainable ways to irrigate food crops in variable climates. …
Published on March 3, 2016 in Pharma Focus Asia… http://www.pharmafocusasia.com/pressreleases/record-turnout-at-ibbr-s-first-bio-networking-event