Loading Events

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force Quarterly Meeting January 24, 2022

January 24, 2022 @ 9:00 am 10:30 am

Meeting Agenda

TimeAgenda Item
9:00-9:15 a.m.Welcome
Caroline Palmer, Minnesota Department of Health
9:15-10:15 a.m.Supporting Transgender Youth
Erik Ryder

This presentation will include best practices for working with transgender youth, including:
·        Pronoun and vocabulary overview
·        Ways to take action to be supportive and respectful of transgender people
·        Answering questions from lived experience as a transgender person
 
Erik Ryder (He/Him/His) is currently a counselor at an adult correctional facility and care coordinator for Free Through Recovery in North Dakota. Erik worked with the homeless youth population for 4 years prior to this position. He started a youth LGBTQ+ group at a youth nonprofit and the first LGBTQ+ group at the correctional facility. Erik provides Intro LGBTQ+ and Transgender trainings to various agencies in North Dakota and Minnesota.
 
10:15-10:30 a.m.Safe Harbor Update
Caroline Palmer, Minnesota Department of Health