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Advocacy in Action: Using the Just Like Me Report Cards to Drive Policy Change

2:00pm – 3:00pm EST / 11:00am – 12:00pm PST
Advocacy in Action: Using the Just Like Me Report Cards to Drive Policy Change
Advocacy in Action: Using the Just Like Me Report Cards to Drive Policy Change
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Advocacy in Action: Using the Just Like Me Report Cards to Drive Policy Change

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Despite increased attention to child sex trafficking, many minors are still arrested, charged, or punished for their own exploitation. In response, the latest Report Card framework shifts from a broad policy lens to a focused, survivor-informed approach centered on preventing unjust criminalization and ensuring protective responses for trafficked youth. This 45-minute webinar will introduce the new framework, walk through the four issue areas and ten core policy goals, and explain why each is essential to ending the criminalization of exploited children.

Speaker Information

Sidney Mccoy

 Sidney McCoy is the Director of Advocacy at Shared Hope International. Prior to joining Shared Hope, Sidney was Staff Attorney & Policy Counsel at Amara Legal Center, where she provided free legal services for those involved in commercial sex primarily in family law and post-conviction relief matters. Sidney also served as Board President for the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT), an alliance seeking to remove barriers to trafficking survivors by passing survivor-centered legislation, from 2019-2025. Ms. McCoy holds her J.D. from Penn State Law School and is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Sara Kruzan

Sara Kruzan is a nationally recognized advocate for survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. A survivor herself, Sara now uses her voice and lived experience to advance survivor-centered policy, prevention, and healing efforts across the country.

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Despite increased attention to child sex trafficking, many minors are still arrested, charged, or punished for their own exploitation. In response, the latest Report Card framework shifts from a broad policy lens to a focused, survivor-informed approach centered on preventing unjust criminalization and ensuring protective responses for trafficked youth. This 45-minute webinar will introduce the new framework, walk through the four issue areas and ten core policy goals, and explain why each is essential to ending the criminalization of exploited children. Speakers will also highlight practical advocacy resources within the toolkit and share how advocates can use them to drive meaningful policy change.

This session is designed for advocates, service providers, policymakers, survivor leaders, and others working to strengthen laws and systems so trafficked children are treated as victims—not criminals.