Violence Prevention Efforts in Minnesota

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The Minnesota Human Trafficking Prevention and Response Network is a coordinated statewide network to connect those working to prevent and respond to human trafficking and exploitation, both sex and labor, and engages with communities across the state through education, resource sharing, and networking with the goal to end human trafficking in Minnesota. Please join us for a presentation on the  violence prevention efforts at the Minnesota Department of Health. This event will  focus on human trafficking and sexual violence prevention and introduce the human trafficking and substance use project. 

This event will be virtual. 

ABOUT Caroline Palmer

Caroline Palmer, JD, MPH, is the interim Violence Prevention Programs Unit Supervisor in Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Injury and Violence Prevention Section. In this role, she oversees the state’s multi-sector prevention response to sexual violence and human trafficking/exploitation (sex and labor). Prior to this role she was the statewide Safe Harbor Director at MDH, focused on the sexual exploitation of youth through age 24. Before joining MDH, Caroline served as the Public and Legal Affairs Manager at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault for over a decade. Previous work experience also includes Pro Bono Development Director at the Minnesota State Bar Association and Staff Attorney at the Minnesota AIDS Project. Caroline serves on the Conviction Review Unit Advisory Board for the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and the Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag Reward Account Advisory Group for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office. She is a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Alumni Fellow in the Violence cohort at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Caroline received a 2018 Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs and is a 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

 Event Date
Monday, February 24, 2025
Start Time: 11:00am EST
End Time: 11:45am EST

 Contact
Bloomberg School of Public Health
667-306-9603
erigsbee@jhu.edu

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