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Project PEAK
Partnership in Empowerment, Advocacy, and Knowledge UCLA PRIME Cohort 7
August 1, 2014Slide2Slide3
Collective Values
Community.Social Justice.
Empowerment.
Interdisciplinary Approach.
Challenge the default.
Diverse.
Step up, Step down.
Friendship.Slide4
Shared Our Stories
Our journeys → Common themeWhat can we do → Take action!Slide5
ProcessSlide6
Our Population:
Sex workers & Victims of human sex trafficking Slide7
Sex Work vs Human Sex Trafficking
Sex Work:
Voluntary
Consensual
Among Adults
Human Sex Trafficking:
Involuntary
Non-consensual
Affects adults and childrenSlide8
Sex Worker Community
The sex worker population is diverse The community has a wide range of
experiences and
needs
Age
Location
Sex
Support Group
Gender Homelessness
Sexual Orientation Family/Partners
Substance Use Health StatusSlide9
Sex Work in LA
Transgender Female Youth and Sex Work: LA and Chicago767% sampled have engaged in sex work
70% had an income of less than $1,000 a month
43% had a history of homelessness
52% reported having been in the correctional system
49% reported experiencing problems finding employment due to their gender identity or gender presentation
Perceived
social support
related to engagement in sex workSlide10
53% experienced past or current occupational violence
32% by customers
20% from employers
15% by police
3% incidents reported to police
Sex Worker Health: SFSlide11
Question
How much revenue does human trafficking (includinginvoluntary servitude and manual labor) generate in a
given year?Slide12
Question
How much revenue does human trafficking (includinginvoluntary servitude and manual labor) generate in a
given year?
Answer:
$31.6 billion in 2005 alone
It is the second highest grossing criminal industry in the world (only second to illicit drug dealing)
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70%
trafficked into the sex industry
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80%
of the trafficked are female
12.3 Million
slaves worldwide
Inaccurate Statistics Slide14
In The United States
100,000 teens
are prostituted.
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300,000 children
are at risk
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The average age of entry is
12-14 years old
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Hotspots:
Los Angeles
,
San Francisco, and San Diego
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Rapid growth of sex trafficking fueled by the internet
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Human Trafficking
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Human Sex Trafficking
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Human Sex Trafficking
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Transferable Skills:
Working with an Unfamiliar PopulationValues:Multidimensionality
Conscious of anonymity
Power dynamics
Social determinants of health
Humility
Popular education
Street art by the Association of Women Prostitutes of Argentina (AMMAR)Slide19
Meetings
RolesSet the agenda
Team breath
End on a positive Slide20
Project Management Strategies
Step up, step down, step sidewaysMeeting minutes
Speakers list
Google calendar
Google group
Google drive
Group textSlide21
Group: discussing difficult issues
Terms to discuss the partner population Legal parameters of working with the population
Further questions for training Slide22
Choosing a Partner Organization
1. Research local orgs2. Group discuss → narrow list 3. Contact organizations
4. Decide partner as a group Slide23
Presenting project ideas to the team Slide24
Partner OrganizationsSlide25
Mary Magdalene ProjectMission: MMP fights for the freedom and survival of the sexually exploited in Los Angeles whose lives have been destroyed by commercial sexual exploitation. Participants:
~ 87% of the clients were molested as children
~61% of them had to leave home before they were 18
~81% have been homeless
~70% of them have children, though only 16% of them have custodySlide26
Mary Magdalene Project
SERVICES:
Street Outreach Program
Drop-In-Center (HIV testing/education)
House Residential Treatment Program
Preventative Program
Education Curriculum for At-Risk Youth Ages 12-17
Family reunification and intergenerational prevention programs
Relapse prevention
Emergency support services
CounselingSlide27
Mary Magdalene Project Video
From: Mary Magdalene Project Slide28
Now that we have a partner organization,
what are we going to do?
?Slide29
Empower
Mary Magdalene Project clients through health and well-being workshopsSlide30
Desired Impact
Increase sex worker comfort levels
with health professionals
Equip UCLA PRIME students with the means of providing better
quality care
to the sex worker population
Expose and motivate
the UCLA medical community to the issues concerning the sex worker population
Create and sustain a
working relationship
with Mary Magdalene Projec
t Slide31
Resources
Activities
Output
Outcome
Impact
Overview of Logic ModelSlide32
Resources
$1500 +Donations 18 PRIME students
Mary Magdalene Project location
Location for workshop
Office staff
Training
PRIME Office
Advising and support
ResourcesSlide33
Activities
•Initiate partnership with MMP• Presentation of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Curriculum design
Pre-survey to determine workshop topics
Research workshop topics from valid source
Create workshop handouts
Translate materials into Spanish, Korean,
Chinese
Workshop materials
Resources
ActivitiesSlide34
Activities
Design budget
Workshop budget
Donations
Connect with local organizations
Design feedback process
Create a plan to incorporate feedback
into future workshops
Resources
ActivitiesSlide35
Output
10 months, 1-hour workshop facilitated by PRIME students
10-
20
attendees per workshop
Monthly materials related to workshop topic
10 post-session evaluations to measure effectiveness of workshops & relevance to community
1 “Best Practices” protocol for health professionals
Resources
Activities
OutputSlide36
Outcomes
Empower MMP clients through educational health and well-being workshops
Learn more about the needs and strengths of sex worker population in Van Nuys/Los Angeles
Better understand the process of partnering with a local organization dedicated to serving the needs of an underserved community
Resources
Activities
Output
OutcomesSlide37
Resources
$1500 +Donations
Mary Magdalene Project location
Office staff
Location for workshops
Training
18 PRIME students
PRIME Office
Advising and support
Activities
Initiate partnership with MMP
Set up initial meeting/ training
Presentation of MOU
Workshop materials
Decide what types of supplies needed
Connect with local suppliers for donations
Curriculum design
Pre-survey to determine workshop topics
Research workshop topics from valid source
Create handouts
Translate materials into Spanish, Korean, Chinese
Workshop materials
Design budgets
Workshop budget
Design feedback process
Decide on evaluation strategy- surveys, facilitator feedback
Create a plan to incorporate feedback into future workshops
Output
10 month 1-hour workshop facilitated by PRIME
10-15 attendees per workshop
Monthly materials related to workshop topic
10 post-session evaluations to measure effectiveness of workshops & relevance to community
1 “Best Practices” protocol for health professionals
Outcome
Empower MMP clients through health and well-being through educational workshops
Learn more about the needs and strengths of sex worker population in Van Nuys/Los Angeles
Better understand the process of partnering with a local organization dedicated to serving the needs of an underserved community
Impact
Increase sex worker comfort levels with health professionals
Equip UCLA PRIME students with the means of providing better quality care to the sex worker population
Motivate the rest of the UCLA medical community to become more aware of and informed about issues concerning the sex worker population
Create and sustain a working relationship with Mary Magdalene Project
Logic ModelSlide38
Project Timeline
Finished Tasks:Population of NeedPartnership
Project Idea
Needs Assessment Survey
July Kickoff Signing Event
Current Tasks:
August Training Session
Workshop and Curriculum Design
Future Tasks:
September/October Begin Workshops
Evaluation of Workshops and Feedback Model
End-of-Year Curriculum Guide
Creation of Best Practices Protocol
Handoff to MMP
Constant Collaboration and Communication ThroughoutSlide39
Collaborative Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)- a written document describing a cooperative relationship between two parties wishing to work together on a project or to meet an agreed upon objective.
1. Mission
PRIME Mission + MMP Mission → Together, the parties enter into this MOU to mutually increase MMP clients’ knowledge of self-selected topics relating to health and life skills.Slide40
MOU Components
2. Purpose and ScopeEmpower MMP clients through health and well-being workshopsIncrease PRIME
knowledge
of sex workers and victims of human sex trafficking
Increase
trust
of program participants towards the medical community
3. Funding
No exchange
of funds
Each organization of this MOU is responsible for its own expenses related to this MOUSlide41
MOU Components
4. ResponsibilitiesMMP: provide sensitivity training, provide facility, outreach/recruit participants, communicate participant needs to PRIME
PRIME:
participate in sensitivity training, develop needs assessment and evaluation surveys, develop and implement curriculum, fundraise to support workshops
5. Terms of Understanding
10 months, to be reviewed every 3 months
6. Authorization/SigningSlide42
Negotiating Agreement
DeterrentsLarge cost for PRIME to participate in MMP sensitivity training
MMP limits on number of PRIME workshop facilitators
Compromises
No cost for sensitivity training of PRIME
All PRIME individuals could participate in facilitating workshopsSlide43
Kickoff: Signing the MOU
Beza & Olivia signing the MOU with Dr. Stephany Powell on July 30, 2014 at the MMP office in Van Nuys.Slide44
Kickoff: Signing the MOU
PRIME cohort 7 at the MOU signing at the MMP office, Van Nuys Slide45
Kickoff: Signing the MOU
PRIME cohort 7 meeting with Dr. Powell at the MMP officeMMP artSlide46
Needs Assessment Survey
Conducted in the form of a simple survey translated into multiple languages
Listed
workshops
, including some topics requested by the MMP
Assessment will help
identify topics
of participant interestSlide47
Workshop/Curriculum Overview
Philosophy & Values: Popular Education
Community Accompaniment
Harm Reduction
Liberation Medicine
Input:
Curriculum informed and lead by the group
Research:
Use
appropriate
language and content is used in each workshopSlide48
Workshop & Curriculum:
Decolonizing PedagogiesStriving towards culturally appropriate and
critical pedagogies
Challenge ourselves
to be more
critical
about the ways we communicate and interact with othersSlide49
“Research is not an innocent or distant academic exercise but an activity that has something at stake and that occurs in a set of political and social conditions...sharing knowledge is also a long-term commitment. It is much easier for researchers to hand out a report and for organizations to distribute pamphlets than to engage in continuing knowledge-sharing processes. For indigenous researchers, however, this is what is expected of us as we live and move within our various communities.”
- Smith, Linda Tuhiwai Slide50
“Safety is More Than a Condom”
“...safe sex education must cover a range of topics, including civil and human rights. They argue that the concept of
health must include HIV treatment, migration, drug use, legal issues, children’s rights and much more.
Safety
, according to sex workers, means freedom from violence, arrest, and stress. It means
freedom from all kinds of illnesses
, not just sexually transmitted diseases.”
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Making Sex Work Safe
by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, pg 31Slide51
Facilitator Guide
Detailed planBackground info
Scripts
Activities
Master copies of handouts
1 guide/workshop
FlexibleSlide52
Facilitator Guide - SectionsSlide53
Facilitator Guide - SectionsSlide54
Facilitator Guide - SectionsSlide55
Example Workshop – Safer Sex
What Is “Safer Sex”? (10 mins)Group definitions + posters
How Infections Spread (5 mins)
Group discussion
Keeping Yourself Safe (10 mins)
Partner share brainstorm
Scenarios (20 mins)
Individual/small group share outSlide56
Curriculum Part 2: Curriculum Guide
The curriculum guide was designed to serve as a guide for current and future workshop leaders.
The guide includes 6 sections:
About the project
Project philosophy
Curriculum breakdown
Tips and tricks
FAQs
Modifying the curriculumSlide57
Curriculum Guide Break Down
About the projectWho are we? Project goal?
Project philosophy
Teaching methodologies
Curriculum breakdown
Summary of each workshop
Tips and tricks
Activity ideas & advice on teaching each lesson
FAQs
Questions about the curriculum and how to facilitate a workshop
Modifying the curriculum
Tips on how to create or modify the curriculum for future useSlide58Slide59
Link to Sustainability
Overall, the curriculum guide is a key piece to the sustainability of the project beyond this year. After a year of workshops have been taught and we have gone through a formal
feedback and evaluation process, the guide will be modified and
passed on to the organization
for the next facilitators to use. This model can also be replicated in other organizations or in different communities as necessary.Slide60
Evaluation
Qualitative & Quantitative Data CollectionThe data collection will aim for the following:
To be simple and easy to follow
Understood by the respondent and recorder
To be culturally sensitive
Secure relevant informationSlide61
Qualitative Evaluation
Focus Group:
By bringing in an outside facilitator, attending participant or MMP staff member we could illicit informal conversations and dialogue.
This would permit for more meaningful interpretations of participant response and feedback that may yield more relevant information than a rigid questionnaire. Slide62
Quantitative Evaluation
Longitudinal survey: evaluate practices over the yearPre-questionnaire
and Post-questionnaire
Retention rate of participants
Direct participant feedback
Effectiveness
Curriculum delivery
Behavioral changesSlide63
Quantitative Evaluation
Data Analysis of Pre and Post Questionnaires
Responses will be tabulated after each class and input into data collection software
survey monkey, SPSS or Excel
Data will be analyzed to draw conclusions on how to improve and best serve our participantsSlide64
Project Sustainability
Short-term
Compile hard copy of curriculum that can be replicated
lectures, surveys, handouts
Develop written guidelines to disseminate information via hard copy
Facilitator manual
Long-term
Use evaluative annual report to measure:
sustainability by assessing participant turnout
proper allocation of resources
participant satisfaction
community awareness of programSlide65
Project Sustainability
Engagement
Train Others!
PRIME
students advisory board
“LEADERS DO NOT CREATE FOLLOWERS. THEY CREATE MORE LEADERS.”
-TOM PETERSSlide66
Project Sustainability
Support
Partnerships
Develop
buy-in
and seek out community
leaders
, foundations and residents who share the project’s
vision
.Slide67
Key Components of Budget Plan
Proposed Budget: $1500Current Funds: $1500 (PRIME Grant)
•Estimated # of people impacted: 200
•# of PRIME Volunteers: 18
•# Monthly Sessions: 10Slide68
Budget Overview Slide69
Actual Budget Excel Sheet To Be UsedSlide70
In Retrospect: Challenges
Time restrictionsschedulesacademic calendar
group sessions
Sensitive population
direct work
limit on our numbers
Meeting locations
Challenging meeting
room setup
voting process
not following own rules
Rushing agreements
Difficult to reach community orgs
visiting the CAST “address”Slide71
In Retrospect: Challenges
Not conducive to discussion: least productive meeting space
Able to see everyone: most productive meeting Slide72
In Retrospect: Group Strengths
Respect everyone & their contributionstep up, step back
criticize ideas not people
Attempt
work/life
balance
reasonable meeting times
check-ins
supportive atmosphere
Faith in team
Faced roadblocks
meeting environmentSlide73
What we learned
Transferable strengths and skillsBuilding trust takes time
Open minds and create safe spaces
Value the
team & individual
Subcommittees: divide and conquer
Communicate
with PRIME leadership Slide74Slide75
Acknowledgements
Dr. Lawrence ‘Hy’ DoyleEmma LedesmaPRIME Advisory BoardPRIME Cohorts 1-6
Dr. Stephany Powell and Mary Magdalene Project Staff
DGSOM and Charles Drew UniversitySlide76
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Questions