This is one in a series of profiles on the 2019 Giraffe Award winners. Each week leading up to the Champions for Children Luncheon
on November 7th, we will feature a profile of a 2019 Giraffe Award Winner and showcase how they “stick out their neck” for Maine children, youth and families. This week, we are pleased to highlight the work of Stephanie Bratnick, Anti-Trafficking Services
Director at Preble Street.
Stephanie Bratnick
is a trauma specialist with ten years of experience in crisis and conflict intervention. She has developed conflict mediation courses for communities in Mexico, she designed education tools for cultural competency and assertive behavior in China, and she was most recently stationed in Israel as the Sexual Gender-Based Violence Senior Protection Assistant with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Her work for the UNHCR focused on designing trauma-informed, durable solutions for asylum-seekers suffering from human rights violations. She also developed a culturally specific domestic violence prevention and response toolkit for asylum-seekers and community advocates. Stephanie recently returned to the United States as Director of Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services
(ATS). Under
her
leadership,
ATS works with survivors and their communities to ensure survivors are empowered to make their own choices and take back power over their own lives.
Stephanie is well-
known for
her
tireless outreach and collaboration
through partnerships in the community,
to
increase
identif
ication of
victims of sex and labor trafficking
and to provide them with services
and supports.
Stephanie Bratnick
is a trauma specialist with ten years of experience in crisis and conflict intervention. She has developed conflict mediation courses for communities in Mexico, she designed education tools for cultural competency and assertive behavior in China, and she was most recently stationed in Israel as the Sexual Gender-Based Violence Senior Protection Assistant with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Her work for the UNHCR focused on designing trauma-informed, durable solutions for asylum-seekers suffering from human rights violations. She also developed a culturally specific domestic violence prevention and response toolkit for asylum-seekers and community advocates. Stephanie recently returned to the United States as Director of Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Services
(ATS). Under
her
leadership,
ATS works with survivors and their communities to ensure survivors are empowered to make their own choices and take back power over their own lives.
Stephanie is well-
known for
her
tireless outreach and collaboration
through partnerships in the community,
to
increase
identif
ication of
victims of sex and labor trafficking
and to provide them with services
and supports.
Stephanie will be awarded the 2019 Individual Award in recognition of the significant contribution she has made to supporting and empowering survivors of sex trafficking, on November 7th at our Champions for Children celebration.
We hope to see you this Thursday at the 2019 Champions for Children and 25th Anniversary Celebration!