Naida Medicine Crow | Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH | Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCTP, CCHTVSP | Jeanie Ringelberg, MD, MPH

Naida Medicine Crow (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota Nation). Father is Carl Medicine Crow, and her Mother is Lillian Plays with Irons, both are from Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota nation and both have passed on. We Kiksuya, we remember them. Naida was raised in foster care, taken 1 year before ICWA was enacted. Suffered childhood abuse and trauma in non native homes. Naida is also a survivor of domestic violence from past relationships and sexual assault.  For years Naida has been working on healing from past abuse, and recognizes that it is a lifelong journey. Naida has 1 daughter and 1 Takoza (grandson), and lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Naida attended Mankato State University with a focus on Ethnic Studies, at the time, there was no American Indian studies degree. Naida also studied criminal justice and law enforcement at Mankato State U. Naida also attended the U of MN Twin Cities campus to learn the Dakota language, where she took Dakota language I & II courses. Naida has worked in the Twin Cities Native community for 20+ years in different capacities and roles, helping her people. Currently Naida serves with the Strong Hearts Native Helpline, has thrived serving as an advocate, advocate supervisor and now Manager. Naida is also a community organizer/engagement coordinator, for the Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coaltion. Naida was lead organizer for the MMIR March and MMIR May 5th National event held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Naida serves on the MMIR Advisory Council for the State of Minnesota. Naida recently helped search for MMIR missing relative, Naveah Kingbird, along with Navaeh’s family and Alyssa Yellow bird Chase.

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer of HEAL Trafficking, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) with appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Stoklosa is an internationally-recognized expert, advocate, researcher, and speaker on the wellbeing of trafficking survivors in the U.S. and internationally through a public health lens. She has advised the United Nations, International Organization for Migration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, and the National Academy of Medicine on issues of human trafficking and testified as an expert witness multiple times before the U.S. Congress. Moreover, she has conducted research on trafficking and persons facing the most significant social, economic, and health challenges in a diversity of settings including Australia, China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Liberia, Nepal, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, South Sudan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Among other accolades, Dr. Stoklosa has been honored with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women’s Health Emerging Leader award, the Harvard Medical School Dean’s Faculty Community Service award, has been named as an Aspen Health Innovator and National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader. Her anti-trafficking work has been featured by the New York Times, National Public Radio, Fortune, Glamour, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, STAT News, and Marketplace. Dr. Stoklosa published the first textbook addressing the public health response to trafficking, “Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue, A Paradigm Expansion in the United States.”

Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCTP, CCHTVSP, is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. She is currently working within a large medical facility working on a project to implement a human trafficking education and awareness initiative. In addition, Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Adjunct Professor at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan teaching classes on human trafficking and homelessness. She is a national HEAL Trafficking speaker and trainer. Katie has her own private practice and has a passion working with victims and survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner violence and other forms of abuse. Her specialty is working with teens and adults who have a history of trauma, substance abuse, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking. Katie serves as the Vice President of the board of a non-profit agency, Sacred Beginnings in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sacred Beginnings is a safe haven for victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. Katie is highly involved with the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force and the Solutions to End Exploitation Task force in Kent County, Michigan.

Jeanie Ringelberg, MD, MPH, is the Director of the Emergency Department at the Northern Navajo Medical Center.