Christina Thompson, MACC  is a Discussion Starter in the festival's first Films in Conversation program in which festival goers engage in a collective discourse about specific, theories, implications, lessons and/or themes in films screened.  She leads a discussion, Human Exploitation: A Matter of the Heart utilizing the film When the Saints, which documents one young man’s mission to end sexual exploitation in the African nation of Malawi, as a springboard of discussion on Sunday, October 14, at 12:30 pm

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In Her own Words

I am a Master’s level clinician having earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Argosy University. In addition, I am working on legislation to help survivors of human trafficking to overcome the legal strongholds that hinder their opportunities. 

 

I support efforts to move survivors back into society with dignity, encouraging sustainable career options by unhinging them from the shackles of criminal records they were forced into while under the victimization of their perpetrators.

 

I have presented to the judiciary in  New York State, and at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association Annual Conference to initiate the conversation from the standpoint of the survivor’s experience, needs and possible methods, as well as legal solutions moving forward.  

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I am a human trafficking advocate.

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I am forever learning and growing.

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I am here for you.