Join us March 6 for Ensure Justice 2026: “Resilient & Ready”
Registration Now Open!
Registration Now Open!
Join educators, parents, students, law enforcement, community leaders, and youth advocates for two days of research‑informed, action‑oriented conversations and skills-building to prevent exploitation and empower youth.
Discounts: OCDE parents, teachers, and faculty register for FREE. University students from any institution receive an 80% discount. If eligible, please contact gcwj.org for a discount code.
2026 Conference Details
Ensure Justice 2026 will equip attendees with practical tools and evidence‑based strategies to protect and elevate youth voices. Across plenaries, panels, and targeted workshops, you’ll hear from leading researchers, practitioners, and youth themselves—then leave with resources you can use right away in classrooms, families, congregations, and communities.
Theme:
“Resilient & Ready: Supporting Youth to Stand Speak and Lead”
Date:
Friday, March 6, 2026
Time:
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location:
Vanguard University
55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Event Schedule
8:30 am
9:15 am
9:45 am
10:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
2:15 pm
3:15 pm
3:30 pm
Registration
Welcome
Dr. Sandie Morgan, Vanguard Provost Ryan Hartwig, Dr. Stefan Bean
Panel: What is the Problem?
Sheriff Don Barnes, Dr. Stefan Bean, Lisa Delamater, Dr. Jodi Quas
BREAK
Plenary: Youth Prevention
Search Institute, Dr. Nanyamka Redmond
Lunch Break
Track 1 Workshop Options:
Educators (Dr. Alison Dover, CSUF)
Familial Trafficking (Zoe Bellatorre)
OCDE (Stephan Lambert & Stephanie Loscko)
KMDB for Parents & Caregivers
BREAK / TRANSITION TO WORKSHOP 2
Track 2 Workshop Options:
Parents/Churches (Dr. Nanyamka Redmond)
CHYA Integration (Jamie Macintosh, Peer Educators)
OC Sheriff’s Department
OCDE (Stephan Lambert & Stephanie Loscko)
BREAK
Final Plenary: Call to Action - Lead
Debbie Deem, P2P Educators
4:30 pm
CLOSING
Recap: Ensure Justice 2025
Thank you to those who attended Ensure Justice 2025: “Safety Nets”. Thank you also to our sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and our partner, the Orange County Department of Education! We hosted over 200 attendees live and virtually and talked about how to establish safety nets to keep our youth from falling through the cracks.
You can view our event sessions by going to our YouTube channel. Please see a short recap video below.