Advocacy
Collaboration
I believe collaboration is necessary for advocacy, education, and speaking out for those who can’t speak for themselves. Below is a sampling of organizations with whom I collaborate. If your organization would like to discuss collaboration opportunities, contact Mary Jo at info@maryjoross.com
I’m working toward my national certification:
• National Victim Advocacy Certification (anticipated August 2026)
• Strand² Advocacy Academy
Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking (OCAT)
Hope. Healing. Freedom
The mission of the Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking (OCAT) is to advance a multidisciplinary response to all forms of human trafficking by focusing on prevention, protection, and prosecution.
Involvement:
- 2026 OCAT Advisory Council
- 2025 OCAT Member of the Year
- 2024 – present
- Data & Legislative Workgroup
- Conference Planning Workgroup
Atlanta Redemption Ink (ARI)
Atlanta Redemption Ink (ARI) is a national network of professional tattoo artists and removal specialists who provide restorative tattooing and tattoo removal for survivors of human trafficking, exploitation, gang involvement, addiction, and self-harm. In addition to direct services, ARI trains multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), law enforcement, medical professionals, and the tattoo industry to better recognize tattoo indicators, respond to exploitation, and support survivor-centered care.
Nurses United Against Human Trafficking
“The purpose of NUAHT is to provide human trafficking educational content, resources, current research and trends; to offer powerful insight requiring advocacy efforts for legislative/policy initiatives; and to establish best practices in care for this marginalized population with the overall aim of developing and empowering nursing experts and healthcare professionals throughout the country and around the world.”
Room Redux
“Room Redux is a nonprofit organization that focuses on transforming the rooms of children who have faced sexual or physical abuse. Room Transformation can be a powerful tool to foster healing, as many times abuse occurs in a child’s room or bed, making the room itself feel unsafe.
As a result, children may stop sleeping, start acting out or may become depressed, avoiding their room entirely. Through donations and grants, Room Redux fully transforms children’s rooms so they will feel comfortable and safe. A new room = a new start.”