Kisha Roberts-Tabb on Clubhouse

Bio

Dr. Roberts-Tabb has created and implemented programs, mentored young ladies, and has been instrumental in bringing awareness to the Juvenile Probation Department around gender responsive issues including, alarming rates of HIV and AIDS among African-American women and girl, LGBTQ support, and domestic human trafficking; developing and implementing mandatory training entitled Identifying Domestic Trafficking Victims. As the first Human Trafficking/ Gender Responsive/LGBTQ Specialist for Cook County Juvenile Probation Department, Dr. Tabb has worked alongside every branch of government and law enforcement. As a member of Chicago Coalition on Urban Girls, Cook County Human Trafficking Taskforce, ICARE, Cook County Multi-Disciplinary Team, Human Trafficking Housing Pilot with the Administration for Children and Families in partnership with Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Tabb has collaborated on both policy and legislation and was instrumental in the FBI’s operation Cross Country 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

The knowledge and passion that Dr. Roberts-Tabb possesses has impacted service providers nationally sitting before the Congressional Caucus for Black Women and Girls in Washington DC, Illinois Congressional Caucus for Black Women and Girls, Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force Conference, US National Guard, Impact Youth, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Cook County Court Clinic, Contribution to the Human Trafficking Task Force Law Enforcement Report, Gender and Justice Symposium.

Published work included Girl Empowerment...THEory into ACTion: A Bulletin of New Development in Community Psychology, 2012; Girls in the City: Status Report on Teen Girls Residing in Chicago, 2017; Grace: Letter of Reflection to the Little Girl or Young Woman They Once Were, 2018; Whose Little Girl Am I, 2018, Whose Little Girl Discussion Guide and Journey, 2019, and Whose Little Girl 2: Anyone with Money to Buy, 2020.