From Headlines to Home: Understanding the Online Risks Facing Our Kids

Description

From headlines to home: What parents need to know about grooming, sextortion, sadistic online exploitation, and AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Recommended for teachers and parents of students in grades K–12. Due to the sensitive subject matter, this event is intended for adults ages 18 and older.

November 17, 2026 6:30-8:00 pm

See detailed schedule below.

Trinity Lutheran School 2550 NE Butler Market Rd, Bend, OR 97701 (map)

An evening with Julie Cordua, CEO of Thorn

This session brings Thorn to Trinity Lutheran School to connect the broader online threats we hear about in the news to what families and students may encounter day to day. Thorn will translate cutting-edge research on the biggest emerging risks, including grooming, sextortion, sadistic online exploitation, and deepfake nudes, into practical guidance for parents and school communities. Join Thorn CEO Julie Cordua to learn what to watch for, how to talk with your children, and what you can do to help keep them safe online.

You'll leave better prepared to:

Recognize warning signs of grooming and sextortion.

Understand how AI is being misused to create sexual images of children.

How to have calm, confident, shame-free conversations that help keep kids safe.

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Schedule of Events

6:00 pm — Arrival and light refreshments

6:30 pm — Welcome and introductions

6:35-7:20 pm — Presentation by Julie Cordua

7:20-7:55 pm — Audience Q&A

7:55-8:00 pm — Closing remarks

8:00-8:30 pm — Optional informal conversation and a chance to meet Julie

Meet Julie Cordua CEO, Thorn

 Julie helped create Thorn in 2012 as an organization focused on building technology to defend children from sexual abuse. Under Julie’s leadership, Thorn has created products and programs that are deployed today in 55 countries, have reached more than 3 million people and have helped identify more than 16,000 victims of abuse.

Julie came to Thorn from (RED) where she was VP of Marketing/Communications and helped establish the brand as one of the most successful cause marketing initiatives in history, delivering more than $160 million to fight AIDS in Africa. Prior to joining (RED), Julie spent nearly a decade in the wireless industry. Julie holds a B.A. in Communications from UCLA and an M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.