Agenda

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Monday, September 26

 

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Registration

 

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Advocacy Beyond Leaving Preconference

Kenya Fairley &

Heidi Notario-Smull

 

Tuesday, September 27

 

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

7:30 8:30 am Registration  

8:30 – 9:00 am

Welcome

 

9:00 – 10:30 am

Unraveling the Web of the DC Sniper

Mildred Muhammad

10:30 – 10:45 am

Break

 

10:45 am –

12:00 pm

Hot Topics

When She Hits Him:  The Complexities of Understanding and Addressing Battered Women’s Use of Force

Lisa Young Larance

Advocacy Beyond Leaving

Kenya Fairley &

Heidi Notario-Smull

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch Break (Lunch on Own)

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

1.

Children and Trauma

Mildred Muhammad

2.

Legal and Ethical Obligations for Serving Male Victims

Juliana Koob

3.

Creating Curriculum for Women Arrested for Using Force

Lisa Young Larance

4.

Basics for Expert Witnessing Deborah Tucker

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 – 4:45 pm

Breakout Sessions

5.

Advocacy Beyond Leaving

Kenya Fairley &

Heidi Notario-Smull

         6.

Flower Power

Kristin Carmichael

7.

How to be an Ally to LGBTQ Victims

Jenn Jevertson

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Discussion Rooms

 

Wednesday, September 28

 

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

8:30 – 10:00 am

Coercive Control

Evan Stark

10:00 10:15 am

Cambia el Estatus: Changing the Latino Immigrant Community’s Perceptions Towards Domestic Violence

Virginia Perez-Ortega

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:30 am

Immigration

Leslye Orloff

11:30 – 1:15 pm

Lunch (provided) & Awards

1:15 – 2:15 pm

The Importance of Recognizing Tradition

A Panel Discussion

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

8.

Legal Rights of Children

Elizabeth McGrath

9.

Coercive Control

Evan Stark

10.

Creating Access: An Introduction to Language Access and Interpretation

Cannon Han

11.

Wounds that Don't Heal, Domestic Violence and Youth Suicide

Carl Russell

4:00 pm

CEU Certificate Distribution