8:30 – 9:00 am

Welcome

A Healing Model for Organizational Culture
Sarah M. Yanosy, LCSW, Director, Sanctuary Institute, Andrus Children’s Center, Yonkers, NY

Breakout Sessions

1. Deconstruct This! Media Literacy and Domestic Violence
Jessica Collins, Program Director, New Mexico Media Literacy Project

2. So How Has THAT Been Working: Court Watch: A Strategy for Change
Joy Bell Tauber, Haven House; Pamela Wiseman, Executive Director, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence and

Jenna Yanez, Program Director, Court Watch, Santa Fe Police

3.Disrupting the Cycle of Violence in Our Systems Through Sanctuary:  How Our Programs can Inadvertently Recreate Traumatic Experiences for Clients and Staff (Repeated at 3:15 - 4:45pm)

Sarah M. Yanosy, LCSW, Director and Landa Harrison, LPC, Acting Assistant Director, Sanctuary Institute, Andrus Children’s Center

4. Ensuring Meaningful Access to Services for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency and for Immigrants

Breakout Sessions

5. Disrupting the Cycle of Violence in Our Systems Through Sanctuary:  How Our Programs can Inadvertently Recreate Traumatic Experiences for Clients and Staff (Repeat)

6. I Could Never Do That!
Kristin Carmichael, LMSW, MBA, Shelter Manager, Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families and Karen Wyman, Director of Training and Technical Assistance, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence

7. The Importance of Recognizing Tradition: A Panel Discussion
Carma Tucson, Co-Coordinator, Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women; Selena L. Chino, Outreach Coordinator, The Nest/Heal

8. The Coordinated Community Response is a VERB!

8:30 – 10:00 am

Conceptual Clarity:What You Understand and Believe Will Guide Your Interventions…for Better or for Worse

David Garvin, MSW, LMSW, Senior Director, Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Break

Breakout Sessions

9. Legal Issues Impacting Victims of Domestic Violence (Extended Session)
Juliana Koob, JD, MSW

10. Implementing Sanctuary – The Process of System Change and Expected Results
Sarah M. Yanosy, LCSW, Director; Landa Harrison, Sanctuary Institute, Andrus Children’s Center

11. Battered Women’s Use of Force:  Complexities and Considerations

12. Partner Violence and Substance Abuse:  Batterers and Victims
Larry Bennett, PhD, Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago

Breakout Sessions

13. Looking at Trauma Through Culturally Diverse Lenses
Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence – Pat Acosta, LISW, Lead Trainer and Vanessa Berens, MA, LMHC, Trainer

14. Legal Issues Impacting Victims of Domestic Violence (CONTINUED)
Juliana Koob, JD, MSW

15. Batterer Intervention: A Tool Time Discussion
David Garvin, MSW, LMSW, Senior Director, Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

16. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Engaging Communities,

Changing Perceptions