This conference is open to any professional providing services related to domestic and sexual violence and those interested in advocacy. Keynote speakers will be E. Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery, and Denise Brown, author of If Our Kitchen Table Could Talk: From One Friend to Another and sister of Nicole Simpson Brown.
When: Thursday, Sept. 9, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Where: Sheraton Downtown Indianapolis, 31 W. Ohio St.
Register here. Cost: $90, $45 students with ID.
Why should you attend?
By bringing together service providers, advocates and survivors from all over Indiana, this annual conference is intended to share information, create dialogue and find solutions to prevent domestic and sexual violence, and create self-sufficiency for victims. So who should attend? Domestic violence victim advocates, health care providers, law enforcement officers, probation officers, social workers, rape crisis advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners, prevention educators, community leaders, parents, child protective service agents, therapist, prosecutors, youth advocates, victims assistance, investigators, school board members and administrators, mental health professionals, program administrators, department of corrections, staff court, foster care givers and providers, campus security, college professionals, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, immigration attorneys, and other legal professionals, social service professionals, youth workers, educators from all levels (primary, secondary, post secondary), child welfare professionals, etc. and anyone interested in the issues.
If you go, you should expect …
See conference schedule and other details here
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