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2007: Mobilizing to End Domestic Violence in the
African American Community: A Contract for Change
Agenda
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Presented by:
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
in partnership with
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
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4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Pre-registration
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Monday, March 19, 2007
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7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Registration
Continental Breakfast (until 8:45 a.m.)
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8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
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Welcome & Opening
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
LaTanya Watson
Program Officer
U.S. Department of Justice
Office on Violence Against Women
Washington, DC
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8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
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Keynote Address:
Making the Contract: Moving the Community to Embrace Changing Social Challenges Including Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Gail Wyatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
and Associate Director of the UCLA AIDS Institute
Los Angeles, CA
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9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
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Question-and-Answer Session
Facilitator: Shelia Hankins
Project Director
Michigan Department of Human Services
Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board
Lansing, MI
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9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
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Break
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10:00 - Noon
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Panel - History of Grassroots Organizing in the Domestic Violence Movement and Civil Rights Movement: Parallels for Engaging and Mobilizing the Community
PANELISTS
Phyllis Craig-Taylor
Professor, School of Law
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
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Catlin Fullwood
Principal Consultant
On Time Associates
Chicago, IL
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Charles "Chuck" McDew
Civil Rights Leader
Co-Founder and Former Executive
Director
Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee(SNCC)
Instructor, Metropolitan State University
Minneapolis, MN |
Anne Menard
Director
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Harrisburg, PA |
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Ellen Pence
Praxis International
Minneapolis, MN |
Ruth Slaughter
Divisional Director
Community Outreach, Prevention, and Education Programs
PROTOTYPES
Culver City, CA |
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MODERATOR
Beth Richie, Ph.D.
Professor
Criminal Justice Department and
Women's Studies Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL |
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12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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LUNCHEON
Community Insights into Domestic Violence in the African American Community
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Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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Linner Ward Griffin, Ed.D.
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
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Esther J. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL |
William Oliver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
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Awards Ceremony
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Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN |
Special Musical Video Presentation
Gary Hines
Director
Sounds of Blackness
Minneapolis, MN |
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2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
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Break
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2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
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PANEL: Re-Examining Our Efforts to Address Domestic Violence in the African American Community - A Fishbowl Discussion
PANELISTS:
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Warren Edwards
Community Activist
Feeding the Least to Increase
the Peace
Minneapolis, MN |
Shelia Hankins, Project Director
Michigan Department of Human Services, Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board
Lansing, MI
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Joleen Jones
Domestic Violence, Anger Management
and Violence Prevention Counselor
for African American Family Services
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Rev. Al Miles
Author, Domestic Violence Advocate
Coordinator, Hospital Ministry Department
Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu , HI
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William Oliver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
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Rev. Mary Walton
Senior Program and Management
Consultant
Interval House Domestic Violence Crisis Shelters
Long Beach, CA |
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Joseph White, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Psychology and Psychiatry
University of California , Irvine
Irvine, CA |
MODERATOR
Esther Jenkins, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychology Department
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL |
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4:15 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.
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Questions and Answers
Esther Jenkins, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology Department
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL |
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4:35 - 4:45 p.m.
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Special Presenter
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4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN |
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m. - Noon
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Registration
Continental Breakfast (until 8:45 a.m.)
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8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
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Welcome and Charge for the Day
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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8:40 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
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Presentation from Long Beach Police Department
William S. Blair
Deputy Chief, Investigations Bureau
Long Beach Police Department
Long Beach, CA
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8:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
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Panel Discussion:
Community Mobilization Models
PANELISTS
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Ted Bunch
Co Founder
A Call to Men
New York, NY |
Paula Callen
Program Services Director
Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
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Gail Garfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
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Adrienne Lamar
Associate Director
Jenessee
Los Angeles, CA |
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Jeannette Raymond
Program Manager
Initative for Violence Free Families & Children Service
Minneapolis, MN |
V.J. Smith
Director
Men Against Destruction, and
Defending Against Drugs and Social-disorder (MAD DADS)
Minneapolis, MN |
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MODERATOR
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
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Questions and Answers
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
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Elements of a Contract
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Lunch Break
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1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
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CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Child Well-Being and Domestic Violence
Joyce Thomas, R.N., M.P.H., P.N.P.
President and Co-Founder
Center for Child Protection and Family Support
Washington, DC
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Teen Dating and Intimate Partner Violence
Leah Aldridge
Associate Director
Peace Over Violence
Los Angeles, CA
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Faith-Based Approaches to Address Domestic Violence
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PRESENTER
Rev. Al Miles
Author, Domestic Violence Advocate
Coordinator, Hospital Ministry
Department
Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu , HI
Vickii Coffey
Executive Director Chicago
Metropolitan Battered Women's Network
Chicago, IL
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FACILITATOR
Rev. Mary Walton, M.S.W., M. Div.
Senior Program and Management
Consultant
Interval House Domestic Violence
Crisis Shelters
Long Beach, CA |
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Fatherhood and Domestic Violence
Johnny Rice II
Chief Operating Officer
Communities Organized to Improve Life
Baltimore, MD
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HIV/AIDS and Other Health Issues
Phyllis Sharps, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Director of the Masters Programs
and Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
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Prisoner Reentry, Domestic Violence, and Gangs
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Warren Edwards
Community Activist
Feeding the Least to Increase
the Peace
Minneapolis, MN |
Joleen Jones
Domestic Violence, Anger Management
and Violence Prevention Counselor
African American Family Services
Minneapolis, MN |
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Ben Owens
Cease Fire Committee of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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Tommy Walker
Cease Fire Committee of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
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Oliver Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN |
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Sexual Assault
Tiombe Preston, M.S.
Marriage and Family Therapist
Program Manager
California Black Women's Health Project
Long Beach, CA
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Substance Abuse
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Robert Hampton, Ph.D.
Provost/Executive Vice President
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
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Antonia Vann
Founder and CEO
Asha Family Services
Milwaukee, WI |
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Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange
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Shelia Hankins
Project Director
Family Independence Agency
Michigan Domestic Violence
Prevention and Treatment Board |
Marcus Pope, M.Ed.
Associate Director
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
St. Paul, MN |
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2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
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Break |
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2:40 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
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Developing and Implementing the Contract Against
Domestic Violence: Table Discussions
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute on Domestic Violence
in the African American Community
Professor
School of Social Work
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
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4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
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Closing Keynote
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Speaker, Author, and Community Activist
Toronto, Ontario
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4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Commitment Ceremony
Closing Remarks
Adjournment |
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