Workshops and panels for
Real Lives, Real Survivors 2008:
Intimate Partner Violence and Intersecting Identities
October 2, 2008, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Third Annual Conference on Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence, presented by the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Domestic Violence Taskforce.
The Real Lives, Real Survivors 2008 conference promises frank and creative dialogue between LGBTQ individuals and their allies and seeks to explore the intersecting identities of lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) communities in New York City as we address intimate partner and domestic violence. In particular, the conference will discuss how as LGBTQ people our identities – youth, elder, immigrant, poor, queer, person of color, survivor, for example – intersect and how that affects our ability to respond to intimate partner and domestic violence. This conference hopes to raise awareness of the dynamics of intimate partner and domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships; increase the accessibility to services for LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence and ensure that those services are informed by innovative best practice models. Real Lives, Real Survivors offers opportunities to strengthen coalitions among survivors, activists, community members, advocates and service providers so that we can work together to end all forms of oppression, which are the root of domestic violence.
October 2, 2008
Proposed Conference Grid
Start time End time
9 9:30 Registration and breakfast. Room 301
9:30 9:35 Sonia Mansoor – Opening remarks and Christine Quinn Introduction. Room 301
9:35 9:40 NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn – Introductory remarks
9:40 9:45 Sharon Stapel – Helene Weinstein introduction and recognition for "Fair Access to Family Court" legislation. Room 301
9:45 9:50 NYS Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein – Remarks. Room 301
9:50 10:45 Catherine Hodes, moderator – Keynote plenary panel Room 301
10:45 11 Break and snacks: Room 301
11 12:15 Workshop A1 Darlene Torres – LGBTQ IPV 101. Room 301
Workshop A2 Carrie Davis – Working with Trans-People & Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence. Room 310
Workshop A3 Molly Burke – Serving Survivors of IPV and Sexual Assault with Disabilities. Room 410
12:15 1:30 Lunch – provided or bring your own. Room 301
Service provider’s informal networking. Room 310
Survivor’s informal networking. Room 410
1:30 2:45 Workshop B1 Linnet Caban-Brown & Maria Alvarez – Life after DV: Strategies for Empowerment. Room 301
Workshop B2 Heather Hanson and Eileen F. Swan – Intersection of Oppressions: A Criminal Justice Response to DV within the LGBTQ Community. Room 310
Workshop B3 Sonia Mansoor – Connecting New Voices: Identifying issues in working with queer survivors of color. Room 410
2:45 3 Break and snacks: Room 301
3 4:15 Workshop C1 Yalitza Garcia, Jene Toussaint, & Lucy Kobus – Teen Dating Violence: Engaging Youth as Activists. Room 301
Workshop C2 Brenda Jones – Self Defense Workshop. Room 310
Workshop C3 Dishpaul Dhuga – Immigration Remedies for LGBTQ Survivors. Room 410
4:15 4:30 Dulani – Closing: Room 301
Conference date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 9am – 4:30pm
Conference location: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York City 10011
Taskforce website: www.nyclgbtdvtaskforce.com
More information may be obtained by emailing catherine_hodes@goodshepherds.org
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