Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community

Mobilizing to End Domestic Violence in the African American Community: A Contract for Change

Presented by
Institute on Domestic Violence in the
African American Community

in partnership with

U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom Foyer - Third Level

Pre-registration

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom Foyer - Third Level

Registration

Continental Breakfast (until 8:45 a.m.)

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Question-and-Answer Session
Facilitator: Shelia Hankins
Project Director
Michigan Department of Human Services
Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board
Lansing, MI

9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Regency Ballroom Foyer – Third Level

Break

10:00 – Noon

Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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	Catlin Fullwood Principal Consultant On Time Associates Chicago, IL
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
Ellen Pence Praxis International Minneapolis, MN	Ruth Slaughter Divisional Director Community Outreach, Prevention, and Education Programs PROTOTYPES Culver City, CA
MODERATOR Beth Richie, Ph.D. Professor Criminal Justice Department and Women's Studies Program University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

LUNCHEON

Community Insights into Domestic Violence in the African American Community

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	Linner Ward Griffin, Ed.D. Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs East Carolina University Greenville, NC
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
Awards Ceremony
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

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Regency Ballroom Foyer – Third Level

Break

2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

PANEL: Re-Examining Our Efforts to Address Domestic Violence in the African American Community – A Fishbowl Discussion

PANELISTS:

Warren Edwards Community Activist Feeding the Least to Increase the Peace Minneapolis, MN	Shelia HankinsProject Director Michigan Department of Human Services, Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board Lansing, MI
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
William Oliver, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice Indiana University Bloomington, IN	Rev. Mary Walton Senior Program and Management Consultant Interval House Domestic Violence Crisis Shelters Long Beach, CA
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

4:15 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Questions and Answers

Esther Jenkins, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology Department
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL

4:35 – 4:45 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Special Presenter

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

7:30 a.m. - Noon
Regency Ballroom Foyer – Third Level

Registration

Continental Breakfast (until 8:45 a.m.)

8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

8:40 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Presentation from Long Beach Police Department

William S. Blair
Deputy Chief, Investigations Bureau

Long Beach Police Department
Long Beach, CA

8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Panel Discussion: Community Mobilization Models

PANELISTS

Ted Bunch Co Founder A Call to Men New York, NY	Paula Callen Program Services Director Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Gail Garfield, Ph.D. Associate Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York	Adrienne Lamar Associate Director Jenessee Los Angeles, CA
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
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

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

On Your Own

Lunch Break

1:00 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.
Beacon A – Third Level

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

Regency E – Third Level

Teen Dating and Intimate Partner Violence

Leah Aldridge
Associate Director
Peace Over Violence
Los Angeles, CA

Regency D – Third Level

Faith-Based Approaches to Address Domestic Violence

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

FACILITATOR
Rev. Mary Walton, M.S.W., M. Div.
Senior Program and Management
Consultant
Interval House Domestic Violence
Crisis Shelters
Long Beach, CA

Shoreline B – Lower Level

Fatherhood and Domestic Violence

Johnny Rice II
Chief Operating Officer
Communities Organized to Improve Life
Baltimore, MD

Pacific – Lower Level

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

Beacon B – Third Level

Prisoner Reentry, Domestic Violence, and Gangs

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

Ben Owens
Cease Fire Committee of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Tommy Walker
Cease Fire Committee of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

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

Harbour – Lower Level

Sexual Assault

Tiombe Preston, M.S.
Marriage and Family Therapist
Program Manager
California Black Women's Health Project
Long Beach, CA

Regency F – Third Level

Substance Abuse

Robert Hampton, Ph.D.
Provost/Executive Vice President
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN

Antonia Vann
Founder and CEO
Asha Family Services
Milwaukee, WI

Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange

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

2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Regency Ballroom Foyer – Third Level

Break

2:40 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

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

4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Closing Keynote

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
Speaker, Author, and Community Activist
Toronto, Ontario

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Regency Ballroom ABC – Third Level

Commitment Ceremony

Closing Remarks

Adjournment