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8:00a.m.-9:30a.m.
December 10th
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Jerry Sandusky, Penn State - A Case Study
Child sexual abuse is predictable and preventable but it continues to be pervasive in youth serving organizations across the country and around the world. Join us for an in depth analysis of the Jerry Sandusky case, as we look at the behaviors, relationships, activities, policies and public response that were clear indicators that sexual abuse was likely to occur and what we could have done to prevent it.
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Diane Cranley Host for the TAALK-a-Thon
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Diane Cranley is the Founder and Chair of TAALK, a federally approved non-profit agency dedicated to breaking the silence that surrounds child sexual abuse. Diane is a renowned public speaker; the host of The TAALK Show, the first talk show dedicated solely to the subject of child sexual abuse; and host of The TAALK Show's bi-annual TAALK-a-Thon, an international 24-hour vigil where we ask people around the world to all break the silence on the same day.
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Svava Brooks
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Svava Brooks is the co-founder and VP of Blátt áfram. Svava is also a facilitator, trainer and certifying Instructor for Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children program. Svava regularly provides talks and trainings in So-California and Iceland on Child Sexual Abuse and Prevention. Svava is also the President of TAALK San Diego. |
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9:30a.m.-10:00a.m.
December 10th |
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Together We Can Prevent the Sexual Abuse of Children
In this segment we'll discuss a variety of tools available to help adults who are concerned about their own thoughts of inappropriate behavior toward children or the behavior of others. We'll learn about what people need in order to overcome their fear and face the fact that a friend or loved one may be hurting a child.
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Deborah Donovan Rice, MMT
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Deborah Donovan Rice, Executive Director of Stop It Now!, is responsible for the overall management and operation of Stop It Now! in keeping with the strategic goals of the organization. Her prior work in the child sexual abuse prevention field includes program development, management, and implementation on national and state-wide levels. Her work is informed by her experience of having been sexually abused. |
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| 10:00a.m.-11:00a.m. December 10th |
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Why People Perpetrate and Can They Be Helped?
In our discussion, we'll gain insight about what causes people to perpetrator and an understanding of who can be helped and who cannot. In addition, we'll learn about existing treatment programs and how they have impacted the recidivism rate and therefore, the safety of our children.
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Fred Berlin, M.D., Ph.D.
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Fred S. Berlin, M.D., Ph.D., has been educated at a variety of centers including McGill University in Canada and the Maudsley Institute in England. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an Attending Physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is also the Founder of The Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic and the Director of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma. That program has been designated by the United States Department of Justice as a national resource site. |
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| 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. December 10th |
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The Best Kept Secret: Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse
In this moving dialog, we'll explore the statistics of mother-daughter sexual abuse and the unique impact of trauma experienced within the process of maternal nurturing. We'll also discuss the psychological profile of maternal abusers and the myths that may keep us from identifying and effectively intervening in cases of mother-daughter abuse.
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Julie Brand, M.S. |
Julie Brand holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and enjoyed a distinguished 25-year career as a school counselor. Now she uses her unique perspective as both counselor and survivor, to speak and to write about maternal incest. In her book, A Mother’s Touch: Surviving Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse, and in her workshops, Julie combines research data, professional insights and her personal experiences to enlighten audiences about the reality of mother-daughter sexual abuse. |
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Dr. Christine Hatchard |
Dr. Hatchard is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Eatontown, NJ. She is currently a Specialist Professor of Clinical Psychology at Monmouth University (NJ). Since 1999, she has been the director of Making Daughters Safe Again (MDSA), providing information and support for survivors of mother-daughter sexual abuse. In 2011, she released a full-length documentary entitled, "Who will love me: Four stories of mother-daughter sexual abuse," a film that she produced, directed and edited.
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12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
December 10th |
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Disclosure: The Shock, the Journey and Resounding Hope for Non-Offending Parents
For most children, disclosure is the end of their trauma; for their family, it is just the beginning. The impact of sexual abuse on the family unit as a hold is substantial, particularly in the case of incest. We'll dive into the vast array of emotions felt by non-offending parents and discuss the practical aspects of getting through the initial crisis period and the months to come. We'll also look at valuable tools that allow non-offending parents to overcome the trauma and lay a strong foundation for the future of their family.
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Karen E. Fennell MSW, LISW-CP
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Karen Fennell has a Master’s degree in Psychiatric Social Work. She has been in private practice for 9 years and is has also directed the Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient Program at Highland Park Hospital in Highland Park, Illinois. In her private practice she serves a large percentage of sexual abuse survivors and/or family members of survivors. Karen is the author of a book about sexual abuse and the recovery process called Straying Towards Truth: A Therapist’s Personal Story and Professional Guide to Healing After Sexual Abuse. It deals with her own family’s struggle to heal after her oldest son disclosed his sexual abuse history.
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Angelé Morgan |
Angelé Morgan received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Wyoming and her Master's Degree in Social Work from Colorado State University. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Nevada. She has been working in the field of Abuse and Neglect since 1992. Angelé has served as the Vice Chairperson for the Southern Nevada Sex Offender Management Task Force. She has been the Clinical Director for both an adolescent inpatient treatment facility and an outpatient mental health clinic. Angelé has been a part-time Instructor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She is currently director and co-owner of Red Rock Psychological Services. She is also a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and serves as a Board Member for the Southern Nevada Children’s Advocacy Center. |
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1:00p.m.-2:00p.m.
December 10th |
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Child Sexual Abuse in the Native American Culture
Join us as we explore the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the Native American culture and what individual tribe members as well as tribal leaders can do to protect children. We'll also discuss the biggest challenges as well as the greatest strengths of the tribal community in addressing the child sexual abuse pandemic.
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Linda Logan
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Linda Logan (Oklahoma Choctaw) has over twenty five years of experience working with Native American communities. Linda is the Executive Director of Native American Children’s Alliance. She serves on the National Indian Child Welfare Association Board of Directors and the National Children’s Alliance as an Ad hoc Board member. She is an authorized facilitator for Darkness to Light’s child sexual abuse prevention program Stewards of Children. Her professional experiences include working as a program director for mental health children’s programs, health planner and grant writer for several urban Indian programs located in Boston, Dallas and Cleveland. She is the author of Tribal Writes: The Correspondence Guide for Native Americans. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and Masters in Social Work from Boston College. |
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Rev. Debbie Royals
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The Reverend Debbie Royals is Pascua Yaqui from Tucson, AZ. She is the Director of Development for the Indigenous Theological Training Institute and is a consultant for Divine Choices/Sacred Relations. Debbie has worked with difficult issues facing Native America especially as it effects our women and children. Debbie is also an Episcopal priest and is very active in Native American ministries in the Episcopal Church and has represented her constituents as a presenter at conferences, leading spiritual gatherings, and writing both Nationally and Internationally. She is also a faculty member for the CREDO Institute, Inc and teaches in both Health and Spirituality areas. Debbie attended the University of Arizona and has received advanced degrees from Prescott College, the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the Graduate Theological Union.
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| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. December 10th |
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Empowering Children to Use Their Voice
It's a normal and healthy process for children to separate from their parents as they grow up which means we can't always be there to protect them. However, we can teach them to recognize danger and empower them to use their voice in the face of danger and afterwards. In this hour we'll learn about tools that adults can use at home to teach kids about body safety as well as how community members can advocate for laws that require body safety education within our schools.
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Erin Merryn |
Erin Merryn is author of Stolen Innocence and Living For Today both memoirs about incest and rape. She earned her Master’s degree in social work from Aurora University in May 2009. Erin began a crusade her senior year of high school in spring 2004 to end the silence and shame around sexual abuse by traveling the country giving inspiring and motivational speeches at national conferences, community events, colleges, high schools, Children Advocacy Centers and rape crisis centers. She has appeared in magazines and on television including Oprah and Good Morning America and is the force behind Erin’s law in Illinois. Erin’s law will educate children in Illinois public schools on sexual abuse through age appropriate curriculum pre k-5th grade. |
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Jill Starishevsky |
Jill Starishevsky is an Assistant District Attorney in New York City,where she has prosecuted hundreds of sex offenders and dedicated her career to seeking justice for victims of child abuse and sex crimes.Outside the courtroom, Jill's fondness for writing led her to create thepoemlady.com, where she pens personalized pieces. Her mission to protect children, along with her penchant for poetry, inspired My Body Belongs to Me, a book intended to prevent child sexual abuse by teaching three to eight year old's their bodies are private.
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| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. December 10th |
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Key Elements to a Safer Community
Join us as we explore a successful sex offender risk management model that results in lower incarceration rates as well as lower recidivism rates. We'll talk in detail about assessing risk, community notification, and community members' active involvement in sex offender supervision.
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Mark Bliven
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Mark Bliven attended Macalester College and William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota and has done graduate work in planning at the University of Minnesota. He has worked for the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training as Rules Coordinator and Pre-service Education Coordinator. After a two year Minnesota sabbatical working in the Wisconsin State Assembly he returned to Minnesota state service in 2001. Mark has been with the Minnesota Department of Corrections for the last nine years and is currently the Community Notification Supervisor. The main focus of his position is notification issues of predatory and sex offenders living within the community.
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Bill Donnay
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Bill Donnay received a Bachelors Degree from Winona State University in 1980 and began a career in Corrections as a therapist in the Mental Health Unit at the State Correctional Facility at Stillwater. Since then he has served in a variety of positions in different correctional facilities and central office including case management, unit supervision, and coordination of treatment in the facilities and community. Bill has been employed as the Director of the Risk Assessment/Community Notification Unit for the Minnesota Department of Corrections since 2003. In that position he manages psychologists, therapists and other staff in assigning risk levels for community notification and managing the community notification program. This unit also screens offenders prior to release to identify those cases to be forwarded to county attorneys to be reviewed for civil commitment as a Sexual Psychopathic Personality / Sexually Dangerous Person.
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| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. December 10th |
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Recognizing Satanic Ritual Abuse
As we delve into the broad spectrum of topics related to child sexual abuse, Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) remains as one of the most difficult. In this segment, you'll gain a basic understanding of what SRA is and the unique impact it has on its victims. You'll also learn to recognize indicators of satanic ritual abuse and how to provide a supportive environment for survivors.
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Neil Brick |
Neil Brick is a survivor of ritual abuse and has been a researcher in the field of child abuse crimes and trauma for over 16 years. He has written many articles on dissociation, child abuse and trauma. He is the editor of SMART - A Ritual Abuse Newsletter which has been publishing 6 issues a year since 1995. He has coordinated 14 international ritual abuse conferences since 1997. |
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| 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. December 10th |
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Sometimes Abuse is a Package Deal
The Ace Study showed that one third of the population being studied experienced at least one category of childhood trauma. If any one category was experienced, there was an 87% chance that at least one additional category was present. One in six individuals in the study experienced 4 or more categories of childhood trauma and one in nine experienced 5 or more categories. Join us as we learn from a victim of multiple types of abuse what childhood was really like, how it impacted him as an adult and how he has triumphantly overcome his past.
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Michael Skinner |
Michael Skinner is a nationally known award-winning advocate survivor addressing the issues of trauma, abuse and mental health concerns through public speaking and his music. He has spoken at the National Press Club, was a keynote presenter for a conference held by the United Nations, The State Department and Georgetown University on the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and adults and he has appeared on many TV, radio and Internet shows. Michael was part of the Oprah Winfrey Shows that addressed the issues of males sexually abused as children. His music and advocacy website has been visited by well over a million visitors. Michael has also formed the non-profit, the Surviving Spirit, that offers Hope, Healing and Help for those impacted by trauma, abuse and mental health through the creative arts and a monthly newsletter. |
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5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
December 10th |
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Model Programs for Abuse Victims and Their Families
When crisis strikes, how can we make the legal and recovery process as easy as possible for victims and their families. We will have the opportunity to explore two successful models. |
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Dr. Leslie Kille; EdD; LCSW
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Dr. Kille is Director of Trauma Recovery Services (TRS) of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. Trauma therapy from children to elders occurs over three locations. Crisis Center houses Sexual Assault Services; 2-1-1; Rape Crisis; Suicide Prevention; Elder Reassurance lines; Family Preservation and School Based Anti-bullying; and School Based Mentoring. Crisis Center staff are Trauma Informed Care certified (National Center for Disaster Recovery). TRS is involved in two Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy research projects with the University of South Florida Social Work Program, provides Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems program and is completing a pilot study with Florida Mental Health Institute. |
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Chris Newlin, MS LPC
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Chris Newlin, MS LPC, has been the Executive Director of the National Children's Advocacy Center since July 2005. He is responsible for providing leadership and management of NCAC and participating in national and international leadership activities regarding the protection of children. The NCAC was the first Child Advocacy Center in the United States, and continues to provide both prevention and intervention services for child abuse in Huntsville/Madison County. NCAC also houses the NCAC National Training Center, the Southern Regional CAC, and the Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO). In these capacities, Chris oversees a staff of 53 professionals and a yearly budget of 5 million dollars. Chris is a Board Member of the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, an ex-officio Board Member for the National Children's Alliance, member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), and a Clinical Member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).
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6:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
December 10th |
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Child Sexual Abuse Education in Schools - Why do we need it?
40% of child sexual abuse happens at the hands of a family member. In these cases, kids may not feel comfortable telling someone at home; talking about it at school let's kids know there are trusted adults outside their home who they can talk to and who will help. In addition, educating kids in school can extend the reach of vital prevention information that may not be being shared at home.
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Melissa Curk, MSW
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Melissa Curk is a Licensed Social Worker in Chicago. She is the executive director and founder of Kids Have Hope. She is dedicated to preventing and stopping child abuse through education and empowering students in a school setting. Melissa teaches children how to stay safe, how to tell, and that abuse is never their fault. She also teaches parents and teachers how to detect, report, and prevent child abuse. |
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6:30 p.m -7:00 p.m.
December 10th |
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Stories of Healing and the Movement to End Child Sexual Abuse
In this segment you'll be deeply inspired by the actions of a "bystander" willing to step up and be the voice for an innocent child. You'll also learn how this bystander took her call to protect a single child and married with her extensive experience in TV and film to create a documentary that shares the real life stories of survivors healing.
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Tracey Quezada
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Tracey Quezada has over eight years of professional experience in video, film, television, multimedia marketing and the non-profit sector. As an independent video producer, Tracey has produced and directed promotional videos including her weekly television series. Recent clients include the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Community Bridge Video, Patch and Global Fund for Women. Tracey is currently producing You and Me and the Fruit Trees, a documentary film that shares compelling stories of survivors of child sexual abuse, broadens our response beyond the criminal justice system, and show's how society’s inability to effectively address child sexual abuse impacts not only individuals, but whole communities and society at large. |
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7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
December 10th |
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Seeing the Silver Lining Hidden Within Your Traumatic Childhood
Just because child sexual abuse happened TO YOU, does not mean it IS YOU. Join us as we explore one woman's transformational yoga program to help survivors recapture themselves and the joy they deserve and another woman's inspirational short story entitled Sinlessness.
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Antiqua Libbey
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Antiqua Libbey is a shining example of how child abuse does not have to be a life sentence. Her unique healing approach allows her clients to see their traumas as fuel to live with more compassion and love than they ever could have minus their unique experiences. Antiqua has been certified to teach yoga and energy awareness for 18 years. Through the medium of yoga and self transformation she is a speaker, author and Joy coach. She has developed Twist Yoga’s transformational 9 week yoga series and teacher training workshops which are nationally recognized and registered with yoga alliance. Antiqua is a natural food lover and certified as a Sports Nutrition Specialist registered with ISSA. This year she has been blessed to take what she does to the masses through internet courses and one and one coaching via the phone and Skype, so she can now help more survivors live victoriously. |
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Lisa Monaco-Gonzales
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Lisa Monaco Gonzales is an author and advocate of child safety. Lisa graduated from Bryant College in Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in business. Her corporate background is in sales, marketing, and training. As a survivor of sexual abuse, she learned early to push through obstacles with persistence and resilience. Through her speaking, Lisa brings resources and tools to help adults guard children against sexual predators. Through her children’s books she empowers our adults of the future to speak out. Born and raised in Connecticut, Lisa now resides in sunny San Diego with her loving husband and two beautiful children.
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8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
December 10th |
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It’s Your Turn, Heal Emotional Trauma NOW!
When the fight or flight reactions occur massively or continuously the normal balancing responses may be unable to end the continuous adrenaline rushes or life saving actions interfering with perception, cognition, and emotions appropriate in a secure environment. We'll hear from two experts in the field of trauma and learn how to end the overwhelming upset associated with past traumatic stress events in moments and bring yourself back to the here and now where you are safe to operate with a calm mind and relaxed body.
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Ron Ringo, Jr., PhD, LSW, CTS, MAC, CST, TFTdx |
Ronald R. Ringo, Jr., PhD, LSW, CTS, MAC, CST, TFTdx., is a native of Southern California. He holds numerous degrees and a Doctorate of Philosophy, in Counseling, from LaSalle University. He is a Licensed Social Worker since 1991, and has national certifications, as a Master Additions Counselor (MAC), Certified Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist (CCCJS), and is an internationally Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS). He also holds several certifications in healing therapy modalities, such as; Cranial Sacral and Thought Field Therapies. Ron has served with Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard units throughout the world. He designed the Marine Corps’ “Warrior Transition Program,” which he has been featured on CNN’s “Newsnight” program and in many related Newspaper articles and news shows around the country. He writes a weekly column on life issues syndicated in several newspapers entitled “Chappy’s On Eagles’ Wings.” |
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Robert Bray
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Robert Bray has a successful psychotherapy practice in San Diego where he sees clients and offers periodic workshops based on his book, Heal Traumatic Stress NOW-Complete Recovery with Thought Field Therapy, No Open Wounds. Bob is also an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University, School of Social Work, where he may teach one or two classes per semester. Over the years Bob has been an avid volunteer with many community service organizations, both locally and nationally. Currently he is a volunteer with The American Red Cross, San Diego Chapter – Disaster Mental Health Specialist Team CA-3, and has been deployed to disaster sites such as Hurricane Katrina to assist relief efforts and provide counseling for those in need, in times of crisis.
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9:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
December 10th |
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Building a Bridge Out of Brokenness
How does a good God let bad things happen to children? Where was God when I was being abused? Why didn't God protect me? Many survivors have asked themselves these questions over the years and in this segment you'll hear about the spiritual journey of three survivors who dared to ask the questions and listen for the answers. Join us as we embrace and celebrate spirituality as part of the full and joyous recovery from child sexual abuse. |
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Thom Hunter
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Thom Hunter is an author and speaker in the field of sexual brokenness: unwanted same-sex attraction, pornography addiction, sexual abuse, adultery and lust. He is an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse and previously struggled with sexual identity. Thom’s newest book is Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What Grace Can Do, published by Westbow Press in 2010. He writes regularly on sexual brokenness and faith in his blog: Signs of a Struggle. Thom is a former newspaper editor and publisher and former Oklahoma Chief of Staff for AT&T. He taught public relations writing at the University of Oklahoma for five years as an adjunct professor in the Gaylord School of Journalism. He is a former media relations representative for AT&T where he represented the company in television, radio and print interviews.
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Laurie Smith
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Laurie Ann Smith is the youngest of seven children. She was born into a home of abuse and dysfunction, a home full of domestic violence and sexual violence between her parents. Laurie was sexually assaulted by her 21 year old brother when she was 8 years old and he was 21. Two of her brothers committed suicide over the years, and she was headed on the same path as an adult, always planning her suicide in hopes of finally ending the pain. At the age of 41, Laurie had an experience that changed her life for good, and turned her life, her heart, her spirit and her soul around. She had a spiritual experience that would change her life forever. |
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Rae Luskin |
Rae Luskin has a BFA from Roosevelt University and an MA in Urban Planning from Loyola University. She has been a leader in the community for the last sixteen years with National Council of Jewish Women and J-CARES (Jewish Community Abuse, Response, Education and Solutions). Rae is a gifted artist and teacher. Her art work is featured in Shine the Light by Rachel Lev and can be found in numerous private collections. Always finding ways to balance her artistic side with her desire to build a world that is free from violence, Rae used her years of experience working with both children and adults to nurture self worth, creativity and resilience to published Art From My Heart in October of 2010. |
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10:00p.m.-11:00p.m.
December 10th |
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Victims Rights - Understanding Yours
The legal process that surrounds child sexual abuse cases can be overwhelming to say the least. What is the legal process after your child discloses and you report? What kind of evidence does the District Attorney need to file charges? What are the statutes of limitations for adult survivors? What are your rights as a victim in the criminal court process? Can you sue your perpetrator or the organization they worked for in civil court? Join us as we explore the legal aspects of child abuse cases with a former prosecutor and criminal lawyer who specializes in victim's rights and a trial attorney who represents abuse victims in civil court.
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Michael Kinslow
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Michael Kinslow is a trial lawyer. Inspired by Robert Kennedy’s call to dedicate ourselves “to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world,” Kinslow represents people who have been physically, emotionally and psychologically harmed by others. Since becoming admitted to the practice of law in California in 2005, his principal area of work is representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This work has taken Kinslow into courtrooms throughout the state and across the nation, helping to stem the damage caused to his clients and society by the epidemic of childhood sexual abuse. These efforts include both the litigation of individual cases and active participation in complex coordinated proceedings against large corporations who provided pedophiles access to children.
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Michael Fell |
Michael Fell is a California criminal lawyer and former prosecutor, who concentrates in representing victims under Marsy's Law, the state constitutional amendment that guarantees legal rights for victims of crime. He is the founder of Justice 4 Crime Victims (J4CV), representing crime victims and their families during the criminal prosecution of their offenders. J4CV offers legal representation to crime victims before, during and after the perpetrators have been tried for their crimes. Mike has represented victims’ families in such notable cases as the molestation-murder of San Diego teenager Chelsea King, and the deaths at the hands of a drunken driver of major league baseball pitcher Nick Adenhart, aspiring sports agent Henry Pearson and Cal State Fullerton cheer leading beauty Courtney Stewart, as well as the serious injury of former Cal State Fullerton baseball great Jon Wilhite. |
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11:00p.m.-12:00a.m.
December 10th/ December 11th |
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Child Trafficking and the Prostitution of Teens in Our Neighborhoods
One million teens in the U.S. are involved in prostitution each year. In this discussion you'll learn how this happens and your role in resolving this painful exploitation of our children. You'll hear from a professional as well as a Father who has struggled to bring his daughter home. |
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Manolo Guillen
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Manolo Guillen works with the Institute for Public Strategies and has 20 years of experience in social services and youth advocacy. He has worked with hundreds of youth of diverse backgrounds, nationalities and ethnicities and is an expert in the field of human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). Manolo is the founder and director of the ACTION Network, a multidisciplinary coalition convened in San Diego, whose mission is to prevent the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. Manolo has worked as a consultant to the California Commission on Police Officer Standards Training (POST) to develop training programs on human trafficking and with the San Diego Regional Police Academy to design a binational law enforcement training program to address cross-border issues such as human trafficking and child pornography. He has spoken at international conferences, trained delegations from around the world, and has guest lectured at universities in the U.S. and Mexico on the topic of human trafficking and slavery.
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Brian Beck
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Father of daughter who has been entangled in the web of sex trafficking.
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12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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Bravehearts of Australia
Learn how one non-profit in Australia is significantly impacting the child sexual abuse epidemic through their creative and highly visable public awareness campaign and how they have partnered with their local police to encourage disclosures from adult survivors which help the police spot trends of perpetrators that can be used in current case investigations.
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Carol Ronken
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Carol Ronken worked as a researcher and Associate Lecturer at Griffith University in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice before joining Bravehearts in early 2003. With a BA (Psych) and Masters Applied Sociology (Social Research), Carol is the Research Manager for Bravehearts and is passionate about ensuring the organisation’s active involvement in research, policy and legislative development that aims to prevent, respond to, and ultimately reduce the incidence of child sexual assault in the community.
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1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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Offenders Looking for the Vulnerable - A Swedish Perspective
There are many things that make a child vulnerable to sexual abuse and we'll look at two scenarios that we can all learn from. First, we'll explore a coach-athlete relationship and how one pedophile used his position of power to his advantage. We'll also explore how some pedophiles travel to other countries where kids are more vulnerable. We'll discuss how in both cases, we can spot offenders' activities and protect kids.
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Markus Lutteman
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Markus Lutteman is a web editor at the regional daily Nerikes Allehanda and the author of three books including El Choco, Utsatt (Exposed) and Det du inte såg (What you did not see). The latest book, a biography co-written with former high jump world record holder Patrik Sjoberg, sent shock waves through Sweden when it was revealed that Patrik was sexually abused by his celebrated coach in the early days of his career.
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Catherine Norman
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Catherine Norman has been a police officer for almost 30 years. She spent the last 15 years in a domestic violence unit where she investigated all types of crimes against children, especially sexual and physical abuse. Catherine is also a trained forensic interviewer and considers herself to have a great experience in that field. In 2010 she joined the Swedish NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) where a new special task force was started in order to combat the travelling sex offenders.
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2:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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Who Knows What Survivors Need Better than Survivors
We will spend this hour exploring the residential healing program run by the Heal for Life Foundation in Australia. Their unique and affordable retreats provide a safe, loving place where survivors of all ages can begin to heal from childhood abuse and trauma.The programs are run by "Carers" who are also survivors and therefore understand your pain, confusion and suffering and can truly ‘walk alongside’ you.
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Liz Mullinar
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Liz Mullinar is the founder of Heal For Life Healing Centres for survivors of child abuse and trauma. She became involved as an advocate for survivors of abuse when she discovered that no-one was speaking out on behalf of those who have suffered trauma. She recovered her own memories, at the age of forty eight, of sexual abuse, satanic ritual abuse and incest she had suffered from an early age and knew just how hard it had been to heal from the effects of her own trauma. Liz co-founded and subsequently ran the first national charity for people who had suffered childhood trauma – ASCA (Adults surviving Child Abuse) which now has 55 branches throughout Australia. However, her real dream was to establish an affordable healing centre for survivors of childhood trauma and develop a replicable program for use throughout the world. This she has succeeded in doing Heal For Life still being unique in the world in offering a proven residential effective programme for survivors of all forms of childhood trauma. |
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3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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Invisible in Plain Sight
The child sexual abuse statistics in the Philippines are similar to that of other countries, impacting 18% of their children with 50% of those children abused by family members. Since 1997, the Child Protection Network as successfully created a network of child protection specialists and opened 40 child protection units across the country that provide a child friendly environment using a multidisciplinary approach and networking to delivery medical, psychological, social, and legal services to abused children and their families. Join us as we learn about this successful and highly effective model. |
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Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid |
Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid is the Director of the Child Protection Unit of the University of the Philippines Manila - Philippine General Hospital. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UP College of Medicine. She is also the Executive Director of the Child Protection Unit Network, an NGO that supports the training of Child Protection Professionals and the development of Child Protection Units in the Philippines. She is a past president of the Philippine Ambulatory Pediatric Association. She has been awarded as one of the The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service in 2001 for her work in child protection. She was one of the 5 Most Outstanding Philippine Doctors for 2004, an award given by the Jaycees together with the Dept of Health and the World Health Organization. |
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4:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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All Memories are Not Created Equal
An ordinary memory sits like a photograph in a family album. It’s always available to visit by thumbing through the album. A trauma memory is not pasted in the photo album. Like getting lost in the attics of our mind, it goes to the unconscious. Dissociation happens when a trauma memory becomes a photo ripped into pieces and scattered across the attic floor. Join us as we learn about a powerful novel that has taken the dry discussion of trauma memories and disassociation and turned it into a powerful and deeply moving experience of a young girl's journey and struggle with dissociation.
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Jeanne McElvaney
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Jeanne McElvaney is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who has written a unique novel called Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story – The main character, Abby Carter, will grab your heart and turn your world upside down in a story that takes you to a deep, experiential understanding of dissociated trauma memories. |
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5:00 a.m.-5:30 a.m.
December 11th |
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The Journey of Sexual Trauma Treatment – From Surviving to Living
In this hour, we'll discuss the current state of the child sexual abuse pandemic in Hong Kong and the unique cultural pressures that feed the problem. In addition, we'll learn about the great strides they're making in healing survivors through a variety of approaches including music, art and drama therapy. |
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Ms. Hau Suet Mei |
Ms. Hau has worked more than twenty years in Caritas Family Service – Hong Kong. She has extensive experience in counseling families and children. Since 2003, Ms. Hau focused her counseling work in helping survivors of sexual abuse and childhood trauma. She has encountered hundreds of sexual abuse and trauma survivors over the past ten years in Hong Kong. |
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| 5:30 a.m.-6:00 a.m. December 11th |
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The Journey to Wholeness
There's no better way to understand the impact of child sexual abuse than to experience the pain and healing through the angelic voice of a survivor. You will be moved to anger and to tears as you join Cici on her journey, as she shares it with you through song.
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Cici Porter |
Cici Porter is a professional musician with over 30 years of experience as a performer, singer songwriter and recording artist. She has received local and national music awards, and has been featured in films and television. Cici is also an incest survivor, and having gone through her own healing process, she has begun using her musical talents to break the silence about child abuse. In 2001 Cici developed her “Journey to Wholeness Project” a CD and concert series dedicated to the healing and prevention of childhood sexual abuse. She has shared this material with survivors and their support systems all over the United States. Cici is also a wife and mother, teacher, painter and thriving member of her California community. |
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6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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The Role of the Media in the Resolution of the Child Sexual Abuse Pandemic
Sensationalized story of stranger danger? A true reflection of the impact of abuse by our inner circle? Or a focus on prevention? - What does the media portray? The Berkeley Media Studies Group researched a specific period in time to see what the media was writing about with regards to child sexual abuse and we'll talk with the lead researcher to understand her findings and discuss the impact of those findings.
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Pamela Mejia
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Pamela Mejia graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in human nutrition. She received a master’s degree at UC Berkeley Biochemistry in 2006, and a Master’s in Public Health in 2010. Pamela’s interest in how the media shapes public health discussions lead her to join the Berkeley Media Studies Group as a research associate in 2010. She has spoken on BMSG’s 2011 analysis of child sexual abuse in the news at the National Conference on Child Abuse and Exploitation Prevention, as well as at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting. She lives with her daughter, Frances, in Oakland California.
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7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
December 11th |
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Advocacy After Abuse - A Key Element of Healing
Survivors are uniquely qualified to teach us how abuse happens and how to prevent it. Even more important, those who have had the courage to cross the bridge from victim to a place of peace can inspire and guide others to do the same. We will have the opportunity in this hour to experience the encouragement and wisdom of two such survivors as they share their stories of abuse and how they're advocacy work is making a difference.
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Marjorie McKinnon
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Marjorie McKinnon has been writing since the age of thirteen, when she wrote poetry to hide her pain. Despite her father’s confession in her mid-thirties about an incestuous relationship he’d had with her that began when she was thirteen, she had buried all memories of the childhood trauma. She had run away from home when she was eighteen and spent the next 27 years going from one abuser to another. During that time she was hospitalized twice for suicide attempts, spent time in a women’s shelter and raised four children as a single mother. During recovery she wrote about her experience and what it was like to emerge on the other side of “the bridge of recovery.” It is a chronicle of growing up in small Midwestern towns in a Catholic family and of hiding her anguish behind words, poetry that she termed her inner voices. It is also a detailed account of the journey one takes in going from a place of despair to one of joy. That book, titled Let Me Hurt You and Don’t Cry Out became her first attempt to publish. When Marjorie was half way through recovery she found out that her two older daughters had been sexually abused by her second husband. Her youngest daughter had been raped at gunpoint while working at a fast food place when she was 17. This so totally accents the reality that child sexual abuse is a multi-generational problem.
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Rhett Hackett
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Rhett Hackett is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. At the age of 12 a neighbor betrayed him until the age of 17 while growing up at the New Jersey Shore. In 2005 he sought out professional help with a psychologist and eventually joined the Malesurvivor organization. After attending a Weekend Of Recovery he continued with therapy, smaller group sessions, and facilitating on-line discussions on recovery. In 2010, he went public with his abuse on the Oprah Winfrey Show – 200 Men Sexually Abused where he detailed the events of his abuse in pre-taped footage that aired on both episodes. He continued to go public with his story through articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, WHYY’s Radio Times Show, and ABC’s “Perspective New Jersey” and is pursuing publishing a book that he wrote in 2006 about his story of abuse. He also publicly speaks out on behalf of other male survivors, & supports the Children’s Alliance of Philadelphia. He has provided testimony at the NJ Senate Judiciary Hearings and is committed to continually raising awareness, promote healing, prevention, and prosecution related to sexual abuse, and recently performed in an off Broadway play on the topic. He’ll be married 21 years this December and has two children. |
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