Conference 2007 - Creating Responsive Systems for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors’ “Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence” Initiative (Zero Tolerance) is launching its public awareness and professional development campaign to reduce domestic and family violence through the presentation of its First Bi-Annual Conference, “Creating Responsive Systems for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence”.   The conference represents a component of the Safe & Bright Futures for Children strategic planning funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to stop the cycles of abuse and intentional injury for children.

Conference program will air on
Video On Demand (VOD)
Comcast is currently airing the video "Domestic Violence" on their Video On Demand (VOD) service through April 30th, 2008. In order to view the program on Comcast cable TV: select VOD; then Bay on Demand; then select Public Affairs; then CCTV and then you click on the "Domestic Violence" program.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this conference a success!

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Documents:

• Letter to Conference Participant
• What are three things you can do to keep children at the center of your work?

Nationally Recognized Speakers:

• Larry Cohen, MSW, Prevention Institute
• Jeff Edleson, Ph.D., Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
• Susun Kim, Korean American Coalition to End Domestic Abuse, BayLegal
• David S. Lee, MPH, Prevention Services at the California Coalition against Sexual Assault
• Linda M. Perez, Ph.D., Mills College, Licensed California Psychologist
• Oliver Williams, Ph.D., Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
• Sudha Shetty, J.D., University of Minnesota
• Greta Tubbesing, BA, Prevention Institute
• Patricia Van Horn, Ph.D., UCSF Child Trauma Research Project

Sponsors

The Creating Responsive Systems for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence conference is fiscally sponsored by Community Violence Solutions for all donations, grants and sponsorship.

For more Information

For more information please call Juliana Granzotto at 925.335.1092 or use the contact form .