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AUGUST 1-2, 2019

Noojimo’iwewin: 
A VAWA and ICWA Training

Brought to you by Bay Mills Indian Community & OJS Tribal Justice Support.

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WHEN /

AUG 1-2, 2019

WHERE /

LODGING/

Bay Mills Resort & Casino

Phone: 888.4.BAYMILLS

Room Block Information 

Bay Mills VAWA Training

Check-In: Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Check-Out: Friday, August 2, 2019

Last Day to Book: Wednesday, July 24, 2019

 

ABOUT THE EVENT /

A multi-disciplinary training geared toward child welfare and domestic violence advocates to implement effective service and advocacy strategies in cases involving child welfare, domestic violence, or both.

 

Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (CLE approval pending).

 

Featured trainers will include:

Hon. Jocelyn Fabry, Chief Judge, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Rachel Carr, Executive Director, Uniting Three Fires Against Violence

Hon. Ron Whitener, Chief Judge, The Tulalip Tribes

Kate Fort, Director, Indian Law Clinic, Michigan State University Law, Indigenous Law Program

Lenny Hayes, Executive Director, Tate Topa Consulting, LLC

Raven Healing, Tribal Attorney, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians

Helen Wilkins, Victims’ Advocate, Bay Mills Indian Community

David Garvin, Chair of Battering Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan

Dr. Sheri L. Hill, Ph.D., IMH-E (IV-P), CCC-SLP, Early Childhood Policy Specialist

Chief Judge Leah Parish, BMIC Tribal Court

Neoshia R. Roemer, Staff Attorney, MSU College of Law, Indigenous Law & Policy Center

David Adams, Attorney, Parnall & Adams Law, LLC

Addie Smith, JD

Noojimo’iwewin - healing others, healing of the heart and mind as well as illness

AT A GLANCE SCHEDULE /

AUG 1

8:00am - 5pm

Bay Mills Horizon Conference Center

8:00-8:30 

Welcome

 

8:30 – 10:15

The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, Neglect and Juvenile Justice

 

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 12:00

Funding through Title IV-E Panel

 

12:00 - 1:00    Lunch

1:00 – 2:15

Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Panel

 

2:15 – 3:00

Domestic Violence Advocacy Panel

 

3:00 – 3:15

Break 

 

3:15 – 4:45

How to (and Why) Preserve ICWA Standards in Domestic Violence Cases

 

4:45 – 5:00

Wrap-Up

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AUG 2

8:30am -12:00pm

Bay Mills Horizon Conference Center

 

8:30 – 10:30 am

Services and How to Evaluate Them for Your Clients

            

10:30 – 11:45

Through the Eyes of the Infant: Healthy Brain Development in Young Children

Exposed to Trauma and Interpersonal Violence

 

11:45 – 12:00

Closing Remarks

 

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