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 NUESTRAS
VOCES/OUR VOICES:
Collaboration and
Transformation en la Comunidad
Arte Sana National Conference
August 18-19, 2008
- Omni San Antonio
Hotel at the Colonnade
- 9821 Colonnade
Blvd
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San Antonio,
Texas
- Conference starts at 8:00 am and
ends at 5:30 both days.
Arte Sana is pleased to
announce "NUESTRAS VOCES / OUR
VOICES: Collaboration and Transformation en la Comunidad.”
The goals of this two-day capacity-building event include:
eliminating victim service barriers and engaging our communities as
active partners in prevention, risk reduction and advocacy efforts.
The conference also aims to improve outreach to marginalized Latina@
victims of sexual and intimate partner violence, and to help build
effective connections with Latin@ communities at large.
Please join Latina
victim advocates and allies from across the nation in beautiful San
Antonio, Texas to share, learn and be inspired!
MONDAY - August 18, 2008
Clergy Sexual Abuse in the Latino Community - Keynote
address
Barbara Blaine, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Barbara Garcia Boehland
Artful Communication: Art as Assessment and Intervention for
Spanish Speaking Children Who Have Witnessed Domestic Violence
Margaux Rooney – WEAVE, California
Engaging Latinos: Como Ser Un Hombre Noble
Emiliano Diaz de Leon, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
Empowering Farmworker Women For Change: Fighting Back
Against Sexual Assault in the Workplace
Monica Ramirez Guerrero – Esperanza: The Immigrant Women's Legal
Initiative of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Georgia
Social Marketing: Advancing Latina Initiatives
Rose Luna, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
Fighting Inequality in the Provision of Services: One Step
Forward, One Step Back
Roberta Villalon - St. John’s University, New York
Seven Voices of Healing: Coming to Voice through Musical
Performance
Roxana Damas, Editor in Chief "La Voz Hispana Magazine" and
President of DAMAS Services
Understanding the influence of gender role socialization and
negotiation on Mexican Americans’ perceptions and reactions to
sexual violence
Iris Carrillo - Graduate Student, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Listening to Latino Voices—A Community Engagement Process
Amber Cristina Hanson - Casa de Esperanza, Minnesota
Harnessing The Healing Power of Art
Marta Sanchez - Panama, Republic of Panama
Educando a nuestras comunidades sobre el acoso sexual y
el acecho (en español)
Arely Sulvaran-Achenbach, Arte Sana
La Experiencia Somática: un método científico y natural
para curar trauma (en español)
Maggie Kline y Margarita Salas-Morrel
Los machistas y sus compañeras (en español)
Niza Troncoso-Tavarez y Carolyn Boumila-Vega - HAVEN program,
Massachusetts General Hospital
TUESDAY, August 19, 2008
Anti-Human Trafficking Programs & Collaborations
Sergeant Christian Burchell, Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Violent
& Sex Crimes Investigations, Human Trafficking / Child Abuse - Texas
HIV and Sexual Violence in Our Communities
Adam Williams, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Gritos en Silencio: Sexual Assault and Latinas in Las Vegas
Elena Espinoza, The Rape Crisis Center of Southern Nevada
Healing Lives: Through Our Own Words
Josie Mixon, author & Janie Alonso, author - Texas
Cyber Advocacy and the Existe Ayuda (Help Exists) National
Outreach Project panel
Latinas Organizing for Reproductive Equality (l.o.r.e.)
Nilsa Irizarry, Ornella Razetto, Mariela Alburges - Chicago,
Illinois
¡Ubícate! Engaging Young Latinas in Leadership
Lumarie Orozco - Casa de Esperanza, Minnesota
People, Organized, Developed, Energized and Resourced
(P.O.D.E.R.) to End Violence in Families
Patricia S. Castillo, L.M.S.W, The P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, Texas
Racism, Comadrismo, and Coalition Building
Maria De Los Angeles Juarbe-Botella, Wisconsin Coalition Against
Sexual Assault
Ivonne Ortiz, The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of
Domestic Violence and Arte Sana Board of Directors
VIH y Violencia Sexual en Nuestras Comunidades
(en español)
Adam Williams, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
El proyecto “Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia Familiar”
(en español)
Karin Hopkins de Egüez, M.P.H, Migrant Clinicians Network
El poder de Paquita: las canciones y el trabajo de
prevención (en español)
Laura Zárate, Arte Sana Founding Executive Director
CO-SPONSORS:
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Registration Rates: |
$250 Regular registration (May-July 31)
$270 Late and Onsite Registration |
Register online
Make your hotel reservations.
- Registration Policies:
1.) Payment amount must reflect the current registration fee
in effect at the time of payment. So if you register when the
early bird rate is in effect and pay when the regular rate is in
effect, your total should reflect the cost per person at the
regular rate.
2.) There is a $15 cancellation fee for registered attendees.
If you have questions,
please contact us via email.
Read about Arte Sana's first Nuestras Voces Conference in
2005.
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