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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
Working Together to Create Safer, Healthier Communities:
Tools for Transformation
Linda Hunter, Coordinator, Interpersonal Violence Prevention
Collaborative
Finding healing and hope against the odds
Barbara Blaine, SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)
President & Founder and Barbara Garcia Boehland of SNAP, San Antonio
Juntas Vencermos-Performance Art as Prevention
(bilingual)
Yolanda Rodriguez-Escobar and Voces de Mujeres
Our Raices As The Power We Carry Within: Deconstructing the
Healing Process Through the Lens of Our Origins
Deborah Kuetzpalin Vasquez, Chicana artist, educator, activist, and
creator of Citlali La Chicana Superhero
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, poet author and Janie Alonso, poet author
El proyecto Hombres Unidos Contra la Violencia Familiar
Karin Hopkins de Egüez, M.P.H, Migrant Clinicians Network
Luncheon Keynote: Existe Ayuda: Cyber Advocacy & Activism
Latinas Organizing for Reproductive Equality (L.O.R.E)
Ornella Razetto and Nilsa Irizarry, LORE (Latinas Organizing for
Reproductive Equality
¡Ubícate! Engaging Young Latinas in Leadership
Lumarie Orozco, Casa de Esperanza
Producción "Los Monólogos de la Vagina" recaudo de
fondos en apoyo a la erradicación de la violencia contra la mujer
Cynthia Minerva Trejo, Victim Advocate, Producer, Activist
Racism, Comadrismo, and Coalition Building
Maria De Los Angeles Juarbe-Botella, Wisconsin Coalition Against
Sexual Assault & Ivonne Ortiz, TA Project Coordinator for the
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence,
and Arte Sana Board of Directors Laura Zarate, Moderator
CO-SPONSORS:
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If you have questions,
please contact us via email.
Read about Arte Sana's first Nuestras Voces Conference in
2005.
Visit here to learn more
about one of our allies, Fuerza Latina.
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