A Community Response to Sexual Assault:
Academic, Legal and Victim Service Perspectives
April 21, 2005
Duluth, MN
Keynote Speaker:
STEPHEN THOMPSON
  • One of America's leading experts on sexual aggression

  • Author of the book No More Fear : Sexual Assault and the Four 'C'S' of Rape Avoidance

  • Sexual Assault Services Coordinator at Central Michigan University
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    Keynote and Break-out Sessions
    Purpose of the Conference
    Conference Schedule
    Registration
    Location and Driving Directions



    Target Audience:


    Keynote and Break-out Sessions:
    • Silent Crime: The Realities of Sexual Aggression
    • Investigation Strategies
    • Rape Trauma Syndrome
    • Alternatives: Men's Role in Ending Sexual Violence
    • Creating a Winnable Case
    • Systems Advocacy
    • Creating the Matrix: Responding to Sexual Assault
      on Campus
    • Social Action and Social Change
    • Holistic Healing
    • Cultural Perspectives on Sexual Violence
    • Academic - staff at middle and high schools, colleges, universities
    • Legal - law enforcement, prosecutors, lawmakers
    • Support services - advocates, mental health professionals, victim service agencies, clergy
    • Anyone interested in reducing sexual violence
    Purpose of the Conference:
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    • To work together towards ending sexual assault
    • To help create a community in which victims feel supported and can attain a sense of justice and healing through their interactions with various systems
    • To build awareness of issues that affect our community
    • To get information and training out to people who work with victims on many different levels
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    • To educate the community about the work of sexual assault multi-disciplinary action response team (SMART)

    Conference Schedule:
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    When: Thursday, April 21st
    Where: Holiday Inn

    08:00 a.m.- 08:30 a.m.Registration
    08:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.Keynote Speaker Stephen Thomson
  • Silent Crime: The Realities of Sexual Aggression
    • 10:15 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.Break-out Sessions
  • Investigation Strategies
  • Rape Trauma Syndrome
  • Alternatives: Men's Role in Ending Sexual Violence
    • 11.45 a.m.- 1.15 p.m.Lunch on Your Own
    01:15 p.m.- 02:45 p.m.Break-out Sessions
  • Creating a Winnable Case
  • Holistic Healing
  • Creating the Matrix: Responding to Sexual Assault
    on Campus
    • 03:00 p.m.- 04:30 p.m.Break-out Sessions
  • Systems Advocacy
  • Social Action and Social Change
  • Cultural Perspectives on Sexual Violence

    • Registration:
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    Location : Holiday Inn Hotel
    200 West First Street, Duluth, MN, 55802



    Registration Fee:

  • $65 for Registration before March 31, 2005
  • $75 for Registration after April 1, 2005

    • Download registration form from here and mail it to PAVSA, 32 East First Street, Ste 200, Duluth, MN 55802 or call our office at: (218) 726-1442.


    Location and Driving Directions:
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    The Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites is Duluth's premier full-service hotel. Located in the heart of downtown, it is connected by skywalk to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, Great Lakes Aquarium and Canal Park attractions.

    For driving directions, click here