The Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Mobile Urban Center and the Mobile Domestic Violence Task Force will sponsor Domestic Violence: Not in My Home - Not In My Town, a state conference that will be held on August 9, 2002 at the Mobile Convention Center from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The conference will feature nationally known Mark Wynn, the creator of the largest police domestic violence investigative unit in the United States. Mr. Wynn is a survivor of domestic violence, which enables him to train professionals effectively and passionately. Wynn consults and trains police executives, patrol officers, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals and victim advocates. The Mobile conference is designed to appeal to the same target audiences and will offer continuing education credits to nurses, counselors, social workers, attorneys, and law enforcement professionals.
The one-day program will include such topics as Building a Community Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence, Assessing Threats, Stalking and Counter Stalking, and Finding and Helping the Hidden Victims. In addition, the event will include a unique interactive component called community response training. This exercise features an actual case from the Mobile District Attorney's case files for breakout strategy sessions. The sessions will use interdisciplinary problem-solving techniques led by Mobile District Attorney John Tyson, Jr. and other area experts in the field of domestic violence.
The Mobile Domestic Violence Task Force, a partnership of some 50 agencies and over 100 area professionals, will implement this event for the 350-500 anticipated participants. Early registration is $35.00 and late registration (after July 15) is $50.00.
The conference is made possible by a grant through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and the Department of Justice.
For more information, please contact County Extension Agent & Mobile Domestic Violence Task Force President J. Elizabeth Phillips at (251) 574-8445 or via email at jphillip@aces.edu.