Attached is the 2004 conference brochure for Safe Homes, Safe Communities. Hard
copies will be mailed today or tomorrow, but, if you could forward on to any
individuals or groups that may be interested, I would appreciate it.
Thanks! -Laurie

Safe Homes, Safe Communities
Partnerships to Promote Peace
3rd Annual Community Conference on Domestic Violence
Featuring: Sarah Buel, J.D.
April 13, 2004
Sheraton Park South Hotel

Program Agenda
7:30–8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30–8:45 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45–11:45 AM
“Fifty Obstacles to Leaving: Why Victims Stay”
“Universal Screening for Domestic Violence”
• Keynote Speaker Sarah Buel, J.D.
11:45–12:45 PM
Lunch (Provided)
12:45–1:45 PM
“Getting the Concussion Out of the Closet”
• David Cifu, M.D.
1:45–4:30 PM
“Cultural Competence”
“The Role of Employers in Curbing Domestic Violence”
• Keynote Speaker Sarah Buel, J.D.

About Our Keynote Speaker . . .
Sarah Buel has spent the past 22 years working
with battered women, abused children, and
juveniles within the legal system. A survivor of
domestic violence, Ms. Buel has committed
herself to improving the court and community
response to domestic violence. She has helped
start shelters, emergency food programs and
legal clinics and has drafted significant domestic
violence legislation and regulations.
Ms. Buel was a welfare mother before working
full time in the day and going to school at night
for seven years to obtain her undergraduate
degree in 1987. In 1990, she graduated cum
laude from Harvard Law School and, after
spending six years as a prosecutor in Quincy,
Massachusetts, is currently a Clinical Professor
at the University of Texas School of Law.
A renowned expert and consultant on domestic
violence, Ms. Buel has been published in a
number of professional journals including
Women’s Health Issues, Texas Prosecutor and
Patient Care. She has received Public Service
Awards from both the University of Texas Law
Fellowships and the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judge’s Humanitarian Award and the Allied
Professional Award from the National
Organization of Victim Assistance. Most
recently, the National Women’s History
Project recognized Sarah Buel as its 2004
Women’s History Month Honoree.

Registration
The registration fee for this training event is $60 if
paid before 3/26/04 and $75 thereafter. Breakfast,
lunch, breaks, and conference materials are included.
Checks and purchase orders should be made payable
to The Henrico County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence and mailed to:
HCCADV
Attn: Laurie Crawford
Public Safety Building
PO Box 27032
Richmond, VA 23273-7032
Credit cards cannot be accepted for payment at this
time.

Hotel Information:
The Sheraton Park South Hotel is located at 9901
Midlothian Turnpike, 15 minutes to downtown
Richmond and 5 minutes from two major shopping
malls.
For directions, call (888) 625-5144 or visit:
http://www.starwood.com/Sheraton/index.html.
The Sheraton Park South Hotel has reserved a
limited number of rooms at a special conference rate
of $77 single/double until 3/23/04. Reservations can
be made by calling (888) 625-5144 and asking for
the Domestic Violence Conference rate.

Questions? Call Laurie Crawford at (804) 501-5732.
Please mail this form, along with a check, money
order, or purchase order payable to HCCADV to:
HCCADV, Attn.: Laurie Crawford, Public Safety
Building, PO Box 27032, Richmond, VA 23273-7032.
Name:_______________________________________
Title: ________________________________________
Organization: _________________________________
Address: _____________________________________
_____________________________________________
E-Mail: ______________________________________
Phone: ________________ Fax: _________________
Vegetarian? _________ yes __________ no
Registration Fees:
______ $60 (before 3/26/04)
______ $75 (after 3/26/04)
The Henrico County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization,
federal tax identification number number 32-0008695. DCJS in-service credits,
CME’s, and CEU’s pending.

Laurie K. Crawford, MPA
Coordinator of Domestic Violence Services
Henrico County Division of Police, Special Victims Unit
P.O. Box 27032
Richmond, VA 23273-7032
804.501.5732 (phone) 804.501.7186 (facsimile)

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