13th Annual Spring Training Retreat sponsored by VSDVAA

Cost for all three days is $210 for VSDVAA members and $270 for nonmembers.
(One-day registrations are also available) To register for the Retreat, contact
Becky McKenzie (bmckenzie@...) or Kathy Pierce
(kpierce@...). You may also call 434/979-9002.

On With the Show. Lights! Camera! Action Alliance!

Come join the action, stand under the lights and enjoy the many showcases at the
thirteenth annual Spring Training Retreat sponsored by The Virginia Sexual and
Domestic Violence Action Alliance (VSDVAA)!! VSDVAA will hold the Retreat at
Sweetbriar College in Amherst, Virginia from June 6th - June 8th.

Our keynote speaker this year is Dominique Lasseur of Tatge/Lasseur Productions,
Inc. (Connecticut), and producer of Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories.
After a screening of this groundbreaking PBS documentary, Lasseur will comment
on portions of the film. The film chronicles the impact of domestic violence on
children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to
protect them from their abusers. In stark and often poignant interviews,
children and battered mothers tell their stories of abuse at home and continued
trauma within the courts.

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Opening Ceremony - The Red Carpet Welcome
1:30pm - 2:45pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories (Screening and comments by Dominique
Lasseur, Producer, Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc.)

3:00pm - 4:15pm WORKSHOPS
Break the Silence: Tell Your Story (Dominique Lasseur, Tatge/Lasseur
Productions, Inc.)

Custody and Domestic Violence (Christie Marra, Virginia Poverty Law Center)

Little Voices: Promoting Children's Services in Our DV Agencies
(Kim Flournoy, Safe Harbor)

Frozen Movies: The Effects of Trauma and How to Help (Alice
Twining, Training Institute Faculty)

Training Tools: The Effective Use of Video Clips (Marie McBride,
Training Institute Faculty)



We will have a room during this time slot for advocates and others to process
the movie shown

during the keynote address.



4:30pm - 6:00pm

Reception sponsored by the Wild Women of Wisdom Task Force OPEN TO ALL!!



7:00pm - 10:00pm

"A Rose for Toni"-dramatic monologue by Dawn Howard

Silent Auction (sponsored by the Survivor Caucus)

Board games



Wednesday, June 7th, 2006



8:00am-noon

Hiking (Deb Downing, DCJS)



9:00am - 10:15am WORKSHOPS

Lights! Camera! Money! How to Write a Successful Grant Application (Mandie
Patterson, DCJS)

How to Train Professionals on Issues of Sexual Coercion & Statutory Rape While
Making

Money for Your Agency (Robert Franklin, VA Department of Health)

The Juvenile Justice System: "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" (Dennis Gilbert,
9th District

Court Services Unit)

Anti-racism Work: Exploring White Privilege ( Social Justice Task Force)

Consent and Beyond: Healthy Sexuality and Sexual Violence Prevention, Part I
(Brad Perry,

VSDVAA and Jayne Flowers, VA Department of Health)



10:30am - 11:45am WORKSHOPS

Silent and Strong: The Male Victims of DV and SA (Mark Martin, Project Horizon)

Home Sweet Home: How to Help DV Victims/Survivors Maintain Safe Housing for
Selves &

Children (Christie Marra, Virginia Poverty Law Center)

The Personal Journal: Your Real-Life Screenplay (Barbara Shine, Freelance Writer
& TI Faculty)

From Victim to Advocate: Helping Survivors Find and Utilize their Advocacy
Skills (Rita Keen,

People, Inc., and Mikele Knight)

Is There a CSI Forensic Nurse in the House? (Susan Carson, VCU
Medical Center)

Consent and Beyond: Healthy Sexuality and Sexual Violence Prevention, Part II
(Brad Perry,

VSDVAA and Jayne Flowers, VA Department of Health)



1:00pm - 2:15 pm WORKSHOPS

Nurturing Healthy Sexuality (Cory Davies, Citizens Against Sexual Assault)

Stages of Change (Pat Helton, Family Resource Center)

Home Movies: One Survivor's Story (Elyse Barnard, Project
Horizon and Judy Casteele,

Project Horizon)

Shining the Light on Elder Abuse (Kathleen Kelmelis,
Fairfax/Falls Church VAN)

Co-Stars! Your Agency and The Alliance as Training Partners (Mary Beth Pulsifer,
Women's

Resource Center and Becky McKenzie, VSDVAA)



2:30pm - 3:45pm WORKSHOPS

Scenes from the Second Half of Life: Older Women Share Insights About Domestic
Violence

(Aly Cooper, Virginia Center on Aging)

An Introduction to Care for Kids: Early Childhood Sexuality Education and Abuse
Prevention

Program (Angie Strite, Citizens Against Sexual Assault)

Show Me The Money (Cindy Daniel, The ARC of Northern Virginia and Jennifer
Halstead, Safe

Harbor)

Sharing the Stage: Campus and Community Partnerships (Gay Cutchin, Virginia
Commonwealth

University and Lisa Furr, Safe Harbor)

Restorative Yoga with Diane (Diane Gregory, Charlottesville, VA)



4:00-6:00 Townhall Meeting: Making the Alliance Work for You!



4:30-5:30 Domestic Violence and the So-Called "Marriage" Amendment: Lessons from
Ohio (Alexandria

Ruden, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland OH)



7:30pm - Whenever

Alliance Idol!! Come one, come all to watch and judge the contestants with a
variety of talents!!

If you would like to enter the competition, please contact Ann Crittenden at

acrittenden@... or 804/377-0335.

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

9:00am - 10:15am WORKSHOPS

Trabajando Juntos/Working with the Hispanic/Latino Community
(Linda Winston, VSDVAA)

Domestic Violence in the Military (Deborah Riley, Fort Lee)

DELTA: Before the Cameras Role (Lynette Hopson, VSDVAA)

Substance Abuse and Sexual Violence (Marie McBride, Training
Institute Faculty)

Spotlighting New Directions in Volunteer Training (Polly Newman, RCASA)

10:30am - 11:45am

Women's Anti-Violence Activism in El Salvador (Claire Kaplan, UVA Women's
Center)

Empowerment Evaluation (Beth Leftwich, VSDVAA)

The Show Must Go On. The Show? What Show? (Cindy Daniel, The ARC
of Northern

Virginia)

Sexual Violence in the Military (Deborah Riley, Fort Lee)

Confidentiality & VAWA (Sherrie Goggans, VSDVAA and Stacy Ruble,
VSDVAA)

Not Another Ghost Story: Using Altered States to Heal Yourself and Others
(Roberta

Culbertson, VA Foundation for the Humanities)

12:00-2 pm

Closing

Becky McKenzie
Training Institute Manager
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
508 Dale Avenue
Charlottesville VA 22903
434 / 979-9002
434 / 979-9003 (fax)
bmckenzie@...
www.vsdvalliance.org