If you have any questions about this training, please contact Kathy
Pierce at
434.979.9002 or kpierce@... . You may register online at
www.vsdvalliance.org .
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Breaking the Barriers to Assisting Older Victims of Domestic and Sexual
Violence
October 3rd, 2006
Charlottesville, VA

This training is a result of the partnering and collaboration of The
Alliance and The Virginia Center on Aging.

TRAINING SCHEDULE
8:30am—9:00am Registration
9:00am – 9:30am Introduction
9:30 – 10:50 Abuse is Ageless, So is Hope:Domestic Violence in Later
Life—Sara
Bergdolt-Munzer
11:00-12:20 Services for Older Adult Victims of Sexual and Domestic
Violence: Coordinated
Community Responses, Housing, and Other Strategies—Debby Weinstein
12:20-1:00 LUNCH
1:00- 2:20 Sexual Assault Against Older Adults— Sgt. Barbara Walker
2:30- 4:00 Panel Discussion on Developing Services for Older Victims of
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.
4:00- 4:30 Focus group findings and community resources -- Aly Cooper &
Paula Kupstas

Special presentation from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence
Action Alliance (VSDVAA) Wild Women of Wisdom Task Force.

Sara L. Bergdolt-Munzer has served as the coordinator for the Abuse in
Later Life Program
(ALLP) at the Family Violence Program, Inc. of Pitt County in
Greenville, NC since ALLP’s inception in July 2000. Her primary focus is
on outreach and program planning and development. She coordinates Pitt
County’s Violence in Aging Council and serves on the Pitt Aging
Coalition. She has held various positions in aging services. Sara has a
BA in Sociology from the Univ. of MD, an MPA and a Certificate in
Gerontology Admin. from the Univ. of NM and a Certificate in Non-Profit
Management from Duke University.

Debby Weinstein has been the Exec. Dir. Of the YWCA of Charleston, WV
since June 1997. She began her work there in 1982 as a residential
counselor for the battered women and children served by the YWCA’s
Resolve Family Abuse Program. For the next 8 years, Debby directed the
YWCA’s Sojourners Shelter Program for Homeless Women and Families. She
spent 4 years working as the Exec. Dir. of the YWCA of Missoula, MT
before returning to Charleston in June 1997. She has served on numerous
boards, coalitions and committees addressing issues such as racism,
poverty, health care for the indigent, homelessness, elder abuse and
others. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.

Sgt. Barbara J. Walker has served in law enforcement for nearly 30
years. For the last 19 years, she has been an officer with the Virginia
Commonwealth University Police Department. Previously, she was a
Communications officer with the Hanover Sheriff’s Office. Sgt. Walker is
certified by Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) as a Crime
Prevention Specialist. Her training expertise includes domestic violence
and sexual assault involving elders, and law enforcement’s response to
domestic violence. She is a member of the Central Virginia Task Force on
Older Battered Women and co-directs its V-STOP-funded project on
domestic and sexual violence in later life. She is a Board Member of the
Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, and currently
serves on the Women’s Disability and Justice Advisory Council.

THE VIRGINIA SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION ALLIANCE

This brochure offers detailed information about the above listed
training. You can also find information about it on our webpage at
www.vsdvalliance.org . If you are going to register for this training,
we prefer that you do it through our on-line services which you will
also find on our webpage. However, if you cannot or prefer not to
register on-line, we have provided a paper registration form within this
brochure as an alternate way to register. Please remember to mail that
form and your payment (or payment information) to 1010 N. Thompson
Street, Ste 202, Richmond, VA 23230.

The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance is a statewide
coalition of individuals and organizations committed to ending sexual
and domestic violence.

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