[DV_listserv] Victims' Rights Week Event

[Domestic Violence issues]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 19-25th.  Please see below for details on this Victims' Rights week event.

Also, check out the National Crime Victims Law Institute's website for more events during April:  https://law.lclark.edu/live/news/29827-april-is-busy-at-ncvli



National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Sexual Assault Victim Rights Across Campus, Civil, and Criminal Justice Systems

[poster for event]<http://www.pdx.edu/wrc/sites/www.pdx.edu.wrc/files/National%20Crime%20Victims%20Rights%20Week%20Event%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf>
Sexual assault survivors are often in the position of navigating multiple systems in response to an assault. For example, a crime victim may simultaneously be a student, a victim/witness in a criminal complaint based on the same incident, and a petitioner seeking civil protective orders against the respondent
This seminar will address strategies for service providers to effectively support implementing a survivor-centered response to sexual assault crime victims' rights across campus, civil, and criminal justice systems.
Attorney General Rosenblum will open the event, followed by a panel of local experts including:

  *   Rod Underhill, Multnomah County District Attorney
  *   Meg Garvin, Executive Director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute
  *   Phil Zerzan, Chief of PSU Campus Public Safety
  *   Stacy Hankin, Attorney at Victim Rights Law Center
  *   Julie Caron, PSU Title IX Coordinator
  *   Letitia Wilson, Executive Director of Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence
Who should attend: prosecutors, criminal justice based advocates; community advocates; law, pre-law, criminology, public health, social work, public administration students, and anyone interested in learning more about crime victims' rights will benefit from this seminar.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 10:00-12:00pm
Portland State University
Native American Student and Community Center
710 SW Jackson ST, Portland
CLE Credit pending. ASL Interpretation provided.
Please register at http://bit.ly/register-victimsrights
For more information please contact Kari Anne at karm at pdx.edu<mailto:karm at pdx.edu>.
This project is supported by a National Crime Victims' Right Week Community Awareness Project sub-grant awarded by the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators under a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.



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