DC TROV: Older Adults and Family Violence
Please join DC TROV for a discussion about what is family violence and how it impacts older adults, what some options are for older adults if they are experiencing family violence.
The panelists are:
Katie Block is a Project Coordinator for the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), a project of End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin (End Abuse). In her role at NCALL, she provides nationwide leadership, technical assistance, and training to victim services professionals across the country on topics related to abuse in later life, and elder justice. She coordinates NCALL’s work on the Office for Victims of Crime’s National Resource Center for Reaching Victims (NRC); a one-stop shop where professionals and policymakers may get information and expert guidance to enhance their capacity to identify, reach, and serve all victims.
Christeen Badie is the Program Manager for DC Forensic Nurse Examiners (DCFNE). She brings over nine years of experience managing health programs and directly serving communities across the lifecycle. She was part of the first human trafficking prevention program in New Jersey providing trainings to youth serving organizations and implementing gender-based violence prevention groups. Christeen is responsible for cultivating relationships with DCFNE’s institutional and community partners, developing new collaborations with healthcare providers, and coordinating DCFNE’s training and outreach activities.
Sarah Connell is an Assistant Attorney General with the Domestic Violence and Special Victims Section of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. In the past twelve years, she has conducted hundreds of trials in D.C. Superior Court. She prosecutes criminal violations of protection orders, indecent exposure cases, and juvenile cases of domestic violence and sexual assaults and more. Sarah also handles Extreme Risk Protection Order (“Red Flag Law”) cases. Previously, she was a Senior Staff Attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE), where she represented domestic violence survivors.
Register for December 16, 2020 at 1 PM EST: https://bit.ly/3lCD3kV