Women and Gender Studies

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2nd Annual SUU Women and Gender Studies Conference

in partnership with the Community Engagement Center

and the Center for Women and Families

"Men, Women, and Violence: Everyone Matters"
March 27-28, 2013

Preliminary Schedule

All events will take place at the Hunter Conference Center on SUU campus unless indicated otherwise.

Wednesday, March 27

12:00-5:00 Registration
Lobby

Display of Community Organizations and Resources
Great Hall

7:00-8:30 Michele Weldon, Keynote Address:
"She is One of Us: The Myths of Domestic Violence"
Great Hall

Thursday, March 28

8:00-11:30 Registration
Lobby

9:00 - 11:15 Concurrent Presentations

11:30 - 1:00 Noon Keynote
Great Hall

11:45 - 12:00 Blessing of the Space by Damon Polk (Kwatsan/San Carlos Apache)
Damon Polk is a Substance Abuse Counselor/CADC II with the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah/Behavioral Care
Please be seated by 11:45

12:00 - 1:00 Dr. Catherine Richardson
"What We Already Know and Do! — Conversations about Dignity and Responses to Violence"
Expression of Appreciation: Tahnya Blackhorse (Northern Ute/Navajo Artist)

2:00-3:30 Workshop: "Helping People Recover from Violence with Response-Based Practice,"
Dr. Catherine Richardson
Great Hall

3:30-5:00 Panel Presentation: "Narrative Therapy and Memoir"
Dr. Catherine Richardson; Michele Weldon; Scott Sorensen, LCSW
Moderator: Andrea Donovan, Canyon Creek Women's Crisis Center Women's Group Coordinator
Great Hall

6:30-8:30 Workshop: "Writing a Memoir," Michele Weldon
Cedar City Library (Separate Registration Required)

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