Transforming the Culture of Violence Against Women Workshop
March 11, 2005
Elena Featherston
7pm in College Mennonite Church Chapel
Elena Featherston is a lecturer, workshop leader, writer, cultural critic and filmmaker. A political visionary, she has lectured on social theory throughout the United States and Europe since 1982. Her focus is varied: sexism, racism, reproductive rights, women's spirituality, multicultural democracy, heterosexism, women's rights, gender violence and multicultural alliance-building are some of the issues she address.
March 12, 2005
Hosted by Plowshares of Goshen College at College Mennonite Church
REGISTRATION: begins at 8:30 AM
OPENING PANELISTS: 9:00-10:30 AM
Curtis Hill, Prosecuting Attorney, Elkhart County, Indiana
Cyneatha Millsaps, Director, Elkhart County Women's Shelter; member, AgapeMissionary Baptist Church
Mary Yoder Holsopple, MS, Social Worker, Roosevelt School, Elkhart Community Schools
Gilberto Perez, MSW, ACSW, Northeastern Center, LaGrange County, Indiana
WORKSHOPS: 10:45 AM.-12:00 Noon
"Working With Victims of Abuse"
Beth Floyd, Advocate, Victim Assistance Program, Office of the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney, Curtis Hill and Amy Bechtel, Director, Victim Services, Office of the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney, Curtis Hill."The Role of Congregations in Transforming a Culture of Violence Against Women"
Nina Lanctot, Pastor of the Florence Church of the Brethren/Mennonite, Constantine, Michigan. Ann Gingrich, Pastoral Counselor and Melissa Miller, Member of American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; Master of Divinity student, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana."Cultural Elements with Latino Batterers" (Spanish/English?)
Gilberto Perez, MSW, ACSW, Northeastern Center, LaGrange County, Indiana."Transforming Men: Toward a Culture of Anti-Violence"
Keith Graber Miller, Professor of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy, Goshen College."Women's Defense Against Violence: Introduction"
Steve Thomas and Melissa Weaver Yoder, of Peacemakers, Goshen, Indiana.
WORKSHOPS 1:00 – 2:00 PM
"Legal Issues Related to Violence Against Women"
Angelika Mueller, Legal Services of South Bend"Violence Against Hispanic Women" (Spanish)
Dr. Aixsa Perez, Health Officer, Elkhart County Health Department."Women's Self-Image and the Media"
Beth Martin Birky, Professor of English and Women's Studies, Goshen College"Women's Defense Against Violence: Practice Session Part"
Team from Peacemakers of Goshen, Indiana.
WORKSHOPS 2:15 – 3:15 PM
"Alcohol and Violence Are Partner" (Spanish)
Jorge Vielman, MA, Director of Hispanic Programs and Counselor, Center For Problem Resolution, Goshen and Elkhart, Indiana; Mediator, Center for Community Justice, Goshen and Elkhart, Indiana."The Role of Pornography in The Perpetuation of Violence Against Women"
John Kaufman, LCSW, Elkhart, Indiana.
Jennifer Christophel, MSW, LSW, Maple City Health Center, Goshen, Indiana."Dating Violence Program"
Angie Dane, Education Advocate, Domestic Violence Services, Ft. Wayne YWCA, Ft. Wayne, Indiana."Mobilizing College Students to Prevent Violence Against Women"
Katie Boyts, Goshen Student Women's Association and Student Womyn's Advocacy Network, Goshen College."Women's Defense Against Violence: Practice Session Part 2"
Team of Peacemakers, Goshen, Indiana.
CLOSING PANEL: 3:30-4:30 PM
Beth Martin Birky, Professor of English and Women's Studies, Goshen College.
Zulma Prieto, Editor of El Puente, Northern Indiana.
Beth Floyd, Advocate, Victim Assistance Program, Office of the Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney.
Karl Shelly, Pastor Assembly Mennonite Church, professor in GC peace studies program.
