The HEAL Boston Conference
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The HEAL Conference : Health, Education, Arts, Liberation

HEAL Boston will be a place to learn, communicate,

grow, express, and have fun!

March 24th, 2007

10am-5pm

Family Justice Center

(989 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA)

 

Workshop Schedule:

10:00-10:30 - Registration

10:30-11:00 - Welcome and Keynotes:

Welcome from Aliza Yarrow and Sarah McKay of VDay JP

Keynotes: Beth Leventhal from The Network/La Red and Dee Kennedy from the Family Justice Center

11:10-11:55 Session 1

(A) - Domestic Violence and Oppression -

presented by Beth Leventhal from The Network/La Red

(B) - Working with Battered Women Women who Present Mental Health Issues -

presented by Marcia Gordon from Elizabeth Stone House

12:05-12:50 Session 2

(A) - Queerspawn Speak: Growing up in GLBT families - presented by Monica Canfield-Lenfest and Elizabeth Castellana from COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)

(B) - Common Sense Self-Defense - presented by Jo Parente

 

1:00-2:00 Free lunch!

 

2:00-2:45 Session 3

(A) - Peer-Led Teen Dating Violence - presented by Sara Arcaya, Deirdre Cetoute, Michelle Romero, and Irene Jor from STAR (Safety, Trust, and Relationships)

(B) - Engaging men in anti-violence work: Concerns and Moving Forward - presented by Matt Meyer and Jack Kahn from NOMAS (National Organization of Men Against Sexism)

2:55-3:40 Session 4

(A) - An Apple a Day: Self Care - presented by Nurses Cara Abbanato and Lindsey Piper

(B) - TBA

3:50-4:35 Session 5

(A) - Domestic Violence, Social Change, & Multimedia - presented by Elizabeth Reardon and Chelsea Lettieri from Close to Home

(B) - Juggling as Relaxation - presented by Sherri Sklar

4:45-5:00 - Closing

Aliza Yarrow and Sarah McKay of VDay JP

 

Tickets Available at the Door

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. Through benefit performances of "The Vagina Monologues," unique documentary film projects and innovative gatherings designed to change social attitudes toward violence, V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery. In its first seven years, the V-Day movement has raised over $25 million. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina.

For more information about the VDay campaign, please visit www.vday.org.