Event Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 12
- Lori Toscano (Speakers) Executive Director of Innovation, Cure Violence
- Cobe Williams (Speakers) National Community Coordinator, Cure Violence (formerly CeaseFire)
- R. Brent Decker (Speakers) Chief Program Officer, Cure Violence
This workshop will be led by representatives from Cure Violence’s training and technical assistance team. The Workshop will include a thorough presentation of why violence is a health issue, the key elements of the CV health approach, lesson...
See More- Ricardo Garcia-Acosta (Speakers) Intervention Services Manager, Youth ALIVE!
- Michelle McDaniel (Speakers) Program Manager/Outreach Worker, AIM
- Kyndra Simmons (Speakers) Intervention Director, Youth ALIVE!
- Tracy Ward (Speakers) Community Benefit / Project Manager III, Kaiser Permanente
How to start a Hospital-based (or linked) Violence Intervention Program introduces people to the basics of getting a program off the ground, garnering support, and attending to clients.
- Anne Marks (Chair) Executive Director, Youth ALIVE!
Call or text Anne to add you to the reservation: 415-425-7576
Food, fun, and a chance to learn a little about our host city!
- Joy DeGruy (Speaker) Owner, Joy DeGruy Publications (JDP) Inc.
Welcome to HJA 2018! This is the opening plenary.
The conference will begin with an opening ceremony/blessing from Grupo Tlaloc
Introduction by Cyn Connais, Healing Hurt People, Portland
Then we will have Dr. Joy Degruy's opening keynote on, follo...
See MoreIf you find yourself becoming overloaded, or simply want to take some time out for self-care and healing, please visit our Healing Space on the 2nd floor.
- Richard Smith (Speakers) National Director of HealingWorks at Common Justice, Common Justice
- Lisa Good (Speakers) Director, Urban Grief
- Dr Bruce Purnell (Speakers) Executive Director, The Love More Movement
This workshop will be interactive and engage participants in experiential learning session to explore what does mutually and mutually supported healing between men and women of color looks like in their work and personal relationships. No member o...
See More- Stefanie Wakeman (Speakers) Drexel University Center For Nonviolence And Social Justice
- Tony Thompson (Speakers) Healong Hurt People
- Waltkeem Jenkins (Speakers) mentor and tutor kids in grades 5-8, City year Philadelphia
Male survivors of violence, particularly young men of color, face persistent barriers to accessing victim services that meet their needs. Often, because of the impact of trauma, culture of masculinity and persistent threats to basic safety that th...
See More- Anne Marks (Speakers) Executive Director, Youth ALIVE!
- Doral Myles (Speakers) Violence Interrupter, Youth ALIVE!
People who get shot tend to get shot again. National studies indicate a 5-year re-injury rate for the violently injured as high as 44%. Our understanding of domestic violence re-injury is largely attributed to the behavior of a single abuser. Howe...
See More- Molly Pilloton (Speakers) Project Director, California School-Based Health Alliance
- Shahad Wright (Speakers) Community School Health Director, YMCA of the East Bay
The California School-Based Health Alliance (CSHA) has partnered with Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) and YMCA of the East Bay to implement groups at five schools in Richmond, California to support young men of color who have experienced viole...
See More- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- James Dodington (Speakers) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
- Leonard Jahad (Speakers) Program Manager, Street outreach
- Pina Violano (Speakers) Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Kathleen ONeill (Speakers) Yale University
Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) is an approach in which those most affected by a health issue are equitably engaged in research and can have signiMcant impact addressing public health problems that have been unchanged by traditional approaches. ...
See More- DeAngelo Mack (Speakers) SVIP Program Coordinator, WellSpace Health
- Elizabeth Dugan (Speakers) VIAP Boston
- Chris Cooper (Speakers) Intervention Specialist, WellSpace Health
- Curtis Santos (Speakers) Housing Advocate, VIAP @ Boston Medical Center
The Client Exchange Program (CEP) is a 9 to 12 month relocation program supported between hospital-based/linked violence intervention programs (HVIP) within the National Network of Hospital Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP). Its mission is t...
See MoreJoin us for a networking lunch, with a brief message from this year's Rashaw Scott Youth Scholarship Winner and a chance to play trivia with your tablemates.
- Terrell Henderson (Speakers) Social Work Associate/Community Liason/Speaker , SF Wraparound Project
- Flor Orellana (Speakers) Social Work Associate, SF Wraparound Project
The goal of this session is to empower frontline workers to use cultural competency as a tool not only to improve enrolment into programs, but for healing enrolled clients. Following trauma, minority groups are less likely to accept transformative...
See More- Elizabeth Dugan (Speakers) VIAP Boston
- Alina Gardner (Speakers) Boston Medical Center
- Curtis Santos (Speakers) Housing Advocate, VIAP @ Boston Medical Center
Through this workshop, VIAP staff will describe the partnerships created to address these gaps, and the obstacles, barriers, solutions, and lessons learned, that have evolved. The VIAP Workforce Development Program assists male survivors of violen...
See More- Ann Myers (Speakers) Intimate Partner Violence Program Coordinator, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
- David Ross (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, Violence Prevention Program, Univ. of Md., Shock Trauma
- Leonard Spain (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Medical Center, Shock Trauma
Over the past 5 years, The Violence Prevention Program at University of Maryland Medical Center R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma founded and developed a hospital-based intimate partner violence (IPV) program as a counterpart to the Hospital-Based Viole...
See More- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- Rachel Myers (Speakers) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Caroline Menapace (Speakers) Child and Family Therapist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- James Aye (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist , CHOP
- Katie Bakes (Speakers) AIM
HVIPs are in a unique position of providing mission-driven, direct community service and yet are often situated within academic environments. Rather than resulting in a “culture clash,” between practice and research, this presents oppo...
See More- Lisa Parks (Speakers) Associate Program Director, Prevention Institute
- David Muhammad (Speakers) Program Manager, City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention
- Reggie Moore (Speakers) Director, City of Milwaukee Health Department, Office of Violence Prevention, City of Milwaukee
- Analilia Garcia (Speakers) Racial & Health Equity, Senior Health Care Program Manager, Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Segregation from opportunity and health inequities in places like the City of Milwaukee and the neighborhoods of East San Jose, have been created and maintained by a legacy of historic and present day inequitable and unjust policies and practices....
See More- Joe Kim (Speaker) Community Health Director, RYSE Center
The RYSE Center was born out of young people utilizing radical inquiry to develop a healing and joy centered space for themselves in Richmond, CA. As a trauma responsive organization, RYSE was built to identify and respond to incidences of harm in...
See More- Alexandria Forte (Speakers) Program Manager, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Michelle McDaniel (Speakers) Program Manager/Outreach Worker, AIM
- Katie Bakes (Speakers) AIM
In addition to serving intentionally injured youth presenting to Denver Health, At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring (AIM) continually educates healthcare personnel on trauma-informed care and the barriers to healthcare delivery for disadvantaged co...
See More- Lori Toscano (Speakers) Executive Director of Innovation, Cure Violence
- Judith Hill (Speakers) Program Director, YouTurn
- K. Bain (Speakers) Founding Program Director, 696 Build Queensbridge
- Dorel Clayton (Speakers) Cure violence / Bull City United
Cure Violence is a non-profit that uses the World Health Organization's 3 step method to ending epidemics. By interrupting violence, changing behaviors of those most at risk and changing norms across communities, Cure Violence has seen tremendous ...
See More- Saadiq Bey (Speakers) Research Associate, Vera’s Center on Youth Justice
- Rashaad Porter (Speakers) Research Assistant, Vera Institute of Justice
- Ryan Shanahan (Speakers) Resarch Director, Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute of Justice
Young men of color are disproportionately impacted by violence, underrepresented among the people who access trauma help through social services, and almost entirely absent from those conducting research on the topic. We set out to understand if t...
See More- Mike McLively (Speakers) Senior Staff Attorney and Urban Gun Violence Initiative Director, Giffords
- Shannon Cosgrove (Speakers) Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Matan Zeimer (Speakers) Associate Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
This session is geared towards understanding policy developments of the past year and will cover policies at the local, state, and federal level. At the local level, Mike McLively will share key findings and lessons learned from a major new GLC re...
See MoreJoin the Steering Committee and other members of the National Network of Hospital-based Intervention Programs (NNHVIP) for our annual update and discussion of our past, present and future.
Team Gear Day: Wear your program t-shirts, hats, or jackets! There will (*might*) be prizes!
- Che Bullock (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Prince George’s Hospital Center
- Ray Winans (Speakers) Lead Violence Intervention Specialist, D.L.I.V.E.
- Michael Texada (Speakers) Supervisor Social Work Associate/ Community Liaison, San Francisco Wraparound
- Marisol Rivera (Speakers) Outreach Worker Supervisor, Save Our Streets Bronx/Cntr. for Court Innovation
If you find yourself beoming overloaded, or simply want to take somet ime out for self-care and healing, please visit our Healing Space on the 2nd floor.
- Amy Vincent (Speaker) Assistant Director, Injury and Violence Prevention Programs, VCU Health
Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs, as well as community-based non-profits, are often at the mercy of limited grant funding yet have an immense responsibility to reduce and prevent injuries. Many times HVIP’s are left understaffed...
See More- Leah Brogan (Speakers) Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Carla Brown (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist, CHOP VIP
- Jody Thigpen (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia VIP
HVIPs routinely struggle with addressing the mental health needs of violently injured clients and their families. Particularly for children and teens, where waitlists for trauma-focused mental health treatment can exceed several months, there is a...
See More- Mark Scott (Speaker) BPHC
The Boston Public Health Commission conducted a community assessment process from May through July, 2016, engaging over 350 individuals, including youth, parents, and providers, through 14 listening sessions, across 5 Boston neighborhoods of East ...
See More- Mike Rowe (Speakers) HealingWorks
- Richard Smith (Speakers) National Director of HealingWorks at Common Justice, Common Justice
- Bridgette Butler (Speakers) Chief Of Staff, Common Justice
Many of the organizations that focus their attention on young men of color engage them around issues of education, employment, or justice involvement. With dedication and genuine concern, these organizations put forth maximum effort to make sure t...
See More- James Dodington (Speakers) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
- Leonard Jahad (Speakers) Program Manager, Street outreach
- Pina Violano (Speakers) Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Kathleen ONeill (Speakers) Yale University
To use a Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) approach in the study of barriers to the development and implementation of a hospital-based violence intervention program. Methods: This study represents a community-academic partnership between a communi...
See More- Rachel Myers (Speaker) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Objective: To identify and address the barriers to resolving mental health (MH) needs of violently injured youth participating in a post-injury hospital-based case management program. Methods: Utilizing de-identi ed case notes from a stratiXed ran...
See More- Christopher St. Vil (Speakers) Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
- Mia-Cara Musetti (Speakers) Senior Research Aide, University at Buffalo
At present, to the knowledge of the author, there are no cross-national reviews that synthesize and illuminate the phenomenon of trauma recidivism. As a result, the purpose of this study is to (1) identify and synthesize the correlates of trauma r...
See More- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- Andrew Woods (Speaker) Hartford Communties That Care
In far too many cases, urban shooting victims return to the emergency room to have sutures removed, treat pain, or infections associated with a recently treated gunshot injury. Often, many of these victims haven’t utilized a primary care phy...
See More- Joseph Richardson (Speakers) Program and Research Director, University of Maryland
- Che Bullock (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Prince George’s Hospital Center
The Credible Messenger/Violence Intervention Specialist is an innovative role used by the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program at the University of Maryland Prince George's Hospital Center to provide long-term peer support and mentoring se...
See More- Ruben Cantu (Speaker) Program Manager, Prevention Institute
The U.S. has among the highest rates of trauma and mental illness in the world, with approximately 20% of adults experiencing some form of mental illness. which are at the core of many challenges, including adverse childhood experiences, social is...
See More- Shannon Cosgrove (Speakers) Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Princess Fortin (Speakers) Director, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Anthony Smith (Speakers) Executive Director, Cities United
- Nico Bocour (Speakers) State Legislative Director, Giffords
The Movement towards Violence as a Health Issue has made considerable headway in changing perspectives, systems and policies in the last 3 years with leadership from Dr. Satcher, Dr. Sommer, Dr. Slutkin and 450 experts nationwide. This presentatio...
See More- Suzy Reiss (Speakers) Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin
- Jackie Holland-Baldwin (Speakers) Crime Victim Advocate, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Vicki Campbell (Speakers) Child & Family Service Specialist I, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
The plan is to start out with a Project Ujima staff member talk about her journey from victimized to being a front line worker. She was first introduced to the program because her son was shot in Milwaukee; Project Ujima was there to support her a...
See More- Ricardo Garcia-Acosta (Speakers) Intervention Services Manager, Youth ALIVE!
- John Torres (Speakers) Deputy Director, Youth ALIVE!
This presentation is focused on a coordinated response in the aftermath of a Homicide in the City of Oakland Ca. We will cover best practice strategies around coordinating efforts between, Community, City, and County systems to maximize resources ...
See More- Trinidad Jackson (Speakers) Senior Research Associate, University of Louisville
- Deborah Barnes-Byers (Speakers)
- KJ Fields (Speakers) Community Health Worker, University of Louisville
Pivot to Peace is Louisville’s response to the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs’ call to action. Within its pilot year, Pivot recruited victims ages 18-34 with gunshot/stab wounds at University of Louis...
See More- Lisa Allee (Speakers) Founder and Director of the Community Violence Response Team, Boston Medical Center
- Timothy Munzert (Speakers) Family Mental Health Clincian, Boston Medical Center
- Jeffrey Booker (Speakers) CVRT
- Eugenia Cooks, M.Ed (Speakers) Family Trauma Clinician, Community Violence Response Team at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
- Jane Margolis (Speakers) Family Mental Health Clinician, Boston Medical Center (BMC)
This session will aim to educate those in attendance as well as learn from each other best practices in mitigating barriers to care in Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs as well as learn best practices on unique and alternate engagement...
See More- Francisco Gallardo (Speaker) AIM
We close our time together with reflections from local hero, Cisco Gallardo.
8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Peek-A-Boo Corridor - 2nd Floor
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Lori Toscano (Speakers) Executive Director of Innovation, Cure Violence
- Cobe Williams (Speakers) National Community Coordinator, Cure Violence (formerly CeaseFire)
- R. Brent Decker (Speakers) Chief Program Officer, Cure Violence
Description
This workshop will be led by representatives from Cure Violence’s training and technical assistance team. The Workshop will include a thorough presentation of why violence is a health issue, the key elements of the CV health approach, lesson...
See More
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Ricardo Garcia-Acosta (Speakers) Intervention Services Manager, Youth ALIVE!
- Michelle McDaniel (Speakers) Program Manager/Outreach Worker, AIM
- Kyndra Simmons (Speakers) Intervention Director, Youth ALIVE!
- Tracy Ward (Speakers) Community Benefit / Project Manager III, Kaiser Permanente
Description
How to start a Hospital-based (or linked) Violence Intervention Program introduces people to the basics of getting a program off the ground, garnering support, and attending to clients.
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Dodgeball
9:00 am - 11:00 am
At a breakfast spot around the corner
Speaker
- Anne Marks (Chair) Executive Director, Youth ALIVE!
Description
Call or text Anne to add you to the reservation: 415-425-7576
3:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Description
Food, fun, and a chance to learn a little about our host city!
7:30 am - 3:40 pm
Four Square Ballroom Corridor - 3rd Floor
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
8:30 am - 10:45 am
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Joy DeGruy (Speaker) Owner, Joy DeGruy Publications (JDP) Inc.
Description
Welcome to HJA 2018! This is the opening plenary.
The conference will begin with an opening ceremony/blessing from Grupo Tlaloc
Introduction by Cyn Connais, Healing Hurt People, Portland
Then we will have Dr. Joy Degruy's opening keynote on, follo...
See More
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Scissors - 2nd Floor
Description
If you find yourself becoming overloaded, or simply want to take some time out for self-care and healing, please visit our Healing Space on the 2nd floor.
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Duck, Duck, Goose - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Richard Smith (Speakers) National Director of HealingWorks at Common Justice, Common Justice
- Lisa Good (Speakers) Director, Urban Grief
- Dr Bruce Purnell (Speakers) Executive Director, The Love More Movement
Description
This workshop will be interactive and engage participants in experiential learning session to explore what does mutually and mutually supported healing between men and women of color looks like in their work and personal relationships. No member o...
See More
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Stefanie Wakeman (Speakers) Drexel University Center For Nonviolence And Social Justice
- Tony Thompson (Speakers) Healong Hurt People
- Waltkeem Jenkins (Speakers) mentor and tutor kids in grades 5-8, City year Philadelphia
Description
Male survivors of violence, particularly young men of color, face persistent barriers to accessing victim services that meet their needs. Often, because of the impact of trauma, culture of masculinity and persistent threats to basic safety that th...
See More
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Anne Marks (Speakers) Executive Director, Youth ALIVE!
- Doral Myles (Speakers) Violence Interrupter, Youth ALIVE!
Description
People who get shot tend to get shot again. National studies indicate a 5-year re-injury rate for the violently injured as high as 44%. Our understanding of domestic violence re-injury is largely attributed to the behavior of a single abuser. Howe...
See More
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Molly Pilloton (Speakers) Project Director, California School-Based Health Alliance
- Shahad Wright (Speakers) Community School Health Director, YMCA of the East Bay
Description
The California School-Based Health Alliance (CSHA) has partnered with Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) and YMCA of the East Bay to implement groups at five schools in Richmond, California to support young men of color who have experienced viole...
See More
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Joy DeGruy (Speaker) Owner, Joy DeGruy Publications (JDP) Inc.
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- James Dodington (Speakers) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
- Leonard Jahad (Speakers) Program Manager, Street outreach
- Pina Violano (Speakers) Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Kathleen ONeill (Speakers) Yale University
Description
Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) is an approach in which those most affected by a health issue are equitably engaged in research and can have signiMcant impact addressing public health problems that have been unchanged by traditional approaches. ...
See More
11:15 am - 12:35 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- DeAngelo Mack (Speakers) SVIP Program Coordinator, WellSpace Health
- Elizabeth Dugan (Speakers) VIAP Boston
- Chris Cooper (Speakers) Intervention Specialist, WellSpace Health
- Curtis Santos (Speakers) Housing Advocate, VIAP @ Boston Medical Center
Description
The Client Exchange Program (CEP) is a 9 to 12 month relocation program supported between hospital-based/linked violence intervention programs (HVIP) within the National Network of Hospital Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP). Its mission is t...
See More
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
Description
Join us for a networking lunch, with a brief message from this year's Rashaw Scott Youth Scholarship Winner and a chance to play trivia with your tablemates.
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Duck, Duck, Goose - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Terrell Henderson (Speakers) Social Work Associate/Community Liason/Speaker , SF Wraparound Project
- Flor Orellana (Speakers) Social Work Associate, SF Wraparound Project
Description
The goal of this session is to empower frontline workers to use cultural competency as a tool not only to improve enrolment into programs, but for healing enrolled clients. Following trauma, minority groups are less likely to accept transformative...
See More
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Elizabeth Dugan (Speakers) VIAP Boston
- Alina Gardner (Speakers) Boston Medical Center
- Curtis Santos (Speakers) Housing Advocate, VIAP @ Boston Medical Center
Description
Through this workshop, VIAP staff will describe the partnerships created to address these gaps, and the obstacles, barriers, solutions, and lessons learned, that have evolved. The VIAP Workforce Development Program assists male survivors of violen...
See More
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Ann Myers (Speakers) Intimate Partner Violence Program Coordinator, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
- David Ross (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, Violence Prevention Program, Univ. of Md., Shock Trauma
- Leonard Spain (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Medical Center, Shock Trauma
Description
Over the past 5 years, The Violence Prevention Program at University of Maryland Medical Center R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma founded and developed a hospital-based intimate partner violence (IPV) program as a counterpart to the Hospital-Based Viole...
See More
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Joy DeGruy (Speaker) Owner, Joy DeGruy Publications (JDP) Inc.
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- Rachel Myers (Speakers) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Caroline Menapace (Speakers) Child and Family Therapist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- James Aye (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist , CHOP
- Katie Bakes (Speakers) AIM
Description
HVIPs are in a unique position of providing mission-driven, direct community service and yet are often situated within academic environments. Rather than resulting in a “culture clash,” between practice and research, this presents oppo...
See More
2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Lisa Parks (Speakers) Associate Program Director, Prevention Institute
- David Muhammad (Speakers) Program Manager, City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention
- Reggie Moore (Speakers) Director, City of Milwaukee Health Department, Office of Violence Prevention, City of Milwaukee
- Analilia Garcia (Speakers) Racial & Health Equity, Senior Health Care Program Manager, Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Description
Segregation from opportunity and health inequities in places like the City of Milwaukee and the neighborhoods of East San Jose, have been created and maintained by a legacy of historic and present day inequitable and unjust policies and practices....
See More
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Duck, Duck, Goose - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Joe Kim (Speaker) Community Health Director, RYSE Center
Description
The RYSE Center was born out of young people utilizing radical inquiry to develop a healing and joy centered space for themselves in Richmond, CA. As a trauma responsive organization, RYSE was built to identify and respond to incidences of harm in...
See More
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Alexandria Forte (Speakers) Program Manager, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Michelle McDaniel (Speakers) Program Manager/Outreach Worker, AIM
- Katie Bakes (Speakers) AIM
Description
In addition to serving intentionally injured youth presenting to Denver Health, At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring (AIM) continually educates healthcare personnel on trauma-informed care and the barriers to healthcare delivery for disadvantaged co...
See More
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Lori Toscano (Speakers) Executive Director of Innovation, Cure Violence
- Judith Hill (Speakers) Program Director, YouTurn
- K. Bain (Speakers) Founding Program Director, 696 Build Queensbridge
- Dorel Clayton (Speakers) Cure violence / Bull City United
Description
Cure Violence is a non-profit that uses the World Health Organization's 3 step method to ending epidemics. By interrupting violence, changing behaviors of those most at risk and changing norms across communities, Cure Violence has seen tremendous ...
See More
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Joy DeGruy (Speaker) Owner, Joy DeGruy Publications (JDP) Inc.
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Saadiq Bey (Speakers) Research Associate, Vera’s Center on Youth Justice
- Rashaad Porter (Speakers) Research Assistant, Vera Institute of Justice
- Ryan Shanahan (Speakers) Resarch Director, Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute of Justice
Description
Young men of color are disproportionately impacted by violence, underrepresented among the people who access trauma help through social services, and almost entirely absent from those conducting research on the topic. We set out to understand if t...
See More
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Mike McLively (Speakers) Senior Staff Attorney and Urban Gun Violence Initiative Director, Giffords
- Shannon Cosgrove (Speakers) Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Matan Zeimer (Speakers) Associate Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
Description
This session is geared towards understanding policy developments of the past year and will cover policies at the local, state, and federal level. At the local level, Mike McLively will share key findings and lessons learned from a major new GLC re...
See More
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Description
Join the Steering Committee and other members of the National Network of Hospital-based Intervention Programs (NNHVIP) for our annual update and discussion of our past, present and future.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St.
7:00 am - 8:15 am
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
Description
Team Gear Day: Wear your program t-shirts, hats, or jackets! There will (*might*) be prizes!
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Che Bullock (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Prince George’s Hospital Center
- Ray Winans (Speakers) Lead Violence Intervention Specialist, D.L.I.V.E.
- Michael Texada (Speakers) Supervisor Social Work Associate/ Community Liaison, San Francisco Wraparound
- Marisol Rivera (Speakers) Outreach Worker Supervisor, Save Our Streets Bronx/Cntr. for Court Innovation
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Dodgeball - 2nd Floor
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Scissors - 2nd Floor
Description
If you find yourself beoming overloaded, or simply want to take somet ime out for self-care and healing, please visit our Healing Space on the 2nd floor.
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Duck, Duck, Goose - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Amy Vincent (Speaker) Assistant Director, Injury and Violence Prevention Programs, VCU Health
Description
Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs, as well as community-based non-profits, are often at the mercy of limited grant funding yet have an immense responsibility to reduce and prevent injuries. Many times HVIP’s are left understaffed...
See More
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Leah Brogan (Speakers) Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Carla Brown (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist, CHOP VIP
- Jody Thigpen (Speakers) Violence Prevention Specialist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia VIP
Description
HVIPs routinely struggle with addressing the mental health needs of violently injured clients and their families. Particularly for children and teens, where waitlists for trauma-focused mental health treatment can exceed several months, there is a...
See More
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Mark Scott (Speaker) BPHC
Description
The Boston Public Health Commission conducted a community assessment process from May through July, 2016, engaging over 350 individuals, including youth, parents, and providers, through 14 listening sessions, across 5 Boston neighborhoods of East ...
See More
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Mike Rowe (Speakers) HealingWorks
- Richard Smith (Speakers) National Director of HealingWorks at Common Justice, Common Justice
- Bridgette Butler (Speakers) Chief Of Staff, Common Justice
Description
Many of the organizations that focus their attention on young men of color engage them around issues of education, employment, or justice involvement. With dedication and genuine concern, these organizations put forth maximum effort to make sure t...
See More
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- James Dodington (Speakers) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
- Leonard Jahad (Speakers) Program Manager, Street outreach
- Pina Violano (Speakers) Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Kathleen ONeill (Speakers) Yale University
Description
To use a Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) approach in the study of barriers to the development and implementation of a hospital-based violence intervention program. Methods: This study represents a community-academic partnership between a communi...
See More
11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Rachel Myers (Speaker) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Description
Objective: To identify and address the barriers to resolving mental health (MH) needs of violently injured youth participating in a post-injury hospital-based case management program. Methods: Utilizing de-identi ed case notes from a stratiXed ran...
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11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Christopher St. Vil (Speakers) Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
- Mia-Cara Musetti (Speakers) Senior Research Aide, University at Buffalo
Description
At present, to the knowledge of the author, there are no cross-national reviews that synthesize and illuminate the phenomenon of trauma recidivism. As a result, the purpose of this study is to (1) identify and synthesize the correlates of trauma r...
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11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Danielle Berera (Moderator) Surgical Resident, San Joaquin General Hospital
- Andrew Woods (Speaker) Hartford Communties That Care
Description
In far too many cases, urban shooting victims return to the emergency room to have sutures removed, treat pain, or infections associated with a recently treated gunshot injury. Often, many of these victims haven’t utilized a primary care phy...
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11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Joseph Richardson (Speakers) Program and Research Director, University of Maryland
- Che Bullock (Speakers) Violence Intervention Specialist, University of MD Prince George’s Hospital Center
Description
The Credible Messenger/Violence Intervention Specialist is an innovative role used by the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program at the University of Maryland Prince George's Hospital Center to provide long-term peer support and mentoring se...
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12:20 pm - 1:50 pm
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Duck, Duck, Goose - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Ruben Cantu (Speaker) Program Manager, Prevention Institute
Description
The U.S. has among the highest rates of trauma and mental illness in the world, with approximately 20% of adults experiencing some form of mental illness. which are at the core of many challenges, including adverse childhood experiences, social is...
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1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Red Rover - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Shannon Cosgrove (Speakers) Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Princess Fortin (Speakers) Director, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Anthony Smith (Speakers) Executive Director, Cities United
- Nico Bocour (Speakers) State Legislative Director, Giffords
Description
The Movement towards Violence as a Health Issue has made considerable headway in changing perspectives, systems and policies in the last 3 years with leadership from Dr. Satcher, Dr. Sommer, Dr. Slutkin and 450 experts nationwide. This presentatio...
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1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Suzy Reiss (Speakers) Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin
- Jackie Holland-Baldwin (Speakers) Crime Victim Advocate, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Vicki Campbell (Speakers) Child & Family Service Specialist I, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Description
The plan is to start out with a Project Ujima staff member talk about her journey from victimized to being a front line worker. She was first introduced to the program because her son was shot in Milwaukee; Project Ujima was there to support her a...
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1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Jax - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Ricardo Garcia-Acosta (Speakers) Intervention Services Manager, Youth ALIVE!
- John Torres (Speakers) Deputy Director, Youth ALIVE!
Description
This presentation is focused on a coordinated response in the aftermath of a Homicide in the City of Oakland Ca. We will cover best practice strategies around coordinating efforts between, Community, City, and County systems to maximize resources ...
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1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Kick-the-Can - 2nd Floor
Speaker
- Trinidad Jackson (Speakers) Senior Research Associate, University of Louisville
- Deborah Barnes-Byers (Speakers)
- KJ Fields (Speakers) Community Health Worker, University of Louisville
Description
Pivot to Peace is Louisville’s response to the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs’ call to action. Within its pilot year, Pivot recruited victims ages 18-34 with gunshot/stab wounds at University of Louis...
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1:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Hopscotch - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Lisa Allee (Speakers) Founder and Director of the Community Violence Response Team, Boston Medical Center
- Timothy Munzert (Speakers) Family Mental Health Clincian, Boston Medical Center
- Jeffrey Booker (Speakers) CVRT
- Eugenia Cooks, M.Ed (Speakers) Family Trauma Clinician, Community Violence Response Team at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
- Jane Margolis (Speakers) Family Mental Health Clinician, Boston Medical Center (BMC)
Description
This session will aim to educate those in attendance as well as learn from each other best practices in mitigating barriers to care in Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs as well as learn best practices on unique and alternate engagement...
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3:10 pm - 3:35 pm
Marco Polo - 3rd Floor
3:35 pm - 4:20 pm
Four Square Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Speaker
- Francisco Gallardo (Speaker) AIM
Description
We close our time together with reflections from local hero, Cisco Gallardo.
Sep 12 - 14, 2018