Melanie Rieger Conf. May 30-31

REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN OPEN PAST THE ORIGINAL MAY 1ST DEADLINE

Among scheduled speakers are:

• EDIE LUTNICK: Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund & Author of “An Unbroken Bond: The Untold Story of How the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald Families Faced the Tragedy of 9/11 & Beyond”
• MARY FETCHET: Co-Founder & Director of Voices of September 11th speaking on “Voices of September 11th: Reflecting on the Past, Looking Forward to the Future”
• JAMES HOLLER presenting "I Thought He Was My Friend: The Internet, A Molester's Paradise"
• LUNDY BANCROFT presenting "Healing & Recovery in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence"

Many national & state crime victims and survivors will speak on their tragedies and how they survived to accomplish some amazing deeds in support of other crime victims & survivors.

Projected Audience: social workers, educators & students, crime victims, advocates and those in correction, law enforcement and criminal justice.

REGISTRATION FORMS:  Registration froms will be mailed late February, early March

CEU’s and CEC’s will be awarded.

Wednesday May 30, 2012
	8:00-9:00 am	Breakfast & Registration (Welte Hall)
	9:00-10:00 am	Opening Ceremonies (Welte Hall) Presentation of the Colors: Aaron Noel Treppeda, Soloist Dr. Jack Miller, President, Central Connecticut State University Rev. Anthony Bruno, Director of Religious Services, Department of Correction Commissioner Leo Arnone, Department of Correction Ms. Linda J. Cimino, Director, Office of Victim Services Dr. Samuel L. Rieger, father of Melanie Michelle Cruz, Connecticut Victim Advocate
	10:00-11:00 am	Keynote Speaker (Welte Hall)
		Mary Fetchet Dir, Voices of September 11th Reflecting on the Past, Looking Forward to the Future
	11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Keynote Speaker (Welte Hall)
		Edie Lutnick Dir, Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund An Unbroken Bond: The Untold Story of How the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald Families Faced the Tragedy of 9/11 and Beyond
	12:30-1:30 pm	Lunch (Memorial Hall, 2nd Floor) Art Exhibit Opens
	1:45-2:45 pm	Breakout Session I (Student Center) Mary Fetchet, Eddie Lutnick, et al Voices of Sept 11th featuring survivors & first responders Bill Jenkins What to Do After the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss Barry Schreier, Dir, UCONN Mental Health Counseling Center From Campus Violence to Community of Caring: How One Campus Picked Up the Pieces In the Aftermath Linda J. Cimino, Dir, CT Office of Victim Services Update of the CT Savin System(CT Statewide Automated Victim Information & Notification System) Howard Krieger, Ph.D., CT Resource Group LLC Healing Your Brain After Trauma Chester Fairlie & Suzette Jones: Survivors of Homicide Function & Goals of a Survivors of Homicide Support Group Liz Burne: CT Canine Search & Rescue Cold Cases: CT Canine Searches
	3:00-3:30 pm	Special Presentation - A Play (Welte Hall) "Hear Us" The Voices & Thoughts of Homicide Survivors
	3:30-4:30 pm	Victim's Panel (Welte Hall) - "Resilience After Devastation: Putting the Pieces Back Together" Dr. Michael Schultz, Department of Children & Families, Moderator Alvin Notice, The Tiana Angelique Notice Foundation Rey Michaud, Child Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Suzette Jones, Survivors of Homicide Laura Callachan, CCSU student
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Thursday May 31, 2012
	8:00-9:00 am	Breakfast & Registration (Welte Hall)
	9:00-10:15 am	Keynote Speaker (Welte Hall)
		Lundy Bancroft Healing & Recovery in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
	10:30-11:30 am	Criminal Justice Panel - "Victim's Rights: The Police, State's Attorney, Court Based Victim Advocate & the Courts: How the Pieces Fit" Hon. Susan Handy, Superior Court Judge Atty. Kevin Kane, Chief State’s Attorney Kitt Tierney, Court Based Victim Advocate Beau Thurnauer, Deputy Chief, East Hartford Police Dept
	11:45-1:00 pm	Keynote Speaker (Welte Hall)
		James Holler, Holler Training I Thought He Was My Friend: The Internet: A Molester's Paradise
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	1:00-2:00 pm	Lunch (Memorial Hall, 2nd Floor) Art Exhibit Closes
	2:00-3:00 pm	Breakout Session II (Student Center) Lundy Bancroft Reforming the Broken Child Custody System James Holler: Holler Training How Child Molesters Use the Internet to Sexually Exploit Children Maggie Luddy: Maggie's Mission Don't Be Too Late Michelle Cruz: Office of the Victim Advocate After the Dust Settles: Crime Victims As Advocates for Legislative & Community Reforms Marilyn Gambrell: No More Victims Inc.(Houston, TX) Hopeless to Healing Darren Berse, Schoolnami Inc Maria Bouffard, Yale University Planning For Socially Vulnerable Populations During An Emergency
	3:15-4:15 pm	Keynote Speaker (Welte Hall)
		Leslie Charles: Trainingworks Finding Resilience: Regenerating Hope
	4:15-4:30 pm