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This session took place on Wednesday, October 27th from 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern Time. Please keep an eye out for the webinar recordings, resources, and more from Futures Without Violence, Ujima, Latinos United for Peace and Equity, and Women Transforming Families.
For those who were not able to register or attend, please email DJPeay@futureswithoutviolence.org to be connected to these materials.
In this second session, policymakers and influencers will explore what they have tried before and share ideas for new bold change. Policymakers will be asked to respond to the problems of automatic mandatory reporting of domestic violence, definitions of neglect, failure to protect and accountability for harm caused by the system.
Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation will be available.
Policymakers
Paula Julian
Senior Policy Specialist, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC)
Judge Aurora Martinez-Jones
Child Welfare Law Specialist, Certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children
Rosie Hidalgo
Senior Advisor on Gender-Based Violence and Special Assistant to the President, White House Gender Policy Council
JooYeun Chang
Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DHHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Aysha E. Schomburg, J.D.
Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
Clare Anderson
Senior Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago; former Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF)
Joyce McMillan
Family Coordinator at Sinergia, Inc. and founder of PLAN (Parent Legislative Action Network); former Program Director, Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP)
Shawndell Dawson
Director, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Moderator
Isa Woldeguiorguis
Isa Woldeguiorguis has been the Executive Director of The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc. (CHH) for over seven years. Prior to this, Ms. Woldeguiorguis has worked in the antiviolence field for twenty-five years, holding several statewide and national roles in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence. She is a well-respected leader and national trainer in the field of child abuse, domestic and sexual violence, system change, race and equity.
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