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<div style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 24pt;" styleclass="style_Title"><b>Important Conference on Culturally Appropriate <br />Victim Services<br /></b></div>
<div><i><b><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">With Dr. Oliver Williams as Keynote and Panelist</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 102);">Friday, June 5, 2009</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 102);">9:00 am to 3:00 PM</span><br /></b></i></div>
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<font size="3"><img border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.45" alt="Oliver Williams" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs081/1102289378641/img/45.jpg?a=1102564587215" align="right">Brockton, MA Brockton Family and
Community Resources is pleased to <br />
announce that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Oliver Williams</span>,
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American
Community at the University of Minnesota</span> will headline its <span style="font-weight: bold;">June 5 Conference
on Culturally Appropriate Victim Services.</span><br /><br />
A nationally recognized authority on domestic violence and its impact on
African American communities, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Williams will headline a daylong conference
for victim advocates, social workers, program directors, psychologists and community based organizations. </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Williams has worked in the field of domestic violence for more than 29
years.</span> He has worked in battered women's shelters, developed curricula for
batterers intervention programs and facilitated counseling groups in these
programs. He has provided training across the United States and abroad on
research and service-delivery surrounding partner abuse. Please read his
full bio at <a track="on" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102564587215&s=1399&e=001qXehd6GmKRFJOB0B2J7Bc9zG2EN1s0kdWR6rkPIq_GGPjvTj5lW3Bscc4hYTiSp0noI4qAj8_TV6QPg_6iK_Th8RN1iN82UteadtrVy6R84ZvoPvcr9LnQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank">www.dvinstitute.org. </a><br /><br />
To be held at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Stonehill College in Easton</span>, the conference will provide critical
information and in-depth discussion addressing the needs of
communities of color and the ways in which domestic violence advocates and
service providers can best respond.<br /><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">When: Friday, June 5, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Where: Stonehill College</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Martin Auditorium</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">
320 Washington Street</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Easton, MA 02357</span><br /><br />________________________________________________________________________________<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Did you know:</span><br /></img></font><ul><li><font size="3">
African-American women experience intimate partner violence at rates 35% higher
than their White counterparts and 2.5 times the rate of men and other races.</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="3">Intimate partner homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American
women ages 15 to 45</font></li></ul><ul><li><font size="3">Domestic violence affects all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or
socioeconomic status. However, this threat has disproportionately dire
consequences for African-American women.</font></li></ul><font size="3">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The time is now for this conference!</span></font>
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