Website/URL: http://alaska.nationalchildren...org/index.php?s=2633
Organized By: Alaska Children's Alliance
Contact Info: Pam Karalunas, 907-688-0163, pkaralunas@gci.net
Sponsored by the Alaska Children's Alliance, this conference's theme is "Respect and Protect", and features these keynote speakers:
Morgan Fawcett Tlingit & Haida, is a prominent Naïve American flute player, founder of One Heart Creations and a person living with an FASD diagnosis, Morgan was honored as a Champion of Change by President Obama.
Robert Anda, MD, MS, Co-Founder and Co- Principal Investigator of the CDC’s Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study. Rob is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition for scientific achievement and is the author of over 200 publications.
Gretchen Schmelzer, PhD trauma survivor has worked for 25 years with the complex issues of trauma, integration and behavior change across every level of system from individuals, to groups, large systems and countries, including her role as the expert consultant to Frontline for their documentary on survivors of priest sexual abuse in Alaska, The Silence.
Elsie Boudreau, LMSW Yup’ik from the Village of St. Mary, has worked with law firms Manly & Stewart and Cooke Roosa Law Group as a Victims Advocate providing support to approximately 300 victims of clergy child sexual abuse in Alaska, South Dakota, Oregon and Montana. She was featured in The Silence.
Here's their save-the-date conference announcement: AlaskaChildMaltreatmentConf.pdf
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