It is with great pleasure that the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission presents its fifteenth annual Advocacy in Action Conference. 

Conference highlights include:

Three half-day preconference workshops on:

• The Neurobiology of Trauma
• Threat Assessment Tools and Case Management Strategies
• Trauma Stewardship

Keynote presentations by nationally recognized speakers:

• W. Lee Fjelstad, Vice President, Verbal Judo Institute, Inc., Sarasota, FL

• M. Claire Harwell, JD, Private Consultant, Framingham, MA

• Kelly Kuenstler, Executive Director, Administrative Office of the District Attorneys, Albuquerque, NM

• David Lisak, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Framingham, MA

• Timothy W. Manning, Deputy Administrator for the Protection and National Preparedness (PNP) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, DC

• Robert J. Martin, Vice President, Gavin de Becker & Associates, Studio City, CA

• Ted Poe, US Representative, 2nd District of Texas, Humble, TX

• Steven R. Siegel, Director, Special Programs Unit, Denver District Attorney's Office, Denver, CO

• Gael B. Strack, Chief Executive Officer, Family Justice Center Alliance, San Diego, CA

• Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Trainer and Founder, Trauma Stewardship, Seattle, WA

Informative workshops on a variety of pertinent topics.

Wellness Fair to help you take care of your body and spirit.

Continuing Education for attorneys, counselors, law enforcement professionals, nurses and social workers.

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REGISTER BY MARCH 22 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THE LOWER REGISTRATION FEE.

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A project of

New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission (NM CVRC)

and

New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Program (NM CSAP)

with support from

the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NM CADV)

and the Children's Justice Act Advisory Group