(NYC) FREE WORKSHOP: Don’t Remain a Victim! You Can Avoid a Lifetime of Abuse

Conference on the Status of Women  - Sponsored by the United Nations

Don’t Remain a Victim!  You Can Avoid a Lifetime of Abuse

FREE Workshop

  

Saturday March 9, 2013

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

8th floor Boss Room

The Church Center

777 UN Plaza (E. 44th St. & First Ave.)

New York, NY

Session Organizer:  Dana Raphael, Ph.D.

203-259-5995

People who have experienced physical and mental trauma are more likely to be revictimized throughout life.  Join us for a panel discussion on how the pattern of abuse can be broken, and repeated harm avoided.

Come, sit awhile, and share your burdens . . .

SPEAKERS & THEIR TOPICS

Natsuko Utsumi, founder of the nonprofit, Cause Vision, will address "Prevention of Revictimization Through Exposing Human Trafficking.” 

Judy Meikle, a Quaker and a facilitator of the Alternatives to Violence Project, will speak on “Prison Revictimization from an Abolitionist Perspective.”  

Vicki Polin, founder and CEO of The Awareness Center, will talk about the issues facing Jewish survivors of sexual assault and the effects of war atrocities into the second generation.

Dana Raphael, Director of The Human Lactation Center, Ltd., will speak on “The Urban Myths That Hurt Everyone.”

Gabriela Nava Campos, a specialist in public policy and research, will address “best practices” that organizations can use in order to help victims of human trafficking.

Janet Kraft will present “Resources for Recovery,” written by Randy and Pamela Noblitt, co-authors of Ritual Abuse and Torture in the 21st Century. 

In Memory of Rachel Amy Steamer

In Memory of Rachel Amy Steamer

January 26, 1975 - February 20, 2013

Rachel Steamer had been a consultant and presented at workshops sponsored by The Awareness Center.  Rachel was as a cherished friend to many, and a strong advocate for the civil rights of survivors of sex crimes.

Rachel stated practicing law in 2006.  Early in her career Rachel was an attorney who specializes in representing survivors of sexual abuse.  Notably, as an associate at the law firm of Ross & Rubino, LLP.  Rachel was involved in litigating more than 100 cases in coordinated proceedings against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Diocese of San Diego.  A graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University) in New York City, Rachel acted as chief research assistant to noted First Amendment scholar Professor Marci A. Hamilton, with whom she co-authored The Religious Origins of Disestablishment Principles, 81 N.D. L. Rev. 1755 (2006).  

After the law firm closed down, Rachel took a position at an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia.

Rachel Steamer went on to her next journey on Feb. 20, 2013. Rachel was born and raised in Ft. Myers. She attended, Fort Myers High School. She went on to the University of Miami, and Cardozo Law School in NYC.

Rachel was diagnosed in 2005 with cervical cancer. She was cancer free until rediagnosed in Dec. 2009. She fought a noble battle for 3 yrs. Throughout her fight she asked women to be sure to get yearly screenings and to have their children vaccinated against HPV. In honor of her memory, her family and friends ask you to do this to save lives.

Rachel is survived by her Mother Cheryl Lawson, (Tom), her father Joseph Steamer, (Janie), her grandmother Gertrude Steamer, her beloved sister Elissa, her Boston Terrier Lola & friends throughout the country that loved her very much.

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