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What:
2023 Annual Uintah Basin Domestic Violence Conference
When:
October 5, 2023
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where:
Uintah Conference Center
313 E 200 S
Vernal, UT 84078
Contact:
435-781-0613
admin@fafv.org
Conference Agenda
8 - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Ute Tribe Performance
8:45 - 9 a.m. Welcome
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Lindsey Garlick, Duchesne County Sheriff's Office
9 - 10:15 a.m. Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country
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Gwen Kasero, Supervisory Victim Specialist at Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Andrea Arnold, Victim Specialist for Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Uintah & Ouray Ute Indian Reservation
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Loretta Goldtooth, Victim Specialist for Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Hopi Reservation
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Robyn Simmons, Victim Specialist for Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Mescalero Reservation
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions
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Roundtable Discussion
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Dr. Jayme Walters, Utah State University's Transforming Communities Institute
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Teresa Larsen, Utah State University's Transforming Communities Institute
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Back to the Basics: Domestic Violence 101
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Vickie Bushman, Utah Office for Victims of Crime
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Importance of Interview Strategies
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Kylynn Beatty, Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center
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Jessica Shelburg, Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center
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An Introduction to Within My Reach
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Doni Arnold, Friends Against Family Violence
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Maggie McQuivey, Friends Against Family Violence
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11:30 - 11:40 a.m. Break
11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. Domestic Violence in Transient Workforce Communities
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Dheeshana Jayasundara, Fresno State University
12:40 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. Survivor Story with Eliza LeBeau
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Interactive Session: Building Resiliency
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Haylee Toland, Friends Against Family Violence
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Lindsey Garlick, Duchesne County Sheriff's Office
3:20 - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Closing Performance with Studio R
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Closing Plenary:
Battling Burnout
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Dheeshana Jayasundara, Professor at California State University, Fresno
4:45 - 5 p.m. Closing
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Lindsey Garlick, Duchesne County Sheriff's Office

Gwen Kasero
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services Victim Assistance Program
Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country
Gwen currently supervises the Victims Specialists stationed in New Mexico, southern Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Gwen began her career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a Victim Specialist in 2015, where she provided victim assistance to the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes in Montana, the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona, and the Laguna Agency and Southern Pueblo Agency in New Mexico.

Andrea Arnold
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Uintah & Ouray Ute Indian Reservation
Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country
Andrea Arnold is a Victim Specialist with the United States Department of Interior, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs with a primary duty station on the Uintah & Ouray Ute Indian Reservation in Fort Duchesne, Utah. She has 8 years of experience providing direct services to victims of crime.

Loretta Goldtooh
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Hopi Reservation
Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country
Loretta Goldtooth is a BIA Victim Specialist, stationed at the Hopi Agency in Keams Canyon, Arizona since 2017. VS Goldtooth also covers the Supai and Kaibab Agency. VS Goldtooth provides direct services to victims of crime, in all three agencies.

Robyn Simmons
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mescalero Reservation
Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country
Robyn Simmons has been a BIA Victim Specialist assigned to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico since 2011. Simmons provides direct victim services from the outset of a crime occurring and continued support and comprehensive services throughout the criminal justice process.

Dr. Dheeshana Sugandhi Jayasundara
California State University, Fresno
Domestic Violence in Transient Workforce Communities
& Closing Plenary: Battling Burnout
Dr. Sugandhi Jayasundara has more than 20 years of experience utilizing data lead research. She spent years studying the impact of oil development on interpersonal violence in Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana. Her innovative community-based research has lead to policy impact. She uses her knowledge and expertise to advocate for change at the funder, legislative, and community levels.

Lindsey Garlick
Duchesne County Sheriff's Office
Interactive Session: Building Resiliency
Lindsey is the Victim Services Coordinator for Duchesne County’s law enforcement. She serves as the President of the Uintah Basin Domestic Violence Coalition, the coordinator for Duchesne County’s Sexual Assault Response Team, and is the 8th District Judicial Victims’ Rights Chair.

Dr. Jayme Walters
Utah State University Transforming Communities Institute
Breakout: Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Walters is an Assistant Professor, BSW Program Director, and Director of Transforming Communities Institute (TCI) in the Department of Social Work at Utah State University. Among her many roles, Dr. Walters works closely with communities and nonprofits to build capacity and provide research support.

Teresa Larsen
Utah State University Transforming Communities Institute
Breakout: Roundtable Discussion
Teresa is currently a researcher for the Transforming Communities Institute and is engaged with multiple community-engaged projects and coordinates professional education for the institute.

Vickie Bushman
Utah Office for Victims of Crime
Breakout: Back to the Basics: Domestic Violence 101
Vickie Bushman has been in the victim services field for the last 17 years. She has worked in a variety of areas of victim services, including with CAPSA, a domestic violence shelter, as Sandy Police Department Victim Advocate, grant analyst, and now as the State Victim Advocate Liaison with the UOVC.

Kylynn Beatty
Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center
Breakout: Importance of Interview Strategies
Kylynn specializes in couples, families, adult, and teenage relationships in her private practice. She serves as the Director of the Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center where she uses her education and experience to inform the interview strategies used in the CJC.

Jessica Shelburg
Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center
Breakout: Importance of Interview Strategies
Jessica is responsible for conducting most of the child forensic interviews and disabled adult interviews at the CJC for the Uintah/Daggett area, and occasionally interviews for other jurisdictions as well. She also participates in training colleagues from all over Utah to become certified child forensic interviewers.

Doni Arnold
Friends Against Family Violence
An Introduction to Within My Reach
Doni has served the Uintah Basin in roles related to trauma for many years. Previously, she served as Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault's Community Advocate in Duchesne County. In that role she provided Art Therapy workshops. In her current role as FAFV's Education and Prevention Coordinator Doni leads multiple Within My Reach classes across the Uintah Basin.

Maggie McQuivey
Friends Against Family Violence
An Introduction to Within My Reach
Maggie has been working with Friends Against Family Violence since 2020. After serving as a Shelter Advocate for three years she accepted a role as FAFV's first Community Outreach Specialist where she educates the community on the many resources available in the Uintah Basin.

Haylee Toland
Friends Against Family Violence
Interactive Session: Building Resiliency
Haylee serves as the Sexual Assault Advocate Coordinator for Friends Against Family Violence, is a nationally credentialed advocate, and serves on multidisciplinary teams throughout the Uintah Basin supporting survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
