The Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Partners for Inclusive Communities
are pleased to sponsor
Serving Deaf Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence
with
Julie Rems-Smario
May 1, 2015
9:00 to 2:00
Arkansas Transit Association Conference Center
620 West Broadway Street
North Little Rock, Arkansas
What we will cover
This workshop will provide victim services providers with an overview of the barriers and challenges that Deaf and hard of hearing victims often face, information on providing access to your services and programs, and key ideas for being an advocate for a victims who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Valuable just-in-time resources will also be provided to all who attend.
Accommodations
ASL interpreters will be provided. For other accommodations, please contact Melanie Thornton at mthornt@uark.edu.
To register
There is no cost to register. Please register to provide us with an estimate by sending an email to mthornt@uark.edu or using this registration form.
About Julie
Julie Rems-Smario is an Education Consultant at California School for the Deaf in Fremont where she works to further her goal to preserve, protect and promote ASL for all Deaf children. As the founding executive director of DeafHope, Julie was nationally recognized with several awards such as CNN Heroes, DeafLife Person of the Year, Pearls Award, and E-Women Network International Humanitarian Award. She still works for DeafHope on contractual basis creating public service announcements (PSA) to educate the community about domestic and sexual violence in the Deaf community.
Funding: This workshop is supported by a subgrant agreement from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Victim Justice Assistance Program. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice.
This effort was supported by Award No. 149920-13SASP awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs.