January 2008 Meeting Minutes
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MINUTES Asheville Buncombe Coalition for Prevention of Family Violence (ABCPFV)
WHEN: January 11, 2008
PRESENT
Anne Parker (Allergy Partners of WNC)
Blan Minton (Legal Aid of NC)
Jenny Sliker (YWCA - New Choices)
Angelica R. Wind (Pisgah Legal Service)
Tina Walker (United Way 211)
Zahra Coleman (Pisgah Legal Services)
Steve Snow (Bunc County Health Center)
Julie Klipp Nicholson (Pisgah Legal Service)
Susan Anderson (Pisgah Legal Service)
Amy Hobson (Helpmate/The Mediation Center)
John Stewart (Bunc. Co Medical Society/Helpmate)
Carlyle Stewart (ARP/Phoenix)
Danielle Arias (ARP/Phoenix)v
Janice Kelley (Mission Hospitals - FNE Program)
Ladonna Norton (Mission Hospital-FNE Program)
Janice Loggins (Bunc. Co DA's Office)
Rosemary Kuykendall (Bunc Co Sheriffs Dept)
Patience Burdine (Bunc Co Sheriffs Dept)
Kim Pinkerton (Mission Hospitals - FNE Program)
Renee Collette (Mission Hospitals - Forensic Nurse Programs)
Mary McDonough (Child Abuse Prevention Services)
Deborah Compton (NC Council for Women)
Amy Saunooke (Bunc. Co DSS)
Marva Robertson (Mission Hospitals - SW)
Melanie Lovelace (Mission Hospitals - SW)
(25 in attendance)
Rosemary Kuykendall was Officer of the Month for December!!! Congratulations
to Rosemary!
WELCOME
Joining us today are Angelica Wind with Pisgah Legal Service, Janice Kelley
and Kim Pinkerton with the Forensic Nurse Examiner Program at Mission
Hospitals, Marva Robertson and Melanie Lovelace in Social Work at Mission
Hospitals, Mary McDonough with Child Abuse Prevention Services and Danielle
Arias with ARP/Phoenix.
CALENDAR ITEMS
January 17, 2008 (Thursday), 12:00 - 1:30 pm- Teleconference: Jewish Women
International, Skills Building Workshop Series - Danger Assessment: a tool
to help identify the risk of intimate partner homicide and near-homicide as
part of routine mental health assessments. Trainer: Jacquelyn C. Campbell,
PhD, RN, FAAN. $25 per telephone line. Contact http://www.jwi.org/ to
register.
January 21, 2008 (Monday), Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Sixth Annual
Cut-the-Risk sponsored by Women At Risk. Hair appointments and/or spa/salon
services will be available at participating salons. Call Women at Risk to
see who is participating.
January 29, 2008 (Tuesday) 8:30am - 12:30pm- The National Center for Refuee
and Immigrant Children: ProBono Opportunity and Training: Representing
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children. Training is FREE. Location: Moore & Van
Allen,PLLC, Charlotte, NC. RSVP to Clary Hilliard at cltevents@mvalaw.com
before January 22, 2008.
April 12, 2008 (Saturday) - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault-Providing
Competent Medical & Spiritual Care - Sponsored by Duke Divinity School and
Durham Regional Hospital. Contact Candice Ryals at 919-684-4293 for more
information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES
A new list of members currently on the email list was sent around to be
reviewed and updated. It will be revised and sent out to everyone.
Julie Klipp Nicholson (Pisgah Legal Service)
(1) PLS updated the DV & the
Law brochure. It was passed around today.
(2) Susan Anderson is the new
HEALS Attorney and Angelica Wind is the new bilingual Court Advocate.
Deborah Compton (NC Council for Women)
(1) GRANTS.GOV, grant opportunities
OVW FY 2008 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and
Stalking Assistance Program is available - http://www07.grants.gov/ for more
information.
(2) 2008 Federal Funds by the Governors Crime Commission - 2 links:
http://www.ncgccd.org/grants/announcement07.cfm
http://www.ncgccd.org/pdfs/priorties/2008_cvs.pdf
John Stewart (Bunc. Co Medical Society/Helpmate)
Upcoming training on CCR
(Coordinated Community Response) to DV. May 19-21 and Sept 24-26, located in
Duluth, MN. More information available at http://www.duluth-model.org/
Danielle Arias (ARP/Phoenix)
She works in prevention at ARP. A few
programs offered are "Strengthening families" for children 6 - 13 and
"Children in the Middle" for children and parents going through divorce.
More information is available at
http://www.arp-phoenix.com/prevention/programs.html
Jenny Sliker (YWCA - New Choices)
She will be meeting with others involved
with AAUW, American Association of University Women.
April 5 is Women's
Confidence Day. It is early to know what their plans will be, but she would
like to work with our group. I mentioned that April is Child Abuse Awareness
month and Sexual Assault Awareness month as well.
75 DV reported in 2007. Four were children, 2 were same sex, many were
estranged husbands and boyfriends and some were women perpetrators. It is
broken down by county on NCADV website.
COMMITTEE UPDATES
Steve needs someone to take over the silent/memorial walks. We need to have
our protocol in place. We need volunteers, and a goal as to when to have it
in place. I mentioned that it is feasible to have a draft ready in one
month, with the final ready in 2-3 months, just with my experience with the
maps. We have worked on it in the past and I'll be glad to forward those
minutes to whomever decides to work on the walks.
Steve has broken down the two handouts that he and Julie gave out at the
last meeting into a two page handout. It has goals and objectives, along
with the number of people they feel it needs to perform each objective. They
need volunteers to step up to the plate, TODAY, to sign up to these
objectives.
Everyone seemed responsive to the various areas. It is listed below - 2008
WORK PLAN. I have listed peoples names who responded they wished to work on
the objectives. IF I HAVE ANYONE IN THE WRONG AREA, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
ADVOCACY
Internal - Protocol for memorial Walks (JENNY, JULIE)
Have a draft done in February
Have a protocol done in March
External - Legislation (KATHLEEN, ANGELICA)
Track incoming bills
Develop contacts with representatives
Advocate for or against as needed
2008 WORK PLAN
EDUCATION
External
Goal: Increase Community/Public Awareness
Objective: ABCPFV will work to educate members of the community through 4
educational events and/or trainings to increase awareness about ABCPFV and
identify the best ways to eliminate family violence. (STEVE, ELIZABETH)
Objective: Establish a working group that will prepare information for
public consumption, including coordinating awareness walks. (JENNY, DEBORAH)
Goal: Improve our visibility through better use of the web site.
Objective: Create a working group to assess and recommend ways to enhance
our web presence within 3 months. (DANIELLE, TINA, ANNE, KIM, STEVE)
Objective: Expand our calendar of events (conference information, benefits,
silent walks, meetings) to include legislative updates. (1 person)
Internal
Goal: Increase Agencies' Understanding of each other
Objective: Set aside 10 minutes at the beginning of each meeting for one
agency to "tell its story".
Objective: Arrange to rotate meetings among agencies.
Goal: Discuss emerging issues.
Objective: Set aside time in the agenda each month for emerging/extant hot
issues. The amount of time can be determined by the issues.
Goal: Enhance knowledge of conferences.
Objective: Use email list to promote and announce new conference information
to eliminate clutter during meetings. Include this information on the
website as well and share with external communications group.
Goal: Have speakers address the group.
Objective: Establish a working group to come up with 4 speaks on topics of
broad interest to the group. (ROSEMARY, PATIENCE, JANICE)
COLLABORATION
External
Goal: Indentify Gaps in Services
Objective: Continue to discuss how victims of DV are served by each member
agency and evaluate potential improvements. (all)
Objective: Develop a "flow chart" of services provided by agencies to insure
that gaps in services are identified. (AMY-DSS, RENEE, SUSAN, AMY-HELPMATE,
ROSEMARY, JANICE)
Goal: Increasing outreach to and developing relationships with agencies that
serve the Slavic, Hispanic and LGBT communities
Objective: Make contacts with agencies that have extensive contact with the
Hispanic and Slavic communities in Buncombe county. (ANGELICA, LADONNA)
Objective: Provide specific information regarding DV and same sex couples to
member agencies. (completed - see Same Sex DV brochure by PLS) (LADONNA)
Internal
Goal: Increase agencies' connections with each other
Objective: Develop and maintain an internal contact list of active members,
including their emails, phone numbers and agencies. (ZAHRA)
Goal: Create a more defined organizational structure
Objective: Create a work group to undertake incorporating the coalition as a
Nonprofit Organization. (JENNY, JULIE, STEVE)
Goal: Establish a small account to enable ABCPFV to fund projects.
Objective: Establish a bank account for ABCPFV and deposit money being held
on our behalf in Helpmate's account. (AMY-HELPMATE)
Goal: Identify and invite stakeholders not represented in the coalition.
Objective: Invite additional community agencies to become a part of our
discussion at one ABCPFV meeting a quarter, this meeting will coincide with
our Quarterly Speaker meeting. (AMY-DSS, CARLYLE, JOHN)
Logo Contest - As we have a new identity, we may think of opening up a
contest to the community to create a logo for our coalition to be printed on
letterhead or T-shirts in the future. It can be marketing for the
organization. If anyone has contacts with graphic design or marketing, let
Steve or Julie know.
Sincerely
Anne Parker
http://www.abcpfv.org/
Changes to Minutes:
Jimmy Hare from Win-Win did attend the meeting.
Jimmy agreed to sign up for one committee - EDUCATION, External, Working
with Steve and Elizabeth to Increase Community/Public Awareness.
I have the email attendee list updated. I have attached it to this email. If
you see anything I need to change, please let me know. Thanks. Anne
(Excel attachment not included here on web site.)