Sunday, April 7
5-6 p.m.

Dinner, Kirkland Hall

Opening Remarks
Don McPherson, former NFL football player; associate director of Athletes Helping Athletes, Inc., Adelphi University, Long Island, New York; board of directors, Jenna Foundation for Non-Violence; has conducted presentations and programs on violence against women to thousands of athletes

Monday, April 8
8:15-10:30 a.m.

Why Don't Women Tell/Leave?

Linda Manning, director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center; doctorate in psychology, Vanderbilt University
Melanie Lutenbacher, assistant professor of nursing, Vanderbilt University
Heather Moss, Impact Council coordinator, Violence and Safety Impact Council, United Way of Central Indiana
Gena Hull, survivor; legal advocate, Madison Domestic Violence Program

The Role of Police: What Every Reporter Should Know

Mark Wynn, owner and operator of Wynn Consulting; former veteran lieutenant of the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department's Domestic Violence Division; has testified before Congress and spoken at the White House on domestic violence issues; named one of the top ten police officers in the U.S. by the International Association of Chief's of Police and Parade Magazine in 1995

Stalking in Person & Now on the Internet

Mark Wynn, president, Wynn Consulting
Sherry Neal, stalking survivor, owner/operator Shear Magic by Sherry

Cultural Issues Surrounding Violence Against Women

Sumayya Coleman, founder, Ujima House
Angela Bennett-Shelton, survivor
Grace Guerra, victim's rights advocate, Legal Aid Society Middle Tenn. & the Cumberland
Patricia Macias, survivor

Tuesday, April 9
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Religion and the Bible

Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies; director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality, Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Mark Justad, senior lecturer in religion and society, assistant to the Chancellor, teaches in the areas of gender and sexuality, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

What is the Responsibility of Health Care Professionals?

Carol Etherington, assistant professor of nursing; teaches a course on domestic violence to medical students, Vanderbilt Medical School
Valerie Meece, captain; responsible for law enforcement response to domestic violence in Nasvhille/Davidson County; co-teaches course for medical students, Nashville Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Division

Field Trip: YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter

Donna Cheek, president & chief ececutive officer, YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee
Robyn Minton, director, YWCA Domestic Violence Center
Charlotte Covington, family nurse practitioner; associate professor of nursing; runs a health care clinic at the YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter, Vanderbilt University
Survivors TBD

Wednesday, April 10
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Batterers: Who Are They & Why Do They Hit Women?

Susan Cannon, executive director, Domestic Violence Intervention Center
Eric Schmidt, reformed batterer 

Being Raised In Violence

William Bernet, professor of psychiatry, special forensic psychiatry for children, adolescents and adults, Vanderbilt University
Tom Catron, associate professor of psychiatry; co-director of the Psychotherapy Research and Policy Center at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University

The Justice System: What's Right, What's Wrong

Carran Daughtrey, Vanderbilt adjunct professor of law; assistant district attorney general in Nashville; member of the Tennessee Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
Jean Crowe, managing attorney, family law, Legal Aid Society Middle Tennessee & the Cumberland
Gena Hull, legal advocate (sits in courtrooms and monitors activities), Madison Domestic Violence Program

Violence Against Women: The Global View

Alison Piepmeier, senior lecturer women's studies, Vanderbilt University
Brooke Ackerly, assistant professor of political science, Vanderbilt University

Thursday, April 11
8:30-10:30 a.m.

Violence Against Women on Campuses

Linda Manning, director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center; doctorate in psychology, Vanderbilt University
Sandra Harrell, coordinator of outreach and services, Project Safe, Vanderbilt University
Kendra Crawford, junior, stalking survivor, participates in survivors' panels on campus to raise awareness about the impact of stalking behavior, Vanderbilt University
Pamela Williams, sophomore, helped develop Peer Leaders in Education and Activism, a Project Safe program, Vanderbilt University 

Music & Violence: Is There Meaning? 

Melanie Lowe, assistant professor of musicology, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University 

12:00 p.m.