The mission of the Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is to provide a national forum to disseminate the highest level of training, information and strategies to professionals who are responders and advocates to victims of the many and varied forms of crimes against women including domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and strangulation.
About CCAW
MIssion
Who Should Attend
- Educators and administrators
- Emergency telecommunicators
- Faith leaders
- Family attorneys
- Investigators
- Military Justice Officials
- Judges
- Law enforcement at the local, state and federal levels
- Probation and parole officers
- Prosecutors
- SANE and other medical professionals
- SART Coordinators
- Service Providers: system advocates, organizational advocates, social workers, counselors and therapists
- Tribal group members
- Campus Safety Officers
History
CCAW offers more than 200 workshops, case studies and hands-on computer labs taught by local and national experts who explore the various facets of these heinous crimes and provide the most cutting-edge, relevant and creative tools that attendees can implement in their professions.
Drawing 3,000 annually, CCAW is the only conference that addresses ALL crimes against women with a multidisciplinary focus that encourages a coordinated community response.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
The National CCAW Advisory Council supports the mission of the Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) while working with the CCAW team to help expand the reach of the conference and ensure timely and relevant training opportunities for law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, nurses, campus personnel, and other first responders to the full spectrum of crimes against women.
Pete Angell
FBI, Palm Beach County
Justin Boardman
Boardman Training & Consulting
Kaiti Blackburn
Jana’s Campaign
Jessica Brazeal
The Haven Wellness Center
Michelle Toledo Cainas
Center for Justice Innovation
Kenda Culpepper
Rockwall County District Attorney’s Office
Andrew Fifield
Dallas Police Department
Gretta Gardner
Ujima, Inc.
Julie Germann
Finding the Right, Inc.
Ruth Guerreiro
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
Amy Jones
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center
Rebekah Jones
OVW Tribal Affairs Division
Jan Langbein
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
Jennifer Long
AEquitas
Kathryn Marsh
Army Office of Special Trial Counsel
Nicole Matthews
Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Center
Kelsey McKay
RESPOND Against Violence
Angelita Olowu
International Association of Forensic Nursing
Michael Rizzo
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Elaina Roberts
U.S. Dept of Justice, OVW
Naida Rutherford
Richland County Coroner’s Office
James Songer
Dallas Police Department – DV Unit
Leslie Morgan Steiner
LMS DV Consulting
David Thomas
Thomas Training & Consulting
Jerry Varney
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office
Jennifer Waindle
Battered Women’s Justice Project
Mark Wynn
Wynn Consulting
