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
- Judges
- Law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels
- Probation/parole officers
- Prosecutors
- SANE and other medical professionals
- SART Coordinators
- Service Providers: system advocates, organizational advocates, social workers, counselors & therapists
- Tribal group members
History
Created as a partnership between the Dallas Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support CCAW offers over 140 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 multi-disciplinary 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.
Jeanne Allert
The Samaritan Women
Pete Angell
FBI, Palm Beach County
Pollyana Ashford
Dallas Police Department
Rebecca Bender
Rebecca Bender Initiative
Justin Boardman
Boardman Training & Consulting
Jessica Brazeal
New Friends New Life
Kaiti Dinges
Jana’s Campaign
Gretta Gardner
Ujima, Inc.
Ruth Guerreiro
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
Anne Jackson
Bell County District Attorney’s Office
Amy Jones
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center
Rebekah Jones
OVW Tribal Affairs Division
Jan Langbein
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
Nicole Mathews
Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Center
Kelsey McKay
McKay Training & Consulting
Cassandra Munoz
Franklin Co. Municipal Court
Kim Nash
International Association of Forensic Nurses
Erica Olsen
National Network to End Domestic Violence
Julie Owens
Violence Against Women Consultant
Michael Rizzo
Booz Allen Hamilton
Christina Supinski
AEquitas: The Prosecutors’ Resource on Violence Against Women
David Thomas
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Jerry Varney
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office
Jennifer Waindle
DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office
Mark Wynn
Wynn Consulting