Thursday, December 3, 5:30-7:30pm: Opening Reception
Friday, December 4, 8:30-5:00pm: Working Sessions
TIES Building | 1667 Snelling Ave N | St. Paul | MN | 55108
Sexual violence costs Minnesota eight billion dollars a year, and it is preventable.
Who attended?
Participants included Community Shares MN, Microsoft, Safe Environments - Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis, Target, United Way, youthrive:LIVE!, Allina Center for Innovation and Research, Search Institute, Humphrey Institute, The Women’s Foundation, The Minnesota Timberwolves, Cherish Our Children, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Sauer Foundation, Access Philanthropy, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, The Rochester Convention and Visitors Bureau, the National Child Protection Center, the Wilder Foundation among more than 100 others….
Invitations were sent to specific leaders in industry, government, media, faith and philanthropy, as well as an equal number of experts in sexual violence prevention. For the first time, issue experts met with “the unusual suspects” to design practical actions to prevent the losses caused by sexual violence.
The Minnesota Summit Steering Committee
Cordelia Anderson, Sensibilities, Inc.;
Jeri Boisvert, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs;
Amy Brenengan, Office on the Economic Status of Women;
Kathy Brothen, Minnesota Department of Education;
Danette Buskovick, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs;
Chuck Derry, Minnesota Men’s Action Network;
Donna Dunn, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Melia Garza, Sexual Violence Justice Institute;
Lindsay Gullingsrud, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Sharon Haas, Sexual Violence Justice Institute;
Patty Hall;
Cher Hamilton, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Emily Huemann, Sexual Offense Services of Ramsey County;
Frank Jewell, Minnesota Men’s Action Network;
Amy Kenzie, Minnesota Department of Health;
Carolyn Levy, Hamline University;
Leah Lutz, Sexual Violence Justice Institute;
Jeanne Martin, Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted Counties Victim Services;
Nicole Matthews, Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition;
Megan McKinnon, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Karla Nelson, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Thom Nolan, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Caroline Palmer, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault;
Steve Sawyer, Project Pathfinder;
Sara Thome, Sexual Violence Justice Institue;
Bob Tracy, Consultant;
Rae Ann Vandeputte, Consultant;
Patricia Weaver Francisco, Hamline University;
Patty Wetterling, Minnesota Department of Health; and
Laura Williams, Sexual Violence Justice Institute.
_____________________________________the bottom line is prevention
