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South Texas Victimology Symposium
"Victim Services and Underserved Populations"
Tentative Agenda
7:45 a.m.to 8:15 a.m. Registration
8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. VICTIM SERVICES AND PARTNER VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Ethel Cantu, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts, UTB/TSC
9:20 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. VICTIM SERVICES AND ADOLESCENT VICTIMS
Mary Ann Lucy, LPCNCC, Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator
10:20 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. VICTIM SERVICES AND IMMIGRANT VICTIMS
Erica Schommer, J.D.,Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
11:20 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. VICTIM SERVICES AND GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND
TRANSEXUAL VICTIMS
Heidi Pyron, Dallas Resource Center
1:50 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. VICTIM SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN
CAMERON COUNTY
Rosie Mendoza, M.Ed., Victim Assistance Coordinator, Cameron County
District Attorney’s Office
2:50 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. Workshop: UNDERSERVED VICTIM POPULATIONS
AND THE LAW
Location: University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Science, Engineering, and Technology Building (SET B), Lecture Hall, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas 78520
Admission: Free
TCLEOSE and CEU credits can be earned by practitioners who attend the symposium.
Registration: On-site
Parking: Attendees have three options for parking. Option 1: Visit the UTB/TSC Campus Police Department on the date of the event. The Campus Police Department is located in the Calvary Building (right across from the Barnes and Noble bookstore and Starbucks Cafe). The department opens at 8:00 AM. Option 2: Obtain a permit upon registering for the symposium during the on-site registration. Option 3: Download and print a parking permit from this website.
For further instruction on locating the campus, please refer to the campus map. The map is in Adobe Acrobat format. The numbers corresponding with the buildings on the map are a little small. The numbers can be enlarged by using the zoom function of the software.