CCASA Spring Regional Training-Denver (Tech Center area) 

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 3rd at 5pm!

Strengthening Military-Civilian Community Partnerships to Respond to Sexual Assault is an interactive training that helps participants establish partnerships with local military installations in order to effectively respond to the needs of sexual assault victims in the military.  Throughout this training, participants will build knowledge about military systems, protocols, and culture to improve service provision to military sexual assault victims and to develop an appreciation of the perspectives of their future collaborative partners.  It is through this developing sense of awareness that civilians will begin to understand Military Service Members, the culture they live and operate in, what motivates him/her, and what a military victim may need when working with community-based advocates.  Training participants will gain information and skills related to steps toward successful collaborations, including the importance of having MOUs between community-based programs and local military installations.  This training will also feature a showing and discussion of the documentary film “The Invisible War.” The Denver training will also include a presentation from Lizzy Slatt, Therapist at the Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center. Lizzy has been honored to serve as a therapist, facilitating 5-day retreats for OIF and OEF Female Veterans from 2011-2012.  Lizzy will share her experiences on these retreats which incorporated group support with physical, body-centered, mindfulness, artistic and outdoor nature-based activities with positive results.

Event times: The training will be 9am-5pm on Tuesday and 9am-12pm on Wednesday.

Presenters

Peggy Moore-McCoy is a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) for Buckley Air Force Base and a Department of Defense civilian employee. Peggy has served as a SARC since the inception of the Air Force program in 2005. She began her career at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota and transferred to Buckley AFB in 2009. 

Major Alisa Englert is the Joint Force Headquarters Sexual Assault Response Coordinator for the Colorado National Guard.  AS the JFHQ-SARC she manages both the Air National Guard and Army National Guard programs.  Major Englert has served in the Army National Guard since November 1993, beginning her career in the enlisted ranks and acquired her commission as a Second Lieutenant in July 1998.  Major Englert was honored with the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) of the Year Award for the National Guard from the Department of Defense in 2012.

Karen Moldovan, Program Manager, joined CCASA with strong experience in advocacy, education, community organizing and international development. Her professional experience has often focused on working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, individuals experiencing homelessness, and pregnant and parenting youth. Karen has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Gender Studies, and a Masters of Arts in Teaching. In 2009, she completed service as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kingdom of Tonga. She is a founding member of First Response Action, which advocates for comprehensive reform for sexual assault prevention and response within the Peace Corps.

Lizzy Slatt LCSW. Lizzy’s first job on a ropes course in 1997 ignited her commitment to mind-body individual and group support work.  Since then, she has found creative ways to combine her passions for social justice, healing and experiential learning including guiding rock-climbing and backpacking courses for girls and women.  She has worked with the SAVA Center since 2007 and as a facilitator with The Women’s Wilderness Institute (TWWI) since 2000.