2020 Update. We will only have individual speakers only due to covid. No breakout classes.

Kit Gruelle

Kit will be discussing the needed relationship between Domestic violence survivors and law enforcement/ judicial officials 

Kit is a survivor of domestic violence who has worked as an advocate for battered women and their children for almost 30 years. As a renowned community educator, she has trained scores of advocates, criminal justice professionals (law enforcement, prosecutors, magistrates, and judges), health care providers, clergy, legislators, educators, and other allied professionals, and has guest lectured at colleges, universities, medical and law schools, schools of social work and public heath, and departments of sociology, women’s studies, and psychology on violence against women and children.

In 1996, while she was working at Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services in Pittsboro, NC, she created and managed the BRIDGES Program, one of the first Coordinated Community Response (CCR) programs in North Carolina.

In 2012, she graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina with a BS in Sociology (concentration in gender-based violence).

For the last eighteen years, she has been a Subject Matter Expert and trainer for California POST (Peace Officers Standards and Training), helping develop training films and curricula for first responders, public safety dispatchers, and hostage/crisis negotiators. She has served as an expert witness for battered women in both state and federal court.

She is the subject of Private Violence, an intimate and compelling documentary on domestic violence that premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and premiered on HBO on October 20, 2014.

 Shareene and Karalyn will be discussing how law enforcement and judicial officials (Judges and DA's) can prevent adding to the already traumatized DVA victim.

Shareene is the founder and executive director of SAVVE. She is a survivor of domestic abuse.  She has a masters of education in Curriculum and Instruction. She is in the last stages of completing her PhD in Psychology, She has studied Domestic violence and law enforcement and judicial officials for three years and Healing and empowerment of female DVA survivors for three years.

Karalyn is the President of SAVVE. She is a survivor of domestic abuse. She has spent several years in and out of court with her abuser. She has a BS in  

 Ashlee will be discussing "You have a right to remain RESILIENT: Taking responsibility for healing."
Ashlee N. Fisher is from California and is currently a Counseling Psychology PhD student at Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology,  where she is studying the impact of traumatic experiences and resiliency in military and law enforcement families. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego and received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in behavior and neuroscience. She completed her clinical training and obtained her master’s degree at Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both California and Texas and California is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.   

Rob will be discussing; How the Washington County Commission protects bad apples and undermines your safety and family integrity 

 Rob Latham is an attorney recognized for his advocacy by the Utah Parental Defense Alliance, most recently as its 2019 Appellate Attorney of the Year 

  Oscar Will be talking on How do men play a part in the work of Domestic violence.

  Oscar  was born and raised in the bay area of California by parents who emigrated from the South Pacific Islands of Tonga in the late 1950s. For the past 35 years, he have worked in the human service industry. He began my career in Youth Corrections as a counselor and have continued as a trainer and facilitator in residential treatment centers. He has spent years training staff members in various facilities who work one-on-one with individuals of special needs or have been placed outside of their homes. He continues to mentor and address various cultural and religious groups, high school and college athletic teams, conduct professional training for multiple businesses and share messages of promise and potential for people around the country as an inspirational and motivational speaker. He is currently life-coach for those who experience day-to-day struggles. The best part of what he does is watching people heal by embracing their fears and vulnerability and figure out how to overcome adversity. “My heart is my compass.”-Oscar Fakahua 

 Adam AhQuin is the owner of Second Chances in Southern Utah.  He will discussing the "Growing Principals of Healing from Abuse." 

With a strong understanding of the healing process, his philosophy of the growing principles has been put the test and has been found very successful in his Christian based treatment facility for girls.   He has a strong background in psychology and the understanding of the therapeutic world, he will be sharing his growing principles that have changed so many young womens' lives.