9 a.m. 9:10 - 9:40 a.m. | Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Welcome Trauma Recovery Centers Dr. Sue Marasco, May Dugan Center, Cleveland
Dr. Sue Marasco has spent 20 years researching cultural trauma and developing an understanding of how social services can best help survivors to succeed. Since joining Cleveland’s May Dugan Center in 2010, she has worked to create community-based, trauma-informed services and an award-winning education program for adults, both encompassing best practices and outcome-based measurements. The trauma recovery program reaches out to victims of crime to provide immediate, whole-person support. In the basic-literacy, test-prep and job-training program, lesson plans are tailored to each person’s goals, promoting personal growth and healing in a safe environment. Marasco also trains trainers for the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, having contributed more than 200 hours to nonprofits, social services agencies, educational programs and hospitals. She has a doctorate focusing on historical and cultural trauma.
9:40 - 10:40 a.m. | Who Experiences Violent Victimization and Who Accesses Services Heather Warnken, J.D., LL.M, Visiting Fellow, U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Statistics
The National Crime Victimization Survey identifies groups facing the highest risk of serious violence and, correspondingly, the greatest need for services. Such information can be used by local service providers, system stakeholders and broader communities to create data-driven strategies for victim assistance and other support services, especially relevant in a time of critical funding and policy changes in the national victim services realm. in a time of critical funding and policy updates in the national realm of victim services.
Heather Warnken works across the Bureau of Justice Statistics and Office for Victims of Crime in the Department of Justice’s first position designed to improve the dissemination and translation of data and social science research for the victim assistance field. She previously worked in positions bridging the gap between research and real-life practices at the Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy at University of California-Berkeley School of Law, San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department and Partners for Each and Every Child, in addition to serving as a pro bono legal service provider in domestic violence and child welfare matters. Warnken holds an LL.M. from UC Berkeley Law School; a J.D., cum laude with pro bono distinction, from Suffolk University Law School; and a bachelor’s, with honors, from Johns Hopkins University.
10:40 - 11 a.m. | 2020 Two Days in May Awards
John Martin
AGvocate
Kathy Mull
Special Courage
Women Helping Women
Promising Practice Award
Alexandria Ruden, Esq.
Robert Denton Special Achievement Award
Robert Denton Special Achievement Award | Alexandria Ruden, Esq.
This award honors an individual selflessly dedicated to increasing victim’s rights.
Promising Practice Award | Women Helping Women
This award honors organizations investing time, creativity and talent in projects that better serve victims of crime.
Special Courage Award | Kathy Mull
This award honors an individual who has shown strength, resiliency and perseverance in serving crime victims.
AGvocate Award | John Martin
This award honors a team member of the Attorney General’s Office who goes above and beyond to help Ohioans.