• FEATURED PRESENTATION:  Domestic Violence & Spring Services (1 hr CLE credit)
• COMMITTEE MEETINGS: 1:00-1:30 p.m.

FEATURED PRESENTATION:

Most are fortunate to not fully appreciate the prevalence of domestic violence in our society.  But understanding how widespread the problem is, and learning the dynamics of the issue, is important to all of us so that we can help.  In this introductory training, attendees will learn some of the details of domestic violence, develop skills to recognize the signs of DV, and find out how to appropriately respond to victim disclosures.  Finally, our presenters will share information about community resources and explain how to refer victims appropriately.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:

Yesenia Bitor Rodriguez attended the University of South Florida where she received a bachelor’s in psychology and French. She received her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. While at Florida Coastal she worked at law school’s family law clinic providing pro-bono legal services to the community and interned with Children’s Legal Services in Hillsborough County. After law school, Yesenia moved back to Tampa and started working at the Public Defender’s Office. In June 2017, she began working at the Spring of Tampa Bay representing survivors of Domestic Violence in Injunction Court and is now the Director of Legal Services at the Spring of Tampa Bay.

Tenille Myslicki is the Director of the Coordinated Community Response for The Spring of Tampa Bay, the certified domestic violence agency in Hillsborough County. Tenille graduated from the University of South Florida with her bachelor’s in psychology, minoring in criminology. She then went on to obtain her master’s in counseling and therapeutic studies. She has worked with The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc., a certified domestic violence agency for the past 15 years, working in both shelter, outreach, and prevention programming. She has led prevention programming efforts in local school systems and community partner agencies focusing on teen dating violence, bystander intervention, and healthy conflict resolution skills with youth. She has facilitated many trainings on domestic violence, its dynamics, local resources and how to assist others that are experiencing.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

Committee Meetings will follow the monthly luncheon every month from 1:00-1:30.  Please join us to share your ideas and collaborate with your fellow members for the common good!  No registration required.