Note: Conference is Eastern Time (ET)
Pre-Conference: Monday, November 6, 2023

8:00 pm-9:30 pm ET Conference Check-In: At the registration area near the Grand Ballroom in Kensington hotel in Ann Arbor.

Day One: Tuesday, November 7, 2023

8:30 am – 9:30 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast Provided

9:30 am – 10:00 am ET Welcome: Welcome to the BISC-MI 27th Annual Conference

10:00-10:30 am ET The Complexity of Change

Description:  How do we understand and incorporate into practice the multiple, complex factors involved in facilitating change in our work with individuals, organizations, and communities?
Faculty: Pam Wiseman
Session Materials:
https://www.nmcadv.org/

10:30 am – 12:00 pm ET The Challenges and Facilitators Working with Men Who Cause Harm: Lessons Learned From Over A Decade Of Research With Battering Intervention Programs
Faculty: Penelope Morrison
Description: This session will broadly explore some of the difficulties and barriers to working with men who cause harm in their relationships. It will also present some ‘elements of good practice’ for engaging BIP clients in behavioral change. It will conclude by identifying gaps in the current research of BIP processes and suggest pathways for improving our understanding of what ‘works’.
Session Materials:

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Lunch Buffet Provided (Door Prizes)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET From Inside the Room: Facilitators’ Perspectives on Participant Change
Panel Description: Incorporating research and practice wisdom, experienced BIP facilitators discuss their practices and observations on the complexity of promoting and evaluating authentic, meaningful change. 
Panel Moderator: Jeffrie Cape
Faculty: Joe Barksdale, Shelby Frink, Darold Hanusa, Tony Lapp, Alyce LaViolette, Penelope Morrison
Session Materials:
http://www.mchumanservices.us/
https://www.alycelaviolette.com/
https://www.familycrisiscenter.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelby-frink-mscj-a69b6172/
https://www.courdea.org/

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm ET Break

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm ET Let’s Keep Talking! Small Group Discussion On The Participant Change Process
Break-out Description: This will be an opportunity to continue the panel conversation. Conference participants will meet in small, facilitated groups to share their questions, perspectives, expertise, and wisdom with each other.
Hosted discussion: Faculty and Board members
Session Materials:

3:45 pm – 5:15 pm ET Working With Challenging Participants: Techniques for Managing Some Of The Most Challenging Participants
Panel Description: Experienced BIP facilitators discuss the range of challenges that participants may bring into the room and strategies for addressin and engaging them.
Panel Moderator: Chris Huffine
Faculty: Jeffrie Cape, Bea Coté, Angelique Green-Manning, Darold Hanusa, Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell
Session Materials:
http://www.mchumanservices.us/
https://www.alliesinchange.org/
https://stepuptofamilysafety.org/
@Bea Boss Coté
@impactbip
@stepupcarolinas
https://hruth.org/

5:15 pm – 7:30 pm ET Dinner on your own

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm ET Tool Time: Come One, Come All!
Description: In-person conference attendees are encouraged to share and give brief presentations on 1-3 creative and/or innovative techniques or concepts they use in their group work.
Session Materials:

Total Number of CEs for Day One: 7.5 CEs

Day Two: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

8:30 am – 9:30 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast Provided

9:30 am – 10:00 am ET Welcome: Merkeb Yohannes, Deputy Director Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

10:00 am – 10:30 am ET National Peer Support and Networking Opportunities
Description: Learn about a number of ongoing free opportunities to connect with and learn from colleagues from all over the country. National Level Involvement Opportunities and Updates: NBIPP, BISC-MI Friday Call, Aquila, FPI Trauma informed BIP, WWUF,  BIP Network,  BWJP, National CCR Peer Network
Moderator: David Garvin
Faculty: Jeffrie Cape, Dorthy Halley Chris Huffine, Maia Lunde Cockerham,  Melissa Scaia, Melissa Silver
Session Materials:
https://www.familypeaceinitiative.com/
https://www.facebook.com/familypeaceinitiative
https://dvturningpoints.com/
https://www.facebook.com/melissa.petrangeloscaia
https://www.instagram.com/melissa_petrangelo_scaia/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-petrangelo-scaia-ab28b710/
@MelissaScaia for Twitter
https://www.alliesinchange.org/

10:30 am – 11:30 am ET Tribal Community Focus
Description: This session will explore the impact of historical trauma on Native populations. It will also discuss how tribal culture and traditions can be honored when providing battering intervention services with individuals who identify as Native American (whether enrolled or not enrolled as tribal members). Some tribal-specific battering intervention services and practices will be shared. Finally, attention will be given to coordinating responses, both tribal-specific efforts as well as tribal and non-tribal collaborations.
Faculty: Lori Jump
Session Materials:
https://strongheartshelpline.org/

11:30-11:45 am ET Break  

11:45 am – 1:15 pm ET Being The Change We Are Seeking: Modeling Our Program Values and Principles In Our Program Structure, Group Structure, and Facilitation Style
Panel Description: Experienced BIP facilitators discuss examples of structures, strategies, and implementation for embodying the underlying values and philosophy of the program.
Panel Moderator: Jeffrie Cape
Faculty: Bea Coté, Angelique Green Manning, Tony Lapp, Tim Logan, Penelope Morrison
Session Materials:
@Bea Boss Coté
@impactbip
@stepupcarolinas
https://www.sovalti.org/
https://stepuptofamilysafety.org/
https://www.courdea.org/
https://hruth.org/

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm ET Lunch Buffet Provided (Door Prizes)

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm ET Compass Award
Awards given to Melissa Scaia and Lisa Young Larance for their work to raise awareness, develop curricula, and conduct research regarding the complexity of addressing the needs of women who use force.

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm ET Gender and Context Matter: Women’s Use of Force
Description: Experienced BIP facilitators discuss considerations when developing and implementing programming for women who use force
Panel Moderator: Holly Rosen
Faculty: Shamita Das Dasgupta, Maia Lunde Cockerham, Melissa Scaia, Lisa Young Larance
Session Materials:
ttps://dvturningpoints.com/
https://www.facebook.com/melissa.petrangeloscaia
https://www.instagram.com/melissa_petrangelo_scaia/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-petrangelo-scaia-ab28b710/
@MelissaScaia for Twitter
https://www.lisayounglarance.com/

WWUF Article Library

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm ET Break

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm ET Staying True to Self While Weathering the Storms: Accessing Protective Factors in Trauma-Filled Work
Description: In this workshop, the personal and professional impacts of working in the domestic violence field with those who do harm, and the burdens we often carry, will be examined. How can we take care of ourselves when lives hang in the balance, someone we worked with does a horrific act, or when crippling external forces seem indifferent and impenetrable? Some protective factors that are critical to keep in mind while dark clouds are looming will be examined.
Faculty: Dorthy Stucky Halley
Session Materials:
https://www.familypeaceinitiative.com/
https://www.facebook.com/familypeaceinitiative

4:45 pm – 5:45 pm ET Let’s Keep Talking! How Has Doing This Work Challenged and Changed Us?
Break-out Description: This will be an opportunity to continue the panel conversation. Conference participants will meet in small, facilitated groups to share their questions, perspectives, expertise, and wisdom with each other.
Hosted discussion: Faculty and Board members
Session Materials:

5:45 pm – 7:30 pm ET Dinner on your own

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm ET  Common Ground and Interesting Differences: Sharing and Learning From Others How To Address Challenges In Doing BIP Work  
Description: In-person attendees are encouraged to share the distinct ways they address changes in their programs.
Session Materials:

Total Number of CEs for Day Two: 7.5 CEs

Day Three: Thursday, November 9, 2023

8:30 am – 9:30 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast Provided

9:30 am – 10:00 am ET Welcome: Dede Ford, Staff Attorney, Division of Victim Services, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

10:00 am – 11:00 am ET CCR: The Duluth Model with a New Mexican Twist
Description: Have you ever been a part of a coordinated community response  that was stagnant, or worse, fell apart altogether despite best efforts? Learn from the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NMCADV) community organizers how the Duluth Model can be used to help anchor a CCR that is centered in meaningful systemic change and collaboration beyond training and monthly meetings. Participants will also learn about how the state of New Mexico and NMCADV are prioritizing systems change in a big way.
Faculty: Mica Reagan, Melissa Silver
Session Materials:
https://www.nmcadv.org/

11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET BISC-MI Champion Award: Debi Cain & Hon. Elizabeth “Libby” Pollard Hines (retired) – In recognition of Community Allies who have supported BISC-MI and our mission, significantly contributed to our organizational growth, and promoted battering intervention programs as part of a coordinated response to end domestic violence.
Coordinating Change: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Description: With over 70 years of combined experience as pioneering leaders in coordinating community response efforts, our BISC-MI Champion awardees will share their philosophical and practical reflections that remain relevant in informing our work today.
Faculty: Debi Cain and Hon. Elizabeth “Libby” Pollard Hines (retired)
Session Materials:

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Lunch Buffet Provided (Door Prizes)

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET The Sankofa:  Looking Backward While Moving Forward
Panel Description: Experienced domestic violence activists look back on the inception and evolution of Coordinated Community Response work and identify the lessons we need to remember as we move forward.
Panel Moderator: Melissa Silver
Faculty:, Debi Cain, Shamita Das Dasgupta, Libby Hines, Lori Jump, Alyce LaViolette, Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell, Oliver Williams
Session Materials:
https://www.alycelaviolette.com/
https://strongheartshelpline.org/
https://www.will2change.org/

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm ET Break

2:45 pm -3:45 pm ET Let’s Keep Talking! Doing The Macro Work: Going Beyond the Group Room And Your Agency To Facilitate Larger Community Change
Break-out Description: This will be an opportunity to continue the panel conversation. Conference participants will meet in small, facilitated groups to share their questions, perspectives, expertise, and wisdom with each other.
Hosted discussion: Faculty and Board members
Session Materials:

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm ET Inspiring Transformational Change
Description: Reflecting on the full conference, this closing session will expand upon and synthesize key concepts to facilitate inspirational transformations at multiple levels in battering intervention work.
Faculty:  Oliver Williams
Session Materials:
https://www.will2change.org/

4:30 pm EST ET CONFERENCE CLOSING:  

Total Number of CEs for Day Three: 5.5 CEU’s

Total Number of CEU Hours: Day One: 7.5       Day Two: 7.5       Day Three: 5.5                  Total for Three Days:  20.5