Description

Join us for Region 4 (North Texas) TCFV Regional Membership Meeting to learn as Mikisha Hooper and Samantha McWhinney guides us in an Analysis on

“Coordinated Community Response and Community Partnerships”

External partnerships are key to successful violence intervention and prevention strategies, and partnerships shift and change over time leading to both challenges and opportunities. Advocates in the North Texas region manage a wide range of strong, innovative, and rewarding community partnerships and coordinated community response models and this regional meeting will offer an opportunity to share what contributes to those successes and consult with each other on how to overcome challenges. 

Samantha McWhinney and Mikisha Hooper will present some best practices and recommendations for building collaborative relationships and facilitate discussions with participants to problem-solve together across programs and find inspiration and ideas that promote thriving partnerships. 

Our Region 4 Director

Toni Johnson-Simpson

Executive Director - Denton County Friends of the Family

Our Facilitators

Mikisha Hooper, Coordinated Community Response Manager, Texas Council on Family Violence

Mikisha Hooper serves as the Coordinated Community Response Manager at the Texas Council on Family Violence, where she researches and develops the annual statewide report, Honoring Texas Victims, documenting victims of intimate partner homicides. Mikisha represents TCFV as a principal investigator on a national intimate partner fatality study with Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell and Dr. Jill Messing funded by National Institutes of Health. In 2021, she was presented with the Carolyn R. Block award from the Homicide Research Working Group for outstanding contributions by a practitioner to increase understanding of lethal violence. Previously, Mikisha collaborated with national technical assistance providers to develop surveys of callers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline to further define coercive behaviors related to mental health, substance use and reproductive health and advance understanding of survivor experiences and perpetrator tactics.

Samantha McWhinney, Prevention Coordinator, Texas Council on Family Violence

Samantha McWhinney, MSW is a Prevention Coordinator with the Texas Council on Family Violence. She partners with community stakeholders, family violence providers, and young leaders to strengthen and expand their work to prevent family violence. She develops and facilitates trainings to raise awareness and further community education related to intimate partner violence. Additionally, she creates community engagement campaigns to mobilize stakeholders in generating violence prevention efforts and survivor support.

Agenda

9:00-9:45  Check-in

9:45-10:15 Welcome

10:15-12:00  Foundations of Community Engagement

12:00-1:00   Networking Lunch

1:00-3:00  Strengthening Community Partnerships

Continuing Education Units

We will offer 4.00 CEU hours for SW, LMFT, and LPC. **Please make sure to select the type of CEU you need when you register. 

Fees

This event is free thanks to our amazing grant funders!

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Mikisha Hooper: [email protected]
If you need assistance with directions please call: 214-389-7700 

See you June 26th.