Conference Against Violence Set For April 20-21

CHESHIRE — The 9th Annual Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference will be held on April 20 and 21 at the Connecticut Department of Correction Maloney Training Center. This year’s theme is “Tempered Phoenix: Surviving & Thriving After Violent Crime.”

Featured speakers will include Jennifer Sands, author of A Tempered Faith: Rediscovering Hope in the Ashes of Loss, whose husband Jim was killed on September 11; Chris Burke, president of “Tuesday’s Children, a family service organization dedicated to supporting surviving families of 9/11; JoAnn Freiberg, Operation Respect CT, will speak on “Friendships, Cliques & Bullying”; and Len Levitt, author of Convicted, and Dorothy Moxley, speaking on the Skakel case.

There will also be a presentation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on “Child Safety & The Internet” for all attendees at the conference as well as a special workshop restricted to law enforcement personnel only. The full program follows.

The conference is open to crime victims, social workers, educators and students, advocates, and those in correction, law enforcement, and criminal justice. For information call Dr Samuel L. Rieger at 203-756-8080 or email: SRieger243@att.net. The program and registration forms may be found on the website www.melanieriegerconference.com.