Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lunch and Learn with Michelle Garcia from the Stalking Resource Center

On February 29 at 12:00pm our next Lunch and Learn will feature Michelle Garcia, Director of the Stalking Resource Center. She will be giving a talk about cyber-stalking and some of the tools and techniques that perpetrators use to cyber-stalk their victims. We look forward to you joining us for this interesting talk!

Michelle Garcia joined the Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime in April 2006 and has served as the Director of the Stalking Resource Center since October 2006. The mission of the Stalking Resource Center is to enhance the ability of professionals, organizations, and systems to effectively respond to stalking. The Stalking Resource Center envisions a future in which the criminal justice system and its many allied community partners will effectively collaborate and respond to stalking, improve victim safety and well-being, and hold offenders accountable.

Prior to joining the National Center, Michelle was a Program Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime. She has twenty years experience working with victims of stalking, sexual assault, and domestic violence in both rural and urban settings and advocating for victims’ rights on a local, state, and national level. Michelle is a former President of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault and a former President of the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Michelle has trained internationally on various topics, including stalking, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and dismantling oppression. Michelle received her Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Chicago.


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