Florence, AZ – The 16^th Annual Pinal County Domestic Violence Conference will be held at the Dolce Vita Resort in Apache Junction on November 3, 2011.  This year’s theme will be “Serving the Underserved.”

The conference will feature speakers knowledgeable in their perspective field.. It will concentrate on informing participants about the issues and finding ways to reach out to those in most need.

The list of speakers includes:

• Kathleen Ferraro, PhD, NAU: Keynote
• Dianne Barker Harrold, OVC: Native American Survivors
• Denise Hines, Men’s Center, CA: Male Survivors
• Reid Vanderbergh, MA, LMFT: LGBTQ Survivors
• Debora Beck-Massey, OVC: Survivors with Disabilities

The goal of this conference is to provide as much information as possible on these issues in Pinal County. 

Registration is now open. Please visit the County Attorney website at http://www.pinalcountyaz.gov/Departments/CountyAttorney/Pages/Home.aspx for a registration brochure or you may visit Against Abuse’s website at  www.against-abuse.org or 520.836.1239 to register.

For more information call Kostas Kalaitzidis at 520 866 6699 or 520 709 1333 or email at Kostas.kalaitzidis@pinalcountyaz.gov