Melanie Ilene Rieger Foundation

Victims Rights Symposium on April 6th @ NVCC - open to the public. Join us for this free community discussion.

Conference registration is open! Register early!
http://melanieriegerconference.com/common/

The Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Melanie Ilene Rieger, a college student, was murdered by her boyfriend on May 24, 1994. The conference was established in her memory with the hope that others would avoid such tragedy.

--Beautiful artwork donated by CJTS student in the Lisa Flowers Gallery--
Make sure to take a few minutes to enjoy this amazing and powerful artwork! Proceeds from art sales benefit the MIR foundation.

We are missing Sam & Wanda, but day 2 is off to a good start. Special thanks to James Holler and Marilyn Gambrell, our last minute break-out presenters.

Texting to Reach Human Trafficking Victims The fight against human trafficking is moving to the digital arena, helping to level playing field for some victims.

TAKE A LOOK! Among scheduled speakers:
Marc Klass on ”Child Safety in the 21st Century”
Mary Boland on “Improving the Prosecution of crimes Against Children”
James Holler on “Social Networking: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”
Peter Pelullo's true story of one man’s journey through childhood sexual abuse, sexual addiction and recovery

Other topics will include human trafficking of children; protecting our children in school; su***de assessment, prevention and it’s aftermath; sexual harassment on the college campus and dating violence.

CALLING ALL social workers, educators & students, crime victims,
advocates and those in correction, law enforcement and criminal justice!
The 2014 conference theme is:
“CHILD SAFETY: PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.”
Mark your calendars (6/4-6/5). Registration will open soon!

The 18th annual MIR conference is approaching.
SAVE THE DATE: June 4th & 5th
Mark you calendars now!

To all the CCSU students who volunteered their time and energy to support our conference -- you are AWESOME!

A very emotional day one... A special Thank You to our keynote speakers, Tina Meier and Al Chesley.

The conference is off to a great start!