Join Us!
Together, we’ll explore how community members and first responders can strengthen their response to domestic violence through a powerful training and meaningful collaboration.
Conference Agenda
7:15 - 8:00 AM
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction
8:30 - 9:15 AM
Key Note Speaker:
Nichole Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
Tara Petito,
Gabby Petito Foundation
9:15 - 10:15 AM
Unseen Advocates: Comprehensive Community and First Responder Domestic Violence Training
Jim Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 - 12:00 PM
CONTINUED - Unseen Advocates: Comprehensive Community and First Responder Domestic Violence Training
Jim Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Break/Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 PM
CONTINUED - Unseen Advocates: Comprehensive Community and First Responder Domestic Violence Training
Jim Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
PurpleOne
Lori Palisin,
PurpleOne
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Looped Solutions
Kara Wasser,
Looped Solutions
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Gabby Petito Body Cam Footage
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Panel Discussion
Lori Palisin,
PurpleOne
Kara Wasser,
Looped Solutions
Nichole Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
Jim Schmidt,
Gabby Petito Foundation
Tara Petito,
Gabby Petito Foundation
Dr. Melanie Hetzel Riggin,
Penn State Behrend Director, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Meghan Kinter,
Former PurpleOnce Communications Director
Rich Shopene,
Deputy Director of Police & Security Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Conference Wrap-Up
Support the Mission
Together, we are creating communities united against domestic violence!
Your sponsorship commitment will help to support the mission to drive change to end domestic violence.