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National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center National Town Hall
January 27, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
January 27, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
The National Town Hall hosted by the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) will provide timely, basic and evidence-informed information and resources about mass violence readiness, response and resilience/recovery to a national, interdisciplinary audience of survivors, victim/survivor assistance professionals, mental and behavioral health professionals, law enforcement and criminal justice officials, and allied professionals.
Each 90-minute National Town Hall meeting will be held virtually on a quarterly basis, and will feature experts including practitioners, researchers, and professionals who have lived experiences resulting from MVIs. Registered participants can submit questions in advance of each Town Hall, which will be addressed within the Town Hall if time permits, and directly if there are time limitations.
Speakers for this first National Town Hall will be:
- Dr. Alyssa Rheingold is Director of the Center’s Preparedness, Response and Recovery Division of the NMVVRC. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor at the National Crime Victim’s Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. The NMVVRC was established in October of 2017 in partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The NMVVRC is located at the Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. The Center is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of scholars, researchers, victim service and mental health professionals, partner organizations, technical experts, and relevant local and national organizations in a multifaceted team that collaborates with OVC.
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Eugenia Pedley is a Senior Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, who coordinates OVC’s mass violence initiatives, its related Cooperative Agreements (the AEAP program).
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Mary Vail Ware is responsible for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC), the Improving Community Response to Mass Violence Project (ICP TTA), the International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP), and the Vicarious Trauma Response Initiative (VTRI). Mary Vail Ware, OVC TTAC Project Director, has more than 29 years of experience in victim services, including 20 years in mass violence response. She has responded to mass violence incidents including Virginia Tech, 9/11, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Virginia Beach. She is currently assisting Rigby, Idaho. Indianapolis, and Oxford, Michigan. OVC TTAC is the gateway to current training and technical assistance for victim service providers and allied professionals who serve crime victims. We aim to build the capacity of victim assistance organizations across the country to better serve victims of crime. OVC TTAC has a broad range of resources to help victim service providers, first responders, community organizations, and allied professionals build that capacity. We focus on resources that help meet the unique needs of victims, survivors, and communities impacted by incidents of mass violence or terrorism.
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