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SUMMARY:Social Worker Meetup\, The Client Meeting: How To Get Ready\, What To Ask
DESCRIPTION:This meetup will explore how we get ready for the client meeting (the first and subsequent)\, how we prepare\, what we bring\, how many meetings we schedule and the content of those meetings. This is a space for us to share what we ask\, share forms we may use\, ideas and tips on how we navigate difficult conversations\, and what we put into place to help conclude the meeting by being trauma-sensitive. \nStephanne Cline Thornton is a West Virginia native who has worked in and around criminal defense and mitigation for more than 20 years in Georgia\, Colorado\, and West Virginia. She is currently the Clinical Director for the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program\, and owner of Transform Legal\, a consultancy focused on mitigation\, training\, and sustainability. As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Master Addiction Counselor\, Stephanne focuses on proper assessment for and access to trauma and substance use disorder treatment to ensure the health and well-being of affected individuals. Stephanne is on the Trauma-Informed Care Network Speakers Bureau and uses that platform to call attention to the intersection of secondary traumatic stress and legal practice. She approaches her work with clients\, lawyers\, social workers\, and mitigation specialists through a contextualized mitigation lens.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/social-worker-meetup-the-client-meeting-how-to-get-ready-what-to-ask/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T130000
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SUMMARY:Racial Justice Meetup - September Edition
DESCRIPTION:Racial Justice Advocates\,\n\nThe RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP is back!  For the September 2025 edition\, Eyvin Hernandez will lead us  in a presentation entitled RESIST: A Meaningful Discussion on Defeating ICE & Fascism in the Interest of Racial Justice.\n\nJoin us for this timely meetup. Meetup flyer and agenda\, as well as the speaker bio\, will be posted on the listserv.\n\nNot on the Racial Justice listserv?  Send your request to be added to BGT\, DEIJ Coordinator\, at Brittanygt@publicdefenders.us.\n\nSee you soon\, NAPD!
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/racial-justice-meetup-september-edition/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T140000
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SUMMARY:Investigator Supervisor Meetup - Open Chat - 2:00 ET\, 1:00 CT\, 12:00 MT\, 11:00 PT
DESCRIPTION:Hi  investigators in a supervisory role\, \nit will be the second Wednesday of the month \, so let’s chat about how things are in your offices\, with your cases and clients. \nSee you Wednesday! \n 
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/investigator-supervisor-meetup-open-chat-9-10-25/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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LOCATION:https://publicdefenders.us/event/investigator-supervisor-meetup-open-chat-9-10-25/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T130000
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SUMMARY:Social Worker Meetup: Being Trauma-Informed and Trauma Sensitive In Our Work
DESCRIPTION:As we develop mitigation and begin to build rapport and a relationship with our clients\, we are constantly aware of the harms that have been done to them\, whether individually or on a macro level by communities or oppressive systems. Being trauma-informed and trauma sensitive helps us to not perpetuate those continued harms and abuses\, but what does that look like? How do we keep in balance being trauma sensitive while also asking really personal and probing questions? We will spend this meetup talking about that balance\, both from the perspective of the techniques we use as well as the moral quandary this poses for us in our work. \nStephanne Cline Thornton is a West Virginia native who has worked in and around criminal defense and mitigation for more than 20 years in Georgia\, Colorado\, and West Virginia. She is currently the Clinical Director for the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program\, and owner of Transform Legal\, a consultancy focused on mitigation\, training\, and sustainability. As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Master Addiction Counselor\, Stephanne focuses on proper assessment for and access to trauma and substance use disorder treatment to ensure the health and well-being of affected individuals. Stephanne is on the Trauma-Informed Care Network Speakers Bureau and uses that platform to call attention to the intersection of secondary traumatic stress and legal practice. She approaches her work with clients\, lawyers\, social workers\, and mitigation specialists through a contextualized mitigation lens.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/social-worker-meetup-being-trauma-informed-and-trauma-sensitive-in-our-work/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T150000
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SUMMARY:Social Worker Supervisors Discussion Meetup
DESCRIPTION:This meetup is for supervisors of social workers\, mitigation specialists\, sentencing advocates\, dispositional specialists\, etc. – for those supervising these and similar roles in public defense offices. This month’s discussion meetup will continue from our conversation in August. \nKevin Bishop\, LCSW\, is the Social Worker Coordinator for the Colorado Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel\, and Stephanne Thornton\, LICSW\, is the Social Work Training and Resource Coordinator for NAPD.
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/social-worker-supervisors-discussion-meetup-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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LOCATION:https://publicdefenders.us/event/social-worker-supervisors-discussion-meetup-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T140000
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SUMMARY:Investigator Meetup 09/19/2025 - Open Chat - 2:00 ET\, 1:00 CT\, 12:00 MT\, 11:00 PT
DESCRIPTION:We are going to get together and talk about what’s on your mind.    Including what’s been going with you\, your office and client’s.\nJoin us this Friday!!
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/investigator-meetup-09-19-2025-open-chat-200-et-100-ct-1200-mt-1100-pt/
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T130000
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SUMMARY:DEIJ MEETUP - the  September 2025 edition
DESCRIPTION:The DEIJ MEETUP is back and for the September 2025 edition we will be led by John Lozada\, Esq. We look forward to John’s presentation – Bias in our Legal Representation – Sharing Concerns and Experiences in Addressing Courts and Administrative Agencies\, from the Challenge to Response. \nDon’t miss this meetup! The meetup materials and Zoom link will be posted on the listserv. \nSee you soon\, DEIJ! \n 
URL:https://publicdefenders.us/event/deij-meetup-the-september-2025-edition/
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