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Need help with this registration process? Watch this video. Have you heard of or used participatory defense? Check out this brief video overview by Raj Jayadev that explains the importance of participatory defense and how it can empower families and community […]
Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]
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Supervisors, Leaders and Senior investigators Please join us next Wednesday for our monthly meetup, bring your concerns, issues and successes! See you then!
Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]
This meetup will focus our discussion on collateral letters of support and what we use to shape them, how we request them, and what guidance, information, encouragement, or support we use in working with family, friends, community members, and loved […]
The folks from Tracers have agreed to join our meetup this Friday to show us what their database can do. Here's their description: Who We Are Tracers is a premier data provider with 23 years of expertise. Tracers supplies businesses […]
This supervisor discussion is for supervisors or social workers, sentencing advocates, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, social work interns, and others in similar roles being supervised in defense-based work. The topic this month is on training. Facilitated by: Kevin Bishop, LCSW, […]
Join us for the May 2024 edition of the DEIJ meetup tomorrow, May 22, 2024 at 1 p.m. (est) / 12 p.m. (cst) / 11 a.m. (mt) / 10 a.m. (pst)! We will be led by guest meetup speaker, Arlene […]
Richard Ramirez (aka the “Night Stalker”) was considered one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. This training will examine the potential prenatal and postnatal neurobiopsychosocial factors that could have played a role in this case. Further, discussions […]
Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]
Black's Law Dictionary defines competency as "Duly qualified; answering all requirements; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit." But competency when related to our work as social workers, mitigation specialists, and sentencing advocates is not so cut and dry. Some jurisdictions […]
Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]