DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ACTING ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JESSE PANUCCIO AND OVW ACTING DIRECTOR KATHARINE SULLIVAN TO DELIVER KEYNOTE REMARKS AT TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TRIBAL CONSULTATION

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Justice's Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and Office on Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Acting Director Katharine Sullivan will join federal and tribal officials, including U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons for the District of South Dakota, at the 13th annual Government-to-Government conference to solicit recommendations from tribal leaders on enhancing safety and strengthening federal law enforcement efforts to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and sex trafficking of American Indian and Alaskan Native women, and administering funds and programs for tribal governments established by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation.

The conference will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, AUGUST 21 and 22, 2018 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The U.S. Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services and the Interior, and tribal leaders of federally-recognized Indian Tribes will participate in the two-day event focused on federal administration of tribal funds and programs established under VAWA. 

Opening remarks, keynote address and traditional ceremony on Tuesday are OPEN PRESS.

WHO:

Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, U.S. Department of Justice

Katharine Sullivan, Acting Director, OVW

Ron Parsons, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Kenya Fairley, Acting Director, Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Cmdr. Angela Fallon, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Cmdr. Nancy Mautone-Smith, Deputy Director, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

WHAT:

Opening Prayer and Traditional Ceremony:
Sherriann Moore, Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs, OVW
Roxanne Sazue, Former Chairwoman, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Shawl Ceremony:
Carmen O’Leary, Director, Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains

Opening Remarks and Federal Agency Introductions and Keynote address:
Darla Black, Vice-President, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Katharine Sullivan, Acting Director, OVW
Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, U.S. Department of Justice

WHEN:
Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CDT

WHERE:

Sioux Falls Convention Center
Exhibit Hall 1
1201 Northwest Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

OPEN PRESS

(Camera Preset: 7:30 a.m. CDT // Final access time for print media without gear: 8:15 a.m. CDT // The program begins at 8:30 a.m. CDT)

NOTE:  All media must RSVP and present government-issued photo I.D. (i.e., driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials.  Media representatives may begin to arrive at 7:00 a.m.  RSVPs, and request for one-on-one interviews with speakers should be directed to DOJ spokesperson Nicole Navas Oxman at Nicole.Navas@usdoj.gov and Jeremy Edwards at Jeremy.M.Edwards@usdoj.gov. Inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Aleah Parker, Tribal Event Coordinator, Chenega Logistics LLC at (703) 888-6063 or alparker@chenega.com and Nikia Johnson, Sr. Communication Specialist, OVW, at nikia.johnson@usdoj.gov.