An expatriate New Zealander working at the cutting edge of domestic violence prevention in the USA will headline a series of nationwide workshops to be hosted by the National Network of Stopping Violence, Te Kupenga.
He will lead a workshop 'Making a Real Difference: Effective Co-ordinated Community Responses (CCR) to Domestic Violence' in Hamilton on April 30 as well as appearing in the other three main centres.
Graham Barnes is currently with the Battered Women's Justice Project in Minneapolis, Minnesota a nationally-recognised initiative of Duluth's Domestic Abuse Intervention Program.
He works closely with community organisations, law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, courts and judiciary as part of a multi-disciplinary team that provides technical assistance to communities that have successfully obtained grants from the Department of Justice's Federal Violence Against Women Office.
The training has been organised by Te Kupenga in partnership with the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges and supported by the Family Safety Teams and the Ministry of Social Development.