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1 Prepared for distribution at the WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS: THE INTERSECTION OF BASIC IMMIGRATION, HOUSING, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA 2016 Program San Francisco, May 10, 2016 CONTENTS: PROGRAM SCHEDULE FACULTY BIOS The Role of Culture in the Lawyer-Client Relationship Tirien Steinbach East Bay Community Law Center 2. Introduction to Cultural Literacy (PowerPoint slides) Tirien Steinbach East Bay Community Law Center 3. Power and Control Wheel The Cycle of Violence Why People Stay in Abusive Relationships

2 6. Freedom from Violence: Using the Stages of Change Model to Realize the Promise of Civil Protection Orders, Excerpt of pages , 72 Ohio St. L.J. 303 (2011) Jane K. Stoever University of California, Irvine School of Law 7. Transforming Domestic Violence Representation, Kentucky Law Journal, 101 KY L.J. 483 ( ) Jane K. Stoever University of California, Irvine School of Law 8. Immigrant Power and Control Wheel Stephanie Penrod Family Violence Law Center 9. Lesbian/Gay Power and Control Wheel Stephanie Penrod Family Violence Law Center 10. Domestic Violence Orientation (PowerPoint slides) Cultural Considerations in Domestic Violence Cases (PowerPoint slides) Stephanie Penrod Family Violence Law Center 12. Housing and Immigrants: Types of Immigration Status, Eligibility of Subsidized Housing for Immigrants, and Advocating for Immigrants Housing Rights Monique Farris Protima Pandey 6

3 13. Housing and Immigrants: Advocating for Access, Safety and Advocacy for Immigrants (PowerPoint slides) Monique Farris Protima Pandey 14. Domestic Violence and Housing: How California Laws, the Fair Housing Act, and the Violence Against Women Act Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence from Denial of Housing, Help Them Defend and Avoid Eviction, and Aid Survivors in Maintaining Safe and Stable Housing Domestic Violence Safety Plan Checklist VAWA 2013 Continues Vital Housing Protections for Survivors and Provides New Safeguards (January 2014) The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Action of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 151 (August 2013)

4 18. Housing and Community Facilities Programs Administrative Notice: Implementation of 42 U.S.C e-11 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act in Rural Development s Multi-Family Housing Programs (January 2015) HUD Programs: Violence Against Women Act Conforming Amendments, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 207 (October 2010) Assessing Claims of Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence Under the Fair Housing Act (FHAct) and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (February 2011) Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Form HUD (July 2014)

5 22. Domestic Violence and Housing (PowerPoint slides) California Family Code Statutes (Sections 3011, 3020, 3040, 3044, 3424, 4320 and 2210) Trina Chatterjee Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth & Chatterjee, LLP Nicole Ford Law Offices of Nicole Ford 24. Domestic Violence Prevention Forms (DV-100, DV-101, DV-110, DV-130), Judicial Council of California Trina Chatterjee Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth & Chatterjee, LLP Nicole Ford Law Offices of Nicole Ford 25. Family Law & Immigration (PowerPoint Slides) Trina Chatterjee Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth & Chatterjee, LLP Nicole Ford Law Offices of Nicole Ford 26. Gender-Based Asylum Post-Matter of A-R-C-G: Evolving Standards and Fair Application of the Law, Southwestern Journal of International Law, Vol. 22 (2016) Blaine Bookey Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Eunice Lee Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Cindy C. Liou Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Catherine Seitz Legal Services for Children 9

6 27. Immigration Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence: Asylum, VAWA, U Visas and T Visas (PowerPoint slides) Eunice Lee Center for Gender & Refugee Studies Cindy C. Liou Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Catherine Seitz Legal Services for Children INDEX Program Attorney: Christina Thompson 10

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