VIRTUAL LOBBY / DIGITAL DASHBOARD
(all links will become LIVE on the day of the event)
Please notice the orange bubble to the right of your screen. If you need to speak to a domestic or sexual violence counselor at any time during this event click on the bubble to initiate confidential secure contact with an Independence House counselor. Or call the Independence House 24-hour hotline at 800.439.6507.
1:00-1:30pm
VISIT OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNER ROOMS
Our Collaborative Partner Rooms will be active from 1:00-1:30 pm. Here’s your passport for safe travels (virtually) to visit our collaborative partners. The Symposium Dashboard allows you to travel from booth to booth with the click of a button. Enjoy learning what each organization offers and connect with their programs.
Click any of the images below and you will be entered into a separate room for that collaborative partner. Upon completion of your visit, exit the room and return to this dashboard to choose another room to visit.
OUR SPEAKERS
Marissa Varrasso
Marissa Varrasso is a Sexual Assault Navigator for the Disabled Persons Protection Commission. As a Navigator, Marissa works directly in survivor intervention and advocacy as well as community outreach and prevention. In this work, Marissa prioritizes a client centered approach and works collaboratively to increase service access for survivors.
Patty Quatieri
Patty is an accomplished presenter in the field of disability rights, based in Massachusetts where she travels sharing her experience and recommendations. Patty has received numerous awards for her civil rights advocacy. Since joining the Sexual Assault Response Unit at the DPPC in Massachusetts, she established the first agency-wide newsletter, The Peer Support Press. Patty’s #MeToo Story.
MAIN EVENT
We encourage you to click the “Enter Main Ballroom” button on or before 1:30 pm to get settled in the Main Event room. The program will begin promptly at 1:30 pm.
AGENDA
1:00 pm
Passport to Travel
Visit our Collaborative Partner Rooms
1:30 pm
Welcome
Lysetta Hurge-Putnam, Executive Director
1:40 pm
Guest Speaker, Marissa Varrasso
2:00 pm
Guest Speaker, Survivor, Patty Quatieri
2:20 pm
Closing Remarks
RESOURCES & DOWNLOADS
Abuse and Disabilities Resources
• How safe are Americans with disabilities- Fact Sheet
• Protection Orders and working with people with disabilities
• Sexuality Meets Intellectual Disability: What Every Parent Should Know
• Identity, Disability, and Sexuality: Reflections From a Son and His Father
Disabled Persons Protection Commission
• Sexual Assault Response Unit Brochure
• Navigator Flyer
• SARU- Who are Navigators?
Symposium Swag:
• Symposium Do-Not-Distrurb Door Sign
• Symposium Passport
Independence House, Inc.:
• Sexual Assault (Rape Crisis) Program Brochure
• Child Sexual Abuse Brochure
(all Independence House brochures below)
The Clothesline Project
Independence House is the grateful beneficiary of the original Clothesline Project. The display, consisting of over 1000 hand-made t-shirts by survivors of sexual violence are shown across Cape Cod through a traveling display every year. If you would like to host this display at your public or private location, please contact Chris Morin at chrism@indhouse.net.
The Clothesline Project Video During Covid
Intern Project- The Clothesline Project Tour
Catherine Hunt was an Independence House 2019 Intern from Rutgers University. Also, a graduate of Sandwich High School on Cape Cod, Catherine completed the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) training that was facilitated by Independence House at Sandwich High School when she was a student there. As part of Catherine’s internship, she helped to present the Clothesline Project across Cape Cod during Independence House’s 40th Anniversary year. This is Catherine’s moving video of The Clothesline Project. Musical Credit: Kaleidiscope Heart by Sara Bareilles.
Support Independence House
Your generous donations help survivors of domestic and sexual violence on Cape Cod.
Connect with Independence House
24-Hour Hotline: 800-439-6507
Website: independencehouse.org
Teen Website: independencehouseteens.org
Download any Independence House Brochure
General Programs & Services
General Programs & Services (Portuguese)
General Programs & Services (Spanish)
Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault (Rape Crisis)
Child Sexual Abuse
Teens
Child Witness to Violence
Prevention, Education, Outreach
Housing Stabilization
SAFEPLAN Court Advocacy
Homicide Survivors
Men’s Action
PAVE
