Gender Responsive Committee
2004
The Gender Responsivity Committee (GRC)
thanks everyone who bought raffle tickets at the 2004 Fall Conference in
Chicago, IL. The GRC was kindly given permission to hold the 50/50 raffle at
this conference and this resulted in $626 being raised. The winning ticket
belonged to Diana Waivra from the Department of Human Services. Diana
graciously donated her winnings to the charity the GRC chose. This resulted in
the entire amount of $626 going to Deborah’s Place, a shelter for homeless and
formerly homeless women (a private not-for-profit corporation serving women
in Chicago. Food, shelter and
supportive services are provided by dedicated volunteers and staff so that women
can become empowered to take back and maintain control over their lives).
An important item on the GRC’s agenda at
the conference was to articulate a tremendous thank you to our out going
co-chair, Toni Davis, and to vote on a new co-chair. After receiving votes at
the committee meeting and from members who were unable to attend, it is the
GRC’s pleasure to announce that Melissa Spooner, Supervisor from Cook County
Juvenile Probation, is the newest co-chair of this committee.
Future plans for the committee are to get
started on preparing for the 2nd annual craft sale to take place at
the 2005 Spring Conference in Rockford, IL, put together a directory of current
gender responsive programming being done throughout the state, working with AOIC
on developing the Gender Responsivity Guidelines Manual, and recruiting new
committee members to the GRC. Letters will be sent to each county requesting
participation in having your female offenders make crafts that can be sold at
the spring conference. The money raised from the craft sale will be given to a
charity in or around the Rockford area. A member of the GRC will be asked to
pick up the counties once they are finished and bring them to the conference. If
there are any questions, please contact one of the co-chairs.
The Gender Responsivity Committee will convene
at the 2005 Spring Conference at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 in
Rockford, IL. All IPCSA members are welcome to attend. For more information,
contact the co-chairs: Ava Carpenter (Sangamon County) at 217-747-8016, Tracy
Phillabaum (DuPage County) 630-407-2536, or Melissa Spooner (Cook County)
312-433-4446.
In
keeping with the spirit of “Women In History” month, the Gender Responsive
Committee held its first Arts & Craft Sale during the Spring Conference 2004.
Several counties throughout the State donated various art projects. The
participating counties are as follows: Macon County, Dupage County Detention,
Kane County Juvenile Justice Center, LaSalle County, IYC Warrenville, & Cook
County Evening Reporting Center. The Gender Responsive Committee raised
$415.00. All proceeds from the sales went to Sojourn Shelter & Services, in Springfield, IL. It is our hope that
this monetary gift would assist Sojourn in their ongoing effort to provide
services to victims of domestic violence.
The
Gender Responsive Committee extends great gratitude to those county departments
for their contribution for this affair.
The
Gender Responsive Committee will convene in June 2004. For more information,
please contact the chairs: Ava Carpenter (Sangamon County) 217 747-8016, Toni
Davis (Kane County) 630 406-7182, or Tracy Phillabaum (Dupage County) 630
681-2604.
