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9:00am - 4:00pm
Marriott Downtown Hotel | 85 West Street | New York City

VOICES 2014 NYC Symposium

 
VOICES 2014 NYC Symposium
 
VOICES 13th Annual
Day of Remembrance Information Forum
 
Promoting Resilience, Healing Families & Communities
 
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
 
Marriott Downtown Hotel
85 West Street, New York City
 

On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 VOICES hosted our 14th Annual Day of Remembrance Information Forum. This event was an insightful day featuring presentations, panel discussions on the World Trade Center Health Program and re-authorization of the Zadroga Act, and interactive workshops led by accomplished clinicians, authors, and researchers. We were pleased to bring together this group of professionals with expertise in the fields of psychology, research, occupational health, and medicine.

The day-long event included the following speakers and presentations:

 
Welcome and Opening Remarks
 
Founding Director, VOICES
 
 
The Mental Health Aftermath of 9/11: The Multiple Facets of Trauma
 
Columbia University Medical Center, Director of Trauma and PTSD Program
 
Director of the Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia School of Social Work
 
 
The World Trade Center Health Program
 
Laurie Breyer
Director, NIOSH World Trade Center Health Program
 
Director of the WTC Health Program at Mount Sinai
 
Director of the Queens WTC Clinical Center, North Shore LIJ Health System
 
Medical Director of the Survivor Program | Bellevue Hospital
 
 
Promoting Resilience in Children and Families
 
Executive Director of A Caring Hand, the Billy Esposito Foundation
 
 
Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment
 
Director of the Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia School of Social Work
 
Therapist at the Center for Complicated Grief
 
 
Preview of "Preparing for After" Resource Kit
 
Founding Director, Voices of September 11th
 
 
Victims Compensation Fund and Ongoing Legal Considerations of the Zadroga Law
 
Barasch, McGarry, Salzman & Penson
 
Special Master | September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
 
Frances Gottfried
Director, New York Office, U.S. Department of Justice, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
 
Kreindler & Kreindler
 
 
Stories of Resilience and Healing
 
Founder of Jesse Lewis Chose Love Foundation, Author of Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother's Journey of Hope & Forgiveness
 
Co-Founder and President, Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, Author of An Unbroken Bond
 
 
Update from the NYC Chief Medical Examiner's Office
 
Acting Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York
 
 
Introduction to "Preparing for After" Resource Kit
 
Founding Director, VOICES
 
 
Advocacy - Re-Authorization of the Zadroga Law
 
Executive Director of Citizens for Extension of the James Zadroga Act, Inc.
 
Advocate, President and Founder FealGood Foundation
 
NYS Laborers Health and Safety Fund
 
 
Advocacy Updates - 9/11 Commission, JASTA Legislation/ Guantanamo Trials
 
Terry Strada
Wife of Thomas S. Strada, Co-chair 911 Families United Against Terrorism, Update on JASTA legislation
 
Carol Ashley
Mother of Janice, Family Steering Committee for 9/11 Independent Commission, Update on 9/11 Commission
 
Gordon Haberman
Father of Andre Lyn Haberman, National Air Disaster Alliance Foundation, Update on Guantanamo Trials
 
 
George D. Martin
 
Author: Just Around the Bend - My Journey for 9/11, published September 2014, Retired Co-captain of the NY Giants Football Team and Super Bowl XXI Champion. Former president of the NFL Players Association and the NFL Alumni Association
 
 
Update from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum
 
Founding Director, Voices of September 11th, VOICES 9/11 Living Memorial
 
Executive Vice President for Programs, Director of National September 11 Memorial & Museum
 
Chief Curator and Vice President of Collections for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
 
 
Breath-Body-Mind Workshop
 
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Chairman of the Board, Serving those Who Serve
 
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at New York Medical College, Serving Those Who Serve Medical Advisor
 
 
 

 
Thank You to Our Sponsors
 
Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson PC
Kreindler & Kreindler
For their generous sponsorship of today's refreshment breaks
Information and Exhibitors
 
Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson PC
Kreindler & Kreindler
For their generous sponsorship of today's refreshment breaks