Community Allies in Healing Domestic Violence:
A Virtual Presentation by Men Creating Peace

Diocesan Whole & Healthy Church training is designed to give a ground-floor, nuts and bolts understanding of how abuse and misconduct can affect our congregations and parishioners. This workshop was designed to supplement that training to give congregations the tools to respond to domestic and intimate partner violence when they see the signs in their community.

This workshop was recommended for clergy, eucharistic ministers and visitors, lay leaders, mandated reporters, and other interested leaders and parishioners.

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Workshop Leaders

  • Devon Gaster

    Devon is the co-founder and executive director of Men Creating Peace. He has worked for over 23 years to educate men about the devastating impacts of intimate partner violence. He is a long-standing member of the Alameda County Domestic Violence Collaborative and works closely with the courts, probation and other community-based organizations focused on ending family violence. He is a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in San Leandro.

  • Misti Harrelson

    Misti is a survivor of a 10 year long controlling and abusive relationship. After that life changing moment, Misti began her inspiring road to independence, healing, freedom, and restoring hope in not only her life, but in the lives of others. She strongly believes the path to restoration of wholeness is through accountability and willingness to develop the insight necessary for meaningful change. She is mother, public speaker, life coach, and a survivor. She currently works for the Alameda County District Attorney Victim Witness Division as a Mental Health Specialist and is stationed with the Trauma Recovery Center where she advocates for all victims of crime.

  • Rev. Will Yancy

    Pastor Will Yancy has been in spiritual leadership since 1987, and pastoral ministry since 1996 when he pioneered Triumph Ministries Church of San Leandro. Currently he is senior pastor at Impact Church Bay Area. As a leader in the field of Domestic Violence and Batterer Intervention for more than 16 years, Pastor Will serves as Executive Director of Triumph Educational Center, a program that provides counseling services for families in crisis and training for pastors, faith leaders and organizations throughout the Bay Area working with persons impacted by family trauma.