89th Texas Legislative Session Update

HCDVCC is pleased to welcome Amanda Elkanick Oder, Chief Advocacy & Education Officer with Texas Advocacy Project as she gives us her insights and updates from the 89th Texas Legislative Session.

About Amanda:

Amanda Elkanick Oder is currently the Chief Advocacy & Education Officer with Texas Advocacy Project, a statewide non-profit offering free legal and social services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, human trafficking, and child abuse. Mrs. Oder is a qualified expert and provides expert testimony in domestic violence, strangulation, stalking, and human trafficking cases. She has been working with survivors for the past 16 years in varying roles; such as advocate, program director, and policy analyst. These varying positions have brought an invaluable perspective to her statewide and national work. She has served on statewide and national task forces, community planning groups, and committees that are centered on ending intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Ms. Oder graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.S. in Psychology and Criminal Justice in 2010.

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