The Adolescent Well Being: Supporting Foster Youth on a Successful Path to Adulthood
June 5, 2012
New York Law School
185 West Broadway
New York, NY
The Adolescent Well Being: Supporting Foster Youth on a Successful Path to Adulthood conference will present the findings of "The Adolescent Brain: New Research and its Implications for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care," a report published by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. The opening plenary will present an overview of the report's recommendations, followed by a panel of Youth Fellows from the JCYOI who will respond from the context of their own experience. Subsequent plenaries and workshops will expand on the recommendations and help practitioners to consider ways to integrate the concepts into practice. Judge Bryanne Hamill ('90) will be presenting at the conference.
This program will be of interest to judges, lawyers and child welfare professionals.
The conference is co-sponsored by the New York State Child Welfare Court Improvement Project, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Casey Family Programs, the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, the Office of Court Administration's Attorney for the Child Contracts Program, and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.
There will be three regional conferences. Participants from New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties are encouraged to register for the June 5th event, which will be held at New York Law School. Space is limited.
Admission: See Registration Link
Phone: See website
Link:
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Toward Equality in Our Schools: Mendez v. Westminster 1947
June 5, 2012
5:30 PM -
8:30 PM
Fordham University School of Law,McNally Amphitheatre
160 West 62nd Street
New York, NY
Please Join the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities and the CUNY School of Law's Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality for Toward Equality in Our Schools: Mendez v. Westminster 1947.
The evening will include a conversation with
- Sylvia Mendez, Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner
- Janice Munemitsu, Daughter of Japanese American Relocation Camp Internees
discussing the family and children behind Mendez v. Westminster.
It will also include excerpts from the Emmy Award winning documentary Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños and comments by special guest, Mendez documentarian Sandra Robbie.
A reception and book signing of Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling will follow.
Program is open to the public. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by May 18, 2012 to chlrr@americanbar.org.
Co-sponsors
- Hispanic National Bar Foundation
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- University of Chicago Latino Alumni Network
- ABA Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities
- ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
Admission: Free
Phone: chlrr@americanbar.org
