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Training Session - February 27, 2008

Caring Adults Connecting with Youth

  • Welcoming Remarks: Byron Garrett
    Chief of Staff, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Learning About Your Communities

  • Adult Group Facilitator: Byron Garrett
    Chief of Staff, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Youth Group Facilitator: Emily Wilson
    Student, Albion University

A Snapshot of Youth in America:  An Urgent Agenda 

  • Presenter: Elizabeth Lopez
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Coalitions:  A Critical Strategy to Make a Difference

  • Moderator:  Gregg Weltz
    Director, Division of Youth Services, Employment and Training
    Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

  • Panelist, Seattle Partnership: John Forsyth
    Community Services Administrator, Seattle Housing Authority

  • Panelist, Seattle Partnership: Marcus Stubblefield
    Program Manager, Safe Futures Youth Center, Seattle Housing Authority

  • Panelist, Portland Partnership: Andrew Mason
    Executive Director, Open Meadow

  • Panelist, Portland Partnership: Zeke Smith
    Chief of Staff, Superintendent’s Office, Portland Public Schools

Partnerships – What makes for a strong adult-youth partnership?

  • Presenter: Wendy Wheeler
    President, Chief Executive Officer, & Founder, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
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  • Youth Presenter: Carolyn Edlebeck
    Trainer, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

Overview of the Community Guide to Helping America’s Youth

  • Presenter: Martha Moorehouse, Ph.D.
    Director, Children and Youth Policy Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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MapIt:   Map Your Community’s Federal Resources, Census Data, & More

  • Presenter: Charles Reynolds
    Special Expert – GIS Technology, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Gather, Store and Map Your Community’s Resources:  Community Resource Inventory

  • Presenter: Charles Reynolds
    Special Expert – GIS Technology, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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You try it!

  • Presenter: Charles Reynolds
    Special Expert – GIS Technology, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Session wrap-up

  • Byron Garrett
    Chief of Staff, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Is Implementing Evidence-Based Programming Realistic for your Community?

  • Presenter: James P. Glasson
    Specialist, University of South Carolina Human Services Program
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  • Youth Presenter: Brandon James Young
    Sheldon Township Community Support Partnership

HOW WILL YOU USE THE COMMUNITY GUIDE?

  • Facilitator: Byron Garrett
    Chief of Staff, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Facilitator: Wendy Wheeler
    President, Chief Executive Officer, & Founder, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
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  • Federal Group Leader: Elizabeth Lopez
    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • Federal Group Leader: Curtis Porter
    Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • Federal Group Leader: Maria-Lana Queen
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Federal Group Leader: Margaret Reid
    Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House

Wrap-Up/Closing

  • Facilitator: Byron Garrett
    Chief of Staff, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border
    Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Facilitator: Wendy Wheeler
    President, Chief Executive Officer, & Founder, Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

 

Regional Conference - February 28, 2008

Welcoming Remarks

  • Youth Presentation by Kelson Newsome

  • Presentation of the Colors by Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program Color Guard
    Bend, Oregon

  • National Anthem by Jezreel Harper

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  • Helping America’s Youth Video

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GENERAL PLENARY SESSION

  • Introduction of Governor Kulongoski by Shantel Monk

  • Remarks by The Honorable Theodore Kulongoski
    Governor, State of Oregon

  • Introduction of Mrs. Bush by Greg Oden
    Professional Basketball Player, Portland Trail Blazers

  • Remarks by Mrs. Laura Bush
    First Lady of the United States
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SESSION I
CARING ADULTS CONNECTING WITH YOUTH

  • Youth Presentation by Alyssa Hang

Panel Discussion

  • Moderated by Melissa Johnson

    Executive Director, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panelists

  • June Sedarbaum
    Mentor
    United Way of Lane County

  • Charles Lee-Johnson
    Chief Executive Officer
    National Family Life and Education Center

  • Jason Kamras
    2005 National Teacher of the Year
    Special Assistant to the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools
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SESSION II
THE COMMUNITY GUIDE TO HELPING AMERICA’S YOUTH

  • Youth Presentation by Jessica Crompton


  • Remarks by Curtis Porter
    Acting Associate Commissioner of the Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families,
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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SESSION III
THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR YOUTH

  • Youth Presentation by Tifani Lauzon


Panel Discussion

  • Moderated by The Honorable Terry Cline, Ph.D.

    Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panelist

  • Michael Resnick, Ph.D.
    Professor of Pediatrics and Pubic Health and Director, Healthy Youth Development Research Center School of Medicine
    University of Minnesota
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SESSION IV
connecting with boys

  • Youth Presentation by Curtis Bolivar

Panel Discussion

  • Moderated by The Honorable John Walters
    Director
    White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Panelists

  • Autry Phillips
    Director of Community Support, CeaseFire Supervisor,
    CeaseFire Illinois

  • Jim Moore
    Founder
    WATCH D.O.G.S.


  • Mike Gottfried
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer
    Team Focus, Inc.

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SESSION V
CONNECTING WITH regional YOUTH

  • Youth Presentation by Miranda Hardy

Panel Discussion

  • Moderated by The Honorable Karin J. Immergut
    U.S. Attorney, District of Oregon
    U.S. Department of Justice

Panelists

  • Duncan Campbell
    Founder
    Friends of the Children
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  • Richard Ramos
    President & CEO
    Latino Coalition for Faith & Community Initiatives

  • Cindy Duran
    Parent Advocate
    Center for Family Success
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closing

  • Helping America's Youth 3rd Anniversary Video Presentation
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