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Parenting, Youth and Families;
raising a community

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United Communities to Stop Violence

"Parenting Youth and Families; raising a community"

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Saturday, October 19th, Bravo High School


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9:00 am
  Central Hallway - Registration (1st floor)
.......morning refreshments served in cafeteria

 
Patio Area - tables located next to cafeteria (1st floor) **
......1st opportunity to gather community materials

10:00 am
 
Student Cafeteria - Assembly (1st floor)
.......simultanious translation

MC - Monica Harmon, community volunteer
.......welcome and introductions

Father Robert Dolan, S.J. - Dolores Mission
.......invocation

10:15 am
 
Jose Huizar, Member, Board of Education, LAUSD
.......keynote speaker - “Raising A Community”

10:30 am
 


Panel - "Parenting, Youth and Families; raising a community"
.......panel presentations and group Q & A

Panel members:
......County Probation Dept. - Jitahadi Imara
......County Recreation and Parks - Gary Liebsack
......City Recreation and Parks - Charlotte Martin
......LA Unified School District - John Liechty
......City Comm. on Youth & their Families - Terry Ogawa
......LAPD Juvenile Group - Commander Valentino Paniccia


11:30 am


11:45 am
 
Instructions on what will follow next in the Community Dialogue seminars - lunch set-up

Patio Area - tables located next to cafeteria (1st floor) **
.......2nd opportunity to gather community materials

noon
 
Student Cafeteria - Assembly (1st floor)
.......lunch served to all the participants

Patio Area - tables located next to cafeteria (1st floor) **
.......opportunity during lunch to gather community materials

1:15 pm
 
Classrooms - Community Dialogue ***
......breakout sessions, floors 1, 2 and 3
......facilitated seminars - group dialogues
......workshops held in both Spanish and English

2:15 pm
 
Presentation of "action items" from breakout group discussions
.......community critique - challenge is to use what we've learned
.......thanks to all who helped put on the event

3:00 pm
 
Patio Area - tables located next to cafeteria (1st floor) **
.......final opportunity to gather community materials

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event ends

* Although this is not a “fair” type of event, we had many community information tables available in the Patio Area, located just outside the Cafeteria - from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (see list below).

** These two topics were the general seminar themes:
1) reducing conflict between young people; what to do
2) responsible parenting; family dispute resolution

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** Groups contacted for Community Tables at the Event:
(many, many thanks to LACP's Everett Littlefield for all this work)


 
Big Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles
Contact: Carlos Chacon
...213 / 481-3611, ext. 235

Is part of the Governor's Mentoring Partnership coalitions that provide technical assistance and training to support local mentor programs.

 
East Los Angeles Community Corporation
Contact: Alica Lepe
...323 / 269-4214

Provides services for affordable housing, community organizing and economic development.

 
East Los Angeles Skill Center
Contact: Elsie Nungaray
...323 / 227-0018

Provides academic education, skills training, job placement, and support resources enabling all students to become responsible and productive citizens.

 
East Los Angeles Women's Center
Contact: Sandra Ybarra
...323 / 526-5818

Provides free counseling services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assaults; a variety of services for women in East Los Angeles area.

 
Hollenbeck Explorers
Contact: Contact: Officer Alex Ortiz
...323 / 526-3188

Operates as a Learning for Life program; purpose is to provide special training that prepares young people for a career in law enforcement.

 
Hollenbeck Youth Center

Contact: Victor Munoz
...323 / 881-6565

Provides safe and quality after school programs for youth in the East Los Angeles and inner city areas.

 
Info Line of Los Angeles
Contact: Carolynn Stubblefield
...800 / 339-6993

Info Line's trained specialists are on duty round the clock to provide information and referral that help with a variety of social, health and economic problems.

 
Kids Prevention Club
Contact: Mary Trotter
...323 / 232-1161

Sets up youth/teen courts with the LA County Probation Dept., the Los Angeles courts, the LA Unified School District, and JJCC community organizations.

 
LA Best
Contact: Ana Rosenberg
...213 / 625-4024

Provides a safe and supervised after school education, enrichment and recreation programs for elementary school children at 78 LA schools in at-risk areas.

 
Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club of Lincoln Heights
Contact: Julie Hernandez
...323 / 221-9111

Mission is to inspire all young people, especially disadvantaged youth, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

 
Los Angeles City Attorney Victims Assistance Program
Contact: Kathy Colbong
...213 / 485-6370

Provides essential services to victims and witnesses of crime throughout Los Angeles County, extending a helping hand in a time of great trauma and stress.

 
Los Angeles City Commission for Children, Youth and Families
Contact: Terry Ogawa
...213 / 878-1840

Works to increase, enhance and expand services to the City's children, youth, and families; charts, initiates, and supports legislation for the City's families.

 
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office - Abolish Chronic Truancy (ACT)
Contact: Michael A. Yglecias ...909 / 620-3284

Intervenes at the beginning of the truancy cycle; focus is not to punish either parents or students, but to get truants off the streets and back in the classroom.

 
Los Angeles County Probation Department / Juvenile Special Service Bureau
Contact: Jitahadi Imara ...562 / 940-2850

Provides protection and safety to the community by serving as an arm of the Superior Court; investigation and supervision services for juvenile offenders.

 
Los Angeles County Probation Operation Read
Contact: Marie Sandoval ...562 / 940-3547

A reading initiative that provides one-on-one tutoring after school; emphasizes learning through phonics, writing activities, reading games and reading aloud.

 
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
Contact: Charlotte Martin ...818 / 243-2490

Hundreds of outdoor spaces and recreational facilities for residents; visit the website (http://www.laparks.org/dept.htm) you can access lists of parks, services.

 
Los Angeles Family Housing - Neighborhood Action Program (NAP)
Contact: Suzie Saragoza ...323 / 264-1114

The mission of the L.A. Family Housing is to provide a safe, caring and service rich environment that helps homeless families and individuals rebuild their lives.

 
Los Angeles Housing Authority
Contact: John Garcia ...213 / 252-1810

Provides affordable housing alternatives for low income residents; includes a departmental email directory, and job listings.

 
Los Angeles Mentoring Program
Contact: Patrice Theard ...323 / 634-4157

Connects kids with mentors; brings elements of the community together to enable kids to stay in school and develop marketable skills.

 
Los Angeles Police Department Community Relations & Crime Prevention Unit
Contact: Officer Marco Jimenez ...213 / 485-4101

Crime prevention is the Department's top priority; it requires the willing cooperation of both the police and the public working together toward a common goal.

 
Los Angeles Police Department Drug Abuse Recognition Education (DARE)
Contact: Sgt. Ed Palmer ...213 / 485-4856

The Division sends uniformed police officers into school classrooms within the City to teach young people an anti-drug and anti-gang curriculum.

 
Los Angeles Police Department Recruitment & Education Division
Contact: Sgt. Daryl Russell ...213 / 485-0668

Make a real difference to the people in your community; variety of work and assignments, satisfaction with your career, and pride in being part of LAPD.

 
Los Angeles Public Library
Contact: Judy Donovan, Malabar Branch Library ...323 / 263-1497

Branches in the East Los Angeles area include Benjamin Franklin Branch at 323 / 263-6901 and the Lincoln Heights Del Pueblo Branch at 323 / 226-1692.

 
Los Angeles Superior Court - Juvenile Division
Contact: Mike Russell ...323 / 526-6657

The Juvenile Courts of the LA Superior Court handle cases involving juvenile dependency, juvenile delinquency, juvenile traffic and other status offenses.

 
Loyola Law School Dispute Resolution Program
Contact: John Rodrequez ...213 / 736-1033

Mediation, conciliation and facilitation services, and conflict resolution training in several languages throughout LA County; center's services are confidential.

 
Proyecto Latino
Contact: Christina Enriquez ...323 / 660-8770

Serves the Latino Community by delivering courses in Spanish: Communication, Learning How to Learn, Basic Study, and free English / Spanish Classes.

 
Puente Learning Center of Boyle Heights
Contact: Jose J. Cole Gutierrez ...323 / 780-8900

Learning center for adults; English classes as a second language and preparation for the GED; has Pre School, Kindergarten, and tutorial programs.

 
SEA Gang Intervention Program
Contact: Manuel Guerrero ...323 / 223-0116

Provides gang intervention and prevention programs focusing on positive relationships, conflict resolution, self esteem, more; community based organization.

 
Status of Women Commission
Contact: Carolyn Reed ...213 / 485-6533

Assists in assuring all women the opportunity for full and equal participation in City government; promotes the welfare of women in the LA community.

 
The Wall-Las Memorias Project
Contact: Edgar Garcia ...323 / 257-1056

Empowers the Latino community to construct a memorial to people who have died from AIDS; founded to create culturally sensitive education about HIV/AIDS.

 
The Way to Happiness - Able
Contact: Rachel Simonds ...323 / 953-3360

Provides self-esteem and community programs to school children; also implements criminal prevention and rehabilitation programs for youth and adults.

 
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles
Contact: Luis Valencia ...818 / 908-5067

Runs several youth programs that help teenagers fully develop their potential so that they are able to make positive contributions to society.
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