2015 Agenda
8:30-9:00 Registration, Breakfast and Networking
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Celia Bergman, Dean of Students
Aaron Mallory, SGA President
Luli Buxton, Conference Committee Chair
Neil Guterman, Dean of SSA, Violence Prevention Program of Study Director
9:30-10:00 Learning from our Leaders
Elizabeth Dozier, Fenger High School Principal
10:00-11:15 Violence Prevention Panel
Moderated by Deborah Gorman-Smith
Eddie Bocanegra, The YMCA, Youth Safety & Violence
Father Dave Kelly, Precious Blood Ministries
Janey Rountree, Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety
Jalon Arthur, Cure Violence
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Learning From Our Communities: Breakout Sessions
Marshaun Bacon, Youth Guidance Becoming A Man
Franklin Cosey-Gay, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Carol Reese, Stroger Hospital Trauma Unit
Meg Helder, YMCA
Anthony Lowery, Safer Foundation
Rebecca Levin, Strengthening Youth Chicago
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Keynote Speaker
Mark Zimmerman, Director, Prevention Research Institute of Michigan
2:00-3:15 Trauma Informed Care Panel
Kathryn Bocanegra, Enlace
Nosheen Hydari, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4), Cook County Jail Mental Health Transition Center, and Northside Center for Relationship Counseling
Jacob Dancer, UCAN
Mary Reynolds, Casa Central
Kate Goetz, Family Focus
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Learning From Our Kids: What Youth Think About Violence Prevention
Members of GRO Youth Group
4:00 - 4:30 Networking and Refreshments
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