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Community and Youth Violence Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops Take Action to Protect Children, Not Guns: Community Responses to Address Trauma and Violence Mini-Plenary Monday, July 23 1:30 – 3:00

Toby Hoover, Executive Director, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Dr. Victor Garcia, Pediatric Surgeon and Founding Director, Trauma Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Co-Chair, CoreChange The Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond, Co-Founder, Boston TenPoint Coalition Roy Martin, Senior Youth Development Specialist, Boston Public Health Commission Daniel Webster, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research

In 2008 and 2009, 5,740 children and teens were killed by guns, more than all the U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The leading cause of death among Black teens ages 15 to 19 in these two years was gun homicide. The number of preschoolers killed by guns in 2008 (88) and 2009 (85) was nearly double the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2008 (41) and 2009 (48). Gun violence and trauma have tragic impacts on children, youths, young adults, families and communities across generations. Learn about the inspiring work of community leaders who are working to end gun violence, address the root causes of youth and community violence, and take action to protect children, not guns.

How Do We Raise Strong Healthy Black Boys and Men? An Honest Conversation to Promote Hope and Healing Mini-Plenary Wednesday, July 25 1:30 – 3:00

Dr. John A. Rich, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health and author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men Dr. Theodore Corbin, Director, Healing Hurt People project, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D., Professor of Family Therapy, Drexel University and Director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships Roy Martin, Senior Youth Development Specialist, Boston Public Health Commission

Dr. John Rich, critically acclaimed author of the book Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men, will facilitate an honest conversation with a distinguished panel of physicians, community leaders and survivors of violence and trauma about the challenges of growing into adulthood as a strong Black man in America. How do we confront the reality of young Black boys being fast forwarded into manhood as children? How do we teach boys and men of color to survive while preserving their confidence, sense of self and dignity? Learn about promising approaches to promote healing for boys and men of color, help them cope with trauma and toxic stress, and foster truth and reconciliation at the individual and community levels.

Dismantling Structural Racism in All Child Serving Systems Wednesday, July 25 1:30 – 3:00

Jaime T. Koppel, Senior Program Associate, CDF-New York Ronald Chisom, Co-Founder, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond Kimberley Richards, Ph.D., Organizer and Trainer, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

The evidence is clear: racial discrimination and overrepresentation of minority children plague our child serving systems. The same is true when youths interact with police in juvenile and criminal justice settings. This session will challenge participants to analyze the structure of power and privilege that leads to injustice and learn how to effectively address structural racism in their work.

Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying Monday, July 23 3:30 – 5:00

Thomas Maridada, Ph.D., Director of Education Policy, Practice and Strategic Initiatives Chandra Banks, Conflict Mediator, Cambridge Public Schools Blaine Griffin, Director of Community Relations, City of Cleveland, Ohio R. Ashley Jackson, Advocate, Southern Poverty Law Center Billie Weiss, Associate Director of the Southern California Injury Research Center at UCLA and National Co-Chair of UNITY

Prevention and early intervention efforts in schools and communities can help stop violence before it starts. Learn about successful strategies to build community supports for youths, resolve conflicts in nonviolent ways, stop bullying, and keep youths engaged and learning.

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Enslaved in America: Child Sex Trafficking and the Criminalization of its Victims Rather than Perpetrators Tuesday, July 24 4:30 – 6:00

Jessi Leigh Swenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Human Rights Project for Girls Kathleen King, Senior Policy Associate, Child Health, Children’s Defense Fund Kiersten Stewart, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Futures Without Violence Yali Lincroft, Child & Family Policy Consultant, First Focus Campaign for Children

Every year, as many as 300,000 children between the ages of 11 and 17 are at risk of being sold for sex as part of the child sex trafficking industry in America. Most are girls lured, tricked or coerced by pimps into the sex trade. Too often they are treated not as victims, but as criminals. Learn more about the domestic sex trafficking of girls, the role of the internet, and how to stop this modern enslavement.