Youth Development Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention Conference - June 2 at Holy Cross

Youth Development Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention Conference
Monday, June 2, 2008
Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street, Worcester, Massachusetts

Conference Overview
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Youth Violence Prevention Program, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Coalition for Youth Violence Prevention, will be hosting the 1st Annual Youth Development Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention conference on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.

Conference Goals
This statewide conference will provide a forum for a diverse array of practitioners and stakeholders from the intersecting arenas of youth development promotion and youth violence prevention to share ideas, network with one and other, learn about innovative prevention strategies and promising practices, and identify opportunities for future collaboration. The conference will include prevention practitioners representing a broad spectrum of youth violence including community violence, teen dating violence, gang violence, workplace violence, school violence, sexual violence, witnessing violence, and bullying and harassment. Workshop presenters will include representatives from mentoring programs, after school and out-of-school time programs, employment readiness programs, conflict resolution programs, street outreach workers, and other youth development centered programs. It will also include a number of workshops focusing on innovative approaches to violence prevention currently underway in Massachusetts.

There is no fee for this conference. A continental breakfast and lunch are included. To sign up, click on this
conference registration button.