The Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summit Dismantling the Pipeline
3rd Bi-Annual Statewide African American Conference:
"The Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit"
Dismantling the Pipeline
Presented by The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs
When: |
October 9th-10th, 2009 |
Where: |
Russell House Union
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
Issues being discussed : |
- lack of access to health and mental health care
- child abuse and neglect
- lack of quality childhood education
- failing schools
- zero tolerance school discipline policies
- unsupported community institutions
- neighborhoods saturated with drugs and violence
- a culture that glorifies excessive consumption, violence and triviality
- rampant racial and economic disparities in child and youth serving systems
- tougher sentencing guidelines
- too few positive alternative to the streets after school and in the summer months
- too few positive role models and mentors in the home, community, social and cultural life
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Conference website: |
"The Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit" Dismantling the Pipeline
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Recommended Health Topics:
Ethnic Health
Teen Health
School Health
Parenting
Youth Violence
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