``Protecting Our Children - A Call to Action'' Conference Takes Place Tomorrow in Newark.City Desks/Education Writers NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003 Community-Based Groups, Parents, and Local and National Child Advocates to Address New Jersey's Child Welfare Issues Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund. , founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a national organization that is committed to the social Welfare of children. Founded in 1973, the nonprofit group uses its annual $9 million budget to lobby legislators and to speak out publicly on a broad array of issues on the law, the family, and , will be the keynote speaker at tomorrow's "Protecting Our Children - A Call to Action" Conference at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, 149 Springfield Avenue, in Newark, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Gwendolyn Harris and Cecilia Zalkind, executive director of the Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), will also address the gathering. Participants on a panel discussion entitled "It Takes a Village: What We Can Do as a Community" will include Newark Public Schools Newark Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New Jersey. Newark Public Schools, a state-operated Abbott District, enrolls approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system in New Jersey. Superintendent Marion Bolden. The conference is sponsored by The Prudential Foundation, in collaboration with the Association for Children of New Jersey and the United Way of Essex and West Hudson. The daylong event will focus on identifying what the community can do to protect children from harm and also nurture and care for them. The multi-disciplinary gathering will bring together distinguished leaders from the child education, protection, healthcare and family development fields. "Protecting our Children - A Call to Action grew out of the forum sponsors' shared concern over the sense of powerlessness that many felt after the recent death of 7-year-old Faheem Williams. A key objective is to encourage the community at large to find a role to play in providing children with a positive environment where they can grow healthy and strong," said Gabriella Morris, president of The Prudential Foundation. She said participants will come together to discuss what individuals and institutions can do to advance the health and safety of children in New Jersey's communities. Edelman's keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , scheduled for 1:30 p.m., will provide her perspective on children's issues at the national level, outlining challenges and opportunities child advocates other uses of Child advocacy The Child Advocate is a child advocacy network and resource group in the United States. Their mission is to serve the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health, medical, educational, legal, and legislative face in trying to affect change, and motivating the community to recommit re·com·mit tr.v. re·com·mit·ted, re·com·mit·ting, re·com·mits 1. To commit again. 2. To refer (proposed legislation, for example) to a committee again. to providing and caring for children. Harris will address participants about the role that government can play, and the importance of partnerships and new paradigms New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. in providing for children. Zalkind will speak on "Community Roles and Responsibilities in Protecting Children." ACNJ advocates on behalf of legislation which impacts early childcare and education, health and safety, families in crisis, working poor and government structure. The panel discussion will provide the audience with different perspectives on children's issues and ways in which participants - both individually and as part of a cross-disciplinary community - can more effectively contribute to the well-being of children. Bolden will speak about what schools can do to protect children. A lunch discussion will be moderated by Maria Vizcarrondo De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. , President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of United Way of Essex and West Hudson. She will also introduce Success by Six, an innovative and collaborative model In psycholinguistics, the collaborative model(or conversational model) is a theory for explaining how speaking and understanding work in conversation, specifically how people in conversation coordinate to determine definite references. for social service delivery and community involvement. Founded in 1977, The Prudential Foundation is the nonprofit grant-making organization of Prudential Financial, Inc. It is part of Prudential's Community Resources Division, a strategic combination of three units: the Foundation, which strives to build children and families' self sufficiency; the Social Investment Program, which originates and manages socially beneficial investments; and Local Initiatives, which coordinates employee volunteerism and fosters community outreach. For more information, visit www.prudential.com. |
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