Virtual Job Fair (10/01 - 12/31)

 

The America Hires Virtual Job Fair will run from October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 at AmericaHires360.com and aims to connect millions of job candidates with hiring companies throughout the United States. The America Hires Virtual Job Fair will provide candidates with the opportunity to apply to multiple job listings at the click of a mouse and interview with Recruiters and Hiring Managers in an interactive environment. Employers who participate in the America Hires Virtual Job Fair will benefit from instant visibility on the web, an unlimited number of job ad listings and the potential to discover quality candidates with ease. Say good-bye to traditional job fairs and say hello to America Hires 360.
Benefits

Job Seekers:

• No need to travel
• Submit your resume instantly
• Apply for multiple job listings
• Live chat with Employers
• Featured Speakers and breakout sessions
• Attendance is easy from any computer with internet access

Employers:

• Virtual booth with company logo display from October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
• Booth includes one (1) user account per registered employer
• Unlimited job postings and resume database access
• Job posting distribution to multiple job boards and career sites
• Receive candidate resumes by e-mail or via your company applicant tracking system
• Advertisement on JobsDirectUSA.com and social networks
• Live chat with prospective candidates via instant messenger directly from your office computer

For more info:  http://www.americahires360.com/

Kathryn Icenhower named as one of top 50 influential women in Los Angeles.

Today, Tuesday September 27, 2011, Los Angeles Magazine hosts a luncheon to honor the Top 50 Influential Women in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Magazine chose ten women who make an impact in L.A. every day and asked them to name other women who do the same. Olga Garay, the Executive Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs nominated Kathyrn Icenhower, Executive Director of SHIELDS for Families.

Garay says, “Before Kathryn Icenhower cofounded  SHIELDS for Families, many women avoided drug rehab centers because they feared their children would be taken away. Now, due to this former South L.A. social worker, there’s a family-friendly model for treatment.”

We salute Katrhyn Icenhower for her work over the years and thank Los Angeles Magazine and Olga Garay for their continued support.

http://www.lamag.com/features/Story.aspx?ID=1536696

Dr. Tessa Philips Conference: Shifting Perspectives on the Personal and Clinical: Race, Place and Self in the Modern World

 

My work grew from the realization that my young life in apartheid South Africa was impacting on my ability to relate fully to my patients in my work as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Sydney. This presentation follows on from my recent paper, Race, Place and Self in the Experience of a Bystander published in The International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology Vol. 6,No. 3, (2011). Again the examples and narratives relate to South Africa, but the principles that emerge have far-reaching, even universal implications. They apply to scars that are the legacy of being raised in an autocratic state. The ramifications of being a member of the white oppressing class by virtue of birth can never be erased, and issues of atonement, bystanding, personal responsibility, culpability and guilt endure. My aim is to examine those feelings that endure, using the tools of my therapeutic trade.

2.5 CEs available


CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
1:30PM - 2:00PM         Registration
2:00PM - 2:15PM         Introductions
2:15PM - 3:00PM         Tessa Philips, Ph.D. Presentation
3:00PM - 3:15PM         Veronica Abney, Ph.D., Discussant
3:15PM - 3:30PM         Break
3:30PM - 4:15PM         Tessa Philips, Ph.D. Presentation
4:15PM - 4:30PM         Gita Zarnegar, Ph.D., Discussant
4:30PM - 5:00PM         Audience Participation, Q & A

>>Click HERE for more info


>>To Download Conference Brochure, please click here.

>>To Download Registration Form, please click here.

Eighth Statewide Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders

Eighth Statewide Conference on 

Co-Occurring Disorders:
Treatment of Substance Use, Mental
Health, and Primary Care Disorders
in the Era of Health Reform

Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport
2500 Hollywood Way
Burbank, California 91505
October 26-27, 2011

Co-Sponsored by:
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
The Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center
The COD Conference Planning Committee

Click Here to Download Conference Brochure and Registration Form
(to pay by check)

Click Here to Register by Credit Card

LA's Best 9th Annual Family Health Festival

Sunday, October 2, 2011
12:30 pm
Home Depot Center

LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program in collaboration with the Network for a Healthy California Chivas USA the Consulate General of Mexico Vans and other community partners invite students families and friends to join the national Let's Move Campaign and get active at the 9th Annual Family Health Festival. Attendees will enjoy healthy snack demonstrations fitness stations fun gardening activities live performances access to nutrition experts and free health screenings. Join us as we unite to promote active lifestyles and lifelong healthy habits!

LA's BEST en colaboraci6n con la Red para una California Saludable Chivas USA el Consulado General de Mexico Vons y nuestros socios comunitarios invita a nuestros estudiantes, familias y amistades a participar en el movimiento nacional Let's Move! Disfrute de demostraciones sobre nutrici6n, actividad fisica, artes manuales, entretenimiento en vivo, hable con expertos de educaci6n en nutrici6n y reciba examines de salud gratis.

Partially funded by USDA SNAP, known in California as CalFresh,

California Department of Public Health

Financiado en parte por SNAP del USDA, conocido en California como CalFresh.,

Departamento de Salud Publica de California

SHIELDS Offender Reintegration Program offers orientations for three certification programs

SHIELDS Offender Reintegration Program offers
orientations for three certification programs:

Business Office Communications Certification
When: Thursday, September 29, 2001 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: SHIELDS Ark Program / 11705 Deputy Yamamota Pl./ Lynwood, CA 90262

Fiber Optics Cable Technician Certification
Must attend at least ONE orientation
When: Monday, September 26, 2001 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. or
Wednesday, September 28, 2001 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: SHIELDS Ark Program / 11705 Deputy Yamamota Pl./ Lynwood, CA 90262

Medical Billing Certification Orientation
When: Tuesday, September 27, 2001 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: SHIELDS Ark Program / 11705 Deputy Yamamota Pl./ Lynwood, CA 90262

CLASSES START SOON!

For more info, call (310) 617-0594 or (323)242-5000 x3300

Funded in part by the U.S. Department Of Labor

SHIELDS Remembers Vesta Williams

Today, SHIELDS remembers R&B singer Vesta Williams. Vesta was known for her powerful voice when she hit the scene in the 1980’s and most recently performed at a benefit concert honoring the 18^th anniversary for the Institute for Maximum Human Potential which highlighted the work of SHIELDS Executive Director Kathy Icenhower.

Our heart goes out to her family and friends as they mourn her passing yesterday. 

Protect yourself and your family. Get a flu shot.

Protect yourself and your family. Get a flu shot. The flu is more serious than the common cold and is easily transmitted to others. Everyone should get a flu shot every year. It can help protect you from getting sick and keep you from spreading the flu to others. Kaiser Permanente flu shot clinics open in early October at most locations in Southern California. For more information, call them toll free 1-866-70-NO-FLU (1-866-706-6358) or visit kp.org/flu
2011 Saturday Drive-Thru Flu Clinics TWO DAYS ONLY: October 1 & 8 NO COST TO MEMBERS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st  8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Normandie North Parking Lot  25965 S. Normandie Avenue, 90710 *Please enter lot from Southbound Normandie  Gardena Medical Offices  15446 S. western Avenue, 90247	SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Torrance Medical Offices  20790 Madrona Avenue, 90503 Long Beach Medical Offices  3900 E. Pacific Coast Highway
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Regular Clinic Hours begin Monday, October 3 2011-2012 Flu Clinic Schedule Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.**
Normandie North Medical Offices 25965 S. Normandie Avenue, 90710 **Extended Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Lakeside Medical Offices 25825 S. Vermont Avenue, 90710 Parkview Medical Offices 1050 W. Pacific Coast Hiqhway, 90710	Torrance Medical Offices 20790 Madrona Avenue, 90503 Gardena Medical Offices 15446 S. Western Avenue, 90247 Long Beach Medical Offices 3900 E. Pacific Coast Highway, 90804
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Flu shots will be available throughout the winter to Kaiser Permanente members only. There is no cost to members for flu vaccinations.    For more information, please contact the flu hotline (866)706-6358 For list of other Kaiser Permanente flu vaccination clinics and hours click HERE
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New Kaiser Permanente South Angeles Location Opens at 1550 W. Mancheters Ave. (at Denker Ave.) Los Angeles, CA 90047 For more information, click HERE

SHIELDS 20th Year Retrospective

REMINISCE verb \ˌre-mə-ˈnis\  recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact, a remembered experience 2011 marks SHIELDS for Families' 20th anniversary. After incorporating in 1991, SHIELDS rapidly grew from 1 program and 3 staff located in a trailer at Martin Luther King/Drew Hospital to 34 programs and 350 staff throughout 15 locations today. To commemorate this occasion, we are taking a look back at all of the experiences of our extended family of clients, staff, stakeholders and patrons that have made us a leader in helping families in South Los Angeles beat the odds, foster hope, accomplish goals, achieve dreams and become productive members of the community. RECOLLECT verb \ˌre-kə-ˈlekt\ to bring back to the level of conscious awareness  SHIELDS Development Department is in the process of collecting and cataloging SHIELDS memorabilia to assemble a twenty year retrospective yearbook. But we need your help. We're looking for photographs, promotional items and all other memorabilia that reflects the amazing journey SHIELDS has traveled for over two decades.     We especially want your stories; personal stories of triumph, memories of clients and/or staff whom are no longer with us, recollections of major events: were you in treatment during the Rodney King Riots (1992) or the September 11 Attacks (2011), how did the campaign and eventual election of President Obama (2008) effect your journey... we would love to know! REQUISITE adj \ˈre-kwə-zət\ essential, necessary    All materials submitted to the Development Department for the 20 Year Retrospective Yearbook Project will be returned intact to their original owner in a timely manner. It is the duty of the SHIELDS to strictly adhere to HIPPA confidentiality laws. All photographs and any identifiable characteristic of SHIELDS program participants (past or present) must be accompanied by a signed release form.   Click HERE for Release Form. REMIT verb \ri-ˈmit\ to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action   Please begin dropping off/forwarding your photos, materials and emailing your memories/stories immediately. We need all materials and stories (with signed Release Form if applicable) no later than Friday, October 14, 2011 to: Malcolm Cooper  Development Specialist SHIELDS for Families 11601 S. Western Ave / Los Angeles, CA 90047 TEL 323.242.5000 x1216 FAX 323.242.5011   EML mcooper@shieldsforfamilies.org   SHIELDS staff can send materials via interoffice mail to Malcolm Cooper/Administration Office. REFERENCE noun \ˈre-fərn(t)s, ˈre-f(ə-)rən(t)s\ the act of referring or consulting, something that refers a reader or consulter to another source of information, consultation of sources of information.  Please tell all of your clients, contacts and associates (past and present) who would like to share their memories of SHIELDS to participate in this prodigious project to commemorate SHIELDS 20 years of service!

El Pollo Loco Proudly Supports SHIELDS for Families

Friday, September 23, 2011 is SHIELDS for Families Day at El Pollo loco. With each SHIELDS for Families Day flier presented to El Pollo Loco #3507 between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., El Pollo Loco will donate 20% of the sales to fund SHIELDS.

Make sure to spread the word to your friends, family, and contacts...  the more people that show up with the flier,  the more SHIELDS will benefit!

Remember, you MUST present the SHIELDS for Families Day flier,  Friday, September 23rd between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00p.m. when eating at El Pollo Loco #3507, 1360 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90044 for your purchase to count towards SHIELDS. 

Click HERE for flier.    

PLEASE NOTE: 
Contact the Development Department at devdept@shieldsforfamilies.org if you are not able to download the SHIELDS for Families Day Flier 

Flyer required with each check to receive credit for the sale. Sale cannot be included in donation amount without flyer. Offer only valid on the date and location stated above. Donations will not be given on sales made prior to or past this date.

Congrats! SHIELDS for Families Executive Director Dr. Kathryn Icenhower appointed by Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez to the California Children and Families Commission

This month, Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez named Kathryn Icenhower, PhD, LCSW – Executive Director of SHIELDS for Families - as one of his appointees to the California Children and Families Commission.  Kris Perry of First 5 California states, “Dr. Icenhower brings a wealth of experience, commitment, and leadership to the field of children, youth, and families.”  First 5 California’s Commission is made up of seven members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee. The Secretaries of the California Health and Human Services Agency and Education also appoint two additional ex-officio members to the Commission.

According to the First 5 CA website www.ccfc.ca.gov : “Californians believe that our state’s children are a top priority. That’s why in 1998 voters passed Proposition 10, adding a 50-cent tax to each pack of cigarettes sold to create First 5 California, also known as the California Children and Families Commission. First 5 California is dedicated to improving the lives of California’s young children and their families through a comprehensive system of education, health services, childcare, and other crucial programs. Since its creation nearly a decade ago, First 5 California has brought these critical services to millions of parents, caregivers and children ages 0 to 5, and we’re striving to reach thousands more every day.” (http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/commission/about_us.asp).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kathryn Icenhower on this honor and in thanking Speaker Pérez for appointing her. We know Dr. Icenhower will do an excellent job advocating for the children and families of California as a member of the California Children and Families Commission.

Demand Facebook Remove Pages That Promote Sexual Violence

Facebook says that hate speech and incitements to violence are banned and will be removed from their site. So why are they maintaining a page called "Riding Your Girlfriend Softly Cause You Don't Want to Wake Her Up"? And another page about "throwing bricks at sluts" that includes a photo gallery of portraits asking "Bang or Brick"?

There has even been an organized effort to use Facebook’s own reporting system to flag these and other pages that encourage rape and violence against women so they’ll be taken down. But Facebook hasn’t done a thing.

Now, Change.org member John Raines is going straight to the top. He started a petition on Change.org telling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take down these pages and take a stronger stand against violence against women.

Will you sign John’s petition to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg? Sign on, and tell Facebook to remove pages promoting rape and violence against women now.

When 1 in 3 American women will be sexually abused and/or assaulted in her lifetime, pages like these -- and the reactions they elicit -- are downright scary. Tens of thousands of people have "liked" these pages. Some people even use them as platforms to share rape fantasies and receive explicit tactics for how to carry them out.

John has seen the devastating impact of sexual violence and rape firsthand, on his own family. That's why he created this petition on Change.org to get Facebook to enforce its existing policies and to make it clear that content promoting rape and violence against women violates Facebook's Terms of Service and won't be tolerated.

Please sign John's petition. Tell Facebook to stop providing a platform to promote rape and violence against women.

17th Annual Sandplay Therapy Workshop Announcement

Kedren Acute Psychiatric Hospital Community
Mental Health Center Presents:

17th Annual Sandplay Therapy Workshop

Art, Drama and Sandplay Therapy:
Healing Through Metaphor

Friday November 18, 2011


J. Alfred Cannon Auditorium
4211 S. Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

Course Overview

For children, play is instinctual behavior and the most natural mode of expression. Through play, children explore, create, process emotions, rehearse roles, master skills and integrate their experiences of mind and body. Symbolic play and the use of metaphor allow both children and adults an alternative way to express their inner and outer worlds indirectly, thus allowing them to tell their stories while maintaining a safe distance from traumatic material.

Sandplay Therapy is a powerful, non-verbal treatment modality that facilitates the psyche’s natural healing capacity.  Through the use of sand, water and miniature figures which represent the world, the client uses symbols and metaphor to create their personal story.  Healing takes place at a deep intuitive level, thus allowing healthy growth and development to be restored.

Drama Therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theatre processes to achieve therapeutic goals. It is an active, experiential and embodied form of therapy offering opportunities for expression, insight and catharsis. Metaphor and symbolism are borne of externalizing tools such as art, masks, original or published texts, music, ritual and puppets which help clients explore a real life repertoire of roles.  It is the application of a creative medium in psychotherapy and an alternative to verbal therapy and like other creative arts therapies, it can be a diagnostic tool assessing cognitive or personality organization in a client.

Course Objectives

• To learn the basic tenets of sandplay therapy and drama therapy through experiential and group participation
• To integrate sandplay, art and story-making into healing childhood trauma through clinical application
• To increase the capacity to reflect and understand how the use of metaphor brings about healing and movement in the psyche
• To explore how sandplay and the expressive arts compliment talk and cognitive therapies, and facilitate left/right brain integration

Presenters

Janet Blaser, MFT—Ms. Blaser is a therapist in San Pedro using sandplay with children and adults.  She is an analytic candidate at the C.G. Jung Study Center.  Before becoming a therapist, Ms. Blaser was a toy designer with Mattel, designing among other toys, Mermaid Barbie.

Adele Marie Luttrell, MFT—Ms. Luttrell is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sandplay Practitioner. She has a private practice and provides supervision and sandplay training to Kedren staff.  Ms. Luttrell has also authored two psychotherapeutic children’s books titled “Why Me?” and “What’s Wrong with Our Mom?”.

Rebecca Pittenger, MSW—Rebecca Pittenger, MSW is a staff member working in sandplay with children in Kedren’s Children’s Day Treatment Program.  She is a graduate of USC School of Social Work.

Mimi Savage, MA, RDT—Mimi Savage, MA, RDT is a registered drama therapist, actress, director and coach. She works on the in-patient unit at Kedren with both children and adults. Mimi integrates drama therapy, sandplay therapy and art therapy in her work with her clients.

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION: This training meets the criteria for six (6) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for both LCSWs & MFTs as approved by California Board of Behavioral Science provider # PCE4052 and RNs & LVNs as approved by California Board of Registered Nurses provider # CEP6770.

Click HERE for registration form

Free Tyler Perry Film Festival at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Starting September 17th, the Baldwin Hills Rave Cinemas will be hosting a FREE Tyler Perry Film Festival. Every showing is free and viewing times will be on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Come see all of Tyler Perry's classic films for free. The films and dates are listed below.

• 9/17 + 9/20 Diary Of A Mad Black Woman
• 9/24 + 9/27 Madea's Family Reunion
• 10/1 + 10/4 Meet the Browns
• 10/8 + 10/11 Madea Goes Jail
• 10/15 + 10/18 I Can Do Bad All By Myself
• 10/22 + 10/25 For Colored Girls Only
• 10/29 +11/1 Madea's Big Happy Family

For more info go to www.baldwinhillscrenshawplaza.com

Court Case to Challenge the Gang Injunction Curfew Violation TONIGHT!

Feel Trapped?

Be part of a new court case that seeks to challenge

LOS ANGELES GANG INJUNCTIONS

Curfew Violations

Meet the lawyers tonight, Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6pm

at Chuco's Justice Center, 1137 East Redondo Blvd., on the border

between South Central LA and Inglewood one light west of Florence and Crenshaw

For more information, click HERE

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Youth Justice Coalition

@ Chuco's Justice Center

On the border between South Central L.A. and Inglewood

one light west of Florence and Crenshaw

1137 E. Redondo Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90302

323-235-4243 * Fax: 323-846-9472

freelanow@yahoo.com

www.youth4justice.org

Know What YOU NEED TO KNOW to Benefit from HealthCare Reform & Funding Change!

These people know:

H. Westley Clark, MD, Director CSAT, SAMHSA

Recovery, Opportunities under HealthCare Reform

State Senator Kevin de Leon, CA Senate Healthcare Committee

California Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment under HealthCare Reform

Suzanne Gelber- Renaldo, PhD, The Avisa Group

Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment Funding under Reform

Tom Freese, PhD, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment Reform and Integration

Norma Mtume- Shields for Families

Wendell Carmichael, Substance Abuse Programs, Watts Healthcare Corp.

Case-studies in Preparing for HealthCare Reform

September 30, 8:30am – 1:30pm

California Endowment – Redwood Room

1000 North Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: (800) 449-4149

No-Cost, Community Service Education Provided by:

LA CHAMPS Community Health and Moving People Toward Success

A Faith and Community Based Interagency Partnership

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: Westside Children's Center

Come, Learn and Be Empowered

RSVP Now! Click http://lachamps.eventbrite.com

Spaces are limited and everything is FREE!

First come, First Served!

BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

Training Opportunity - Law and Ethics

CLINICAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM

Law & Ethics
Presented by
Pamela Harmell, Ph.D.

This workshop features a series of brief film clips depicting client-therapist situations that exemplify various complex ethical dilemmas such as (1) dealing with suicidal clients, (2) therapist impairment self-care, (3) multiclient issues, (4) record keeping and subpoenas, and (5) updates to Tarasoff.  Literature updates, along with relevant Codes of Ethics and current expert opinion on standard of care will be included in all areas of discussion.

Date
Friday September 16th, 2011   

Time
8:30am – registration
9:00am – 4:00pm conference

Location
Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services
Administration Building Boardroom
3200 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Contact:
Cherie Robinson
(310) 836-1223 x217

Cost
$75 for LCSW and MFTs           
$85 for Ph.D.                        
$85 for Group Home Administrators

6 CEU credits available for this course


Click HERE for Registration form 

Developing Practices and Interventions to Address Violence in Our Communities

COURSE OVERVIEW
In 2009 the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that there were 30,000 distinct gangs with over 800,000 members significantly impacting at least 2,500 communities across the United States.  Los Angeles has been dubbed the “Gang Capital of America” with an estimated 150,000 gang members. 
In recent years Los Angeles has developed many programs to address gangs and gang activity including gang abatement, injunctions, social programs and early intervention.  Few programs have been as successful in ‘rehabilitating’ gang members as the privately founded and developed Homeboy Industries which is the brainchild of Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.  Homeboy Industries has it roots in ‘Jobs for a Future’ and Fr. Greg’s philosophy that “Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job”.
“Developing Practices and Interventions to Address Violence in Our Communities” will address issues of the gang culture in Los Angeles as well as developing practices for personal safety in the home and on our streets.

Course Objectives
To understand and develop strategies in working with gang members and in gang     neighborhoods
To explore the dynamics behind gang participation
To explore the role of family in gang participation
To develop strategies for personal safety and crime prevention through experiential and group participation

PRESENTERS

Father Gregory Boyle, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, the Los Angeles agency that helps gang members leave gangs by helping them with job training, employment, tattoo removal, mental health and case management services.  Fr. Greg has provided ministry to jail, prison and juvenile hall inmates as well as to parishioners in East Los Angeles at Delores Mission Church.   Fr. Greg Boyle was born in Los Angeles, graduated from Loyola High School, received his BA in English from Gonzaga University, an MA in English from Loyola Marymount University, a Master of Divinity from the Weston School of Theology, and a Sacred Theology Masters degree from the Jesuit School of Theology.  Prior to becoming Pastor of Dolores Mission, he taught at Loyola High School and worked with Christian Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia. 

Homeboy/Homegirl Staff  TBA

Bob Byrnes received a degree in Economics from SDSU.  For the past 10 years Bob has spoken to over 75,000 people in schools, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies about crime prevention in a dynamic, entertaining and interactive manner.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION:  This training meets the criteria for four (4) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for LCSWs & MFTs as approved by California Board of Behavioral Science provider # PCE4052 and RNs & LVNs as approved by California Board of Registered Nurses provider # CEP6770.

AGENDA
8:30-9:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15
Welcome & Introduction

9:15-10:15
The Power of Boundless Compassion–Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.                     

10:15-11:15
Personal Experiences of a Gang Member--Homeboy/Homegirl Staff

11:15-11:30
Break

11:30-12:30
“Laugh Yourself Safe: Empowering Yourself Against Crime”-An Experiential Exercise--Bob Byrnes

12:30-1:00
Wrap-up

12:30-1:00
Questions & Wrap-up

REGISTRATION
Click HERE for registration form

REGISTRATION FEE:  $40.00-includes Continental Breakfast
Mail Registration Form & Check for $40.00 to:
Kedren Acute Psychiatric Hospital
4211 S. Avalon Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Attention:  Peggy Grace, LCSW
QUESTIONS?: e-mail p_grace@kedrenmentalhealth.org
SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER BY Oct. 4, 2011


CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations must be in writing and received no later than Oct. 4, 2011.  Refunds will be in full minus a $25.00 handling fee.

Registration for HomeWalk 2011 is Now Open!

Please join us for HomeWalk 2011 on 

Saturday November, 19th 

@ Exposition Park in Los Angeles!

What’s new with HomeWalk?

• HomeWalk is now the 5K RUN/Walk to end homelessness. You finally have a reason to dust off those running shoes and start training! Register and run for one of the 51,000 homeless individuals in Los Angeles County.

• The registration fee for 2011 has been lowered to $25 for adults 18 and up. Children under 18 are still free.

• Fundraising is the thing to do. While it isn’t mandatory that you fundraiser, we are asking every walker to set a goal of raising at least $100. If you haven’t raised money in years past, this is the time to start! It’s easier than you think and we will provide you with tools and tips to help you reach your goal.  

Kelly Price Performing @ BHCP Live Tonight (FREE!)