GJPLP Symposia
Marginalized Girls: Creating Pathways to Opportunity
Georgetown Law, Gewirz Student Center 12th Floor
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 3:00 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.
Reception to follow, 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
PANEL 1: ACHIEVING POSITIVE YOUTH OUTCOMES ACROSS SYSTEMS: CHILD WELFARE AND EDUCATION
Featuring Articles by:
Karen Worthington and Karen Baynes-Dunning, “Responding to the Needs of Adolescent Girls in Foster Care”
Dr. Barbara Gault and Rhiana Gunn-Wright, “Improving Outcomes for Marginalized Girls in the Secondary Education and Workforce Development Systems”
Discussants:
BB Otero, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Washington DC
Lara Kaufmann, Senior Counsel & Director of Education Policy for At-Risk Students, National Women’s Law Center
PANEL 2: GIRLS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
Featuring Articles by:
Professor Peter Edelman and Elizabeth Watson, “Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls: Lessons from the States”
Dr. Lawanda Raviora and Vanessa Patino Lydia, “Strategic Training and Technical Assistance: A Framework for Reforming the Juvenile Justice System's Treatment of Girls and Young Women”
Discussants:
Liz Ryan, President and CEO, Campaign for Youth Justice
Malika Saada Saar, Executive Director, Human Rights Project for Girls
*Further details on program participants and complete schedule to follow. Final schedule available here.
Please RSVP at: http://bit.ly/PovertySymposium2013
Sponsored by:
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University
Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic
The Georgetown Center for Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy with The Atlantic Philanthropies, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations' Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation
For more information please email our Symposium Editor, Rohini Singh at rs546@law.georgetown.edu.
