Community Conference 7/16/2011 : So, How Are The Children?

Join Kwanzaa Community Church for a conference addressing our children’s multi-layered trauma from the experience of the recent tornado in North Minneapolis.

We will examine the healing power of childhood resilience, how it can be enhanced, and how it can lead them toward recovery and restoration.

Date and time:
Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location:
UROC
2001 Plymouth Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411

(break out sessions at the Minneapolis Urban League)

Cost:
$10 to attend (scholarships available)

Questions?
Email kwanzaachurch@msn.com

Register two ways  :
http://www.kwanzaachurch.org/   (pay in person)

http://sohowarethechildren.eventbrite.com/   (to pay online)

Upcoming WATCH Webinar Training

Improving Your Court’s Response to Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Cases

Join WATCH on Tuesday, July 26^th at 1pm CST (11am PST, 12pm MST, 2pm EST) for its webinar training on Improving Your Court’s Response to Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Cases.

This webinar will provide an overview on how to monitor misdemeanor domestic violence cases in suburban and rural settings including a review of WATCH’s most recent report, Promoting Victim Safety and Offender Accountability: Improving the Response to Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Cases. This webinar will help you create a framework for examining misdemeanor-level cases including creating a research or monitoring project designed to improve your courts.

Topics include:

• partnering with criminal justice and community stakeholders
• reporting case outcomes
• incorporating best practices
• implementing recommendations

COST: $35 for current National Association of Court Monitoring Program members and $50 for non-members. You may pay with a credit card at www.watchmn.org or send a check to the address listed above.


* If paying by check, please include the name of the webinar you are registering for, as well as a phone number, mailing address, and e-mail contact.

QUESTIONS: Contact Anna Light at alight@watchmn.org or (612)341-2747 x7.