The landscape for children has changed in Louisiana. Raise the Age has been repealed and children of color and children with behaviorial health issues have a new and much more challenging environment to operate. This day is about empowering youth advocates on navigating these new waters.
The No Entry Symposium: Protecting Our Babies is moved to Friday, June 7th from 9:30 am - 4:00 pm at the River Center Library, 250 North Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802.This symposium will offer youth leaders and advocates the opportunity to get training in 4 critical areas. This symposium will be targeted to adults that work with children, especially parents, coaches, summer camp staff, etc. The mission of this training will be to present an overview of what has changed for our children, especially regarding raise the age and how the village can protect its children. Tekoah Boatner, Executive Director of Youth Oasis will be the keynote speaker.
- Proactive training and understanding of the risk for marginalized youth on "gathering" and knowing their rights.
- Proactive training on understanding and avoiding traffic pitfalls.
- Proactive training and understanding of gun safety and avoiding illegal contact with weapons.
- Opportunity for a comprehensive training (4-hour workshop) on teaching adults how to effectively work with trauma impacted young people by Dr. Jonathan Cormer and his team from Network for Enhancing Wellness in Disaster-Affected Youth (NEW DAY) will present "Respond with Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement" (CARE), which focuses on trauma-informed evidence-based skills for improving relationships between adults and children (and improving child behavioral and emotional challenges) at any time during the aftermath of community crisis.
This symposium is free of charge.
