Introduction

On Monday, October 9, 2017 the, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color; Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health; Black Women for Wellness; Californian’s for Safety and Justice; Centinela Youth Services; Community Intelligence; a Culver City - City Council Member; Fair Chance Project; Holman United Methodist Church; Hope and Heal Fund; Ramsey Jay, Jr.; Long Beach Department Health and Human Services; Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity; Making Conections Network; Movember Foundation; National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse; National Compadres Network; Pacific Oaks College; Peace Over Violence; PolicyLink; Prevention Institute; Project Fatherhood -Children’s Institute, Inc.; RISE Design Lab; Sacramento City Unified School District, Youth Development Support Services; Sacramento Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force; Social Justice Learning Institute; Southern California Public Health Association; The Positive Results Corporation; United Women of East Africa; Violence Policy Center; Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles; 59th California Assembly District Office; and, the 64th California Assembly District Office are partnering to convene a diverse set of professionals to explore opportunities, actions and strategies that can be utilized to Uplift Men/Boys and Women/Girls of Color (MBOC/WGOC) and accomplish My Brothers/My Sister's Keeper (MBK/MSK) objectives in California. Speakers include public health and mental health practitioners, non-profit organizations, health departments, policy-makers, funders, artists, community advocates, law enforcement and probation, researchers, school personnel, local elected officials and youth. We expect a crowd of up to 200+ participants representing dozens of organizations convening to learn more about tools and concepts that can be used to uplift men/boys and women/girls of color in California.

Conference Theme

Uplifting Men and Boys & Women and Girls of Color (MBOC/WGOC) in California

Fashion Note:

• Conference Dress Code: please wear clothing that is casual and comfortable to you. Feel free to express your ethnic pride or wear clothing that expresses your connection to indigenous people. Alternatively, many people will wear adornment (e.g. clothing or jewelry) that represents an indigenous community, their community and or one of their academic (high school or college) alma mater. Some may wear a T-shirt that represents a community like the Maya (e.g. Tikal). So get out that t-shirt or clothing with your community, school or organizational logo and 'represent'.

Conference Goals/Objectives

(1) convene a diverse set stakeholders whose work is focused on uplifting MBOC/WGOC and MBK/MSK initiatives;

(2) discuss barriers/challenges to and solutions for uplifting MBOC/WGOC and accomplishing MBK/MSK-related goals and objectives;

(3) describe ongoing efforts and emerging opportunities to uplift MBOC/WGOC and advance MBK/MSK-related goals;

(4) analyze challenges encountered in uplifting MBOC/WGOC and/or MBK/MSK and share lessons learned; and,

(5) elevate promising practices for uplifting MBOC/WGOC and accomplishing MBK-related objectives.

Featured Speakers:

• Assembly Member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Chair - Public Safety Committee; and Chair - Select Committee on Boys and Men of Color

• Ramsey Jay, Jr., Author/Motivational Speaker, - Empowering Dreamers to Dream

• Manal Aboelata, Managing Director, Prevention Institute

• Whitney Aguilar, Director of Curriculum Development, Centinela Youth Services - confirmed

• Dr. Stacey (Bell) Ault, Director of Youth Development Support Services, Sacramento City Unified School District - confirmed

• Keith Baker, Co-lead, Trauma Prevention Initiative, Los Angeles County Department, Injury and Violence Prevention Program - confirmed

• Isaac Bryan, Boehner Fellow, Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Reentry - confirmed

• Michelle Chambers, Senior Field Deputy, District 64, Assembly Member Mike Gipson - invited

• Walter Cholmondeley, Movember Foundation (movember.com) - confirmed

• Willie Duncan, Senior Manager, Black Women for Wellness - Invited

• Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director, Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health - confirmed

• Veronica Flores, CEO, Community Health Councils - confirmed

• Chris Garcia, Musician - plays music from diverse cultures (http://indigenousinstrumentsofmexicomesoamerica.weebly.com/); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfomLCeHVf4) - confirmed

• Dr. Randal Henry, Founder/CEO, Community Intelligence (www.communityintelligence.org) - confirmed

• Dr. Brenda Ingram, EdD, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services, Peace Over Violence - confirmed

• Alex M. Johnson, Managing Director, Californians for Safety and Justice - invited

• Honorable Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., Chair of the California Select Committee on Men and Boys of Color, Assemblymember 59th District - invited

• Tracy Larry, M.S.Ed, MST, LCSW/MSW, - Echo Parenting and Education - Confirmed

• Kandee Lewis, Executive Director, Positive Results Corporation - confirmed

• Brian Malte, Project Director - Hope and Heal Fund - Media Analysis of Gun Violence in California- confirmed

• Samuel Molina, California Director, Mi Familia Vota (http://www.mifamiliavota.org/about/) - invited

• Khallid Muttaqi, Director, Gang Prevention & Intervention Taskforce, City of Sacramento - confirmed

• Veronica N'jodinizeh, MHA, FUSE Fellow, MBK Project Director, City of Long Beach - invited

• Elena Ong, PHN, MS, 2016 Change Maker, United State of Women Summit or Past First Chair of the California Commission for Women & Girls

• Mr. Marc Philpart, Senior Director, Policy Link, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color - confirmed

• Honorable Vice-Mayor Rex Richardson, City of Long Beach - invited

• Honorable Meghan Sahli-Wells, City Council Member, Culver City - confirmed

• Reverend Kelvin Sauls, Senior Pastor, Holman United Methodist Church - invited

• Dr. D'Artagnan Scorza, Founder/CEO, Social Justice Learning Institute, Inglewood Unified School District, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color - confirmed

• Geri Silva, Founder, Fair Chance Project

• Dr. Beatriz Solis, Director, Southern Division of Building Healthy Communities Initiative, The California Endowment - confirmed

• Josh Sugarmann, Executive Director, Violence Policy Center - Black and Hispanic Homicide Victimization - confirmed

• Blain Watson, PhD(c), Principal, Dominguez High School, Compton Unified School District- confirmed

• Jerry Tello, Director, National Compadres Network

• Marino Aragon, Parent Educator, Project Fatherhood

Event Planning Committee/Organizational Partners

• Black Women for Wellness, Los Angeles

• Brotherhood Crusade

• California Legislature, District 59 and District 64

• Centinela Youth Services

• City of Sacramento, Gang Prevention & Intervention Taskforce

• Compton Unified School District, Dominguez High School

• Community Health Councils (https://chc-inc.org/)

• Community Intelligence, (http://www.communityintelligence.org/)

• Echo Parenting & Education (http://www.echoparenting.org/)

• Fair Chance Project (http://fairchanceproject.com/)

• Holman United Methodist Church (http://www.holmanumc.com/)

• Hope and Heal Fund

• Long Beach Health Department

• Los Angeles County Department of Health

• Los Angeles County Department of Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Program

• Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Reentry

• Los Angeles Mayor's Office of GRYD

• Mi Familia Vota (http://www.mifamiliavota.org/about/)

• Movember Foundation (https://us.movember.com)

• Peace Over Violence

• Positive Results Corporation

• Prevention Institute (http://www.preventioninstitute.org/)

• RISE Design Lab (http://www.risedesignlab.com/)

• Rhythm Arts Alliance (http://www.rhythmartsalliance.org/)

• Sacramento City Unified School district, Youth Development Support Services

• Social Justice Learning Institute (http://www.sjli.org/)

• Southern California Public Health Association

• Violence Policy Center

• Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles (http://www.vpcgla.org/makingconnections/)

Event Location

The California Endowment Los Angeles Conference Center 1000 S. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Date

Monday October 9, 2017. Please note: 10/9/2017 is Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day in Los Angeles

Who Should Attend

People and organizations (everyone) who support and/or are working to uplift Men and Boys & Women and Girls of Color in California are welcome to attend the 2017 Uplifting Men/Boys & Women/Girls of Color in California Conference. Students and youth of color are strongly encouraged to attend, welcome to participate in discussions and partake in all conference events. Also, adults who work with, or whose work impacts/is intended to impact, MBOC/WGOC are also strongly encouraged to attend including: Advocates, Coalition members, Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence, Educators, Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force participants, Mental Health professionals, My Brother's Keeper (MBK) projects, Public Health professionals, Researchers, School District personnel, Students, Teachers, Trauma Prevention, Violence Prevention experts, Youth Development,

Amenities

Continental breakfast, vegetarian/vegan lunch, snacks, tea and coffee will be available to registered attendees.