FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
June 3, 2015 Julian Teixeira
(202) 776-1812
jteixeira@nclr.org
Panelists to highlight how California’s community-based programs promote Hispanic youth development and strengthen families
LOS ANGELES—NCLR (National Council of La Raza) and AltaMed Health Services will host a forum on Wednesday, June 10, to examine the comprehensive, culturally sensitive community programs in California that help keep Latino youth out of the juvenile justice system. In addition to education experts, speakers will include teenagers from NCLR’s youth leadership program and Dr. Patricia Foxen, author of the NCLR report, “Resilient Latino Youth: In Their Own Words,” which included young Latinos from Los Angeles among the research subjects.
Slightly more than half of the 36,289 juvenile felony arrests and 67,817 misdemeanor arrests reported in California in 2012 were of Latino youth, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. As the state adopts new policies such as Proposition 47—which reduces some nonviolent felony punishments to misdemeanors—it has revived a national debate on how to most effectively redirect resources from incarceration to community programs, particularly those that help at-risk Hispanic and Black youth.
Media interested in attending the event should RSVP to Julian Teixeira at jteixeira@nclr.org or (202) 776-1812.
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Panel discussion: “Fostering Resilient Latino Youth in California: A Culturally Sensitive, Community-Based Approach”
WHO: Delia de la Vara, Vice President, California Region, NCLR (Moderator)
Dr. Feliza Ortiz-Licon, Senior Director, K–16 Education Programs, NCLR
Dr. Patricia Foxen, Deputy Director of Research, NCLR
Desiree Valadez, Workforce Development Program Manager, AltaMed Health Services
Mike de la Rocha, Founder, Revolve Impact
Youth from the NCLR Líderes Avanzando Program
WHEN: June 10, 2015, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
WHERE: AltaMed Health Services
Conference Room MP 120/123
2040 Camfield Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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