Disporportionate Minority Confinement Resource Center

6th Annual DMCRC Conference 2007 Proceedings

"INVESTING IN IOWA’S YOUTH, INVESTING IN IOWA’S FUTURE"
Chapter 6: Linking Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Education & Health to Reduce Racial Disparities

• Electronic Version of the Conference Program[Click here]
• Executive Order # 5 was signed by Governor Culver October 30th, 2007. [Click here for the Order]

PRESS RELEASES

Press Release - Governor's Office, November 28, 2007

News Release - University of Iowa, November 15, 2007

Iowa Independent - Culver Tells Conference on Race Disparities: - "We Must and Can Do Better"

Iowa Independent - Racism Suspected in Criminal Justice, School Discipline Rates

Gov. Chet Culver waves to the audience after speaking Thursday at a conference on racial disparities. Standing at right are speakers Brad Richardson of the University of Iowa's School of Social Work's DMC Resource Center and Shay Bilchik of the Center for Juvenile Justice and Systems Reform at Georgetown University and Syeta Glanton, the Governor's Policy Liaison. (Click here for DM Register article)

Powerpoint Presentations

• Opening Presentation - Richardson
• Research Workshop - Lieber
• Strengths Based DMC Curriculum - Parker
• Functional Family Assessment Workshop - Jordan
• DMC/MYFI Keynote - Rausch
• DMC/MYFI Keynote - Blau
• DMC/MYFI Keynote - Burgess
• Isiserettes Closing Performance (video clip)

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EVALUATIONS

• Opening Sessions
• Session Evaluations and Comments from the Audience by Session
• Closing Sessions
• PreConference Session - Pat Parker
• PreConference Session - Douglas Smith
• Overall Evaluations

Photos from the 2007 DMC Resource Center & Minority Youth and Families Initiative Conference