Save the Kids, New York

Central Tech December 2009

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:23:28 +0000

It was a blast today at Central Tech, a lot of energetic kids. We broke up about 50 students in two groups, we wish it was smaller, but that is why we need you!! We need more volunteers! For the hour long workshop we got to do Big Wind Blows, Human Knot, Keep Up, Count to 15, Pattern Ball, and Hoop. Brittany, Colette, Maria, Josh, and Anthony facilitated this workshop. See pictures below of them preparing before the kids got there!!

Outdoor Empowerment and Save the Kids (STK)

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:32:13 +0000

Most recently to save on resources, energy, people, and time in these very hard times, especially in Central New York, two amazing youth based organizations have merged. Save the Kids and Outdoor Empowerment have collaborated to provide trainings, workshops, projects, and programs for youth in Central New York to build skills that will aid in their goals of being a healthy positive successful leader and team-player in their community.

Mini-Workshop (1hour) at Central Tech, Syracuse, NY

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:02:18 +0000

Sunday Evening Program at Hillbrook

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:20:14 +0000

The Sunday Evening HIP Program is going great! The kids really enjoy the volunteers, the activities, and the snack! It is a great time to see kids be kids. If you are interested in working with youth, being a role model, or knowing more about the criminal justice system come volunteer with STK.

STK at the Peace Studies Conference

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:59:23 +0000

Colette, Brittani, Jackie, and Josh set up a table at the 21st Annual Peace Studies Conference that was held at Le Moyne College. The table was nonstop busy with people wanting to volunteer, donate, and invite us to their schools, universities, and organizations.

Interview with Josh and Anthony with Save the Kids

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:41:49 +0000

Joshua Calkins and Anthony Nocella after the 21st Annual Peace Studies Conference held at Le Moyne College on November 14, 2009, took a little time to explain more about what STK was about and to clarify a few points. There were a great deal of questions and a lot of people coming up to the table, but we could not answer all the questions so STK hopes this helps address many of the questions that people had at the table and at the session we presented at, which was packet!!! Again thanks so much for everyone that spoke, organized, and attended the conference, it was great!!

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Hip-Hop Against Violence

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:45:08 +0000

Too often academics and government leaders defend and speak to youth, but too often youth do not listen. They often listen to musicians speaking about drugs, violences, and personal experiences of hardship. KRS-One, MC Lite, Public Enemy, Dead Prez, Common, and many others have come out to speak to youth against violence, drugs, and crime. Check out these youtubes:

Hip-Hop Artist KRS-One on the SONG SELF DESTRUCTION and the Stop the Violence Movement

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THE SONG “SELF DESTRUCTION”

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Organizing Stop the Violence Movement

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The Gathering – An Organization for Stopping Youth Incarceration

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:36:16 +0000

From The Gathering website:

“The mission of The Gathering is to build an Intergenerational, movement, rooted in history, cultures and non-violent direct action to heal communities, build collective strength and generate an environment of hope and opportunity.

Civil rights and social justice organizations have come to understand that collective action on a national basis is required to stop child incarceration and challenge the immoral process which perpetuates an unjust justice system. These groups are working under extremely difficult circumstances and many of them with little or no resources. The Gathering is a national movement that creates a coordinated space to 1) fortify relationships between regional groups, 2) support local endeavors and 3) enhance the ongoing organizing of non-violent direct action training. Central to its mission is strengthening our moral environment.”

21st Annual Peace Studies Conference – Nov 14th Le Moyne College

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:33:15 +0000

21st Annual Peace Studies Conference

a project of the Central New York Peace Studies Consortium
FREE FOR STUDENTS
$15.00 Registration Fee

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Conference Registration

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Food in Syracuse

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Lodging in Syracuse

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Program Theme: Youth, Drugs, Violence, and Gangs: Global, national and local challenges

Saturday
November 14, 2009
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, New York, USA

Sponsored by:
Peace and Global Studies Program
and
Center for Urban and Regional Applied Research

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· food is vegan friendly

· all rooms wheelchair accessible

· daycare provided on request

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From Martin L. King Jr. to Mahatma Gandhi, peacemakers have recognized the importance of teaching our young people how to live in peace. Thousands of youth are murdered and tens of thousands of them are arrested each year in the United States alone. The challenge of protecting our children is complicated when some of them are involved in generating the violence. Younger and younger children are carrying guns and selling drugs, and the attraction of “gangs” and thug culture is strong in many communities. Around the world, organized illegal trafficking (in drugs, arms, human beings etc.) poses an international threat to peace and global security. A peaceful future depends on meeting the challenges of violence at all levels, including developing alternatives for youth in our own communities.

This conference hopes to provide a venue for discussion of the global problem of youth and gang violence and to share peacemaking tools and alternatives to violence. In this interdisciplinary conference we hope to promote a wide-ranging conversation including diverse fields and experiences. For example, connections to education, ethics, crime, punishment, social welfare/work, justice, corporate gangs, race, class, gender, ability, religion, popular culture, internet communities, policy, media, economics, and international development and affairs.

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2009 Conference Committee:
Nancy Piscitell, Barron Boyd, Caroline Tauxe, Anthony J. Nocella, II, Christina Michaelson, everyone with Save the Kids, and the Peace and Global Studies class

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8:00

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Registration & Booths (Reilly Hall breezeway)

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8:30

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Welcoming (RH 446)
Barron Boyd, Director of Peace and Global Studies, Le Moyne College

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9:00

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SESSION I.(RH 440)

Youth in the 21st Century
Facilitated by: Kate Rose Brondum, Le Moyne College

1. Gabriel Colella, SUNY Cortland – Peace, Values, Personal Responsibility

2. Maurice McFarlin, Northeastern Illinois University – Black Youth and Black Gang Violence

3. Elizabeth Murray, George Mason University – Virtual Gangs: MS-13 on Social Networking

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4. Christina Michaelson, Le Moyne College – Nonviolent Communication Techniques in Youth

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SESSION II.(RH 438)

Building Peaceful Schools
Facilitated by: April Stec, Le Moyne College

1. Hakim M. A. Williams, Teacher’s College, Columbia University – The Role of Structural Violence in Postcolonial Schools

2. Anya Stanger, Syracuse University – Education and the Prevention of Youth Violence: A Program Response for Schools

3. Olek Netzer, Tel Aviv, Israel – Concerning A Democratic Structural Change of Regimen and Life’s Experience In Schools

4. Brian J. Trautman, Berkshire Community College – Peace Curriculum: Cultivating Informed and Active Global Citizens for Change and Justice

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10:30

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SESSION I.(RH 440)
Teaching Behind the Wall
Facilitated by: Katherine Marinari, Le Moyne College

1. Lynn Olcott, SUNY Cortland

2. Jim DeChick, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center

3. Jim Garvey, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center

4. Mechthild E. Nagel, SUNY Cortland

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SESSION II.(RH 438)

Building a Peaceful Community
Facilitated by: Elizabeth Vanasdale, Le Moyne College

1. Terrance Byrd-El, LTPFJ Movement – Boys to Men

2. TBA, Hillside, NY

3. David Connelly, Osborne Center for Social Justice

4. Renee Emerson, George Junior Republic – Youth, Sexuality, and Disability

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12:00

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Keynote Speaker (RH 446)
Facilitated by: Barron Boyd, Le Moyne College

Julius Edwards, Human Rights Commissioner Onondaga County

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12:30

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Lunch (RH 446)

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1:00

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Awards Ceremony (RH 446)

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2009 Peace Studies Award Recipients
Facilitated by: Christina Michaelson, Le Moyne College and Robert A. Rubinstein, Syracuse University

Peace Studies Book of the Year
“Social Justice, Peace, and Environmental Education: Transformative Standards”
Julie Andrzejewski, St. Cloud State University, Marta P. Baltodano, Loyola Marymount University, and Linda Symcox, California State University, Long Beach

Peace Studies Media of the Year
“The Jena 6”
Big Noise Films

Peace Studies Undergraduate Project of the Year
“Political Media Review”
Sarat Colling, Brock University

Peace Studies Graduate Paper of the Year
“Articulating a Contemporary Anarcha-Feminism”
Deric Shannon, University of Connecticut

Peace Studies Faculty Paper the Year
“Understanding Evil from the Perspective of Nonviolence”
Robert Holmes, University of Rochester

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1:30

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SESSION I. (RH 440)

Evidence-Based Practice
Facilitated by: Mechthild E. Nagel, SUNY Cortland

Edward Hayes, CEO, Cayuga Home for Children – A Proven Approach to Reducing Youth Violence and Achieving Reductions in Youth Out-of-Home Placements and Arrests

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SESSION II.(RH 438)

Group Building with Youth
Facilitated by: Josh Calkins, Le Moyne College

Save the Kids, Le Moyne College and SUNY Cortland Students

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3:00

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SESSION I. (RH 440)
Community Practitioners on Youth Violence
Facilitated by: April Stec, Le Moyne College

1. Cherylene Billue, Youth for Peace – Empowering Youth to Deal with Conflict and Trauma

2. Marsha Weissman. Center for Community Alternatives – Student Perspectives on School Suspension and the School to Prison Pipeline

3. Jim Dessauer, Compass and Caroline Tauxe, Le Moyne College – Addressing Youth Problems Through Engaged Community Development

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SESSION II. (RH 438)

Reintegrating into the Community
Facilitated by: Judy K. C. Bentley, SUNY Cortland

1. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland – Caring Nonviolently for the Childhood Victims of Violence

2. Andrew Benson Green Jr,, Freetown, Sierra Leone – Child Soldier Project in Sierra Leone

3. Jim Czarniak, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center – The New Role of the Non-Profit in Working With Youth Surrounded By Violence

4. John W. McCullough, New Justice Conflict Resolution Services, Inc. – RESTORE

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4:30

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PLENARY – From the Inside Out (RH 446)
Facilitated by: Anthony J. Nocella, II Le Moyne College and SUNY Cortland

1. Jackie DeNero, Hillbrook Youth Detention Center

2. Ray Barnes, Center for Community Alternatives

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5:40

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CLOSING (RH 446)

Robert Rubinstein, Syracuse University

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Book Drive with SUNY Cortland Criminology Club

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:47:31 +0000

The SUNY Cortland Criminology Club has partnered up with Save the Kids to have a Winter Book Drive for Incarcerated Youth at Hillbrook Youth Detention Center. We believe that education is the fundemental tool in positive social transformation. Without good quality schools, after school programs, and people at home assisting in homework, success and peace is almost impossible. Please support this effort that will aid to positive growth for individual youth and a safer community. Youth when locked in their room in the even regularly at Hillbrook read a book a night. Help them continue this wonderful practice. If you have books that you want to donate to this drive please contact Terell – irvine89@cortland.edu