Family Engagement for Restoring Youth:

A National Family Week Community Forum

Keynote Speaker:  Malisa Pearson

Date:            Saturday, February 27, 2010

Time:           10 AM - 2 PM (Lunch provided)

Location:     Trinity Lutheran School

                    515 South MacArthur, Springfield, IL

Target Audiences:

• Parents, ministers, others seeking to learn about resources

• Helping professionals in the courts, police, schools and agencies

• Community leaders who want to help

Topics:

• See successful models for supporting families

• Gain new and helpful connections

• Gain increased power to care

• Action steps

For more information

The Illinois African-American Family Commission, in collaboration with the Illinois Faith Based Association, Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare Consortium of Illinois, Chicago Area Project, Black Executive Directors Coalition and the Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention hosted the “Illinois African-American Economic and Social Empowerment Summit” at the Union Baptist Church in Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, November 13, 2008 from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.   

The summit provided a forum for African-American consumers, providers and leaders to help formulate a social and economic development agenda that will empower Illinois’ African-American families. The Empowerment Summit also provided an opportunity for participants to voice their concerns about the fair and equitable distribution of State funds to community organizations and providers that serve the African-American community and included discussions between legislators, state agency directors and professionals in human services and economic development to educate participants on how the global economy affects funding issues in Illinois. The Empowerment Summit focused on five main issues: a) Healthcare, b) Education, c) Criminal Justice - Reentry, d) Capital Development Projects, and e) General Revenue Funds.

Participants joined together in creating recommendations to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families.  Information from the Summit will be used to develop public policies and programs to effectuate a new economic and social paradigm for job creation, public safety, business ownership, and quality education. 

The Empowerment Summit’s findings will be shared with you, policy makers, elected officials, and community leaders.

Illinois African-American Leadership Roundtable

The Illinois African-American Family Commission hosted its Illinois African-American Leadership Roundtable. The Leadership Roundtable was held at Southtown Youth Programs Family Center, 1108 South 15^th Street in Mount Vernon, Illinois on Friday, August 10, 2007 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Leadership Roundtable brought together statewide leadership to discuss the major issues affecting African-Americans in Illinois. Individuals engaged in a dialogue with other leaders to identify legislative, funding and programmatic priorities. The objective of the Roundtable is to create a consensus agenda to address the challenges faced by African- Americans in the state of Illinois.

Information gathered at this event will be presented at a future date.

United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Conference

Held on November 20, 2009