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Dismantling the Prison Pipeline in California
California/National Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit Recap
· Summit Overview
· Facts from CA Children in the Pipeline
· Summit Press Release
· Summit Photos
· Radio Coverage
· Local Collaborative Discussions Accross California
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and several co-conveners concluded a two-day California/National Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summit in Sacramento, California. The more than 500 attendees at the summit shared promising approaches and developed community action plans to stop the funneling of thousands of children down a pipeline to prison.
Summit participants discussed the role of race and poverty in the pipeline to prison, the importance of reweaving community relationships and surrounding children and youths with the care and services they need to succeed. The Summit also highlighted promising approaches to addressing these challenges.
Some 200 youths led and participated in the deliberations of the first day to help define their own involvement in efforts to dismantle the prison pipeline. During interactive sessions, they shared challenges and discussed their personal experiences in the pipeline, and the interventions that changed their lives.Their report and recommendations were presented to the entire summit.
In California alone:
· 1.6 million children were poor in 2007.
· In 2007, 60% of White, 87% of Black, and 89% of Latino public school fourth graders could not read at grade level.
· In 2007, there were more than 600 juvenile arrests each day.
· In 2005, California lead the nation in number of children or teens (474) who died of firearm injuries.
Learn more about CDF’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign including the Summit press release.
Photos
CPP Summit- February 25-26
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Radio Coverage
Join the Fight to Dismantle the Prison Pipeline!
CDF-CA invites child advocates, activists, and service providers in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco/Bay Areas to re-convene and continue the collaborative discussions and action planning that began in February at the California/National Cradle to Prison Pipeline Summit in Sacramento.
These discussions and planning sessions are an opportunity for youth and professionals ready to step forward for children to connect, share findings from the summit, disseminate information, and strategize with like-minded organizations and individuals in their area.
Keep the momentum going! Step forward for children and get active in dismantling the prison pipeline. Regional collaborative discussions and planning meetings are talking place across California.
San Francisco/Bay Area:
When: April 28, 2009 2 pm-4 pm
Where: East Bay Community Foundation
James Irvine Conference Center
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
Contact: Nina Moreno at nmoreno@cdfca.org, Director of Field, CDF-CA
510-663-2218
Los Angeles Area:
When: April 30, 2009 10 am-12 pm
Where: SEIU, Local 721
Conference Room 4A, 4th Floor
500 South Virgil Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Contact: Saudeka Shabazz at sshabazz@cdfca.org, Outerach Coordinator, CDF-CA
213-355-8790
San Diego Area:
When: March 12, 2009 3 pm-5 pm
Where: San Diego Workforce Partnership
SDWP Executive Conference Room
3910 University Avenue, Suite 400
San Diego, CA
Contact: Lindsey Wade at lwade@cdfca.org, Senior Policy Associate, CDF-CA
619-578-2429
Next Meeting Date: TBA
These regional strategic planning sessions will be vital to the critical work of dismantling the pipeline to prison and creating a path to successful adulthood for all of our youth! Please contact the CDF-CA representative in your area to RSVP for an upcoming collaborative and to learn more about how you can get involved in the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign.
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