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NEWS AND EVENTS
What's happening?
The Center for Young Women’s Development (CYWD) is celebrating its 15 year anniversary by hosting its 1st Annual Know Justice Conference on Thursday, February 5, 2009. This conference will provide youth, young adults and their families with access to the tools and resources needed to navigate the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Individuals who have done extraordinary work with or on the behalf of those involved in the underground street economy will facilitate workshops related to the San Francisco youth movement including successful community organizing and base building, cultural competency for both individuals and organizations and youth media. The conference will initiate our peer-led efforts to arm young people with the information necessary to deepen their understanding of how to avoid negative contact with law enforcement, probation, or the courts, and highlight methods of successful partnership engagement. An intergenerational collective of community leaders and activists will co-facilitate workshops with youth leaders to inform and connect conference participants with groups interfacing issues plaguing families and communities. |
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San Francisco Examiner Staff
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For a printed copy ($5.00 including shipping and handling) contact Ophelia Williams - ophelia@cywd.org.
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PRESS RELEASES
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The Center for Young Women's Development receives the Isabel Allende Espíritu Award for 2005
Isabel Allende Espíritu Award The Dalai Lama honors Marlene Sanchez as an Unsung Hero of Compassion The Dalai Lama honors Marlene Sanchez, Executive Director of CYWD Women's Foundation honors The Center for Young Women's Development Women's Foundation Honors CYWD It’s Here! Essential Toolkit by and for Youth Dealing with the System 2nd Edition of “Know Justice” Handbook Now Available! Girl Trouble is scheduled to have a national PBS Broadcast on Independent Lens in the Spring 2006 where it will reach millions of Americans with an urgent and timely message about young girls at risk Incarcerated Young Mother’s Bill of Rights Scores a Victory! With Chief Probation Officer |
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MEDIA NEWS
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ONGOING EVENTS
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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Since 2004, after surveying women at the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center regarding the discrimination of young mothers in custody, we began working with department stakeholders to draft a policy that would outline the rights of Incarcerated Young Mothers. In 2006, we completed the Incarcerated Young Mother’s Bill of Rights and have received department support to begin implementation of this document at the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center. It’s now 2008. Four long years have gone by but our organizing efforts have been successful. On May 17th we are hosting a community gathering to celebrate the establishment of the Incarcerated Young Mother’s Bill of rights. We are bringing the community together to distribute this resource the CYWD has created. We are inviting supporters to share in the joy we feel reaching this milestone but more so, we want to express the importance of initiating a campaign now to encourage other institutions to adopt this document. The day will be full of live performances from local artists, guest speakers and there will be a reading of the testimonies of young mothers who directly inspired the drafting of the Bill of Rights. Resource tables will be available so various community partners who offer support services to young mothers, such as child care, housing and employment, can provide that information directly to attendees who will benefit from it.
Young Mothers' Bill of Rights Community Celebration (PDF) - May 17, 2008 |
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NEWSLETTERS
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Summer 2007 (PDF)
Winter 2007 (PDF)
SUMMER 2006 (PDF)
SPRING 2005 (PDF) |
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