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Elevating the developmental
needs of children who have experienced homelessness
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and descriptions.
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two-day conference agenda chart with over 30 sessions to choose
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Rates:
Two-day, $275; One-day,
$175.
There is a $20 discount per registrant for groups registering 4
or more people.
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today
* Rooms have been reserved at The Depot, Minneapolis for the
Visible Child conference at the rate of $179.00 per night. Rooms
are limited
and reservations must be made.
To reserve a
room, please contact Shawna Nelsen at 612-375-9644, ext. 13 or shawna@fhfund.org
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Please register today for the first Visible Child
Conference that seeks to elevate the developmental needs
of children
and youth (birth to 18)
who have experienced homelessness. Workshops will be
offered by local and national experts on homelessness
and child
development. The
conference will provide training and networking opportunities
for individuals and organizations that serve homeless
and formerly homeless
children and youth, including housing providers, mental
health providers, public health and social service professionals,
educators, child
development staff, and others. We are also thrilled to
announce keynote speakers, Antwone Fisher and Ralph Nunez.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Antwone Quenton Fisher was born in prison
to a teenage mother and immediately became a ward of the
state of Ohio and placed in foster care. He survived the
cruelties of an abusive foster care family situation for
12 years and the brutalities of homelessness and set on a
course of healing after joining the U.S. Navy. Fisher is
a director, screenwriter, author, and film producer.
New York Times Best Seller, Finding Fish a Memoir, is the
inspiring story of his incredible life’s journey.
The film, Antwone Fisher, written by Fisher himself, reflects
on his life as a sailor and as a child. Through his National
Best Seller collection of poetry, Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?, Fisher
reveals
inner truths that took him from a tumultuous childhood to the man he is today.
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Ralph da Costa Nunez, Ph.D. is President
and CEO of Homes for the Homeless, a unique “transitional
welfare” program to approximately 1,000 homeless families
with 2,500 children in New York City each year. Dr. Nunez
manages Homes for the Homeless’ American Family Inns,
the nation’s largest network of residential education
and employment training centers. Dr. Nunez is also President
of the Institute for Children and Poverty that conducts research
on issues surrounding poverty and homelessness and the ensuing
impacts on children and families. Dr. Nunez is the Editor
of the international Journal of Children and Poverty and
has authored numerous reports, articles, and books, including
a series of children’s books on homelessness. |
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