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2004 Conference : Keynote Speakers : Workshops : Registration : Details/Logistics : Brochure : Sponsors Workshops/Institutes/Keynoter Details ::: Sunday ::: Monday ::: Tuesday 2004 Workshops and Institutes::: Sunday, Oct. 10th :::"Of Course You Are Ready, Are They?: Building Capacity for Community Change"
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Do You Play and Work Well With Others?: Living in a Multi-Cultural World"
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Assessing Individual Developmental Assets in Youth" Presenter:
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Assets 101: An Introduction to the 40 Developmental Assets Model" Presenters: Roberta Meek is the Assets Coordinator for the United Way Youth Initiatives in Bethlehem, PA. She is a dynamic presenter and trainer who bring humor and insight to her workshops. She works closely with the Lehigh Valley Asset Builders and is the Adult Resource Person for Teen.TAPS, a youth leadership group. Roberta has extensive experience in creative problem solving, managing change and pluralistic leadership. She is a skilled facilitator and has assisted local and national non-profit organizations with self-assessment and strategic planning. In addition to her professional involvements, Roberta is the proud single mom of two children and the grandmother of a beautiful grandson. Teen.TAPS, a Youth Leadership Group based in Bethlehem, PA is a group of young leaders that serve as resources to organizations in the Lehigh Valley concerning matters that affect children and adolescents because it is a strongly held belief that teens should be active decision-making partners with adults. Teen.TAPS helps to spread the word about the importance of the 40 Developmental Assets and incorporates the asset philosophy in everything they do. The group formed in 2000 in response to the need for youth partnership at the first "Unleashing the Power of Youth and Community Potential Conference" in 2000. In addition the group is currently waging a campaign to make it possible for youth in Pennsylvania to have voting privileges on community boards and commissions. Teen.TAPS includes Judith Araujo, Charlene Cruz, Courtney Hope, and Bobby Wenz. Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Tobacco Prevention Ideas for Schools and Communities" Presenter:
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Listening for Dummies: Enhancing Family Relationships" Presenter:
Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Creating Your Future: It All Depends On You" Presenters:
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "One Mother's Story: From Hurting to Wholeness"
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Money Does Not Grow On Trees: Financial Literacy for Youth" Presenters: Randy Swope has been a teacher with the Pennridge School District in, Perkasie, PA for nearly thirty years. He is the Business Education Department Coordinator and Cooperative Education Coordinator for Pennridge High School. He currently teaches classes on International Business, Web Page Design, and Advanced Web Page. He has been nominated by the Pennsylvania Business Education Association for the state Business Educator Award and has received Univest Corporation's Educator in the Workforce Award in 1998. Randy is an adjunct instructor at Desales University where he also teaches Web Page Design and Management Information Systems. Randy teaches a Sunday School class for senior high youth and is also the treasurer for his church. He and his wife Susan are the proud parents of three daughters who all enjoy working with the Seeing Eye Foundation in Morristown, NJ as a puppy raisers. Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "The Role of Spirituality in Youth Development" Presenter:
Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : “Maximizing Opportunities: Making the Right Choices" Presenter:
Description: Objectives: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Workshops/Institutes/Keynoter Details ::: Sunday ::: Monday ::: Tuesday 2004 Conference : Keynote Speakers : Workshops : Registration : Details/Logistics : Brochure : Sponsors |
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Derek Peterson is the former Director of Child/Youth Advocacy for the Association of Alaska School Boards and is now a full time consultant in the youth development field. Traveling by plane, boat, dog sled and snowshoes throughout Alaska, Derek has delivered teacher in-services, school board seminars, student leadership workshops and community nights. He has designed and facilitated workshops for over a thousand audiences throughout the United States, Mexico, and Africa, on topics related to personal responsibility and community building. He lives in Juneau, AK.
Alannah Hurley was raised in Yupik Eskimo Alaskan village, Alannah founded a dance group her freshman year in high school to help bring Yupik Eskimo culture back into her school. She is currently a student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has presented at many statewide events, including the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Conference, and hopes to inspire people to love themselves. In 2003 Alannah presented the keynote address (along with Derek Peterson) at the National Search Institute conference in San Jose, CA. Alannah wants to help people discover, that they have the power to become the positive change they wish to see.
John Barone is the Director of Project CARE, an educational and training organization specializing in youth development issues. John has over twenty years of experience in secondary, community and adult education and training and a special interest in human and organizational wellness and performance improvement. John holds a BS in Biology and Secondary Education from SUNY College at Geneseo in Western New York, and also holds a Pennsylvania teaching certificate for grades 7-12. He has taught science and health at the secondary level, and has worked in community and school- and college-based health, prevention, chronic disease intervention, and in the development and delivery of training programs. 
Craig Edelbrock, Ph.D, is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University. Dr. Edelbrock obtained his Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Studies from Oregon State University in 1976 and completed advanced training in developmental psychopathology at the National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Edelbrock has long been interested in assessment of children and youth and has collaborated in the development of the Child Behavior Checklist and Profile and the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC), among other widely used measures. He has recently been interested in positive youth development and has been collaborating with the Search Institute on the development of the new measures of developmental assets for ages 11-18. Dr. Edelbrock has been married for 25 years to Sandy Maytag and they have raised two perfect children.
Ron Rolon is currently employed by the Bucks County’s School Intermediate Unit #22 in Doylestown, PA. He is the School Tobacco Control Program Coordinator working through the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. He is responsible for working with school administrators and teachers to support, develop and implement tobacco-free policies, tobacco prevention curricula and cessation programs throughout Bucks County schools. Ron earned his Master’s degree in Education from Eastern University located in St. David’s, PA. He is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as a health teacher. Ron is nationally certified as a Tobacco Addictions Specialist and a smoking cessation facilitator in various cessation programs. He has 22 years experience working in health care as a Registered Respiratory therapist. He is also on the Speaker’s Bureau of the American Lung Association as an asthma educator. 
Marlene Ruby is a professional and personal coach and parenting educator. She assists individuals and organizations to design change strategies, determine goals and implement action plans. Marlene is also the Co-Director and a founding member of the Upper Bucks Parenting Center (UBPC). UBPC provides a variety of educational workshops and discussion groups supporting emotionally healthy relationships. Marlene is an active member of the Quakertown Area Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth Coalition, which promotes youth asset building. She is also the Vice-President of the Quakertown Community Education Foundation, Inc. In addition, Marlene is certified as Facilitator and Trainer of Community Accountability Circles, utilizing the restorative (vs. retribution) practices in the justice process for juveniles. Marlene earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education from Rider University. Her Personal and Professional Coaching certification is through Comprehensive Coaching U, Parenting Educator training is with Lakeside Educational Network’s Parenting Resource and Education Network, and Real Justice Conferencing Facilitator/Training certification is through the International Institute of Restorative Practices.
Ryan Kanswe is a youth leader from Zambia, Africa, and has a natural gift in reaching out to youth and adults alike. He has presented at conferences throughout Africa speaking on the issues of human rights, environmental awareness and youth development. Ryan represented his country in 1999 at the Millennium Young People's Congress that met in Hawaii and has worked with the London-based Peace Child International project called, "Be the Change". Ryan's address this year will inspire all attendees as he shares his story growing up in Africa and how he has come to value the true meaning of the word "freedom". Ryan resides in Irving, TX and is presently enrolled at Texas A&M University studying Business Management.
Heshie Segal is the co-founder of The What If™ Organization, created to enhance educational and life experiences of the youths and young adults by training them to expand their vision of what is possible, empowering them to become fully responsible for the results they produce and offering opportunities for contribution to the world. Heshie is an award-winning speaker, now serving as President of the National Speakers Association-Mid Atlantic Chapter. She is the founder of JetNetting™, the networking
Cindy Pepper is founder and program director of Broken Wings Foundation for Substance Abuse Prevention, Inc. Based in Quakertown, PA, Cindy’s work through this organization also reaches into New Jersey and New York. She is the mother of three children and stepmother of three children. Cindy has worked in education for the last twenty-five years and has served several Lehigh Valley churches as Director of Christian Education. When she moved to Bucks County seven years ago she began working in the public school system as a special education teaching assistant. Having no qualms admitting she has a son whose life has been ravaged by alcohol and other drugs and committed to addiction prevention, she founded Broken Wings Foundation for Substance Abuse Prevention. Cindy also works in conjunction with justCommunity, Inc. to teach Life Skills, Project Alert, and the Tobacco Awareness Program.
Pastor Jim Rivera is the founder and the Senior Pastor of City Limits Assembly of God in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a flourishing multicultural church since 1994. Noted for his passion for urban community outreach/development and drug rehabilitation, he founded the Reach Home Community Services, an agency dedicated to community revitalization and economic empowerment. This passion for community development has led him to serve in the Steering Committee of the Weed and Seed initiative and the Advisory Board of the Tri-City African--American Chamber of Commerce. Pastor Jim's twenty-year road to community service began by overcoming a fourteen-year heroin addiction through the power of God. Immediately, he felt the need to help others caught in the same trap, this led him to become an addictions counselor and vocational administrator at an internationally known drug rehabilitation facility. Soon, this desire to help people became a call to ministry and he attended Berean University to study theology. Pastor Jim has been married to his wife, Deborah for 19 years and is the proud father of three children.