What's New

• The Coalition's Gender-Responsive Standards and Assessment Tool for Girls' Programs is complete! Pilot sites have tested the tool and the feedback has been extremely positive.Go to the About Us section and scroll down to "February 2012" for more information.
  

• 2012 Coalition Meeting Schedule  

• 2011 Legislative Session Wrap Up
  

Attendees heard the State of the Coalition Address and guest speakers discussed the power of girls and women.

Keynote Speakers were Sally Eck, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Instructor at PSU, and Ibeth from Self Inhancement Inc.    

2011 Meeting Presentations

October 26th: "Where Are All the Girls"

Where are all the girls that used to be in our state facility and in our residential programs? The numbers of girls in Juvenile Justice have significantly decreased (52% decrease in the number of young women adjudicated/referrals in the past 10 years) as have the number of girls in the OYA facility/transition program and OYA, Child Welfare and Alcohol and Drug residential programs. Attendees will learn how Statewide Children's Wraparound Initiative is serving girls in our communities.

   Presented by Benjamin Hazelton, DHS Child Welfare

Attendees learned everything they need to know about the young women in the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) which will help them be more effective advocates for these girls and the services and supports they need to succeed.

Presented by Colette Peters, Director of the Oregon Youth Authority

Attendees learned about the basics of a neurobehavioral framework and the context within which subtle neurobehavioral characteristics may be part of the overall equation when working with youth.

Presented by Diane Malbin, Director of FASCETS, and Jen Frankamp with a case example 

Attendees learned more about White Shield's "Shadow Box" project and information on all the community support they get from businesses who allow apprenticeships, internships. Attendees also learned about African American women in the trades.

Presented by Esther Harris, Youth Development Coordinator for Salvation Army White Shield Center and Roberta Hunte, a Career Counselor with Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc., and adjunct instructor at PSU

Attendees learned how to engage in thoughtful, compassionate dialogue when we hear oppression being reiterated in our personal and professional lives.

Presented by Sally Eck, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Instructor at Portland State University

Attendees will provide input regarding young women involved with, or at risk of involvement with juvenile justice and what they see as the priorities for addressing the needs of girls and young women in their communities.

Facilitated by Project Director Theresa Miller for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency's National Girls Institute 

Members attended a Day at the Legislature and met with 15 Legislators to discuss the Coalition's Legislative Priorities

Members set Primary and Secondary Legislative Priorities to pursue for the 2011 session

Annual meeting at Kennedy School. Attendees heard the State of the Coalition Address and guest speakers addressed the health and well being of girls and young women of color involved in the Department of Human Services, as well as the disparities. 

Keynote Speakers were Tricia Tillman, Administrator for the Oregon Office of Multicultural Health and Services and a young woman speaker Adrienne Croskey