From:  Andrea Z Weiss <[log in to unmask]> 03/16/99 12:01PM 

Two seminars on Children and Violence, sponsored by the Dane
County Family Impact Advisory Committee, the Dane County
Department of Human Services and others will be held in Madison
on Friday, April 9 (all day) at American Family Insurance and
Saturday, April 10 (morning only) at the Fen Oak Resource Center.

On April 9, the seminar - Children and Violence: focus on community
health - will provide educators, law enforcement professionals,
program directors and staff, social workers, etc. with critical
information about the enormous impact violent acts by children have
on the health of our communities.  Dr. Beverly Coleman-Miller, M.D.,
currently a visiting scholar at Harvard, and a leading authority on
youth violence and public health will be the keynote speaker.  The
cost of the seminar is $35, inlcuding lunch.

The April 10th seminar - Children and Violence:report to policy
makers - is open to elected officials and their policy staff.
Researchers and practitioners will present and discuss models for
preventing and responding to childhood violence.  (There is no charge
for this seminar -- and no lunch.)

The registration deadline is Friday, April 2nd and space is
limited. If you would like to receive a brochure, please call Eleanor
Harris at 608/242-6427 or send a request via email to me:
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Thanks all.