Save Our Children Summit
Addressing the Crisis in Michigan Foster Care
November 30, 2007
Program
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Click on the links to see print materials from
these Speakers at the Summit
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| 8:00-8:30 am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 am |
Welcome & Introductions - Trisha Stein, President,
Child's Hope, & Paul Zionts, Dean, University of Michigan School of
Education |
| 8:45-9:15 am |
Keynote Address:
Sophie Womack, MD, President, Wayne County Medical Society, Michigan
Children's Trust Fund Board |
| 9:15-10:00 am |
Living in Foster Care
A. The Foster Parent Experience - Toyur Mackey
B. The Foster Child Experience - Jessica Lindsey & Tanisha Kershaw, Foster
Care Graduates
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| 10:00-10:20 am |
Break - Exhibits of Community Resources |
| 10:20-10:30 am |
Ismael Ahmed, Director, Department of Human Services (DHS)
(Introduced by State Senator Gilda Jacobs) |
| 10:30-12:20 pm |
Foster Care in Michigan Today - moderated by Paul Zionts, Dean,
University of Michigan School of Education
A. Legislative Action Related to Foster Care & Children - State
Representative Hoon-Yung Hopgood
B. The Laws & Courts - Chief Judge Mary Beth Kelly, Third Judicial Circuit
of Michigan, Family Division
C. Michigan Department of Human Services - Jim Hennessey, Director, Bureau of
Children's Services, DHS
D. Private Agency Perspective - Alice Thompson, CEO, Black Family Development
E. Office of the Children's Ombudsman - Verlie Ruffin
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| 12:20-1:00 pm |
Lunch - Exhibits of Community Resources |
| 1:00-2:15 pm |
Change & Reform - moderated by Chief Referee Kelly Ramsey, Third
Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Family Division Juvenile Section
A. The Illinois Experience - Ben
Wolf, Associate Legal Director, ACLU of Illinois, Director of
Children's Initiative
B. Legislative Reform - Justice
Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court
C. Systems & Service Delivery - Gary Anderson, Director, Michigan State
University School of Social Work
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| 2:15-2:30 pm |
Break - Exhibits of Community Resources |
| 2:30-3:30 pm |
Coalition-Building & Planning for Change - Breakout Sessions
A. Building Community Supports for Foster Care Children & Families
(Red)*- Rev. Dr. Kathryn Thoresen, First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham;
John Heiss, The Fort Street Open Door; Rev. Gregory Guice, Detroit Unity Temple
B. Advocacy for Legislative Action (Yellow)* -
Jean Doss, J. Doss Consulting, LLC; Teresa Edwards, Legislative Aide
for State Representative Brenda Clack; Susan Martin, Chief of Staff to State
Representative Rick Shaffer
C. Building Community Awareness (Blue)* - moderated by Gail Bagale,
Child's Hope; Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press; Tim Kiska, University of
Michigan - Dearborn & WWJ
D. Improving Service Delivery (Green)* - moderated by Cynthia Swift,
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools; Gary Anderson, Director, Michigan State
University School of Social Work; Brenda Baker-Mbacke', Michigan Foster Care
Review Boards.
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| 3:30-4:15 pm |
Reports of Breakout Sessions & Next Steps - Vincent
Palusci, MD, Children's Hospital of Michigan |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjournment |
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