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8:30 a.m. Welcome from several speakers
- Ms. Kathy Dunleavy, Executive Director, United Way of the Piedmont
- Dr. John Stockwell, Chancellor, USC Upstate
- Dr. York Bradshaw, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, USC Upstate
- Dr. Jennifer Parker, Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, USC Upstate
(to introduce the keynote speaker)
8:45 – 9:50 Keynote speaker: Dr. Adolph Brown, III (Founder, Wellness Group,
Inc.)
10:00 – 11:45 “Break-Out” sessions (three sessions running concurrently)
Health Challenges Confronting Children:
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"Impediments to health among low-income children in Spartanburg", Dr. Monique Fox (Physician, ReGenesis Community Health Clinic, Spartanburg)
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"Addressing obesity in South Carolina and beyond", Dr. James Stallworth (Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine;
also Medical Director, South Carolina Institute for Childhood Obesity and Related
Disorders)
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"HIVAIDS and children: a global perspective", Dr. Njeri Mbugua (Associate Professor
of Social Science, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary, Lincoln, IL; also affiliated
with the Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Educational Challenges Confronting Children:
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"Early education in the United States and Italy: Different approaches and different
opportunities for children", Dr. William Corsaro (Robert H. Shafer Professor of Sociology, Indiana University
Bloomington)
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"Chronic absenteeism in early schooling: its relation to child characteristics
and maternal and family risks", Dr. Mariajose Romero (Senior Research Associate, National Center for Children
in Poverty, Columbia University, New York)
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"Assisting children at the margins in Spartanburg", Dr. Jim Ray (Superintendent, Spartanburg County
School District 3)
Child Maltreatment:
1. "From abuse to understanding to action: prosecutorial strategies in abuse cases", Mr. Trey Gowdy (7th Circuit Solicitor, Spartanburg County)
2. "Looking at child abuse in a South African context", Dr. Annette van der Merwe (Associate Professor, University of Pretoria [South
Africa] Law School)
3. "Child sexual abuse in the Upstate", Bill Herrick
(Executive Director, Children’s Advocacy, Spartanburg)
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch (included in the $35 registration fee, and served on site)
12:45 – 2:30 (Plenary session)
Children in Extreme Distress:
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"Child labor and trafficking in Africa and the United States", Dr. Loretta Bass (Associate Professor, Department. of Sociology, University
of Oklahoma Norman)
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"Child labor and trafficking in South Carolina", Mr. Walt Wilkins (Assistant U.S. Attorney, Greenville)
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"Children at war", Dr. York Bradshaw (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina
Upstate)
2:30 – 4:15 (Plenary Session)
Strategies for Positive Change:
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"Helping children of immigrants in the education system", Dr. Charles Bagwell (Principal, Arcadia Elementary School, Spartanburg)
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"The faith community’s response to children in crisis", Reverend Dr. Charles J.J. Jackson, III (Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Baptist Church,
Spartanburg)
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"Building healthy and happy children", Ms. Patsy Smith (Program Director, Zest Quest, Spartanburg)
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"State government’s reaction to children in crisis", State Representative Harold Mitchell, Jr. (South Carolina House District 31)
4:15 – 4:30 (Plenary Session)
Conference Wrap-Up
Ms. Kathy Dunleavy (Executive Director, United Way of the Piedmont, Spartanburg)
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