Investing in Well-Being and Equity to Prevent Systems Involvement
What does it take to prevent young people’s involvement in youth-serving systems? YTFG’s Spring meeting delved into an array of investment strategies philanthropy can support to invest in the well-being of families and communities and reduce and ultimately prevent systems involvement. Below please find links to all our session recordings.
Day 1 – Tuesday, April 27, 2023
Welcome
Patrice Cromwell, YTFG Co-Chair
Opening Remarks
Anne Williams-Isom, NYC Deputy Mayor of Health & Human Services
Preventing Youth Justice Systems Involvement
Burgundi Allison, Associate Director for Diversion and Prevention, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Hernán Carvente-Martinez, founder of Healing Ninjas and Interim Director of Alianza for Youth Justice
Nancy Ginsburg, Deputy Commissioner, Youth and Family Justice, ACS
Karol Mason, President, Jay John College
Investing in Community Capacity to Support Young People and Their Families
Mishi Faruqee, Director, Andrus Family Fund
Belinda Ramos, Strategic Advisor to the Executive Director, Community Connections for Youth
Kyung-Ji Rhee, Co-Executive Director, Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing
Angela Burton Special Counsel for Interdisciplinary Matters, Office for Justice Initiatives, NYS Office of Court Administration
Investments in Opportunity to Prevent Systems Involvement
Aisha vanTerSluis, former YTFG Fellow and Steering Committee Member
Julia Davis, Director of Youth Justice and Child Welfare, Children’s Defense Fund - NY
Jose Perez, YouthNPower Project Manager
Katie Napolitano, Co-Director, Fair Futures
Hasan Stephens, Founder, Good Life Youth Foundation and Hip Hop Center for Youth Entrepreneurship
Day 2 – Wednesday, April 28, 2023
From Root to Residue: Investing in Mental Wellness to Address the Impact of Systems Involvement
Amy Price, Zellerbach Family Foundation
Gabrielle Prisco, Co-Executive Director, Lineage Project
Melody Joanne Centeno, Founder, Foster Care Unplugge
Organizing and Engagement as Strategies to Prevent Systems Involvement
Albert Maldonado, California Endowment
Kamaria Excell, Director of Project Management, JMAC for Families
Tony Turner, Youth Advisory Council, Fair Futures and YTFG Fellow
Jeanette Vega, Executive Director, RISE
Narrative Change Strategies to Support Prevention and Well-Being
Tonyel Edwards, YTFG Co-Chair
Trevor Smith, Director of Narrative Change, Liberation Ventures
Moira O’Neil, Senior Vice President of Research Interpretation, Frameworks Institute
Lawrence Bartley, Publisher, The Marshall Project Inside