Institute for the Study of Social Change (ISSC) UC Berkeley

The conference focused on Latino and Asian Pacific Islander immigrant youth and the violence in these communities. By analyzing violence as an environmental and societal problem instead of as the actions of pathological individuals, we reframed the problem of youth violence. The conference provided a forum in which to analyze the role of the law in doing violence in immigrant communities and the potential of the law and other social institutions to promote healing by building on the strengths of youth and others in their communities. We invited a mix of activists, policymakers, and legal and social science scholars to identify promising new directions in research, programs, and policy.

Conference Sponsors: Institute for the Study of Social Change; the National Council on Crime and Delinquency; and the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Boalt Hall; Center on Culture, Immigration, and Youth Violence Prevention.
Co-Sponsors: The Center for Latino Policy Research; the Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative; Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley.

For more information contact: Dr. Deborah Lustig, 510-643-7238, dlustig@berkeley.edu

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Thursday, March 8
2:00-3:30pm	Exposing the Roots of Youth Violence: Research by Emerging Scholars (Goldberg Room) George Barganier, Ph.D. candidate, Education, UC Berkeley Miranda Ritterman, Ph.D. student, Public Health, UC Berkeley Kenzo Sung, Ph.D. student, Education, UC Berkeley Moderator: Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, Professor of Education, UC Berkeley
4:00-5:30pm	The Raven Lecture on Access to Justice (Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall) Click Here to download this video(200 MB) "Hearts & Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times" Luis Rodriguez Author of Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Life in L.A. Response by: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender Reception follows lecture in the Goldberg Room

Friday, March 9 (Goldberg Room, Boalt Hall)
9:00am	Welcome Rachel Moran Mary Louise Frampton
9:15-10:30am	Creating Deviance: The Construct of “Youth Violence” Click Here to download this video(121 MB) Barry Krisberg, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency Marlene Sanchez, Executive Director, Center for Young Women's Development Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Health, Florida International University Moderator: Khatarya Um, Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Berkeley
10:30-noon	Looking Beneath the Surface: Diversity within Immigrant Communities Click Here to download this video(121 MB) Thao Le, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University Nane Alejandrez, Executive Director, Barrios Unidos Bill Ong Hing, Professor of Law and Asian American Studies, UC Davis Moderator: Patricia Loya, Executive Director, Centro Legal de la Raza
12:30-1:45pm	Youth Violence in the Media: Presentation and Roundtable Discussions The section is in the previous video link at the 1hr.21min. mark Lori Dorfman, Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group, followed by small group discussions facilitated by conference speakers, including Penina Taesali, AYPAL/PIKA Project Director and Tammi Wong, Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California
2:00-3:25pm	Reclaiming our Communities: Forging Multiracial Alliances Click Here to download this video(121 MB) Jeff Fagan, Professor of Law and Public Health, Columbia University Gianna Tran, Deputy Executive Director, East Bay Asian Youth Center Victor Rios, Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara George Galvis, One Land One People Site Director, Youth Together Moderator: Howard Pinderhughes, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UC San Francisco School of Nursing
3:30-5:00pm	Moving Forward: Strategies for Success Click Here to download this video(121 MB) James Bell, Executive Director, W. Haywood Burns Institute Michele Hoover, Public Health Advisor, CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Isabelle Mussard, JD, Youth Law Program Coordinator, McCullum Youth Court Cecilia Martinez, Youth Attorney, McCullum Youth Court Malcolm Yeung, Staff Attorney, Asian Law Caucus Frank Garcia, Jr, Executive Director, Puente Project Moderator: Emily Ozer, Professor of Public Health
5:00-6:00pm	Closing Remarks and Wine and Cheese Reception