A CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Sponsored by Urban Improv, Facing History & Ourselves, and Harvard School of Public Health


Stop Youth Violence!
Friday, November 1, 2002

Conference Schedule
8:15-9:00 Registration
8:15-9:00 Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Senator John F. Kerry
9:15-10:00 Senator John F. Kerry*
Keynote Speaker
10:00-11:00 Urban Improv – 2 scenes
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-11:45 Bessel van der Kolk Medical Director,
The Trauma Center, Boston University School of Medicine.
11:45-1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00-1:30 Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Harvard School of Public Health
1:30-2:45 Michael Thompson, PhD and Urban Improv
Presentation of two scenes with audience interaction
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 Margot Stern Strom
Facing History & Ourselves
3:30-4:30 Introduction of Re:Action!
Teaching Materials and Closing Remarks
  *Senator Kerry's availability is subject to the Senate following it's scheduled adjornment for the fall elections.
Facing History & Ourselves invites you to:

Making Peace in a Violent Time: A Conversation with Luis Rodriguez October 29th, Tuesday, 7–9:30 pm Hyde Park High School, 655 Metropolitan Avenue, Hyde Park, MA.

Join the community for a conversation with author, poet, and social activist, Luis Rodriguez. For the past 25 years, Rodriguez has been documenting life on the streets of Los Angeles and Chicago. His works, Hearts and Hands: Making Pedace in a Violent Time, and Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. give voice and hope to young people in often-forgotten immigrant communities.
RSVP to Paul Findlen at 617-735-1631 or paulfindlen@facing.org
For further information, please contact Urban Improv at www.urbanimprov.org or call 617-524-7045. Conference Location: American Repertory Theater, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA


John F. Kerry –United States Senator since 1985.
A member of the Senate Finance Committee,
Foreign Relations Committee, Commerce Committee,
and Chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Serves in the Senate Democratic Leadership as Chairman of the Steering
and Coordination Committee. Former Assistant District Attorney and Lieutenant Governor. Senator Kerry served
in the Navy during the Vietnam War, in which he received
a Silver Star, Bronze Star and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith–Currently serves as professor of Public Health Practice and Associate Dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. Nationally recognized public health leader. Developed and wrote the first violence prevention curriculum, "Peace by Piece," and co-authored Deadly Consequences, the first book to present the public health perspective on violence to a mass audience.
Margot Stern Strom–Executive Director and President of Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, a national educational organization that supports teachers and their students in a study of history and ethics. Frequent speaker, author and co-author of numerous books and other educational materials including Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Michael G. Thompson, PhD.–Consultant, lecturer, author and psychologist, specializing in children and families. Author, Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Raising Sons (Ballantine Books, 2000), Co-Author, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (Ballantine Books 2000) and Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children (Ballantine Books 2001) and Mom, They're Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems (Ballantine Books, 2002).
Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.–Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University and Medical Director of the HRI Trauma Center in Boston. Well-known teacher, researcher and clinician in the area of post-traumatic stress. Author, Psychological Trauma (American Psychiatric Press, 1987); Co-editor, Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body and Society (Guilford Press, 1966); Past President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.