Under Our Wings conference:
“A Global Approach To Ending Juvenile Injustice.”

Under Our Wings, a newly formed grass roots coalition dedicated to ending the prosecution and adjudication of children as adults and to eradicating the juvenile death penalty, is hosting a conference entitled “A Global Approach To Ending Juvenile Injustice.”

The conference will take place at Barry University in Orlando, Florida on December 6-7, 2002. The program will cover:

• Current status of the juvenile death penalty and state policies on transfer of youth to the adult criminal system
• Psychological considerations of youth
• Inconsistencies between treatment of juveniles in the criminal justice system and child protection laws
• Current anti-death penalty and transfer opposition initiatives

Speakers for the conference include:

• Dr. Cynthia Price Cohen, Executive Director, ChildRights International Research Institute
• Professor Bernardine Dohrn, Founder of the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law
• Professor James Garbarino, Cornell University, Author of “Lost Boys”
• Stephen Harper, Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law
• Professor Gertrud Lenzer, Founder, Children’s Studies Program at the City University of New York
• Reverend Thomas Masters, Founder, Under Our Wings
• Marc Schindler, Staff Attorney, Youth Law Center
• Professor Victor Streib, Ohio Northern University School of Law

To register for the conference, visit <http://www.underourwings.org/>. For more information on Under Our Wings, please visit the website or call 561-662-7421.