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April 27, 2011
RESCHEDULED: PARENTAL NURTURE & ADVOCACY FORUM WILL NOT BE HELD THURSDAY, APRIL 28

 

The Parental Nurture & Advocacy forum will not be held Thursday, April 28, 2011.  It is being rescheduled for a future date.  We will notify you within the next few days of the new date.  Please make note of this change.

 

Please mark your calendars that the Immigration & Advocacy forum will be held May 26, 2011, and the Children's Health Care forum will be held June 23, 2011. 

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CSEC TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OFFERED


Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia,

Fulton County Department of Health Services,

Georgia Care Connection Office,

Governor's Office for Children & Families

and

Kennesaw State University Dept.

of Social Work & Human Services

 

Invite you to join us

Friday, April 29, 2011 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM.

 

Introduction to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children for

Mental Health Professionals

6 CEUs Approved by NASW-GA

will be offered free of charge

 

Trainer

Jennifer Bartl, LMFT, CACII

 

Behavioral Health Program Manager

Fulton County Oak Hill Child, Adolescent & Family Center

 

Location

Hapeville Library

525 King Arnold St., Hapeville, GA 30354

Lunch will be on your own.

 

This FREE session dispels some of the stereotypes about children exploited through the sex trade. We will cover who is vulnerable to recruitment, pathways to entry, risk factors, opportunities for intervention, appropriate and effective engagement with victims, and possible treatment strategies for commercially sexually exploited children. The program includes video segments.

 

Space is limited. No more than 2 individuals from each organization please.

 

Please RSVP to sarah.dempsey@children.ga.gov.

 
HELP FEED HUNGRY CHILDREN THROUGH THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
The Summer Food Service Program is looking for eligible sponsors to serve nutritious meals to children throughout Georgia this summer. The SFSP is administered in Georgia by Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The program provides free meals to eligible children in low-income areas during the summer months when students are out of school where they would normally receive breakfast and/or lunch.  The next and final training date to become a sponsor site is:

May 5 - 6, 2011
34 Peachtree Street
18th Floor-Training Room 
Atlanta, GA 30303
404.657.1779
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration 8:30 a.m.
Note: This will be the last available training date.


For more information on how your faith community can serve, please click here.
SPIRITUAL WITNESS FOR CHILDREN
Prayer
One of the most important things faith communities can do for children is to pray for them.
 
Every child is a child of God and deserves justice and compassion. Every child deserves our prayers.
 
ICM encourages every faith community to become a spiritual witness for children. Hold a worship service in your church, synagogue, mosque or temple and invite others to join in praying for the well-being of all children.
ICM Mission and Goals
 
The Interfaith Children's Movement was formed in 2001 as an intentional association of individuals and communities of faith from all religious traditions.
 
The Interfaith Children's Movement strives to be a voice for all Georgia children, but especially the poor and marginalized whose voices are often unheard. 
 
ICM works closely with Georgia's policy-oriented child advocacy organizations, such as: 
  • Voices for Georgia's Children,
  • The Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University,
  • Georgia Appleseed,
  • JUSTGeorgia,
  • Prevent Child Abuse Georgia and
  • A Future.Not a Past. (child prostitution prevention). 

These organizations set the agenda for our advocacy work for children. 

ICM's faith community members provide a megaphone to the legislature about what needs to be done for children.

ICM Board of Directors

Bettieanne C. Hart, Board Chair

Carolina Antonini

Rabbi Analia Bortz

Rev. Dr. Merchuria Chase-Williams

Elaine Eberhart

Lance Lourie

Ben Murunga

Rev. Andrew Peabody

Rev. Dr. Wendell Phillips

Donald Price, Treasurer

Rev. Bessie Robinson

Imam Mansoor Sabree

David Soloway

Beatrice Soublet

Kathryn Stanley

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2011 CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE TO BE HELD JUNE 8 - BE AN ICM VOLUNTEER

On June 8, 2011, the 19th Annual Celebration of Excellence (COE) will be held at the Rialto Theatre in downtown Atlanta.  Celebration of Excellence is an event that acknowledges and honors Georgia foster youth who are graduating from high school, GED programs, vocation schools or college. 

 

Become a member of the Interfaith Children's Movement COE volunteer team and have the experience of a lifetime serving children who have overcome exceptional odds.  Please click here to contact Pamela Perkins for more information and to sign up.

 

 

YWCA OF GREATER ATLANTA TO HONOR

ICM BOARD MEMBER RABBI ANALIA BORTZ

AS 2011 WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT

The YWCA  of Greater Atlanta will honor Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz, ICM board member, as an inductee into its 2011 Academy of Women Achievers.  Rabbi Bortz serves Congregation Or Hadash, which is located in north Atlanta.

 

The Salute to Women of Achievement luncheon will be held Wednesday, May 18th, 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.  Tickets for the event can be purchased at www.ywcaatlanta.org.  For more information, contact Pam Rosenthal at 678-553-3151 or prosenthal@candyberman.com.

 

ICM congratulates Rabbi Bortz for this recognition of her invaluable service to the greater Atlanta community.

 

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