Boys Into Men: Strategies for Survival and Success
for
African- American Males to be Held Nov. 16
Norfolk, Va.- The Virginia Association of
Black Psychologists will host the 7th Annual Francine Kee Peterson Memorial
Scholarship Conference Boys into Men: Strategies for Survival and Success
for African-American Boys Into Men from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday, Nov.
16 at Norfolk State University's L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center.
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The featured speakers for the conference will be:
Harold Maxwell, Jr.-As coordinator of domiciliary care for the Homeless
Veterans Program at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hampton,
Maxwell conducts workshops on working with African-American men in psychotherapy
and cultural competence training. He will discuss the development of
healthy values and morals in African-American males.
Lee Underwood-A professor of psychology at Regent University who has
developed a model of care, which details treatment assumptions, theoretical
principals and treatment interventions in treating mentally ill delinquent
adolescents. He will discuss assessing, diagnosing and treating the
mental health needs of African-American adolescents in the juvenile
justice system as well as overcoming perceptions.
Anderson J. Franklin-A professor in the clinical and social personality
programs at the Graduate School and City College of the City University
of New York, Franklin is currently president of the Society for Psychological
Study of Ethnic and Minority Issues, a division of the American Psychological
Association. Franklin will give the luncheon keynote speech, which will
be based on the book he co-authored with Nancy Boyd-Franklin titled
"Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons."
The Francine Kee Peterson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded at the
luncheon, which will be held at 1 p.m., to an African-American doctoral
student in psychology who has demonstrated a commitment to community
service and cultural diversity. Peterson was a clinical psychologist
who was an active charter member of the Virginia Association of Black
Psychologists. She worked diligently with both individuals and families
in her private practice at Clinical Associates of Tidewater.
The cost for the daylong conference, which includes lunch, is $55 for
professionals and $15 for students. The preferred registration deadline
is Nov. 10. For more information, call Beverly Boone-Harris at 823-2409
or Joy Cooley at 823-9439.
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Norfolk, VA 23504 USA
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