NSU to Host Conference on Strengthening the Family by Supporting Our Sons' Journey to Manhood
 

Norfolk, Va. - The Norfolk State University Child Welfare Student Educational Stipend Program will host the Eastern Area I Professional Kinship Care Training Conference on Strengthening the Family by Supporting Our Sons' Journey to Manhood from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at the Scott-Dozier Dining Hall, which is located on the NSU campus.

Geared towards staff in public and private welfare agencies, the training objective of the conference is help facilitate the delivery of more comprehensive and culturally sensitive services to stabilize and support grandparents and other relatives who care for minor male kin.

International lecturer and author Nancy Boyd-Franklin, a psychologist and professor at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, will be the featured conference presenter. An expert in the field of social welfare policy and practice, and the author of Boys into Men, Boyd-Franklin will examine some of the challenges faced by kinship caregivers when supporting the African American and Latino males' journey to manhood.

Throughout her career, she has been involved in the development of community-based interventions for African Americans and other ethnic minority clients and families. She currently trains doctoral students to provide individual therapy, home-based family therapy, and school-based violence prevention groups for at-risk adolescents.

Co-sponsored by KinCare Connection - Hampton Roads Regional Taskforce on Kinship Care, VISSTA, and the Virginia Department of Social Services, the cost of the conference, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $35 per person.

To register, call 727-1880. For more information, call 393-0570 or 823-2537/2680.

Contacts: Sharon R. Hoggard or Misti Goodson
Phone: 757-823-8374 or 757-823-2119

Email: srhoggard@nsu.edu  or mgoodson@nsu.edu