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TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN MENTORING SEMINAR TO BE HELD MARCH
13
March 4, 2002
Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Bureau of Community
Services will present a Take Stock in Children mentoring
seminar on Wednesday, March 13 from 3-7:30 p.m. at the Rusty
Pelican Restaurant, 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key
Biscayne.
Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, an international consultant on
mentoring and president of the Mentor Counseling Group in
Connecticut, will present the seminar. Weinberger designed
and developed the first one-on-one school-based mentoring
program in America, the Norwalk Mentor Program, in the early
1980s and served as its director for 12 years. She has
authored numerous journal articles and publications on the
subject of mentoring.
District State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle will be
the keynote speaker. Her participation as a Take Stock in
Children mentor and her experience as a district state
attorney will provide valuable insight into the many
challenges facing youths in Miami-Dade County.
For more information, contact the Bureau of Community
Services at 305-995-1215.