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YOUTH CRIME WATCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MARCH 19-20
March 8, 2002
More than 900 Miami-Dade County Public Schools' students
will attend the two-day conference of the sixth annual Youth
Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County starting at 8 a.m., Monday,
March 19 at the Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel, 3900 N.W. 21
St.
Elementary school students will attend on Tuesday, March 19,
and middle and senior high school students will attend on
Wednesday, March 20.
Guests includes elected officials, police chiefs and other
civic leaders who will recognize the many students who work
hard to eliminate crime on Miami-Dade County Public School's
campuses and their neighborhoods. Seminars on crime
prevention topics and other safety related issues also will
be presented. Students will have the opportunity to meet
role models and exchange ideas with other students on how to
deter and eliminate juvenile crime.
Based in public schools, YCW is a not-for-profit program
that educates students in crime prevention.
For more information, contact Carmen Caldwell,
Citizens Crime Watch of Miami-Dade, at 305-470-1670.