Join us for the 21st Annual WorldForum for a gathering of global leaders in child welfare. November 8-11, 2010 – New York USA
International delegates and child welfare experts will gather at the IBM Learning Center in Palisades, New York this November 8 to 11 for WorldForum 2010, the 21st annual summit of the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW). This year’s theme, A World Fit for Children: Advancing the Global Movement, sets the stage for 500 delegates from 40 nations to take stock of current successes and obstacles; to share cutting edge research, innovative solutions, and best practices; and to plan for future action. A parallel forum for young people will focus on the participation of youth in the welfare process. Alongside the IFCW, co-hosts for the summit will be The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families (CHCF), Mentoring USA and Mentoring USA/Italia.
ESTELA BARNES DE CARLOTTO – President of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Argentina
LILLIAM BARRIOS-PAOLI – Commissioner of the New York City Department for the Agin (DFTA)
DR. SUSAN LYNN BISSELL, PhD – Associate Director and Chief, Child Protection, Programmes-UNICEF
GLADYS CARRIÓN, ESQ.-Commissioner of New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS)
MAKWEI MABIOOR DENG – Banaa Scholarship Recipient and Sudan Refugee/ USA/Sudan
DJIBRIL DIALLO, PhD (Lon) – Senior Advisor – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
PRISCILLA STAR DIAZ – Rapper, Actor, lead cast of The Electric Company which airs on PBS Kids Go! and focus of documentary P -STAR RISING
DR. ARTHUR KLEIN – North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems-Senior Vice President of Children’s Services, Executive Director and Chief of Staff-Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York.
DR. MICHAEL LEON, PHD – Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Associate Dean of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and partner, the Mando Group.
GORD MACKINTOSH -Minister of Family Services and Consumer Affairs
DR. STEPHEN W. NICHOLAS – Associate Dean for Admissions Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Founder and Director, Columbia U International Family AIDS Program, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (College of Physicians & Surgeons and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian) and Clinical Population and Family Health (Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health)
DR. PHILIP O. OZUAH, M.D., PH.D., – Professor and University Chairman of the Departments of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, and Physician-in-Chief of The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore.
EFREN G. PEÑAFLORIDA, JR – Founder – Dynamic Teen Company and CNN’s 2009 Hero of the Year
CHERYL PERERA – Founder and President of OneChild
VICTORIA ROWELL – New York Times Bestselling Author, Actress and Humanitarian
BRYAN SAMUELS – US Department of Health and Human Services-Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
JERRY TELLO – Director National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
Shaping WorldForum 2010
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child
- A World Fit for Children
- UNICEF Child Protection Strategy,
- Millennium Development Goals
WorldForum 2010 Topics
- Promoting Healthy Lives
- Providing Quality Education for All
- Protecting Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Violence
- Combating HIV/AIDS
Leading Trends at WorldForum
- Major shifts in demographics
- Advances in Pediatric Neurobiology
- Impact of Information & Communications Technologies on sustainable poverty reduction
Cross-cutting themes
- Poverty, Hunger and Nutrition
- Family Stability / Immigration / Migration / Mobility
- Minority and Indigenous Languages, Identity, and Culture
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Social Justice
- Active Participation and Empowerment of Youth
Join us for the gathering of the IFCW’s WorldForum 2010 in New York! WorldForum 2010 Steering Committee Members
Action for Child Protection
American Humane Association
Campaign for US Ratification of the CRC
Casey Family Services
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC)
Children in Wales
Children’s Home Society of America
Citi
Columbia University
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Community Living Toronto
Conspiracy & Truth Commission
Education for Development (EFD)
Illinois Department of Human Services
Indonesia Child Welfare Foundation
Jackson Lewis LLP
Mentoring USA
Mentoring USA/Italia
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
National Organization of Italian American Women
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
NYC Department for the Aging
NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Pan American Development Foundation
UN AIDS
UNICEF
UPS
Walmart
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