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 Welcome to Children's Network

 

​"Significant, positive outcomes for children and youth in San Bernardino County can only be achieved through partnership...

County agencies, community-based organizations, education, communities of faith, and caring adults working in partnership for and with their families...

The Children's Network promotes and supports those partnerships..."
 
Amy Cousineau
Children's Network Officer
 

 ​27th Annual Children’s Network Conference

 
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27th Annual Children’s Network Conference
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 & Thursday, September 19, 2013
 
Ontario Convention Center
 
NOW ACCEPTING CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
 

 Conference Speakers

 


 		 Steve Pemberton
 
Steve Pemberton is a child advocate, motivational speaker, and author.  A ward of the state for much of his childhood, Steve Pemberton has made opportunity, access, and equality pillars of his personal and professional life. One of America's most inspiring executives, he is recognized as a leader on matters of diversity and inclusion and their importance to the growth of the American industrial complex.
Pemberton is chief diversity officer and divisional vice president for Walgreens, the first such person to hold that responsibility in the company’s 110-year history. As such, he directs activities to help serve diverse markets and populations.  Pemberton currently serves on several boards including The Home for Little Wanderers and UCAN to provide guidance and inspiration to children in need.  The Pemberton Fund for the Future has been established at The Home for Little Wanderers to assist children aging out of the foster care system.
 
His memoir, A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, chronicles his difficult path through foster care and his determined search for his family. It is an inspirational story that crosses generations and cultures, but specifically whispers to those who have had the odds stacked against them. Pemberton’s relentless journey to overcome his setbacks, find his biological family, and right the wrongs of his parents' past is a model for all families to follow.  Steve’s story is a true testament of faith, fortitude, and forgiveness.
Dr. Richard J. Gelles
 
Dr. Gelles the Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence.  He is Director for the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and Co-Director of the Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research. 
Gelles is an internationally known expert in domestic violence and child welfare and was influential in the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
 
Dr. Gelles is the author of the highly influential book, The Violent Home, which was the first systematic investigation to provide empirical data on domestic violence. His more recent books, The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition, have also made a significant impact in the study of child welfare and family violence.
 
In his most recent book, The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Do Not Work and a Blueprint for Change, Gelles points to what does not work, what does work and how successful elements of effective programs can be incorporated into future social policies and programs.
 

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