Human Services Matters

Challenges to Youth Services and the Availability of Support ( Panel Discussion)

• Welcome: Dean Guylaine Harrison and Director Michelle Raysor  
• Moderator: Dr. Hari Drayton, Monroe University Professor

The Purpose of the “Pins” Diversion Program for Youth 

• Jamall T. Jenkins, LCSW, Program Director, 
  
  The Family Assessment Program (Fap) Pins Diversion Program

Bullying Will Not Work! Fifty Shades of Purple Against BULLYING  

• Professor Ruth Delores Smith, LCSW-R, MA, MPHIL, CASAC 2, CCTP, BC-TMH, Monroe University Professor

The Impact of Homelessness on student learning and achievement.  (The McKinney-Vento Grant Program)

• Maria Miginty, MSW, Coordinator Homeless Student Program, Southern Westchester BOSCES

Community Based Services to Enhance & Support Youth Development & Success 

• Debbie Burrell-Butler, Executive Director of the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau

Hidden Figures Slide, Highlighting the work of people in Human Services

12:10 pm – 1:00 pm

Internship / Handshake the Human Services Team Presentation

Presented by: Career Services

• Join the zoom meeting

6:30 pm

Family Workers play an important role in our communities 

Please join our Family Worker Panel  to learn about this career path and to meet some of our current students working in this special role.

• Join the zoom meeting

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Human Services in the Community

• Opening Remarks: President Marc Jerome
• Moderator: Dean Guylaine Harrison 
• Special Guest: Mayor Shawn Patterson-Howard, Mount Vernon, New York

12:105 pm – 1:00 pm

CASAC Information Session         

• Hosted by Director Michelle Raysor

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Unpacking the COVID-19 Crisis from a Mental Health Perspective 

“Is This the Right Time to Legalize Marijuana”

• Guest Speaker: Steve Chassman, LCSW CASAC, Executive Director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

• Moderator:  Michelle Raysor