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1.� Letters to Chiefs of Police regarding Terrorism and Poverty and Violence courses

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Dear Law Enforcement Personnel,

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The University of Bridgeport�s IDEAL Program is collaborating with the Stamford Police Department and is excited to announce that we will be offering two courses specifically designed for law enforcement personnel at our Stamford, Connecticut campus.� The courses are accelerated and meet one night per week for four hours for five weeks and this enables a student to obtain three college credits very quickly.

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The two courses are:�

Sociological Aspects of Terrorism begins on Thursday, February 23 through March 23 from 6-10pm.�
�Poverty and Violence begins on Thursday, April 6^th through May 4 from 6-10pm.

You and a staff member are cordially invited to attend a breakfast meeting on Tuesday, February 7^th at 9am at our Stamford campus where Peter Barone, Esq. who will be teaching our course on Terrorism will be the guest speaker.� Peter Barone, Esq. has been in law enforcement for the past thirty years, and has worked as a Civilian Special Agent for the Department of Defense in Counterintelligence, Human Intelligence Operations and Force Protection where he has conducted CI/HUMINT operations in the Middle East.� His wealth of knowledge (CV attached) and professional and educational experience will provide local law enforcement with insight for state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies in their joint fight against terrorism.�

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I have also attached a flyer to post and distribute to your law enforcement personnel, an IDEAL brochure, course descriptions of the Terrorism and Poverty and Violence classes, and an outline of the Terrorism course.� I encourage any of your interested staff to attend one of our following information/registration sessions at our Stamford campus:

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Information/Registration Session at our Stamford Campus:

Thursday, February 9, from 5 � 7 PM. Please RSVP by calling (203) 576-4800.

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Thank you in advance for your support of this worthwhile event and we look forward to seeing you on February 7th.� Please rsvp by Friday, February 3^rd by calling (203)576-4800 or via email: [email protected]

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Sincerely,

Eileen Sheridan

Director, IDEAL Program

(203) 576-4828

Email: [email protected]

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Jean Mann

Director, Stamford Campus

(203) 358-0700

Email: [1] [email protected]

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2.� UB�s IDEAL Program (the most accelerated degree program in the area, geared for working adults) has added two new courses related specifically to law enforcement:

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SOC 299 � Sociological Aspects of Terrorism ��

Stamford Campus, 5 Thursday evenings from 2/23/06 � 3/23/06 (3 credits)

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�� This course is designed to introduce the student to the origins, history, and theory, sociological and religious aspects of Terrorism.� It is intended to create a working knowledge, understanding and sensitivity concerning the origins, history, components, sociological and religious components of terrorism.�� All these areas play an integral part of the organization and operations that terrorists and terrorist groups use to accomplish their goals and objectives.� The course will approach terrorism from its ideological and methodological aspects,� focusing on the symbolic values possessed by its operational targets and the messages attempting to be conveyed by the terrorists through their violent and attention getting actions.� It will also focus on the sensitization of law enforcement personnel in identifying how to operate on a daily basis in a terrorist potential environment.� This will all be accomplished from the sociological, religious and legal perspective.

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PSCI 299 � Poverty & Violence

Stamford Campus, 5 Thursday evenings from 4/6/06 � 5/4/06 (3 credits)

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�� This course will examine the relationship that exists between poverty and violence in the context of the nation-state and in interstate relations.� The course will examine absolute poverty vis-�-vis relative poverty, invite reflection on poverty�s origins and discuss historical and existing avenues for addressing poverty such as Marxism, national liberation movements, dependency theory, social democracy, non-violent resistance, modernization theory and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).� The course will examine specific ways in which violence emerges when the state,� or office of the state,� inappropriately responds to social protest or peaceful demonstrations aimed at calling attention to poverty related issues.

Note:�� We are holding information sessions for all law enforcement personnel on:
Thursday, February 9^th from 5:00 � 7:00 PM at the University of Bridgeport�s Stamford Campus, located in Springdale. Call 203-358-0700 to RSVP!
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Questions? Call Eileen Sheridan at (203) 576-4828

or e-mail [2] [email protected]

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3.� Keeping Kids in the Child Welfare System After 18

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Please join us for the debut event of a new web conference series co-sponsored by [3] Chapin Hall Center for Children and the [4] National Conference of State Legislatures.

DATE: March 1, 2006

TIME: 1 pm - 2 pm EST

LOCATION: Online

��[5] Register Now

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During the last four decades, the transition to adulthood has become longer. Many young people depend on their parents well beyond the age of eighteen for financial help, health insurance, or a place to live. For former foster youth with no families to count on as they move into adulthood, the challenges can be particularly difficult, especially when publicly-funded services end. Recent research conducted by Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago suggests that youth who remain in care and continue to receive services past their eighteenth birthday fare much better than those who leave the child welfare system at eighteen.

This free web conference will present an overview of the new research and provide state lawmakers, policy-makers, advocates, and others with an opportunity to learn about the experiences of states that allow youth to remain in the child welfare system past their eighteenth birthday. Join colleagues from states around the country to learn more about this research and discuss policy options for states without leaving your office.
Presenters include:

Mark E. Courtney, Principal Investigator, The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth and Director of Chapin Hall Center for Children
Amy Dworsky, Project Director, The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth
Lawrence Grazian, Director of Policy Initiatives, Child Protection Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Erwin McEwen, Deputy Director, Monitoring/Quality Assurance, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Lourdes Rosado, Senior Attorney, Juvenile Law Center and Author of Dependent Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: A Guide for Judges
Sybil Thomas, Judge, Child Protection Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Moderator: Martha Shirk, Author, On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System

Space is limited and registration is required.

Additional Information:

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�� [6] The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

�� [7] http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1355&L2;=61&L3;=130

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�� Dependent Youth Aging Out of Foster Care:� A Guide for Judges

�� [8] http://www.jlc.org/Resources/pdfs/agingoutjudgesguide.pdf

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�� On Their Own:� What Happens to Kids Whey They Age Out of the Foster Care System

�� [9] http://www.jimcaseyyouth.org/specialtopics/ontheir/index.htm

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This web seminar is made possible by the generosity of the Col. Stanley R. McNeil Foundation.

Questions, contact Anya Meksin

email: [10] [email protected]

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4.� Washington bill � Washington state just passed a bill that abolishes mandatory minimum sentencing for youth who are tried as adults.� The bill passed through both the House and Senate unanimously and was signed by the Governor.�

�� *Please see PDF File

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5.� Speaker Amann's Press Conference on Youth Policy in CT

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Youth Future�s Policy Team Press Conference

February 6, 2006

11am

Legislative Office Building

Room 1D, Hartford CT

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Contact Rep. Kenneth Green or Fred Stula

Phone: (860) 240-8876

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Downloads

Washington Bill (0)

[1]: mailto:[email protected]
[2]: mailto:[email protected]
[3]: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=faphisbab.0.77leq8n6.6njaa9n6.10774&p;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chapinhall.org
[4]: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=faphisbab.0.vkirksbab.6njaa9n6.10774&p;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncsl.org%2F
[5]: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=faphisbab.0.wkirksbab.6njaa9n6.10774&p;=https%3A%2F%2Fchapinhall.webex.com%2Fchapinhall%2Fonstage%2Ftool%2Fenrollee%2Fregister.php%3FConfID%3D335738639%26Rnd%3D1663721846
[6]: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=faphisbab.0.zei4tkbab.6njaa9n6.10774&p;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chapinhall.org%2Farticle_abstract.aspx%3Far%3D1355%26L2%3D61%26L3%3D130
[7]: http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1355&L2;=61&L3;=130
[8]: http://www.jlc.org/Resources/pdfs/agingoutjudgesguide.pdf
[9]: http://www.jimcaseyyouth.org/specialtopics/ontheir/index.htm
[10]: mailto:[email protected]

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