6th Annual PEAR Conference

STAY TUNED FOR WEBINARS RELATED TO CONFERENCE TOPICS

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PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

SPONSORS

Partners HealthCare

Red Sox Foundation

Paul and Anne Marcus Family Foundation

Department of Education and Care

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Harvard University Government and Community Relations Department

Boston Afterschool and Beyond

United Way

6th Annual PEAR Conference
09.19.08 - 8am to 4pm
Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

The 6th Annual PEAR Leadership Conference will present innovations from research, practice and policy that create success in youth learning, resilience and engagement. The conference brings together all those who think about and act on behalf of the developing child and youth in Boston, in Massachusetts, and across the nation. Topics to be discussed include youth work, education, mental health, family support, social service and criminal justice.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, McLean Hospital President Scott L. Rauch and PEAR Director Gil G. Noam at 5th Annual PEAR Conference

Scott L. Rauch, President of McLean Hospital, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, City of Boston, and Gil G. Noam, Director of PEAR at 5th Annual PEAR Conference (left to right)

NEW!!!
Boston Public Schools will grant 10 Professional Development Points for those attending the 6th Annual PEAR Conference and participating in the follow-up Webinars

PEAR Conference 2008 Advisory Board
Mayor Thomas M. Menino
Jonathan Abbott	WGBH	Stacey Lucchino	Boston Red Sox
Senator Robert Antonioni	Massachusetts State Senate	Angelo McClain	Commissioner, Dept of Children and Families
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Jill Medvedow	Institute of Contemporary Art
Louis Casagrande	Boston Children’s Museum	Ronay Menschel	Phipps House
Edward Davis	Boston Police Commissioner	Ioannis Miaoulis	Museum of Science
Nicholas Donohue	Nellie Mae Education Foundation	Earl Phalen	BELL Foundation
Michael Durkin	United Way Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley	Ellen Semonoff	Cambridge Department of Human Services
Matt Fishman	Partners HealthCare	John Shattuck	John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Chris Gabrieli	Mass 2020 Foundation	Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.	Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Dr. Joseph Gold	McLean Hospital	Harry Spence	John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Cinthia Haan	The Haan Foundation for Children	Rep. Marie St. Fleur	Massachusetts House of Representatives
Reverend Ray Hammond	Bethel AME Church	Eric Schwarz	Citizen Schools
Dr. Carol Johnson	Superintendent of Boston Public Schools	Marylou Sudders	Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Amy Kershaw	Acting Commissioner Early Education and Care	Meg Vaillancourt	Red Sox Foundation
Barbara Leadholm	Commissioner, Dept of Mental Health

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