Welcome to the Twenty-Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
Honorable Milton C. Lee, Chief Judge
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Honorable Darlene Soltys, Presiding Judge,
Family Court Division
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
This session will explore how systems often pass traumatized children from one system to the next without offering them the capacity to heal from the trauma narratives and equip them with skills necessary to make transformation change. Judge Mitchell will discuss the reforms he and others have implemented to replace the pipeline and offer a canvas of artistic court expression which leads to wholeness and healing.
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Everett D. Mitchell, Director, Cyber TiplineNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Introduction: Honorable Sherri Beatty-Arthur, Magistrate Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
Dual-System and crossover are terms used to describe young people who are dually involved in the child welfare and juvenile legal systems. These youth are under-identified as such and face disparate outcomes compared to their single system involved peers even when there is knowledge of involvement in a second system. This session will focus on educating audience members on this vulnerable population and the common barriers facing juvenile legal and child welfare staff in their efforts to support these youth. The presenters, who have worked in over 100 communities nationwide, will explore those challenges and how they can be addressed through the Crossover Youth Practice Model. The session will also include the experience of a neighboring community (to DC) in their implementation and sustaining of the Model and its impact on front-line staff, youth, and families.
Speaker: Michael Umpierre, DirectorCenter for Youth Justice
Speaker: Macon Stewart, Senior Deputy Director
Center for Youth Justice
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Miller, Deputy Director,
Multi-System Operations
Center for Youth Justice
Speaker Walter Jackson, Assistant Director,
Prince George’s County Department of Social Services Community Services Division
Speaker Kristin Hileman-Adams, Magistrate
Circuit Court, Prince Georges County, Maryland
Moderator Rashida Prioleau, Esq, Chief,
Chief, Child Protection Section II
Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Sherri Beatty-Arthur, Magistrate Judge
Superior Court of the District of Columbia