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Families Matter! Creating Opportunities for Family Voice, Empowerment and Leadership

Join BOSTnet and United Way on June 6th for the 2008 Families Matter! Conference to celebrate family involvement throughout the ages and stages of child and youth development. You'll learn how to design responsive programs, enhance parent communications, and improve outcomes for youth of all ages.

RSVP by June 2

Panel Discussion
Hear from empowered parents, leading experts, and staff from out-of-school time programs that support family engagement strategies for young children, middle school students and teens.

Workshop Offerings
Guided sessions will help you adapt strategies to your own programs. Click here for a description of each workshop. Topics include:

- Family focused staff: Cultural competence of staff working with families & including family voice & leadership in your programs
- Engaging families in programs with teens
- Increasing family access to community cultural resources

Event Date: Friday, June 6, 2008

Time: 8:30am - 12 noon

Cost: FREE (light breakfast will be served)

Questions? Contact Manosi Datta at BOSTnet, 617-720-1290 x210 or datta@bostnet.org.

RSVP by June 2, 2008