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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
RECEPTION FOR BCCC JUVENILE JUDGES SUMMIT
THE OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC
SEPTEMBER 12, 1994
TALKING POINTS
INTRODUCTION
We have an urgent task before us, and that is to leave no
child in America behind. It's an urgent task and a big one.
Because the perils our children face grow more complex and more
entrenched every single day.
As the BCCC mission statement points out, a failure to
perpetuate the values of family is responsible for an increasing
amount of dysfunctional behavior in our society. That has to
change. And we all have to help change it.
That's why we need leadership in government to for the crime
bill, health care reform, welfare reform, job training, and
education measures like Goals 2000. All of these measures will
help strengthen the bonds of family and community and restore a
sense of personal and collective security.
It's also why we need summits like the one you've been
attending here, where committed, dedicated adults begin to
mobilize their communities to help create new environments and
new options for our children.
YOUTH VIOLENCE IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE
The problems confronting young people today are all
intertwined. Poverty, drug abuse, illiteracy, welfare dependency,
violence, are of a piece. They all contribute to the same social
decay we are seeing in too many of our communities.
But perhaps the most disturbing and most insidious problem
facing young people, particularly African-American youngsters, is
violence. It's not just a social and moral problem, it's a public
health epidemic. In nearly every city today, one can recount the
latest violent incident involving young people. In Washington, we
just read about a one-year-old who was grazed by a bullet from a
gunfight, and about a 13-year-old gunned down on the street,
apparently by another 13-year-old. In Chicago the newest
household name is Robert Sandifer, an 11-year-old who went on a
fatal shooting spree and then was found dead with a bullet in the
back of his head. In New Jersey, an 11-year-old recently settled
a score by shooting a 13-year-old acquaintance. And the list goes
on and on.
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�CHILDREN ARE IMMERSED IN A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
Maybe we shouldn't be surprised by these incidents when our
children grow up in a culture that so glorifies violence.
Violence seems to permeate every aspect of our lives. It's on
television, in movies, in popular music and, worst of all, it's a
daily occurrence on too many of our streets and in too many of
our neighborhoods.
In many communities today, gunfire is part of the daily
ritual. An Uzi is a badge of honor instead of a mark of
cowardice. A bullet wound is regarded as one's rite of passage
into adulthood.
CHILDREN NEED MORAL ANCHORS IN THEIR LIVES
The carnage, the disregard for life, that we are witnessing
across our country is reaching epidemic proportions because too
many children are growing up without moral anchors -- without
people who really care about them and their futures. No family
members who care. No mentors who care. No institutions that care.
The President said a few days ago every child needs somebody
in their life who is interested enough to ask: "What's your
homework tonight?" "How are things going in school?" "What do you
want to do five years from now?"
Many kids -- many of the kids you see in your courtrooms -can't even imagine what they will be doing five years from now.
They can only think as far ahead as five minutes from now because
nobody has helped them look into the future with hope and
confidence that they can do something productive with their
lives.
Too many children reach age 10
end of the road. No family, no hope
give up. A gang replaces the family
weapon becomes their education. And
vocation.
or 11 and see nothing at the
of college, no job. So they
unit. Learning to use a
violence becomes their
ADULTS MUST GET INVOLVED
Our job as adults
country has the energy
solid citizen. We must
need to avoid the path
is to believe that every child in this
and God-given potential to become a good,
provide our children with the anchors they
of violence and seek the path of hope.
A friend of mine says that if 65 children were dying every
day from a disease, the country would mobilize to do something
about it. And that's what needs to happen with this social and
moral disease of violence that is consuming our young.
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�THE CRIME BILL OFFERS A BEGINNING AND A WAY FOR COMMUNITIES TO
MOBILIZE AGAINST YOUTH VIOLENCE
The crime bill embarks us on a new course that will give our
children a clear path of opportunity to follow into the future.
The funding will help significantly. But it will not suffice, for
one simple reason. The government cannot and should not do the
job alone. The drive and planning needed to stem this tide of
violence must come from every sector in every community in
America.
That's why it's so gratifying to see all of you here and to
know that serious efforts are being made through the Black
Community Crusade for Children, and the Children's Defense Fund
and other organizations that are dedicated to building brighter
futures for our children.
The crime bill creates the framework for local communities
to find local solutions to the problem of youth violence. The
bill, which the President will sign into law tomorrow, says we
can create safe, visible places in neighborhoods and communities,
in school buildings and recreation centers, where young people
can participate in activities after school, on weekends, and
during the summer. And these places will radiate strength and
positive values, welcome whole families, and provide academic
enrichments and mentors with whom children can form lasting
relationships. They will be places where children hear from
people they respect -- and who respect them -- that violence is
not acceptable.
So it's not just about creating a clear path for kids. It's
also about sending a clear message TO them.
And we know this is possible because we have seen it happen
in the Beacon Schools in New York City, in the Caring Communities
program in St. Louis, in New Futures in Savannah, and many
others.
THE WORK OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN IS ABOUT
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR
By the time children reach the juvenile justice system they
are usually well along the path to trouble. That's why your
summit's discussions of ways to prevent delinquent behavior, to
find alternatives to detention, to emphasize rehabilitation and
to follow-up on children once they leave the system are so
crucial.
There is no single program that is going to save our
children. There is no panacea. But through the work of your
organization, through partnerships with government, we can begin
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Karen L. Barbuschak
Alison Muscatine
FROM:
Karen E. Finney
Office of the First Lady
SUBJECT:
Mrs. Clinton's Remarks to
THE WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
For Immediate Release
August 15, 1994
REMARKS BY FIRST LADY HILLARY
RODHAM CLINTON
TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOUTH VIOLENCE
WASHINGTON, DC
Thank you so much, and thank you Secretary Riley, we have
been friends and allies for many years and I am so grateful for
his leadership on behalf of education for our entire country. I
want to thank my friend Deborah Prothrow-Stith who years ago
first taught me that violence is a public health epidemic.
She
made it very clear that if we had a disease in our country that
was killing 65 people a day, this country would be mobilized. We
would not rest until we had figured out how to stamp out that
epidemic. Particularly when it was including in its death 7 young
people a day.
And now we know there is an epidemic of violence
and yet there are still some among us who either refuse to accept
the ravages of that epidemic or have other agendas besides the
saving of lives and the reforming of people's futures.
And it is
imperative that conferences like this including people like all
youth around this country speak out loudly and clearly to what
your elected representatives know that on this issue as with many
others, when it comes to violence enough is enough and America
wants action now.
I want to especially thank all the cities that sent teens
here to this conference.
Because each of you have made a step as
Secretary says starting with the first conference last year, of
�recognizing-the problem that violence particularly youth violence
poses to our society. We know we have to form partnerships among
all different kinds of people in every community and we have to
have partnerships at the local, state, and federal level in order
to combat the ravages of violence. But I particularly want to
thank-the young people who are here and I want to thank Lucretia
for that welcome when I came and sat down.
I love that
enthusiasm, I love the sound of young voices speaking out on what
they care about. Truly your being here and your being willing to
commit yourselves to finding solutions is very significant. And
I am grateful for your accepting this responsibility.
This conference as those of you who are participants know,
is about possibility and also about success. And is about never,
never, giving up.
I often give commencement speeches and I've
heard many and I'm sure all of you in this room have. But the
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favorite I've ever heard about was the one Winston Churchill gave
at his prep school when he strode to the podium and with very few
introductory words said, "Never, never, never give up." That is
the way I feel about many of the issues facing our country today.
And it is also the way I feel about every single young person in
our country today.
Every young man or woman, every boy or girl,
has a God given potential that we at our herald give up on. And
it is incumbent upon us, as representatives of the adult
community of this society, to recommit ourselves to youth. The
young people who are here are pledging to you, "If you don·'t give
up on yourself, we will not give up on you."
We also have to admit it is a lot harder in many ways
growing up today than it was when most of us of a certain age in
this room were coming up.
It is much harder.
I can remember
times when kids in my neighborhood would take on kids from
another neighborhood.
I probably shouldn't say this you'll hear
more stories about my life.
But I can remember and since I was
kind of a tomboy I was often involved in some of those
discussions that would occur. But that's what they mostly were
they were discussions when we thought up the worst things we
could call each other. Occasionally there be fists thrown and
people rolling on the ground. Not me I was standing there trying
to say, "Now, boys, now boys."
For most of us of a certain age
we can remember it happening. But you know, the occasional black
eye, the occasional hurtful word, the occasional pushing and
shoving that went on, I just thank God that given the strong
emotions that accompany growing up no matter who you are or where
you grow up we did not have guns, we did not have assault
weapons, so when tempers got hot the most we could do to one
another is yell and scream and push and shove and occasionally
throw a punch.
Think of what it is like today where the young people in
this room and the millions others like them are immersed in a
culture of violence. A culture that in so many ways glorifies
violence. We see it everyday on television, we see it in our
movies, but worst of all we see it every single day on the
streets and neighborhoods where children are trying to grow up.
Where many, too many in effect are raising themselves.
In too
many neighborhoods gunfire is a daily ritual of life, and uzi is
a badge of honor, instead of a mark of cowardice, which it truly
is . A bullet wound is an emblem of adulthood. As I've traveled
from hospital to hospital in the last year and a half, and I've
gone into emergency rooms, what I heard over and over again is
that the epidemic Deborah warned us about is now raging in so
many of our communities.
It is different when you see thirteen
and fourteen year-olds brought in with bullet wounds.
It is
different still when they are brought in not with one bullet, but
multiple bullets from assault weapon.
It is different still when
the techniques of medicine cannot even keep up with the carnage
that is daily brought through the doors of your emergency rooms.
�You go to any emergency room in a medium size city, let alone a
large city in our country, and you talk to the doctors and the
nurses there as I have.
If you do not believe violence is an
epidemic, you will become quickly convinced as they tell you the
stories of struggling to save thirteen and fourteen year old
lives.
Sometimes saving those lives only to send those young men
out on the street knowing they are likely to be back in that
emergency room in a relatively short period of time.
We see it everyday as we pick up our newspapers.
I picked
up a newspaper here in Washington today and read about another
thirteen year old gunned down on the street corner.
In
Washington last summer, gun shots were fired at a public swimming
pool packed with children trying to escape the 90 degree heat. A
few months ago, a four-year old girl was fatally shot in the head
when groups of youngsters opened fire on an elementary school
playground. And during the past week a one year-old was grazed
by a bullet from a gunfight. That thirteen year-old who died, it
appears his killer is also thirteen years-old. What does it say
about a society that has graduated from taunts and yells and
thrown punches and raised fists--, that all of us remember from
school yard fights, neighborhood fights in the past.
To
thirteen year-olds being gunned down on street corners, a four
year olds being killed on playgrounds, and one year olds being
grazed by bullets.
Over and over we see that children are not only the victims
of violence but all to frequently the perpetrators.
In the
1980's more than 11,000 people died as a result of homicide
committed by high school age young people. Gunfire and drive by
shootings and violence have become so common place that many
people don't even notice it or talk about it anymore.
In matter
of fact ways children tell you they're not sure they will live to
finish high school.
It is not only the academic challenges they
confront, it's the challenges to their physical safety. There is
as you know, no simple answer to this epidemic of youth violence.
That's why we brought federal agencies together to try to fulfill
the President's pledge to begin at least to address this problem.
That's why we need a comprehensive strategy that emphasizes
responsibility and opportunity and community.
It's why we need
all the other pieces of security that the President is working
on.
It is important to do things like health reform, so that
every young person has a good healthy start in life.
It is
important to do welfare reform so that we once again reward
independence and self-sufficiency.
It's important to have job
training programs and life-long learning and the legislation that
Secretary Riley shepharded through to the Congress that will make
an enormous difference in how young people learn and what they
learn and what they're prepared to do once they finish school.
It is also right, it is absolutely critical, that this
country not walk away again from dealing with crime, as it has so
�many times in the past and did again last week.
You know, the
crime bill has been around for 6 years. The average criminal
serves four years in jail. There's been a lot of tough talk
about crime going back a lot of years. All kinds of rhetoric.
Mostly hot air not connected to doing anything positive, to
reaching out a helping hand, to make' stricter and surer, neither
smart nor tough, but boy a lot of talk. We're seeing it again
because some people unfortunately would rather practice their own
brand of partisan politics or personal advantage than to deal
with the problems that are right before their eyes. Those who
voted against the crime bill were willing to sacrifice all the
achievements represented at this conference. Those who voted
against the bill weren't listening to the voices of young people
who are with us today or were with us last year. They can
testify the importance of recreational facilities, education
programs, family support services, and other preventive measures
that nurture hope and possibility in our young people.
Those
who voted against that bill last week don't seem to care that our
children cannot feel safe at school. A recent survey showed that
fifteen percent of school children believe there are gangs in
their school. Almost one in ten of students in high school
reported that in the previous month they had been in at least one
serious physical fight.
Those who voted against the bill don't
seem to care that this pattern goes on and on just as it has for
the pa?t six years, when time after time, Congress caved in to
the pressures of special interest, instead of making this
legislation law.
The crime bill is not perfect; no piece of legislation is. I
bet every one of us would have written it slightly differently,
we would have added or taken out according to what we thought was
best.
It is a critical, important, and necessary start. And it
is for the first time a piece of legislation that lays down the
twin principles of fighting crime, punishment and prevention. It
is clear that we face a choice, the President and I were in
church yesterday we heard a great sermon, and one of the lines
from it that I will always remember is when the preacher said,
"You know you can make a choice in your life, but you can't pick
the consequences." I think about that a lot because every day we
make choices, but we cannot be told the consequences that swell
from those choices.
So what are the consequences of turning down
the crime bill? Well, the consequences are that once again we
would have turned our backs on the problems you are hearing
discussed. Once again we will have substituted rhetoric for
reality. Once again we will have seen in-action triumph over
action. Now we can focus on all the things we want to change, or
we can say, this is a mission we are on and this is where it
starts to try to begin to deal with the epidemic of violence.
Let's look at some of these pieces of this crime bill that
are so important. Things like YES, Y-E-S, Youth Employment
Skills program.
I think it's important to focus on young people
�in high unemployment areas to give them the skills they need to
be able to find jobs.
I think that's a goal for society and I
know it will help to prevent crime.
I wish the folks on Capitol
Hill would agree. Things like the Community Schools Program,
that will give grants to community groups to keep schools open
after hours and on weekends and during the summer so that kids
can have a place to go and stay out of trouble.
Safe places
where they can engage in learning and recreation, where there can
be adult mentors and coaches. We know from the examples of such
schools around our country that if schools are transformed into
safe havens for youngsters, children will be safer.
I'm not sure
what the folks in Congress who were voting against the crime bill
think we can do with our children after school when it takes both
parents in a home working or when it takes a single parent
working and they then live in fear about what happens to their
children on the streets between the time school is over and the
time they get home for dinner.
I want children to have safe
havens and the crime bill would be a good start to that. Programs
like the Gang Resistance Education And Training Program called,
G.R.E.A.T., already a proven success.
I've been in a lot of
neighborhoods, places where many of you come from and you know
you fight a losing battle year in and year out to try to convince
young people not to join gangs. Why? Because the gangs provide
a, "haven", not safe but a haven.
It provides a family if you
will.
It provides a network of people who say they will look out
for each other.
It fills a vacuum in the lives of thousands and
thousands of youngsters. Now wouldn't it be better if we had a
positive alternative a program like GREAT where youngsters can be
safe in coming together and working together and learn how to
resist the faults and in many ways dangerous, seductive pleasures
that the gang propose in the short run which leads to death and
misery for so many children.
I think we should vote for gang
resistance programs instead of letting more and more children end
up in the gangs.
Look how programs like Police Partnerships for Children,
programs where police officers will take their time to work with
young people, coupling that with community policing where we
again get police officers on the street. Somebody that a young
person can hopefully find some support from, but if we turn on
our back on these partnerships that police are offering, we loose
an opportunity to transform our police officers not only into
instruments of punishment but also instruments of prevention.
And if we also turn our back on this crime bill we walk away from
one of the most important advances on behalf of women, the
Violence Against Women Act.
It is time we stood up and said
women should not be victimized, whether it is in the home, or on
the street and we need to give our law enforcement officials the
tools to protect women.
It has gone on long enough, ignoring and
denying the depth of the problem of violence against women this
crime bill begins to turn that around. And that's another
reason.
�Now if you've heard all of this prevention, and I've only
touched the tip of the old prevention iceberg that is in that
crime bill, with the other elements: a hundred thousand more
police on the streets, a ban on handgun ownership for minors. A
ban on assault weapons that only lead to death and injury. A
three strikes and you're out bill so that violent offenders can
be taken off the street. And I see these young men clapping
wildly because they know what happens in their neighborhoods. You
take all of that and it adds up to a well-balanced reasonable
approach that mixes both prevention and punishment. An approach
that has been worked out and struggled over with lots of input
from people from the grassroots level.
Those of you participating in this conference know first
hand what it will take in your own hometowns to combat violence.
You also know that even though a crime bill is a critical step in
putting this society on the right track for combating violence it
alone can't do the job either.
It's not a panacea.
If the
President signs that crime bill it's not going to solve all of
our problems.
It's not going to keep families together, it's not
going to get adults to give children the type of supervision,
love, discipline, and attention little children need.
It's not
going to instill a sense of faith and responsibility in the souls
of young people who have been damaged and alienated, it's not
going to do those things.
It is going to begin to put into place
people and institutions and programs that can help lead to those
outcomes.
It can give people a chance once again to feel they
are a part of something bigger than themselves. And to lay a
line very clearly that despite all the tough talk about crime in
the last decade has become obscure, and that line is, you have to
know the difference between right and wrong and we're going to
hold you responsible for the choices and the consequences of
those choices.
It begins to once again fight the violence in
society. This whole crime debate, the whole issue of youth
violence, is an indication of something much deeper and more
profound.
It is an indication of literally millions of Americans
walking away from their responsibilities. And that is what we're
ultimately trying to reverse. We are trying again, against
tremendous odds to say the individual is responsible for his or
her actions.
But society is also responsible for individuals.' It
is not an either or, it's not a liberal and conservative, that
old stuff is so out of date. That is like beyond talking about.
Some people think they can answer every problem by saying, "Oh
that's liberal. Oh, that's conservative." Or maybe they step
further on down the road of meaningless analysis and say, "Oh,
that's republican. Oh, that's democrat.'' An assault weapon
doesn't care what political party you are. An assault weapon in
a drive by shooting doesn't even care if you're a member of the
National Rifle Association.
Let's just stop for a minute and ask ourselves, "Haven't we
wasted enough lives, haven't we lost enough young men and women
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to prison instead of college? Haven't we turned our back too
many times on the God given potential of every one of our young
people?" I don't care what race they are, I don't care where
they live, every single young person in this country, has a spark
about them that we have for too long allowed to be extinguished
by a level of violence, hatred, and divisiveness that still
stalks this country.
We can do much better than that, all you
have to do is look at the faces of the young people around you
today. We know we can do better. But we cannot unless we stand
up and are willing to be counted.
I hope you will not only
attend this conference, I hope you will not only work on what
needs to be done back in your own hometowns, I hope you will take
the time to let your member of Congress know why you are here,
what you stand for. ·And I hope you will say it may not be
perfect, but this crime bill represents a huge first step in
staking out new territories in this country.
Once and for all
we're going to be both smart and tough. We're going to begin to
save a generation of young people from this epidemic of violence.
Thank you all.
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. over the past two weeks we have be_en reminded, ·ever more
forcibly an~ ever more-tragically, of the violence that grips our
. co\mtry ,/ and especially of the· appalling number of c;::ases in which
childr~n are kil~ing children~
we must stop the violence. We must~ And. if we ~re'going to
stop the violence, law enforcement, while absolutely necessary,
cannot do the job by itself. we·must give young people·something
to say yes·to as well, something positive to-be_.a part of,·
something to hope for. We must invest·in the.development ·of young
people into ~esponsible, product_ive adulthood.
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Too many young people today are making terrible choices-, and
one reason i's that they see no positive alternative. They see no
'.positive life chances . . They ·see no clear pathway._to adulthood.
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Too many ·children.reach middle school, age ten or eleven, and
see· nothing at the . end of the road.·
They see no job, no
possibility of college. . They. see no reason to keep trying. The
street beckons. Gangs beckon. · The drug trad_e beckons·. ·Guns are .
freely available.. . . Violence is the ~ccepted way of ending
arguments. Lacking a clear pathway to opportunity·, too many young
pe,ople choos~ the .road to. ruin'.
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The bill that I sign into law today embarks us on a new course
. of national· policy for our young people, a policy that seeks to
create and promote the clear pathways for our young.people that·are
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'The funding under the bill will. help ~significantly,. but it
will· not suffic~, for a very simpl:e· reason.· The federal government
cannot and should not ciO the job alone. The drive and the planning
and tl)e rest of the money .needed to create tl')e clear' P!ithways must .
c.ome .·from the . co:mmi tment and the involvement of _every sector . in
every community in America. That is the challenge-we must accept today.
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This legislation creates the fr-amework. ·It says, based on the
concrete track record of the Beacons Schools in New-York City and
. Caring Communities 'in· St.· Louis and -New Futures in. -Savannah,·
Georgia and many.others,_ that we can create 9afe,, visible places in
neighborhoods and communities, in school buildings and elsewhere,,
where young people cah go --· after school, .on the weekends, and
dur ~ng the summer. ·
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This is n9t just about activities -- it is about anchors,
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visible places in neighborhoods-that radiate strength and positive'
vaiues ,· that· welcome whole families, · that /provide academic
enrichment, . that· offer mentors with whom young people can form
relationships~ that will last, that send messages by_what they say
and they they ·are that, .violence i.s unacceptable./ It is about clear
pathway~ and .~lear-messages.
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If 'the\ community schools and community .centers that ar~ fUnded
-under the legislation are the beginning-_ of the clear pathways, ·
other funds provided by-the bill allow localities to add to the~.
Under the Local Partnership Act, the Loceil Crime Prevention Block:
Grants, and-the Model Intensive 1 Grants, communities can add other·
youth development act:i vi ties 1 and, especially 1 can offer saturation
jobs programs that will lead to· permanent unsUbsidized employlilent·
for young pe.opl'e. This is the most fundamental antiviolence progam
of all. .
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Wit;.h ou~ Empowerment Zones program already on the .books, and.
welfare reform coming soon, we ,have a three dimensional strategy to
move young people away from violence and other future· crimina-l·
activity and welfare dependence·, and help them prepare for· and move
into prod.uc_tive employment ·and· participation. in_ the. community. '
On,e disappcdntmertt. in the hectic legislative· pr:o;cess last-·
month was that we were unable to -keep the_, Youth Employment- and
Skills, or YES, program in the crime bill. A major reason for that
was the belief. of some Members that we need to consolidate existing
. employment and training, programs before adding new .ones~ I _want• to
assure the Congress that we are inthe process of doing that, and
I will propo~e the YES program again next' year. I believe. it is
'imperative that we .offer a specific youth employment program .to
help young,people. through the difficuit transition that so many of
them experience in seeking their first full-time ·nonsubsidiz'ed job.
We have no ,such pro,gram now.
I am committed .to achieving · one
during my Administration.
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-The crime bill and the other additi.onal steps we havE! taken to
foster healthy yo'l,;.th development are vital building blocks toward
a joint public.;.private y·outh opportunity and responsibility effort
that ·I ihtend to pursue vigorously.
We will pursue additional
legislation as I have indicated and, even more important, we will
puz:sue a national partnership with the private sector -- with
busines.'s, labor,_ education and health, philanthropy, religious and
civic leadership, young people themselves, and ·every· other
profession and sector that might· contribute -- to be carried out in
every community.in America.
· we ::face a major cris~s in our nation .. We are losing thousands
of young people to viole-nce every year, and hundreds of thousands
-more to wasted lives of welfare dependency and priE;on. , ·we need
_make sure -that every American young person has a chance; and we'
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To establish a strong network of judges to itnple~ent the Crusade's goals. Juvenile and family
court judges play a--pivotal rple in the protection of children and families at risk. The child
. is part ofthe family and larger society, the foundation on whi~h society is built. The healthy · .
development of the·child (physical, mental, and moral) requires that the child receive·support ·.
within the framework of the family and larger community. ·
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To introduce Black judges ,with juvenile jurisdiction to the goals and mission of the Crusade· . _.
and -to organize them around a set of pre-determined policy issues.- Several goals have been
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I. Prevention/Early Intervention
·.. fiwerzile and fomi/y coun judges muSt Search for WayS io' use:their broad jurisdiction to pre7.)f?nt .
,... children from entering rhe ju'CJenilefustice sysrem. In addition, judges should imervE:ne early when
r.here are·clear warning signs offuture zr.ouble as in che,case oftruancy. ··This/workshop track will
··explore che many. ways that judges can WO.rk ro pnyuide positive supPorts and oppontmities for
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Couns must intervene early when at-risk factors for children are pre~e11t.
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Families and schools should be strengthened to. reduce delinquency~-
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juvenile COUrt jUdges .should search for aftematives CO detention for yqung people who do 110t pose
·a thr,eat to the communiry. lnerever possible, resources should be made available so fomilies,
schools; ~entorst and community based organizations can provide necessary support .and
iniervmriorz for young people. '[he judges' role in, this process will~ e:rpl~red
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The goal of correctional institurions /qr juveniles_ is rehabilita.tion. T~ard this erzd, juvenile court
judges must be committed to doing what is in th~ best inte?'ests of the child ·.. 'which includes
keeping children our of the adult sysr:em, where ~here is seldom hope of rehabilitation, ,and holding
juvenile correctional fodlities accountable for rehabilitation. The workshap track will examine how
judges can esta:blish policy pursuits that will make correCtional facilities accountable u~ the needs .
of juveniles.
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Rehabilitation should be a primary goal of the juvenile
court~ -
·, Rehabilitation ;tnd punishment are areas · req:umng ongozng discussion ah,d the
development of creative and effective remedies.
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A child before the court has the right to be provided all reasonable
·services and treat-":ent as specified in a court order.. _ ·
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Many children in the j-uvenile court ·system req~ire habilitation rather than:
.· rehabilitation; they have not had the direction, care, supervision, and education thai
. , allow .them ~o underst.and how to conduct themselves in· a civil societY:
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The. multiple systems serving juveniles·. who have been t{etained
need
adequ'a.re informatidn,.
'feSOUTC~S, and collaboration to assure juvenile det12-inees a smooth transition back tO school, home, ·
and community. lhe community must. be actively i,nvolved in assuring 'chis smooth transition.
'•. The judges' role in providing leade-1ship in t~is. a~ea will be ~plored in thi~ workshop track .
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Judicial ~uthority to review and t~ modify d~Iinqu~ncy,. statutory offenders, child ..
prqtective placements, and other disposition~! ordersmust be dearly defined by law:
The significance of transitional and aftercare services· for children .leaving· delinquetn
and other. foster care placements cannot. be understated ..
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Juvenile COUrt judges must resist the temptation to incorporate en masse criminal justice
principles relating to punishment and rehabilitation into t~e juvenile justice arena.
Aftercare should be viewed ,as a continuum of s~rvice from pla,cement through to a
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The tracks will meet simultaneously and follow the
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Prevention/EarJy Intervention
Diversion/Alternatives to Detention
- Rehabilitation & Transition/After Care
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Briefil).g - Dupont! ~ CDF Staff
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The .Crime Bill·- Hattie Ruttenberg~ Asst. General Counsel
The Family Preservation Act- Mary lee Allen, Director,
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·Programs & Policy
The Health Care Bill- Jim Weill, Genera!' Counsel
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Forum with Judges .and Young People
Site: Residence-of Peggy Cooper Cafritz with a
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Board Bus to Church
Service at ?:45 at Shiloh Baptist, 9th & T Streets, NW,-
10:00 - 11:30
Welcome. and Opening Remarks from the BCCC ·
Marian Wright Edelman, President; Children's Defense Fund·
Judge 1Glenda Hatchett Johnson, Fulton County Juvenile Court
'Geoff Canada, President. Rheedlen Centers for Children & Families ·
Angela Glover Blackwell, President, Urban Strategies Council
Otis Joluison,. Local ,Liaison Coordinator', BCCC
Steve White, Director, Black Student Leadership Network
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·Setting the Agenda - Speaker: Dr. Car) Taylor
Overview of Data: Who's Involved in the Juvenile Justice System?
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Keynote Address: Attorney General Janet Reno lntroduction by Judge Glenda Hatchett Johnson
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· Examine and discuss the }ssues/policies related to the track
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Local Policies
Alignment of A & B
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Develop thre~ approaches to address
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Best Pr'actices
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Extent of Problems (I .. above) - Examine the problems
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policies/issues discussed • and determine the ·best
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Office of National Drug Control P,olicy
Introduction by Judge Gloria Dabiri of' the
Brooklyn Family' Court
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Breakfast
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Breakfast Buffet_ followed by Skills-Building Presentation
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Intermediary, Chicago, IL . ·
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Determine how CDF/BC,CC,. the BCCC Juvenile and Family Court Working
Judges' Committee, and other n~tworks·can be used as r,esource~ to address the
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Establishing Leadership f~r DJJ.r Children 'sFulure
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A critical meeting of Black juvenile and family ~urt ]udges from across the nation is being hosted by the
Children's Defense Fund (CD F) and the Black Con'ununity Crusade for Children (BCCC)_ The Summit will be held
10-12,-1994, at the Dupont
Plaza
Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire. Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C.
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The mission of the Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) is to_ ensure that no child is left behind .
and that every child bas a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair S~an, and a Safe Start in life with the suppon of caring
parents and communities.
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·.The BCCC, seeks to weave and rewe~ve the rich fabric of community that hist~ricaJly has bee~ the .
cornerstone for the-healthy development ofchiJdren; to tap into and strengthen the strong Black community tradition
of self-help; to rebuild the bridges between generations and between the Black middle class and poor; to assist and
galvanize current Blac~ leadership around specific goals for ,children; and to idemify, train, nurture. link, and.
empower a new' generation of effective, young "servant-leaders." .
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The SCCC is eoordirutted nationally by CDF in partnership with well-established andeffective regionat
,..child-serving organizations. Together, the Utban Strategies Council of Oakland and the Charles Drew Child
Development Corporation in Los Angeles serve as a Western regional office_ The. Rheedlen Centers for Children
and Families in New York City serves as the Ea8tem regional office. ~OF's Ohio office--including Cleveland,
.. Cincinnati; and ·C:olumb'us projects-serves as the Mid-Western regional office. -A Southern regional office will· .
be established at' the end of the year.
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In July of 1993, three juvenile court judges came together to discuss' how they and others coUld support
the Crusade's goals. Since.then the judges' group haS developed into .a juvenile justice advisory committee of judges ·
. with juvenile jurisdiction and experts in the juvenile justice' field. The committee members have created a draft
mission statement with short and Iong-~erm goals and have begun to strengthen their network of support for one
another and the Crusade's, mission in and outside of the juvenile court system. , - ·
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The BCCC works with judges to find ways to. rum policies into actions with recommendations for strategies.
Throughout the Summit we seek both to
from and eiiucate meeting participants about the problems. resources,
and ideas ·relevant to rhe welfare of Black children and their families .. Four broad policy statements have been
developed in which . to frame the Summit. Those issue areas are: 1) Prevention/Early Intervention; 2)
Diversion/Alternatives to Detention; 3) Rebab~litation; and 4) Transition!Aftercare. Enclosed you will find a more ·
detailed description of each policy area. There will be a working group for each of the issues. Y'ou will be asked.'
to participate' in one of the four issue area·working groups for the duration of the Summit. ·The working groups will
meet simultaneously and follow the same basic agenda. At the end of the meeting the groups will come t9gether
to share their re<;O:mmendations for strategie~ to address the id,enti fied problems in their issue a~eas .
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Establishing J.,eadership for Our Children 's Future
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A critical meeting of Black juvenile and family coun judges from across the nation is being hosted by the
Children•s Defense Fund (CDF) and the Black Community CJ"'.mmde for Children (BCCC). The Summit will be held
from September lQ-12, 1994, at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C.
The mission of the Black Communiry Crusade for Chilclren (BCCC) is to ensure that no child is left behind
and that every ~hild lw a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Pair Start, aull a S.Uc:: SLaiL iu lire: with the suppon of cartng
parents and colll.Jllwrities.
The BCCC seeks to weave and reweave the rich fabric of community that historically has been the
cornerstone for the healthy development of chlld."en; to tap tmo and suengthen the strong Black community tradition
of self.-help; to rebuild the bridges between generations and between the Black middle class and poor; to assist and
galvmize current Black. leaciership aroun.cl speciiic goals for children; aoo to identity, train, nurture, link, and
empower a new generation of effective, young "servant-leaders."
The BCCC is coordinaled nationally by CDF in partnership with well-established and effective regional
child-serving organizations. Together, the Urban Strategies Council of Oakland and the Charles Drew Child
Developmenl Corporation in Los Angeles serve as a Western regional office. The Rheedlen Centers for Children
and Famili~ in New York City serves as the Eastern regional office. CDF's Ohio office-including Cleveland.
Cincinnati, and Columbus projects-serves as the Mid-Western regional office. A Southern regional offlCt will
be established ar me end of rhe year.
In July of 1993, three juvenil~ court judges came together to discuss how they and others couhl support
the Crusade's 2oals. Since then the jud~es • 2IOUD has developed into a juvenile justice advisory committee nf ju.dge11
with juvenile jurisdiction and experts in t!:le juvenile justice field. The committee members have created a draft
mission ~:mtement with short :md long-tenn goals and have hegun to strengthen r~ir nl':rwnrk' nf ~ltppcrt for one
another alld the Crusade's mission ixl and outside of the juvenile court system..
The BCCC works with judges to fmd ways to turn policies into actions with recommendations for strategies.
'Throughout the Summit we seek both to learn from and educate m.eetillg particip:mt6 about the problems, resource~,
and ideas relevant to the welfare of Black children and their families. Four broad policy statements have been
developed in which to fr:Jme the Summit.
Those issue .u-e:w :u-e: 1) Preveotionl&rly ln.tervention.; ::!)
Diversion' Alternatives to Deteruioc; 3) Rehabilitation; and 4) Transition/Aftercare. Enclosed you will fl.lld a more
detailed dcsaiption of each policy area. There will be n working group for eo.ch of the hsues. You will be "-'ked
to participale in one of the four issue area working groups for the duration of the Summit. The working groups will
meet simultaneously and follow the same b013ie ngendll.. At the end of the meeting the groups wilt come together
to share their rtrommend4tions for strategies to address tbe identified problems in their issue areas.
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you at the Summit.
Contact:
Ttl:
Lois Deve
202--{562-3,08
Fax:
202-662-3580
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inc~uding youth employment~
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signific:ant·way·in the design and.impl811lentation ·of the .exact role
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see nothing , at the end. ·of ~ the·- road. - They ·see· rio ... job, no
possibility of college. They see no reason to keep trying. .'I'he
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and'we need to makeequallysure that every Amerioanyoung- parison
understanc!s,· that it i~ hie or her responsibility to. do what is
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Speechwriting
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First Lady’s Office
Speechwriting
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1994
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2012-1004-S
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Within the First Lady’s Office, Speechwriting assisted with the writing and editing of the speeches given by the First Lady at various events and on various trips. This collection highlights topics relating to the arts and humanities, women’s issues and organizations, medical issues and organizations, health care, the economy, the military, and the efforts of the First Lady on behalf of candidates running in the 1994 midterm elections. It contains speeches given by the First Lady, and speeches given by President Clinton and Ira Magaziner, to a wide variety of organizations and audiences during 1994. The records include memos, notes, speech drafts, talking points, pamphlets, articles, correspondence, and newsletters.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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150 folders in 10 boxes
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HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton]/BCCC [Black Community Crusade for Children] Judges 9/12/94
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2012-1004-S
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Box 5
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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11/13/2014
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42-t-7763272-20121004s-005-006
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