The Greater Stark County and it’s partners will host the Expungement Clinic May 23, 2012 at the Greater Stark County Urban League 1400 Sherrick Rd SE ; Canton, Ohio 44707 from 5:00-7:00 PM

This one day Clinic will address eligible clients to get the records sealed. For those who are interested or have questions please contact Karen McLeod Expungement Clinic Coordinator. You must pre-register for this clinic. No walk-ins please. Pre-registration deadline is May 14 2012 at 4:00PM. There is a non-refundable fee of $50.00 for all participants.

Questions about this workshop, to register or for more information about the Greater Stark County Urban League, please contact Karen McLeod, Expungement Clinic Coordinator at 330 456-3479 ex 118 or kmcleod@starkcountyul.org please visit www.starkul.org

PRESENTS

THE SILENT DILEMMA WORKSHOP: ADDRESSING THE EMOTIONAL MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF INCARCERATION

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Time; 8:00-3:00pm

Lunch provided

Location: Greater Stark County Urban League

1400 Sherrick Rd. SE

Canton, Ohio, 44707

Who should attend: Law enforcement, Social Workers, Mental health professionals & Substance abuse counselors, parents, extended families, community leaders, ministry leaders, Judges, Reentry specialists, family members, students, formerly incarcerated individuals, and concerned citizens.

This workshop will examine the emotional, mental, and physical aspects of incarceration and how this affects not only the incarcerated individuals but families as well.   In addition this workshop will address the needs of effective reentry, support groups for all families and their loved ones.  In addition rehabilitation methods will address mental, emotional, physical needs,alcohol and drug abuse problems.  

This workshop is approved up to four (4) CEU &RCH contact hours.  Questions about this workshop, to register or for more information about the Greater Stark County Urban League, please contact Karen McLeod BS, CRT, RCP, Community Mental Health Administrative Assistant, at 330-456-3479 ext 118 or kmcleod@starkcountyul.org

Funding for The Silent Dilemma: Addressing the Emotional, Mental, and Physical Components of Incarceration provided by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County in collaboration for services with Community Services of Stark County.  To learn more, go to www.starkmhrsb.org and www.communityservicesofstark.org           

8:00 am  Arrival/ Registration – Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM- Welcome- Karen L. McLeod BS, CRT, RCP

9:00am-  9:30am Video on Incarceration

Introductions- Audra Martin, MSW, LSW

SESSION 1- 9:30am to 1045 am  Dr. Alicia Malone CEO, Bondage Breakers Inc.

• Reentry, Children
• Strategies for Breaking the Cycle

SESSION II-11:00 AM to- 12:15pm .Sylvester Huston, Ph.D,

• Subject- Clinical Assessment and Treatment
• Subject- PowerPoint Presentation

12:15-1:15- Lunch

Panel Discussion- Assessment, Treatment, and Support Services

1:30- 2:30pm- Jackie  L.Pollard, PCC-S, LSW, CDCA, Director of Clinical Services Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County.

Greg Emanuelson, Ph.D., PCCS, Program Director- Helping Offenders Psychologically and Emotionally ( H.O.P.E.)

Keith Hochadel, PCC-S, LCDC III, SAP, President/CEO Quest Recovery and Prevention Services. Guest Speaker, personal experiences

2:45PM- 3:00PM Closing Remarks Vince Watts, CEO/President Greater Stark County Urban League, Evaluations

Community Prayer: Rev. Dr. Alicia Malone

Funding for The Silent Dilemma: Addressing the Emotional, Mental, and Physical Components of Incarceration provided by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County in collaboration for services with Community Services of Stark County.  To learn more, go to www.starkmhrsb.org and www.communityservicesofstark.org

Registration and payment due by June 1, 2012

Please fill out form completely. Use one form per participant.

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Name:__________________________________________

Title:___________________________________________

Agency:_________________________________________

Address:________________________________________

# and Street, City State ZIP

Telephone: _______________________________________

Email Address: ___________________________________

Food option: ❑ Regular ❑ Vegetarian

Payment Method ($20/ participant) Amount Paid: $__________________________

❑ Check (made payable to the Greater Stark County Urban League

Mail form with payment

information to:

Greater Stark County

Urban League

1400 Sherrick Road, SE

Canton, Ohio 44707

Funding for  The Silent Dilemma: Addressing the Emotional, Mental, and Physical Components of Incarceration provided by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County in collaboration for services with Community Services of Stark County.  To learn more, go to www.starkmhrsb.org and www.communityservicesofstark.org

The Greater Stark County Urban League in collaboration with the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County, and Community Services of Stark County, Inc is conducting “The Silent Dilemma Workshop”:  Addressing the Emotional, Mental, and Physical Components of Incarceration. This workshop will take place Wednesday June 13, 2012 at the Greater Stark County Urban League located at 1400 Sherrick Rd. SE Canton, Ohio 44707 with registration starting at 8:00am.

This one day workshop will examine the emotional, mental, and physical components of incarceration and how imprisonment not only affects the  ex-offenders but their families who are left behind in the midst of turmoil, pain, frustration, anger, poverty, hopelessness, lack of resources, financial difficulties and embarrassment.  In an  article named “ Families Left Behind:  The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry, authors Travis, McBride, & Solomon state the following:  Little attention has focused on how communities, social services agencies, health care providers, and the criminal justice system can work collaboratively to better meet the needs of families left behind”( Travis, J., McBride E. & Solomon, A. 2005)

In addition this workshop will aim to explore and give insight on the increasing dilemma of incarceration, reentry, rehabilitation, clinical treatment and assessment, support groups for ex-offenders, families, and children, and strategies to prevent or reduce the rate of recidivism.

Registration is $20.00 which includes lunch.  The workshop will consist of three sessions.  Please complete the registration form and mail in your payment no later than June 1,2012. One can also call in to register as well. The workshops are authorized for CEU & RHC contact hours in accordance with guidelines set forth by the National Task Force for Continuing Education and Training.  Pyramid is a division of Community Services of Stark County, Inc which has been approved by the Ohio Counselor, & Social Worker, and the Ohio Chemical Dependency Boards as a provider of continuing education workshops.  Many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations will grant CEU upon completion of workshop.

Should you have any further questions regarding this workshop or information please contact Karen L. McLeod at 330-456-3479 ext 118 or email kmcleod@starkcountyul.org

More than 300 guests will come together to help the Greater Stark County Urban League celebrate its Annual Black & White Ball. The organization’s largest fundraiser and one of the city’s premier social event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3, beginning at 5:30 pm. Named for the black and white, black-tie attire worn by its attendees, the 2012 Ball seeks to generate sponsorship and support from ten to fifteen companies and community foundations.

Gold Sponsor: $5,000

• Four reservations in “Gold Sponsor” location
• Name featured on front cover of printed program as “Gold Sponsor”
• Name and logo displayed as “Gold Sponsor” on all collateral materials and event signage
• Full-page “Gold Sponsor” Ad in the Gala Dinner program
• “Gold Sponsor” recognition during the Gala Dinner multimedia presentation
• Company name, logo and link featured on GSCUL website, and in Gala Dinner advertising and press materials

Silver Sponsor: $2,500

• Two Reservations in “Silver Sponsor” location
• Name featured in program as “Silver Sponsor”
• Name and logo displayed as “Silver Sponsor” during multimedia presentation
• Table Sponsor (8 Tickets): $1,500
• Eight Reservations
• Identification in the Program as a Table Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor: $1000

• Identification in the Program as a Bronze Sponsor
• Program Advertisement (Full Page: $300)

We are so fortunate to have Siegfried Enterprises / McDonald’s Restaurants supporting this event. McDonald’s, along with a diverse cross section of the community, including corporate, government and civic leaders attend the Black & White Ball year after year,” said Vince Watts, Greater Stark County Urban League president and CEO. “They enjoy the event, but most of all their presence reinforces to us that our education, employment, economic development and community service programs are making a difference across Stark County. Their generosity keeps those programs going, and we are grateful.

The Urban League focuses on making the annual tournament into a marketing tool for sponsors! We

do our best to go above and beyond by doing the little things that make a big difference, attracting

golfers for a day of golfing fun!

Please take the opportunity to assist the Greater Stark County Urban League in helping our residents access

quality programs and services that benefit local families socially, emotionally and economically. Our

upcoming Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon helps support these causes. This event is an excellent opportunity

to directly support the educational outcomes of students from Stark County’s inner city schools, including

Timken, McKinley, Washington and Alliance High Schools. We ask corporate partners to award at least one

scholarship of $1,000 or more to a student of their choosing or the League can present the award in the

name of the corporation to a deserving student.

You’ll play the part of a homeowner—in real-life, everyday situations—who is struggling to make their payments and avoid foreclosure. Make decisions about what you should do, and experience the positive outcomes or negative consequences of the choices you make. Helpful tips and advice are also included along the way.

Participants are required to put in at least 10 hours per week working on obtaining their GED. The program will then pay participants for a minimum of 10 hours of work at a local McDonald’s restaurant. Store managers have said that there will likely be more hours of work available based on participant availability and each restaurant’s needs.

“We are proud to partner with a brand as well known and respected as McDonald’s in a program as important as this. A high school diploma is the first step to a job that pays a living wage. Without it, families continue to struggle with under-employment. McDonald’s has been a first job for thousands of working adults. We hope this will improve the likelihood that those without a high school diploma will enroll in the program, complete their diploma and go on to a successful career. That’s the plan.”, said Vince Watts, President/CEO of Greater Stark County Urban League.

For more information on the program please contact the offices of Greater Stark County Urban
League. There are limited spaces available for the program and those interested should contact the
Urban League at (330)456-3479 or contact us online.

The program in Canton has selected the Greater Stark County Urban League as its lead agency. The lead agency, in conjunction with school leadership, helps to build personnel capacity through the placement of a school-based site director. The Lead agency is accountable for fiscal development, budgetary planning, and spending justification. “The Urban League has been on-site at Hartford Middle School for years. Adding this role to the services we have traditionally provided is a natural progression in our service to the community”, said Vince Watts, President/CEO of the Greater Stark County Urban League.

“Representatives of the Eisenhower Foundation, who visited Canton and Hartford last week, were very impressed with the district, the city and Hartford School,” said Nadine McIlwain, CCS board member and local contact for the Eisenhower Foundation. As a board member of both the Canton City Schools and the Greater Stark County Urban League, “I, along with my fellow board members, encourage the collaboration with Hartford, the Eisenhower Foundation and the GSCUL,” McIlwain concluded.

The program is currently accepting proposals from community agencies to service the students and families in and around the southeast area of Canton in the areas of academics/literacy, nutrition/health, parent/community involvement, career planning, access to the arts and other community building programs and services. For more information on the program please contact the offices of the Greater Stark County Urban League at (330)456-3479.

“The communities of Ohio and the Rust Belt region have been among the hardest hit by the national jobs crisis,” Morial said. “I’m very pleased to lend my support to important job-creation legislation that will be announced tomorrow, and I look forward to hearing from individuals and community leaders how we can advocate, on the local and national level, for policies that address the communities most affected and help put Ohio back to work.”

Introduced earlier this year, the Jobs Rebuild America Plan offers a dozen dynamic and imaginative measures to both rescue those most profoundly affected by the ongoing economic emergency, while also remedying many of the underlying causes behind the recession’s inordinate and seemingly-amplified impact on the communities served by Urban League affiliates.

Morial will visit three affiliates, whose presidents – Stephanie Hightower, of the Columbus Urban League, Marsha Mockabee of the Cleveland Urban League and Vince Watts of the Urban League of Stark County – will act as hosts for Morial’s visit.

Among the scheduled events are:

• A news conference with state Senators Nina Turner, Eric Kearney and Charleta Tavares to announce the important job-creation legislation being introduced in the Ohio legislature, 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, at the Columbus Urban League, 788 Mount Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio
• A news conference on the jobs plan with Sen. Turner 2 p.m. Friday, November 18, 2011, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
• An address to the Greater Stark County Urban League at the Faiways Country Club, 1500 Rogwin Circle SW, North Canton, Ohio.

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Teresa Candori,tcandori@nul.org, or (646) 319-0891

WHO: Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League Stephanie Hightower, of the Columbus Urban League Marsha Mockabee of the Cleveland Urban League Vince Watts of the Urban League of Stark County Oho State Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) Ohio State Senator Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati) Ohio State Senator Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus)

WHAT: Jobs Tour and community meetings

WHEN: Tuesday, November 1, – Saturday, November 19

WHERE: Columbus Urban League, 788 Mount Vernon Ave., Columbus

Ohio Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Fairways Country Club, 1500 Rogwin Circle SW, North Canton, Ohio

The Ex-Offender Initiative addresses the needs and realities of offenders and their families as well as those of the communities that house these individuals. In the state of Ohio, about 14,000 convicted felons are eligible for expungement. As part of the initiative, the Expungement Clinic will give those qualified an opportunity to receive expungement, or removal of records from public inspection.

This is the third Expungement Clinic made available by the Urban League.

Those eligible for expungement and who plan to attend the clinic should contact Re-Entry Specialist Doyle Walker at 330-456-3479 to register. A $25 administrative fee is required.