Dear Colleagues,
Please announce and attend the event advertised below.  The speaker, Dr. 
Okwumabua, is a Clinical Psychologist at University of Memphis who, while 
working for seven years as Supervising Psychologist for Memphis City 
Schools, developed an award-winning program for pregnant, parenting, and 
other "at risk" youth.  Her rites of passage program "Let the Circle Be 
Unbroken" is endorsed by U.S. Department of Health, Tennessee Department of 
Education, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, and National 
Organization on Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention.  If you would like to 
join her for lunch on Thursday at 11am, please contact me at 
425-5246.  Thanks for your time. --Lauri
Thursday, April 15th at NOON
Raccoon Mountain Room, UTC University Center
>Let the Circle Be Unbroken:
>Rites of Passage for
>African-American Youth
Come hear award-winning Professor, Psychologist for Memphis City Schools, 
Community Activist…  Dr.Theresa Okwumabua
¤       share her success stories working with youth in Memphis and 
Philadelphia
¤       describe her rites of passage program endorsed by Tennessee 
Commission on Children & Youth and Departments of Education & Health, U.S. 
Dept of Health
¤       explore the importance of rites of passage ceremony in the lives of 
all youth
Sponsors include Psychology, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies, Counseling 
Program, Graduate Studies Division, Counseling Division of Education & 
Applied Professional Studies, Speakers & Special Events
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