SUNY Rockland Community College Holds Rockland Child Rights Campaign Briefing on the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: November 9, 2007

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

SUNY Rockland Community College Holds Rockland Child Rights Campaign Briefing
on the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Suffern, NY - The Rockland Child Rights Campaign Briefing on the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child will be held Friday, November 16, 11:30 a.m. at SUNY Rockland Community College in the Technology Center Ellipse (1st floor).

Program

Overview of Child Rights Campaign

• Kate Weber, Director, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), U.S. Fund for UNICEF
• "Free the Children": Leonard Merrill Kurz, Director & Film Producer, Chairman, Forest Creatures Entertainment, will discuss his upcoming film on child labor abuse

Welcome & Proclamations

Dr. Cliff L. Wood, President, Rockland Community College

C. Scott Vanderhoef, Rockland County Executive

Harriet Cornell, Chairwoman, Rockland County Legislature

Panel Discussion, moderated by Chairwoman Harriet Cornell

Panelists:

• Sue Sherwood, Commissioner, Rockland County Dept. of Social Services
• Dr. Joan Facelle, Commissioner, Rockland County Dept. of Health
• MaryAnn Walsh Tozer, Commissioner, Rockland County Dept. of Mental Health and Senior Advisor, Health & Human Services
• Jane Brown, Executive Director, Child Care Resources of Rockland

College Call to Action

Dr. Walter Schneider, Vice-President & Dean of Student Affairs, St. Thomas Aquinas College

Next Steps Dennis Fleming, Executive Director, Rockland County Youth Bureau

Every day, children throughout the world face considerable hardships. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the world’s most recognized and legally-binding human rights treaty, was drafted with the specific purpose of safeguarding and advancing the rights of all children. The 193 countries that have ratified the CRC have used this document to guide the development and implementation of policies and programs that best address and fulfill children’s needs. Somalia and the U.S. are the only two countries that have not ratified this celebrated document.

For further information, visit the website: www.childrightscampaign.org

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