YOUTH FORUM

The Human Rights of Children on the 55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

Friday, November 20, 2009
at 9:00 AM

Langston Hughes Auditorium, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801 (directions)

CUNY/Brooklyn College Children's Studies

The Fourth Child Policy Forum of New York for Middle and High School Students is co-sponsored by The Children’s Studies Center/The City University of New York and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Participants include Dr. Victor Karunan, Chief, Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) Division of Policy and Practice, UNICEF Headquarters, New York, New York and others. The interactive program will feature an introduction to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and guided tours of the Schomburg's Courage exhibitions.

Related Exhibition:  Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education

Free

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