March 2008 — More than 700 advocates from across the state gathered for a Texas Summit to identify effective strategies to dismantle the Pipeline. CDF President Marian Wright Edelman delivered the keynote address.

March 2008 Summit Agenda

• Texas Summit Agenda
• Texas Summit Introductory Video
• Materials Distributed
• Acknowledgments
• Summit Recommendations/Summary PowerPoint

Guest Lecturers

• Dr. William Pollack

  • Real Boys' Voices
  • Threat Assessment
    
• Carol Shattuck, Collaborative for Children
  • Need for Early Childhood Education
    
• Deborah Fowler, Texas Appleseed
  • School to Prison Pipeline - Consequences of Zero Tolerance Policy in public school systems
    
• John Rhoads, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI)
    
• Pili Robinson, Missouri Juvenile Justice System
  • Missouri Youth Services Model