NYCC Update Volume 1 Number 2


Volume 1, No. 2	December 1, 2003
If you would like to unsubscribe from the NYCC Update, please click here Publications and Resources Looking for resources to help train youth court jurors and judge panels? Click here for a video resource. Click here for an online training resource. Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities Satellite Videoconference, “Youth Court: A Legal Guide for Getting Involved” – November 19, 2003 Justice Television Network aired a live satellite and Internet videoconference titled “Youth Court: A Legal Guide for Getting Involved” on November 19, 2003 . The Internet broadcast was recorded and will be available for viewing until December 19^th at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/ole/jtnhandouts.html. To order a VHS copy of the broadcast, contact the National Youth Court Center. Workshops and Conferences The NYCC Director, Tracy Godwin Mullins, will be a panelist for a workshop on “Teen/Peer Courts - Rural, Urban, and National Perspectives” at the Celebrating California’s Juvenile Court Centennial Conference, December 4-6, 2003. Other panelists for this workshop will be Hon. Judge Richard Couzens, Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court, Superior Court of California, County of Placer ; Paula Bruce, Donald P. McCullum Youth Court, County of Alameda (CA); and Karen Green, Peer Court Coordinator, Superior Court of California, County of Placer. Announcements 3D Prevention Month The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is sponsoring the You Drink & You Drive.You Lose. National Crackdown. This Crackdown is NHTSA’s National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month (December 19, 2003-January 4, 2004). The purpose of the 3D month is to deter impaired driving during one of the most heavily traveled holiday periods (Christmas) and New Year's Eve. Toolkit materials are available via the NHTSA website: www.stopimpaireddriving.org to assist prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and traffic safety advocates with planning HVE mobilizations such as saturation patrols. The toolkits can be easily customized and include: Suggestions on Planning & Activities Fact Sheets Press Release Artwork Talking Points Print & Radio PSA's Op-Ed Article Poster How-to-Guide Educational Awareness Campaigns The Youth Outreach for Victim Assistance (YOVA), a joint project of the National Center for Victims of Crime and the National Crime Prevention Council, supported by the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking 20 school- or community-based groups of youth leaders to design and implement youth-led educational awareness campaigns. Successful campaigns will educate adolescents about the impact and dynamics of victimization and provide them with information on where they can turn for help and support. More information and site application materials can be found at www.ncvc.org/tvp/YOVA/index.html or www.ncpc.org. Applications are due December 10, 2003. In The News The following news articles on youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of November. For a listing of other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit the “In the News” section of the NYCC website. 11/23/03: Peer Pressures to behave come from Teen Court http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1123teencourt.html 11/14/04: Thrill wasn't worth the high price she paid http://www.adn.com/perfectworld/story/4375809p-4384033c.html 11/08/03: Juvenile justice at work http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm? storyID=76227 12-Month Campaign 2003 December’s focus is on health. Click here for suggestions on activities and community service projects your program can conduct during the campaign in December. If your program presents an educational workshop or community service project related to health in the month of December, be sure to send in a participation form to the NYCC to let us know what you did and to quality for a certificate of merit from the NYCC and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Click here to see highlights from National Youth Court Month submitted by programs. If you conducted a special event in honor of National Youth Court Month, make sure you let the NYCC know about it. *REMINDER:* To be eligible to receive a Certificate of Merit from the NYCC and OJJDP, all participation forms for projects done throughout calendar year 2003 are due by January 12, 2004. Awards and Scholarships The NYCC’s website lists awards and scholarships for which youth courts can nominate their youth volunteers. Some of the postings on this site include: LRE Teacher of the Year for 2004 Recognizing the vital role that teachers play in law -related education, the American Lawyers Auxiliary continues to sponsor its Law-Related Education Teacher of the Year Award. National Peace Essay Contest The United States Institute of Peace is accepting submissions for its 2003-2004 National Peace Essay contest. The contest is open to all students in grades 9-12. Kudos Brandon Burns, a member of the Syracuse City School District Student Court, was elected New York State President of the Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) for the 2003-2004 school year. The DECA is a national association of marketing education students. Kathryn Crocker and Jeffrey Paterson, former volunteers with the Niagara Falls Youth Court in Niagara Falls, New York were among the first youth to receive the prestigious President’s Student Service Award in recognition of their outstanding service in the Niagara Falls community. A former member of the Anchorage Youth Court, Bryan Talbot-Clark, has initiated the establishment of the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association. Working in partnership with the United Youth Courts of Alaska, the purpose of the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association is to increase communication between former members of Alaska youth courts and to assist with advocacy efforts. Currently, Bryan is compiling a list of former youth court members interested in joining the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association. If you or someone you know is a former member of any of Alaska ’s youth courts and would like to join the association, please contact Bryan Talbot-Clark at clark_bryan@msn.com for more information. Feedback We are always interested in your comments and ideas. Please contact us. Have things you would like us to includes in future issues of the NYCC Update? Click here.	Sponsored by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration Operated by: American Probation and Parole Association Youth Recruitment Posters are Available in Youth, Teen, and Peer Court Versions Poster order form Join the National Youth Court Center's Mailing List, or update your current information - click here Encourage Others to Join! Increase support for your youth court on a local level by keeping your local stakeholders informed of what is going on nationally in the youth court field. Print a copy of this issue and distribute it to your advisory committee members, board of directors, and youth volunteers. Encourage them to visit www.youthcourt.net where they can register to receive a free copy.
Contact Us: National Youth Court Center Phone: 859-244-8193 c/o American Probation and Parole Association Fax: 859-244-8001 P.O. Box 11910 Email: youthcourt@ncjfcj.org Lexington, KY 40578 Main website: www.youthcourt.net Youth website: www.ycyouth.net

Volume 1, No. 2

December 1, 2003

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Publications and Resources

Looking for resources to help train youth court jurors and judge panels? Click here for a video resource. Click here for an online training resource.

Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Satellite Videoconference, “Youth Court: A Legal Guide for Getting Involved” – November 19, 2003

Justice Television Network aired a live satellite and Internet videoconference titled “Youth Court: A Legal Guide for Getting Involved” on November 19, 2003 . The Internet broadcast was recorded and will be available for viewing until December 19^th at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/ole/jtnhandouts.html. To order a VHS copy of the broadcast, contact the National Youth Court Center.

Workshops and Conferences

The NYCC Director, Tracy Godwin Mullins, will be a panelist for a workshop on “Teen/Peer Courts - Rural, Urban, and National Perspectives” at the Celebrating California’s Juvenile Court Centennial Conference, December 4-6, 2003. Other panelists for this workshop will be Hon. Judge Richard Couzens, Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court, Superior Court of California, County of Placer ; Paula Bruce, Donald P. McCullum Youth Court, County of Alameda (CA); and Karen Green, Peer Court Coordinator, Superior Court of California, County of Placer.

Announcements

3D Prevention Month
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is sponsoring the You Drink & You Drive.You Lose. National Crackdown. This Crackdown is NHTSA’s National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month (December 19, 2003-January 4, 2004). The purpose of the 3D month is to deter impaired driving during one of the most heavily traveled holiday periods (Christmas) and New Year's Eve.

Toolkit materials are available via the NHTSA website: www.stopimpaireddriving.org to assist prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and traffic safety advocates with planning HVE mobilizations such as saturation patrols. The toolkits can be easily customized and include:

Suggestions on Planning & Activities
Fact Sheets
Press Release
Artwork
Talking Points
Print & Radio PSA's
Op-Ed Article
Poster
How-to-Guide

Educational Awareness Campaigns
The Youth Outreach for Victim Assistance (YOVA), a joint project of the National Center for Victims of Crime and the National Crime Prevention Council, supported by the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking 20 school- or community-based groups of youth leaders to design and implement youth-led educational awareness campaigns. Successful campaigns will educate adolescents about the impact and dynamics of victimization and provide them with information on where they can turn for help and support. More information and site application materials can be found at www.ncvc.org/tvp/YOVA/index.html or www.ncpc.org. Applications are due December 10, 2003.

In The News

The following news articles on youth courts are among those that appeared online in the month of November. For a listing of other past news articles related to youth courts, please visit the “In the News” section of the NYCC website.

11/23/03: Peer Pressures to behave come from Teen Court
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1123teencourt.html

11/14/04: Thrill wasn't worth the high price she paid
http://www.adn.com/perfectworld/story/4375809p-4384033c.html

11/08/03: Juvenile justice at work
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?
storyID=76227

12-Month Campaign 2003

December’s focus is on health. Click here for suggestions on activities and community service projects your program can conduct during the campaign in December. If your program presents an educational workshop or community service project related to health in the month of December, be sure to send in a participation form to the NYCC to let us know what you did and to quality for a certificate of merit from the NYCC and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Click here to see highlights from National Youth Court Month submitted by programs. If you conducted a special event in honor of National Youth Court Month, make sure you let the NYCC know about it.

REMINDER: To be eligible to receive a Certificate of Merit from the NYCC and OJJDP, all participation forms for projects done throughout calendar year 2003 are due by January 12, 2004.

Awards and Scholarships

The NYCC’s website lists awards and scholarships for which youth courts can nominate their youth volunteers. Some of the postings on this site include:

LRE Teacher of the Year for 2004
Recognizing the vital role that teachers play in law -related education, the American Lawyers Auxiliary continues to sponsor its Law-Related Education Teacher of the Year Award.

National Peace Essay Contest
The United States Institute of Peace is accepting submissions for its 2003-2004 National Peace Essay contest. The contest is open to all students in grades 9-12.

Kudos

Brandon Burns, a member of the Syracuse City School District Student Court, was elected New York State President of the Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) for the 2003-2004 school year. The DECA is a national association of marketing education students.

Kathryn Crocker and Jeffrey Paterson, former volunteers with the Niagara Falls Youth Court in Niagara Falls, New York were among the first youth to receive the prestigious President’s Student Service Award in recognition of their outstanding service in the Niagara Falls community.

A former member of the Anchorage Youth Court, Bryan Talbot-Clark, has initiated the establishment of the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association. Working in partnership with the United Youth Courts of Alaska, the purpose of the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association is to increase communication between former members of Alaska youth courts and to assist with advocacy efforts. Currently, Bryan is compiling a list of former youth court members interested in joining the Alaska Youth Court Alumni Association. If you or someone you know is a former member of any of Alaska ’s youth courts and would like to join the association, please contact Bryan Talbot-Clark at clark_bryan@msn.com for more information.

Feedback

We are always interested in your comments and ideas. Please contact us.

Have things you would like us to includes in future issues of the NYCC Update? Click here.

Sponsored by:

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration

Operated by:

American Probation and Parole Association

Youth Recruitment Posters are Available in Youth, Teen, and Peer Court Versions

Poster order form

Join the National Youth Court Center's Mailing List, or update your current information
-
click here

Encourage Others to Join!

Increase support for your youth court on a local level by keeping your local stakeholders informed of what is going on nationally in the youth court field.

Print a copy of this issue and distribute it to your advisory committee members, board of directors, and youth volunteers.

Encourage them to visit www.youthcourt.net where they can register to receive a free copy.

   Contact Us:
    National Youth Court Center                                                            Phone: 859-244-8193
    c/o American Probation and Parole Association                              Fax: 859-244-8001
    P.O. Box 11910                                                                                Email: youthcourt@ncjfcj.org
    Lexington, KY 40578                                                          Main website: www.youthcourt.net
                                                                                               Youth website: www.ycyouth.net