The V.I. Housing Authority and YouthBuild U.S.A.’s technical training staff will conduct training to develop strategies to address high risk and gang-involved youth this Wednesday through Friday.
Oscar Grant and Kevin Henderson, two experts from California with extensive experience and expertise in the area of high risk youth and gang involvement will lead the sessions. The two serve as technical assistance coaches for the U.S. Department of Labor YouthBuild Technical Assistance Collaborative.
Henderson has supervised many youth programs in San Diego, Ca. and in 2006 was appointed by the city’s mayor to the San Diego Commission on Gangs, a 17-member panel tasked with a more strategic effort to fight gang violence.
Grant has been recognized extensively for helping Los Angeles developed a program to manage conflict with diverse populations through peaceful mediation, according to information provided by VIHA.
Sessions will be Dec. 14 through Dec.16, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Housing Authority’s Central Office, no, 402 Anna’s Retreat, St. Thomas.
For more information, contact Irma Hodge, VIHA Director of Public Relations/Resident Services at 715-7332 or Carla Joseph, Section 3/YouthBuild Program Manager at 714-2102.
