FREE event: Join us for a national conversation on the importance of government and community partnerships, the best practices to initiate and sustain successful community-led programs, and the current state and future of the Credible Messenger Movement.

Trust but Verify: New Research Findings Demonstrating Impact and Transformation 
Researchers and other experts discuss the need for and challenges posed by, evaluation of community-based programs. Why does evaluation matter? How can we use evaluations to advance our goals?  What are the particular challenges to engaging in evaluations?

Not All Lived Experience is Treated Equal
A diverse array of credible messengers share their experiences in ensuring that all voices are included in the conversation about credibility and that all young people and families have access to the specific supports they need.

Emerging and Future Leaders of the credible messenger movement will share their stories and set the vision for the future of the movement.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS will include in-depth, facilitated conversations on an array of topics including:

• Adversity Drives Transformation-Mobilizing a Community Through Adversity 

• Healing and Trauma  - Experience a CMI Circle

• Incarceration as a Toxic Public Health Issue: The NYC Health Justice Network

• Trust But Verify- The Arches Transformative Mentoring Evaluation Deep- Dive

• Untold Stories: The Impact of  the Juvenile Justice System on Girls and GNC Youth

To register, please click HERE.

Serving as a training and research center, policy and practice thought leader, and program incubator for an approach to social reform at the intersection of government, community, and academia, the Credible Messenger Justice Center seeks to improve, legitimize and disseminate the practice of Credible Messenger mentoring and other programming in communities and jurisdictions around the country.