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TO NATIONAL EDITORS:
Media Advisory: Advisory Committee On American Indian And Alaska
Native Children Exposed To Violence Holds Third Public Hearing
All media should RSVP to Starr.Stepp@usdoj.gov.
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advisory
Committee of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian and
Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence will hold its third of four
public hearings in Fort Lauderdale, FL., 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. EDT, April
16, 2014, and 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT, April 17, 2014.
The advisory committee, which includes tribal members and national
experts in American Indian studies, child health and trauma, victim
services and child welfare, will use information gathered during the
four public hearings to produce a final report of policy
recommendations, which they will present to the Attorney General in
late 2014.
Two prior public hearings took place Dec. 9, 2013 in Bismarck, N.D.,
and Feb. 11, 2014 in Scottsdale, AZ. The final hearing will be held
later this year in Anchorage, Alaska.
For more information on the advisory committee, upcoming hearings, the
full list of members, how to register for the event and how to provide
written testimony, please visit: justice.gov/defendingchildhood.
WHO: Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason, Office of
Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Administrator Robert L. Listenbee Members of the Advisory Committee of
the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native
Children Exposed to Violence
WHAT: Public hearing held by the Advisory Committee of the Attorney
General's Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Exposed to Violence
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six 2301 S.E. 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
WHEN: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 1:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EDT and
Thursday, April 17, 2014 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
NOTE: All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as
driver's license) as well as valid media credentials.
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SOURCE Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
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/CONTACT: Office Of Justice Programs, 202-307-0703
/Web Site: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov
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ST: District of Columbia
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