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/global/government/trusts/economicadvocacy/home.page 2023-09-29 2023-09-29T12:00:00.000Z 08 00 am Zachary Rinkins [email protected] 305-375-5652 MDEAT Speaks community forum set to examine youth arrest patterns and practices in Miami-Dade County Elected officials, community leaders, and scholars come together to explore to create solutions to address disproportionate youth arrests Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) is inviting the community to MDEAT Speaks: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Symposium at St. Thomas University's Convocation Hall in Miami Gardens. The forum will feature elected officials, community leaders, and scholars exploring the agency's recent University of Miami-commissioned report examining youth arrest patterns and practices in Miami-Dade County. On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) is inviting the community to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mdeat-speaks-the-school-to-prison-pipeline-symposium-tickets-718554926127?aff=ebdsoporgprofile">MDEAT Speaks: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Symposium</a> at St.Thomas University's Convocation Hall in Miami Gardens. This empowering symposium will feature elected officials, community leaders, and scholars exploring the agency's<a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/economicadvocacytrust/library/trends-in-youth-arrests.pdf"> recent University of Miami-commissioned report  examining youth arrest patterns and practices in Miami-Dade County. </a> MDEAT created the bi-monthly MDEAT Speaks empowerment series to bring renowned subject matter experts in economic development, housing, juvenile justice, research, and public policy to the South Florida community. Among other revelations, Trends in Youth Arrests in Miami-Dade County: 2010 - 2022 found that Black youth were arrested at a disproportionate rate despite being a statistical minority. Speakers include: <ul> <li>Bill Diggs, MDEAT Executive Director</li> <li>Dr. Marcus Bright, MDEAT Youth Services Administrator</li> <li>Jordan Pate-Garrett, MDEAT Youth Services Coordinator</li> <li>Dr. Todd Warner, Professor, University of Miami</li> <li>Dr. Mary Avalos, University of Miami</li> <li>Sen. Shevrin Jones, State of Florida, District 34</li> <li>Cathy Burgos, Director, Miami-Dade County Juvenile Services Department</li> <li>Vice Mayor Katrina Wilson, City of Miami Gardens</li> <li>Dr. Steve Gallon III, Board Member, Miami-Dade County Public Schools</li> <li>Fedrick C. Ingram, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers</li> <li>Derek Negron, Administrative Director, Division of Academic Support, Miami-Dade County Public Schools</li> <li>Dr. Jonathan Spikes, Founder and Executive Director, Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc.</li> <li>Rhea Lee, Director, Mental Health Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools </li> <li>Tim Belcher, Retired Deputy Chief, City of Lauderhill Police Department/ Assistant Chief, North Miami Police Department </li> <li>JD Patterson, Interim Director of Public Safety, Miami-Dade County  </li> <li>Shawn Browne, Chief, Miami-Dade Police Department North Operations Division</li> <li>Chief Delma Noel-Pratt, Miami Gardens Police Department</li> <li>Joshua Thompson, Student, Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School</li> </ul> The details regarding MDEAT Speaks:The School-to-Prison Pipeline Symposium are as follows: no Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust invites the community to MDEAT Speaks: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Symposium an Examination of Youth Arrest Patterns and Practices in Miami-Dade County St. Thomas University Convocation Hall 16401 N.W. 37th Avenue Miami Gardens, FL 33054 10 05 2023 05 30 p.m. 00 a.m. Diana Alba 305-375-5662 [email protected] Economic Advocacy Trust 1 rel1695955668640210 Economic Advocacy Trust Overtown Transit Village South 601 NW 1st Court Miami 33136 local county miami-dade trust trusts Economic Advocacy TrustMDEAT Contact Us /global/government/trusts/economicadvocacy/contact.page /global/publicrecords/search.page Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust's mission is to ensure the equitable participation in Miami-Dade County's economic growth through advocacy and monitoring of economic conditions and economic development initiatives in Miami-Dade County. Following the riots that erupted in 1980 after officers were acquitted for the death of Arthur McDuffie, the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County collaborated to create Metro-Miami Action Plan (MMAP) in 1983 as a solution to socioeconomic disparities in employment, economic development, education, housing, health and human services and criminal justice. In 1992, MMAP was further empowered by becoming a trust, and in September 2009 it was reorganized into MDEAT by ordinance 09-70. Since its inception, MDEAT’s focus has been on addressing socioeconomic disparities within the community. MDEAT does so by focusing on the individual (i.e., youth and individual family member support), building neighborhoods through the expansion of homeownership, and supporting the foundation of strong businesses and economic development via job creation, entrepreneurship, business retention, and expansion. These three gears - family, neighborhood, and business - work together to connect the community to resources, funding, and programming that together create whole communities. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/global/government/boards/economic-advocacy-trust.page">Board Members</a></li> <li><a href="/global/navigation/prindex.page?ORGANIZATIONNAME=Economic%20Advocacy%20Trust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read press releases</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/global/government/trusts/economicadvocacy/targeted-urban-areas.page">Maps throughout Miami-Dade County</a></li> </ul> /resources/economic-advocacy/images/mdeat-banner-home.png other Executive Director William "Bill" Diggs William%20%22Bill%22%20Diggs /global/government/biographies/economic-advocacy-trust.page Overtown Transit Village South - 601 NW 1st Court [loc1496409739736747] : Miami ^ 33136 loc1496409739736747 Suite 2132 305-375-5661 305-375-5651 /global/government/trusts/economicadvocacy/home.page facebook instagram economic-advocacy-trust org1477078752386373 loc1496409739736747 Overtown Transit Village South 601 NW 1st Court Suite 2132 Miami 33136 305-375-5661 305-375-5651 /global/government/trusts/economicadvocacy/home.page facebook,instagram https://www.facebook.com/MDEATInfo,https://www.instagram.com/mdeatinfo Executive Director

Elected officials, community leaders, and scholars come together to explore to create solutions to address disproportionate youth arrests

MIAMI-DADE ( September 29, 2023 )–

On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) is inviting the community to MDEAT Speaks: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Symposium at St.Thomas University's Convocation Hall in Miami Gardens. This empowering symposium will feature elected officials, community leaders, and scholars exploring the agency's recent University of Miami-commissioned report examining youth arrest patterns and practices in Miami-Dade County.

MDEAT created the bi-monthly MDEAT Speaks empowerment series to bring renowned subject matter experts in economic development, housing, juvenile justice, research, and public policy to the South Florida community. Among other revelations, Trends in Youth Arrests in Miami-Dade County: 2010 - 2022 found that Black youth were arrested at a disproportionate rate despite being a statistical minority.

Speakers include:

Bill Diggs, MDEAT Executive Director
Dr. Marcus Bright, MDEAT Youth Services Administrator
Jordan Pate-Garrett, MDEAT Youth Services Coordinator
Dr. Todd Warner, Professor, University of Miami
Dr. Mary Avalos, University of Miami
Sen. Shevrin Jones, State of Florida, District 34
Cathy Burgos, Director, Miami-Dade County Juvenile Services Department
Vice Mayor Katrina Wilson, City of Miami Gardens
Dr. Steve Gallon III, Board Member, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Fedrick C. Ingram, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers
Derek Negron, Administrative Director, Division of Academic Support, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Dr. Jonathan Spikes, Founder and Executive Director, Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc.
Rhea Lee, Director, Mental Health Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Tim Belcher, Retired Deputy Chief, City of Lauderhill Police Department/ Assistant Chief, North Miami Police Department
JD Patterson, Interim Director of Public Safety, Miami-Dade County
Shawn Browne, Chief, Miami-Dade Police Department North Operations Division
Chief Delma Noel-Pratt, Miami Gardens Police Department
Joshua Thompson, Student, Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School