Professor Delbert Elliott, director of the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Attorney General Ken Salazar will speak to high school students in Denver and Louisville about youth violence on Wednesday, Oct. 11.
The visits are part of a statewide series of school meetings that Elliott and Salazar are making through the Safe Communities-Safe Schools initiative. Since last spring, the two have visited almost every ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ county to meet with students, teachers, administrators and community members to discuss issues of youth violence and violence prevention.
Elliott and Salazar will visit Denver's North High School from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and Monarch High School in Louisville, 329 Campus Drive, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Both meetings are open to the public.
During the visits, students will be asked about their perceptions and ideas on the issue of youth violence, and Elliott will discuss facts concerning youth violence in the United States. He also will cover programs that have proven to be effective in preventing youth violence.
The Safe Communities-Safe Schools initiative is aimed at creating school climates that promote academic excellence and are free of drugs, violence, intimidation and fear.
The $1 million Safe Communities-Safe Schools initiative is a statewide partnership of the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Attorney General Ken Salazar, The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Trust, the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Association of School Boards, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Association of School Executives, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Department of Education, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Education Association, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Federation of Teachers, Front Range and Metro Denver Safe and Drug-Free School Coordinators, Coors Brewing Co., the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Division of Criminal Justice-Department of Public Safety and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder.
The Safe Communities-Safe Schools initiative is funded by The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Trust.
Over the three years of the initiative, which began in fall 1999, the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence will provide any of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥Â’s 1,500 schools or their school districts with information, practical planning tools and technical assistance to conduct safe school planning that addresses their communityÂ’s unique needs.
For more information contact the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at (303) 492-1032 or visit the center's Web site at .