BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b3a67f1-0447-4be3-8f59-6e17d8e445d1.220899@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20220606T164734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220606T164734Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Society’s Children: Our Future\, Whose Responsibility? DESCRIPTION:As Nelson Mandela said\, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Yet Amer ica’s children are suffering. Mental health issues among young people are at an all-time high\, and many continue to suffer the ill effects of pov erty\, homelessness\, and injustices often seen in such systems as foster and residential care. Even after decades of progress\, our society still struggles daily with the social challenges of racism\, sexism\, ableism\ , and other forms of bigotry and bullying that affect the growth\, educat ion\, and well-being of our children. Schools have taken on additional re sponsibilities for not only the child’s intellectual requirements but als o food security\, physical and mental health\, pre-professional developme nt\, and more. Whose voices will advocate for society’s youth? How can a society collaborate to empower its families and schools and take responsi bility for the multifaceted wellness of the next generation? In what ways can systemic change be addressed in our local\, state\, and federal guid elines and policies? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>As Nelson Mandela said\, “There can be no keener revelation of a soci ety’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Yet America’s c hildren are suffering. Mental health issues among young people are at an all-time high\, and many continue to suffer the ill effects of poverty\, homelessness\, and injustices often seen in such systems as foster and re sidential care. Even after decades of progress\, our society still strugg les daily with the social challenges of racism\, sexism\, ableism\, and o ther forms of bigotry and bullying that affect the growth\, education\, a nd well-being of our children. Schools have taken on additional responsib ilities for not only the child’s intellectual requirements but also food security\, physical and mental health\, pre-professional development\, an d more. Whose voices will advocate for society’s youth? How can a society collaborate to empower its families and schools and take responsibility for the multifaceted wellness of the next generation? In what ways can sy stemic change be addressed in our local\, state\, and federal guidelines and policies?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220921T132500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220921T141500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR