“Mentoring and Community-Based Solutions to Delinquency and Youth Violence”

February 12, 2007

NOTICE OF JOINT COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING
UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies has scheduled a joint field hearing on "Mentoring and Community-Based Solutions to Delinquency and Youth Violence in Philadelphia" for Monday, February 19, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Kirby Auditorium, National Constitution Center, 111 S. Independence Mall E, Philadelphia, PA.

Senator Specter will preside.

By order of the Chairman

Witness List
Joint Committee Field Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
and the
Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
on
"Mentoring and Community-Based Solutions to Delinquency and Youth Violence in Philadelphia"

Monday, February 19, 2007
Kirby Auditorium
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
10:00 a.m.

Panel I

Pedro Ramos
City Managing Director
Philadelphia, PA

Gerald Zahorchak
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education
Harrisburg, PA

Patrick Meehan
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Sylvester Johnson
Police Commissioner
Philadelphia, PA

John Delaney
Deputy District Attorney
Philadelphia, PA

Paul Vallas
Chief Executive Officer
School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Panel II

Jennifer Carroll
Director of Match Support
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Wendy McClanahan
Vice President for Research
Public/Private Ventures
Philadelphia, PA

Mike Pennington
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Harrisburg, PA

David Fair
Vice President for Community Impact
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Ira Harkavy
Associate Vice President and Founding Director
Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA