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Making Peace: Meditations On Activism Topic #19: Children and Violence Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Children are to be found at all points in the cycle of violence: as witnesses, perpetrators and victims. The relationship of children to violence raises special questions for both people concerned with children’s welfare and those concerned with violence prevention, and thus for nearly everyone in the extended Thousand Waves community. This evening’s discussion featured two speakers: Dr. Carl Bell, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a nationally known expert on children and violence; and Anne Parry, Director of the Office of Violence Prevention in the Chicago Department of Public Health, who is a leader in anti-bullying and anti-family violence initiatives and has taught violence prevention for many years.
Anne Parry is Director of the Office of Violence Prevention at the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention. Parry, who holds a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and an M.A. in Social Science from Governors State University, has worked for the past 24 years with Chicago children and their families in a variety of capacities from Education Development Specialist to Executive Director and has developed community education programs on violence prevention topics such as Stress and Violence, Understanding Family Violence, Gender Messages and Violence, etc. Parry is one of the founders of Rainbow House, a domestic violence service agency based in Chicago. The violence prevention campaign called TAKE TEN! Talk It Out! Walk It Out! Wait It Out! is an example of the creative and innovative approach she takes in her dedication to the safety and well being of our children and families. She is currently is working on Chicago Safe Start, which examines the issue of childhood exposure to violence for children ages 0-6.
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Carl C. Bell, M.D., is President & C.E.O., Community Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc. a comprehensive community mental health center in Chicago. He is Director of Public & Community Psychiatry and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Principle Investigator of “Using CHAMP to Prevent Youth HIV Risk in a South African Township (NIMH R-01 Grant).” He is author of The Sanity of Survival: Reflections on Community Mental Health & Wellness.