Luncheon Plenary
Tuesday, September 25
Opening Remarks
Linda Mappes, Chair, Mid-Atlantic Conference
Program Committee, and Executive Director,
Vanderheyden Hall, Wyantskill, NY
Special Tribute to CWLA Founders
Dana Wilson, Vice President, CWLA Membership and
Program Services, Baltimore, MD
Entertainment
Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Youth Performers
Sponsored by The Jewish Board of Family and Children
Services, New York, NY
A Champion's Vision for Foster Care
Ashley Rhodes-Courter, 2007 Brick Award
Winner, 2007 Glamour Magazine Top 10
College Women
Ashley Rhodes-Courter lived in America's
foster system for 10 years experiencing 14
different placements and abuse before being
adopted at the age of 12. Today, she advocates on behalf
of foster children to have a fighting chance of finding
permanent and loving families. Rhodes-Courter has a
champion's vision for an effective and appropriate foster
care system.
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