Friday, December 7, 2012
The dramatic production and forum aimed at middle schoolers and their parents will be held Sunday, Dec. 9.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- James Myers
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Norristown's Weed & Seed Steering Committee has partnered with Theatre Horizon to produce a community event and forum aimed at addressing risk factors faced by Norristown youth. Out of Harm's Way, an "educational production and forum aimed at reducing youth violence and risk behaviors," will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Theatre Horizon's new performance space at 401 DeKalb Street in Norristown. "The point of the event is to inform parents and to explain to them the risk factors their children are facing," Akeem Davis, the outreach coordinator for Theatre Horizon told The Times Herald. "The issues involve truancy, drug availability and its use and the disproportionate minority contact between youth and police." According to …
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Friday, November 30, 2012
The forum on reducing disproportionate minority contact with law enforcement is intended to be a "frank discussion" between youth and police.
Norristown's Weed & Seed Steering Committee is hoping to address violence in the Norristown community with a "Cops and Youth Forum" this Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gotwals Elementary School at 1 East Oak Street. According to Norristown Councilman Marlon Milner, the forum is designed to be a place "where teens and cops will sit down and have frank discussions with one another." Teens ages 12 to 18 are invited to attend and share real feelings about law enforcement officers and for police to listen and respond to what teens have to say. Organizers of the event say they "want to tear down walls of mistrust, and forge better understanding of the positive roles of police in our community." “Respect is always an issue that comes …
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Gotwals Elementary School
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Norristown Weed & Seed welcomes national youth violence prevention and community empowerment expert, Reverend Jeffrey Brown, for free community workshops and training on Thursday and Friday.
The Norristown Weed & Seed Steering Committee is hosting a free two-day workshop on capacity-building for Norristown community leaders and residents this Thursday, Nov. 1 and Friday, Nov. 2. The workshops, designed to aid community leaders and Norristown Weed & Seed members enact community violence prevention efforts in Norristown, is being conducted by Rev. Jeffrey Brown. Rev. Brown is the founder of Rebuilding Every City Around Peace (RECAP), a national initiative to combat gang violence, and co-founder of the Boston TenPoint Coalition, a group organized to adress issues faced by black and Latino youth. Both programs are free and open to the public. The first session takes place tonight, Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Montgomery County-…
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Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
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329 E Wood St, Norristown, PA
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Norristown's Weed & Seed program has opened up its facilitator training session at the Norristown Public Library tonight to the public in response to recent rise in violence in our community.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- James Myers
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Norristown's Weed & Seed Steering Committee had originally scheduled a training session for its facilitators tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library, but after recent violent incidents in the community involving young people, organizers have decided to invite the public to join them and learn more about how they help. "There is a lot of anti-social youth behavior going on," Weed and Seed Chairwoman Rochelle Culbreath told The Times Herald. "People are interested in finding out how they can help. Some people want to get involved." Tonight's meeting will include a training session for community facilitators, a short video presentation on youth-violence prevention forums and remarks by several of the …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers interested in working with Weed & Seed should submit proposals soon.
The steering committee for the Norristown Weed & Seed program is still accepting applications from consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers who are interested in working with Weed & Seed to further the goals and objectives of the initiative. They have pushed the deadline for for people wishing to submit a proposal back to June 4. Norristown Weed & Seed was successful in securing the remaining $27,000 in funding from the state sponsored program that was cut in 2011. That funding will pay for three programs – a parent-oriented support program, a police and youth forum and a capacity-building program for Weed & Seed committee members – and a site coordinator position. According to The Times Herald, the breakdown for …
Monday, April 16, 2012
Weed & Seed is still looking for applications from consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers.
The steering committee for the Norristown Weed & Seed program is accepting applications from consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers who are interested in working with Weed & Seed to further the goals and objectives of the initiative. They'll be holding another workshop tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Montgomery County Human Services Center for any parties interested in submitting an application. These workshops will be open forums to discuss how to respond to the request for proposals (RFP). Norristown Weed & Seed was recently successful in securing the remaining $27,000 in funding from the state sponsored program that was cut in 2011. That funding will pay for three programs – a parent-oriented support program, a …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
The Weed & Seed Steering Committee is actively soliciting responses to its RFP.
The steering committee for the Norristown Weed & Seed program is currently accepting applications from consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers who are interested in working with Weed & Seed to further the goals and objectives of the initiative. Norristown Weed & Seed was recently successful in securing the remaining $27,000 in funding from the state sponsored program that was cut in 2011. That funding will pay for three programs – a parent-oriented support program, a police and youth forum and a capacity-building program for Weed & Seed committee members – and a site coordinator position. The committee will be holding workshops on Monday, April 2, and Monday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Montgomery County Human …
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Montgomery County Human Services Center
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Weed & Seed has $27,000 in available funding.
The steering committee for the Norristown Weed & Seed program is accepting applications from qualified consultants, governments, non-profits and other service providers who are interested in working with Weed & Seed to further the goals and objectives of the initiative. Norristown Weed & Seed was recently successful in securing the remaining $27,000 in funding from the state sponsored program that was cut in 2011. That funding will pay for three programs – a parent-oriented support program, a police and youth forum and a capacity-building program for Weed & Seed committee members – and a site coordinator position. The committee will be holding a workshop on Monday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Montgomery County Human Services Center for …
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Montgomery County Human Services Center
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Rochelle Griffin-Culbreath, chair of the Weed & Seed Steering Committee joined Councilman Marlon Millner in announcing the $27,000 grant.
Though the Weed & Seed program that had brought nearly $2 million dollars to Norristown in the last ten years was cut last year in Gov. Corbett's budget, there was still $27,000 left in available state funds. Norristown's Weed & Seed Steering Committee managed to secure those funds and plan to use the grant for programs designed to curb youth violence and proved life skills training for families in crisis. The money would also pay for capacity building and training for community leaders to empower them to secure further grants and support for programs. According to a release issued by the committee, the grant will pay for: See our video above for more details of the grant and the programs it would fund at the committee's announcement on …
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Montgomery County Courthouse
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Here's a look at business conducted during Norristown's Municipal Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Here is a brief look at what happened at Norristown's municipal council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 16. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Norristown Municipal Hall, 235 E. Airy St. Agendas and previous minutes for meetings can be found on Norristown's website here. Mary Ellen DiGregorio “We have a problem because we still can’t get the trash situation together. With the amount of taxes that we’re paying, I should be able to put out trash and get it picked up. … When are we going to get the situation with Norristown straightened up. One of the things that Norristown residents keep asking for is clean streets and two, safe streets. Neither one of them have been addressed. We’re more concerned with petty [stuff] that you …
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Norristown Municipal Hall
235 E Airy St, Norristown, PA
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Denise Marie Snow
9:10 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Great meeting tonight about reducing youth violence and strategies on building relationships between law enforcement and young people. One big takeaway that I have is that if you want to effectuate change....SHOW UP! more ›