SCAN-Harbor at SOMOS Conference in Albany, New York

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Lew Zuchman of SCAN-Harbor at SOMOS Conference pictured with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York State Senator Cordell Cleare, Bronx DA Darcel Clark, and Chief of Staff for City Council Member Diana Ayala- Elsie Encarnacion
From Left to Right: New York State Senator Cordell Cleare, SCAN-Harbor Executive Director Lew Zuchman, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, and Chief of Staff for City Council Member Diana Ayala- Elsie Encarnacion
This past weekend, SCAN-Harbor was invited to sponsor a workshop during the legislative sessions at the SOMOS Conference in Albany, New York. SCAN-Harbor Executive Director, Lew Zuchman was a panelist and moderator on a legislative session titled “Decolonizing Inner-City Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth Work.”

 

This particular legislative session was visited by New York City Mayor Eric Adams. We take this as a sign of the importance of this issue, and of support that he feels is needed for the work SCAN-Harbor is doing in the East Harlem community.

 

At this panel, SCAN-Harbor had a chance to present a positive strength-based empowerment model for addressing youth violence.
This approach was recently highlighted in NYN Media which featured statistics and evidence of the success SCAN-Harbor has had along with its partners in curtailing youth violence in the East Harlem community.