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Human Services Advisory Commission - - - - - Minutes - - - - - - - March 18, 2002 - - - - Page 3 of 4 <br />Ms. Barnhill said we could narrow the panel to only the four areas being solved or worked on. <br />Co -Chair Wash asked the members to think of a title for the Forum that would be comprehensive enough to <br />cover all the themes we have discussed so far. <br />There was consensus that we would be more broad in the topic to include all these areas discussed so far. <br />Discussion ensued on a title for the 2002 Forum. <br />Ms. Matthews said if we call it abuse, whether Abuse of the Vulnerable or <br />other abuse, what that suggests is we are looking at the problem, so it might be better to have a word in there <br />that suggests solutions. <br />Ms. Russell suggested: " Addressing the Problem of Abuse in Orange County: Join Us in a Discussion of <br />Abuse that Occurs Among our Most Vulnerable Populations: Children, Elderly, and Partners." <br />Co -Chair Wash said that it sounded good. <br />Ms. Young suggested: "Community Solutions to Abuse in Orange County." Ms. Russell added, ":Join Us in a <br />Discussion of Ways to Address Abuse of Children, Teens, Elders and Partners." <br />Ms. Matthews asked about the word, "teens." Ms. Russell said we could leave out partners. <br />Ms. Russell said could we call it adolescents instead of teens. Ms. Barnhill said she likes the word teens. It <br />was the consensus to leave the word "teens" in the title. Co -Chair Wash said that "adolescents" can be older <br />kids, such as college students. <br />Co -Chair Wash said that the advantage of using the word "teens" will be that this may alert parents that their <br />young teens could be in abusive relationships. <br />Mr. Block moved that we accept this title, seconded by Ms. Bowe. The proposed title for the 2002 <br />Forum is: "Community Solutions to Abuse in Orange County: Join Us in a Discussion of Ways to <br />Address Abuse of Children, Teens, Elders and Partners." VOTE: UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. <br />Speakers for 2002 Forum Ms. Hinton asked for ideas for speakers for the forum. <br />Ms. Young said that we could be very clear with the speakers that we need to work on solutions. We don't <br />want to constrain them, but we want to be very clear that when we get into our small groups we will work on <br />solutions to the problems, not identifying the problems. <br />Ms. Russell said that there are two things: we want to learn about the problem and how it exists in Orange <br />County, but she said that she didn't think that Orange County has all the solutions. She said that she thinks <br />that is a limited view. She suggested that this be included in our Forum Packets. Maybe we can find <br />information on creative things being done elsewhere to solve the abuse problem. We should not limit our <br />vision, she added, because we have lots to learn about lots of things. She said that she was not in favor of the <br />panelists telling what the answers are. <br />Ms. Vandiviere said that there are statewide groups that monitor and study this type of thing, and that have the <br />information available about what is being done elsewhere. She agreed with Ms. Russell that we need to go <br />beyond Orange County for solutions. <br />Protecting and Preserving People, Resources and Quality of Life <br />Orange County, North Carolina - You Count! <br />Area Code (919) 245 -2125: Fax (919) 644 -0246: EMAIL: npaciga@co.orange.nc.us co.orange.nc.us <br />