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Following 25 years managing substance abuse prevention services in the Pennsylvania Department of Health and student support services for the New Jersey Department of Education, he created and directed the Center for Social and Character Development at Rutgers University conducting research on social emotional and character development programs. He is the author of numerous government publications and articles, and edited co-authored the two volume, Handbook of Prosocial Education (2012) and School Discipline: A Prosocial Perspective (2016). Dr. Brown is also a long time board member and supporter of NJCAP and has been the driving force in the re-organization of the International Center for Assault Prevention (ICAP).

with expertise in child centered community development and economic strengthening for excluded and vulnerable populations.  Jaya has worked across the sectors of education, health, local governance, and economic strengthening. Within these sectors, her primary focus has been the participation and inclusion of historically marginalized groups, such as children and youth and indigenous populations, and ensuring strategic partnerships at all levels address the barriers they face. She led new strategic partnerships for to improve delivery mechanisms within large social protection programs in India, with the World Bank in West Africa, and through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to enable significant scaling of programs to the ultra-poor. Jaya also led initiatives to strengthen adaptations to the economic Graduation Model, to ensure impact for particularly vulnerable groups including indigenous people, people with disabilities, youth, and survivors of gender based violence.

As an event planner, Becky has worked in the past for some of Reno’s most prominent event-based companies, executing events for natives and tourists alike.  She has also spent over 20 years in Northern Nevada’s non-profit sector as Director of Operations for the YWCA and currently as the Executive Director of the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Project of Washoe County, Nevada.  The CAP project is a required Child Self-Protection Workshop presented to all second, fourth and sixth grade students in Reno and Washoe County and is focused on empowering children to prevent abusive situations they may encounter. Rebecca sits on the Board of the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Task Force and also volunteers time for two important community endeavors – The Holland Project and The Community Cabinet.

facilitator, Coordinator of two County CAP Projects and the Associate Director for NJCAP.  She also was designated as the International Child Assault Prevention Teen Program Coordinator and Trainer.  She co-authored and piloted CAP’s Bullying Prevention program and the Cyber Empowerment program. Jeannette was first state trainer for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program as well as a trainer for the Creative Response to Conflict and Violence Prevention program from Nyack College. Jeannette has been a presenter at several National and International conferences.  She has provided adult workshops in numerous forums including Administrators/Superintendents, School Boards, Police Departments, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Girl Scouts, church organizations, school nurses, as well as service organizations.  As an ICAP trainer, Jeannette has trained projects across the world and has set up CAP projects in Oregon, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Slovenia, Nova Scotia, Japan, and France and most recently in the People’s Republic of China. Jeannette Currently is the Director of NJCAP

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Enterprises and Global Arts and Travel Foundation. His passion for arts and education has taken him from producing films about urban drama and social injustice in Brownsville, Brooklyn to teaching youth about film production in underserved communities worldwide. He is on a mission to reveal the untold stories of urban communities around the world. Having traveled extensively through Africa, Europe, South America, Asia and the Caribbean, he is in search of authentic culture and the contributions of people of African descent. Natural holds a bachelor’s degree of Arts in Film Production from SUNY Empire State College and a Master’s Degree of Professional Studies in Directing from the School of Visual Arts. His is currently in a doctoral program in Media, Culture, and Heritage (Film by Practice) at Newcastle University. 

and is currently attending university specialist studies to become a psychosocial supervisor. Iva is a Preschool and Teen CAP facilitator, and one of the core organizers of National CAP conferences in Croatia. She has been professionally active in organizations dealing with children’s rights and abuse prevention for over a decade.

is to empower vulnerable groups, including children and women, with tools to prevent assault, and has been the coordinator of the Child Assault Prevention Program (CAP) for over 30 years. At present he is the CAP trainer for the Montreal region and administers the program for elementary schools and daycares. He still enjoys occasionally animating workshops with children and engaging with parents at the school presentation. David has been involved, through the MAPC, in course development for parents, people with an intellectual disability and teens. For the last three years he has been a Board member of Respecting Elders Communities Against Abuse (RECAA) a sister organisation offering assault prevention workshops for Seniors. David, in collaboration with RECAA and other community groups, has organised several fund-raising concerts involving an impressive list of Montreal artists. He has also been active for many years with the Coalition for Gun Control.

During her tenure with NJ CAP, Kim began as a facilitator and has been trained to facilitate  the Elementary, Early Childhood, Teen CAP, Special Needs, Cyber-Empowerment and CAP’s Bullying Prevention program.  After three years of facilitating CAP, Kim became Coordinator of CAP  for Gloucester and Salem Counties in New Jersey.  She served in that capacity for 23 years.  In 2020, Kim moved to the  NJ CAP RTC as a Project Manager, supervising the program in 11 counties.  Kim is an Elementary and Early Childhood CAP trainer, and has assisted ICAP in program development  internationally in France and Croatia, as well as in New Jersey.  Kim has presented CAP to many different community organizations, including Girl Scouts, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, various churches and service organizations.

In addition to her responsibilities with NJ CAP, Kim has served as the Chairperson on the Committee on Missing and Abused Children, as well as the Human Services Advisory Council in Gloucester County.