The Safe Communities Task Force has selected Sister Ines Telles to be the keynote speaker for its third annual parent conference, "What Kids Know and Parents Wish They Did". Sr. Telles will also serve as the moderator for the conference's newest workshop entitled "Teen's Point of View", which will include a panel of local teens sharing their experiences.
Sr. Telles has been working with gang-affected youth and their families for several decades and currently serves as the director of the Parents Helping Parents program, which is part of Los Angeles-based Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc (SEA). Since 1972, SEA has provided high-risk youth and their families alternatives to gangs, drugs and violence by providing them with alternative high school and parenting education services, mental health therapy, drug and alcohol counseling, field trips and after school tutoring including arts and crafts activities. The SEA Program was originally founded by mothers from East Los Angeles whose sons had been killed by gang violence. For more information about Sr. Telles and the SEA programs, visit www.seacharter.net.
Sr. Telles has been working with gang-affected youth and their families for several decades and currently serves as the director of the Parents Helping Parents program, which is part of Los Angeles-based Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc (SEA). Since 1972, SEA has provided high-risk youth and their families alternatives to gangs, drugs and violence by providing them with alternative high school and parenting education services, mental health therapy, drug and alcohol counseling, field trips and after school tutoring including arts and crafts activities. The SEA Program was originally founded by mothers from East Los Angeles whose sons had been killed by gang violence. For more information about Sr. Telles and the SEA programs, visit www.seacharter.net.
