Strengthening Families in the 21st Century Conference Photos

Approximately 150 people attended the two-day conference at the Wong Kerlee International Conference Center, including a dozen vendors from throughout Southern California.

   
Keynote speaker Rev. Aleese Moore-Orbih, DMin, joins Barbara Hernandez (left), PhD, associate professor of counseling and family sciences, School of Science and Technology (LLU) and Carla Gober, PhD, following Rev. Moore-Orbih's presentation on "Domestic Violence in Faith Groups."

 
Keynote speakers and distinguished members of the President's council for Children at Risk W. Bradford Wilcox, PhD, assistant professor of sociology, University of Virginia, Allan N. Schore, PhD, clinical faculty, MD, MDiv, assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, engage in a panel discussion on the "Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities" project, sponsored by the President's Council.

Gerald Winslow, PhD, and Carla Gober, PhD, present the Lifetime Achievement Award for Family Services to Dr. Ron and Karen Flowers, co-directors of family ministries for the General Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists.  

 
Wil Alexander, PhD, interviews Ricardo Peverini, MD, and his wife Kathy Peverini, MD, as an introduction to the second day of the conference.

Kiti Freier Randall, PhD, professor of psychology, pediatrics, and public health at Loma Linda University, and Edwin I. Hernandez, PhD, associate professor of counseling and family sciences, University of Norte Dame, address questions following Dr. Randall's keynote address, "From Risk to Resiliency: Saving our Children."

 
Jeremy Hubbard offers closing remarks at the end of the two-day conference.