Truancy Intervention Project
March Madness Means New TIP Volunteers!
By Caren Cloud
Truancy Intervention Project of Georgia
[email protected]
N
ew TIP volunteers are ready to spring into action
following our annual Spring Volunteer Training
Seminar, held on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in
conjunction with the Atlanta Bar Association’s Pro Bono
March Madness program. The continued success of this
joint venture between the Atlanta Bar and TIP has truly been
outstanding and has brought in a wonderful pool of potential
volunteers to work with TIP families over the years.
TIP was very pleased with the response to its March Madness
training seminar hosted at Sutherland Law Firm. The following
attended and are now eligible to be volunteers: Kathleen
Beard, Alysa Campbell, Marcee Campbell, Hala Carey,
Derek Carson, Betsy Cohen, Cerrone Coker, Donald
Coleman, Clara DeLay, Gloria Hawkins-Wynn, Kathleen
Lynch, Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell, Stephanie Moore, Susan
Moss, Pilar Penn, Asha Rodney, Mark Silver, Lindsay
Sklar, Lauren Sturisky, Sharee Tumbling and Benjamin
Wiles.
TIP would also like to thank all of the seminar’s esteemed
presenters for volunteering to take time to share their
knowledge and experience with the trainees and TIP staff.
Special thanks to presenters: Adwoa Awotwi (Jackson
Healthcare), Valerie Condit (Fulton County Schools), Akua
Coppock (City of Atlanta Law Department), Becky Hall (State
Bar of Georgia), Michelle Hession (Fulton County Schools),
Harry Hudson (Fulton County Juvenile Court), Michael
Kulcsar (Special Education Attorney), Erik Olson (The Olson
Law Firm), Kevin Wilson (Georgia Supreme Court) and Chris
Yokom (Fulton County Juvenile Court).
If you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering with
the Truancy Intervention Project, please contact Adrian
Wright at [email protected] or at (404) 613-4742
to receive information on upcoming trainings or to schedule
a group training.
TIP Mock Hearing Cast, from left: Valerie Condit, Kevin Wilson, Sunny Rhymer, Harry Hudson and Adwoa Awotwi.
44 THE ATLANTA LAWYER
May 2014
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association