The 2012 statewide Fall Family Counseling Conference will be at North Carolina A&T State University on Thursday, Nov. 15.

The conference theme is “Families: All of Us for Every One.” In addition to breakout sessions, the conference will include a panel discussion on the state of families, and a graduate student poster session.

The keynote speaker will be Leonard Pitts, nationally acclaimed columnist with The Miami Herald.

Conference clusters include:

• Families and Trauma
• Families and Health Care/Disabilities
• Families and Healthy Marriage
• Families and Schools
• Families and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Proposals for presentations are welcome.  Forms for proposals and registration are available.  

For additional information, contact Dr. Patricia Whitfield, president of the North Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Counselors and associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Services, betheap@ncat.edu, or (336) 334-7916.