The Urban League of Greater Cincinnati is partnering with Xavier University to sponsor the conference at the Cintas Center at Xavier.

        “This will give a lot of children the chance to mingle with college students on a college campus,” said Rochelle Morton, vice president of education and youth development for the league.

        Anthony Munoz, former Cincinnati Bengal and Hall of Fame lineman, will deliver the keynote address at 12:45 p.m. Mike Martin, head football coach at Taft High School and a former Bengal, will deliver the morning address at 9:45 a.m.

        Actor Malik Yoba (television series New York Undercover and Bull) is scheduled to make a special appearance.

        Other speakers scheduled are: Michael Eric Dyson, the Ida B. Wells-Barnett professor at DePaul University; Jawanza Kunjufu, noted educator, educational consultant and author of several books, including Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys; and Dennis Rahiim Watson, president and chief executive officer of the New York- based National Black Youth Leadership Council.

        Students must register for the conference through their schools.

        Oops. The name of one of the key players of the Friars Club Warriors basketball team, which placed second in the National AAU Championship Tournament in Memphis, Tenn., last weekend, was inadvertently omitted. He is Donald Bush III, 9-year-old son of Donald Bush Jr. and Kimberly Bush of College Hill. Mr. Bush is a coach on the team.

        David Pelcha, 39, who has been in the Mental Health Association's Warren County Compeer Program for three years, was honored recently as a “Stigma Buster” by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

        A Stigma Buster is an individual or group that breaks down the stereotypes of people with mental illness.

        Mr. Pelcha is a musician and has used his music to educate people about mental illnesses. He and his compeer counselor, Peter Kurtz, a guitarist, have performed together at different functions.

        Compeer is an international, award-winning program matching trained community volunteers in friendships with individuals with mental illnesses.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Sunday-Friday. Contact him at 768-8362, at ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.

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