We are thrilled to announce that Schwartzen Précil, will deliver a keynote address for CPOC’s Statewide Conference ACCOUNTABILITY WITH PURPOSE | SAFETY WITH VISION conference in Monterey.

Schwartzen Précil is the founder and CEO of Hero Leadership Group, a former foster youth turned coach, six-year professional basketball player, and national speaker on accountability, resilience, and second chances. Drawing from his own journey through the very systems many probation professionals serve, he built the HERO Framework: Honesty, Empathy, Resilience, Opportunity: to help individuals reflect on their choices and build purposeful lives. He has trained 800+ professionals and reached 35,000+ people across 30 states.

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Keynote Topic: Be Your Own Hero: Leading Through Accountability, Resilience & Opportunity

Every person in probation work, whether carrying a badge, a caseload, or a budget spreadsheet, is in the business of second chances. This general session moves through one man’s real journey from pain to purpose and translates that journey into a practical framework the entire room can use immediately: for the youth and adults they serve, and for themselves. 

Presenter Schwartzen Précil grew up in inner-city New York without consistent guidance, and found himself on the wrong side of the very systems many in this room represent. Rather than let that experience define him, he became the person he needed when he was younger, building a career in character development, recidivism reduction, and court-partnered community service programs in Buffalo, Michigan, and San Francisco before founding Hero Leadership Group. 

Using his Pain to Purpose story as the narrative spine, this session introduces the HERO Framework: Honesty, Empathy, Resilience, Opportunity, as a practical model participants can apply on both sides of their work: helping the individuals they supervise reflect on their choices and build resilience after failure, and sustaining their own resilience in work that is demanding and, at times, deeply stressful. 

Participants will explore strategies to help individuals reflect on their choices, build resilience after failure, and develop a sense of purpose that supports safer communities, while also receiving a brief, practical wellness

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Register here today to secure your spot! Conference registration, hotel room block, and other conference information can be found here. 

For more information contact please contact conference@cpoc.org​

Join us for this inspirational keynote and an incredible conference experience! We can’t wait to see you there!