2009 Community Voices Freedom's Voice Conference:
Strengthening Families During Incarceration and Homecoming
April 30 - May 1, 2009
Renaissance Waverly Hotel
2450 Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Mistress of Ceremonies, Aungelique Proctor, FOX 5 News
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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Kennesaw Foyer
(1st floor |
REGISTRATION |
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Kennesaw
(1st floor) |
Opening Luncheon
Welcome and Introductions
Henrie M. Treadwell, Ph.D.
Director, Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved
Morehouse School of Medicine
John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S., M.B.A.
President, Morehouse School of Medicine
Introductory Welcome Remarks (video): The Importance of Families During Incarceration and Reentry
The Honorable Danny Davis, U.S. House of Representatives (IL)
Keynote Luncheon Address: Healthcare, Incarceration, and Families:
Possibilities for Real Reform in the United States
Donna Brazile, political strategist, professor, author, and syndicated columnist
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| 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Workshop Session I (two offered; attendees choose one)
The workshops address the subjects of mental health, substance abuse, housing, and employment in the context of incarceration, reentry, and developing and preserving family cohesion. The goal of each workshop is to provide attendees with concrete tools, templates, and materials for conducting their own state and local reform campaigns.
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| Galleria (2nd floor) |
The "Other" Healthcare System: Accessing Quality Mental Health Services
University Legal Services (ULS) is a nonprofit organization
federally mandated to protect the human, legal, and
service rights of people with disabilities in the District of Columbia.
ULS's criminal justice initiative, entitled the DC Jail Advocacy
Project, assists D.C. residents with mental illness who are in the jail
or federal prisons across the country and planning their return home.
Staffed by attorneys, social workers, and peer advocates, the Project
offers direct civil rights and social service representation that
begins behind bars and continues as people transition into independent
living with healthcare supports. The Project advances systemic
reform by promoting policies and facilitating public and private
partnerships that leverage the District's public health commitments and
reduces its reliance on incarceration. For more information, please
visit http://www.uls-dc.org/DCJAP.htm
- Gretchen Rohr, Director, D.C. Jail Advocacy Project, Washington, DC
- Tonier Cain, Team Leader and Consumer Advocate, National Center for Trauma-Informed Care, Alexandria, VA
- Bobby Dillard, Forensic Service Coordinator/In Reach Coordinator, Howie T. Harp Peer Advocacy Center, New York, NY
- The Honorable Steven S. Goss, Superior Court Judge, Albany, GA
- Margie J. Phelps, Reentry Director, Kansas Department of Corrections, Topeka, KS
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| Waverly (2nd floor) |
Real Alternatives: Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Services and Medicaid Reform
The Drug Policy Alliance Network (DPAN) is the nation's leading
organization promoting alternatives to the failed war on drugs. We
advocate for drug policies based on science, compassion, health, and
human rights. Through direct advocacy, coalition-building, and public
education, DPAN works at the local, state, and federal levels
towards a system that embraces effective drug policies to 1) reduce
death and disease, 2) protect children and families, 3) improve
public safety, and 4) reduce crime.
For more information, please visit www.drugpolicy.org
- Reena Szczepanski, Director, Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
- Naomi Long, Director, Drug Policy Alliance D.C. Metro Office, Washington, DC
- The Honorable Curt Anderson, Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore, MD
- Norris Henderson, Co-Director, Safe Streets/Strong Communities, New Orleans, LA
- Lorna Hogan, Associate Director, Rebecca Project for Human Rights, Sacred Authority Parent Advocacy Group, Washington, DC
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| 3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |
Workshop Session II (two offered; attendees choose one) |
| Galleria (2nd floor) |
Making It Work: Overcoming the Challenges of Securing Living
Wage Employment
Wage Employment (presented by the National H.I.R.E. Network)
The National H.I.R.E. Network
Established by the Legal Action Center, the National H.I.R.E.
(Helping Individuals with criminal records Reenter through
Employment) Network is a national policy and advocacy organization that
aims to increase the number and quality of job opportunities
available to people with criminal records by improving employment
practices and public policies, and changing public opinion. HIRE serves
as a national clearinghouse for information, provides leadership on
public policy advocacy on the state and federal levels, and
promotes collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and
policymakers working to improve the employability of people with
criminal records.
For more information, please visit www.hirenetwork.org
- Roberta Meyers-Peeples, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network of the Legal Action Center, New York, NY
- Dorsey Nunn, Co-Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Co-Founder, All of Us None, San Francisco, CA
- B. Diane Williams, President/CEO, Safer Foundation, Chicago, IL
- Doug Ammar, Executive Director, Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, GA
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| Waverly (2nd floor) |
Returning Home: Developing Public and Private Housing
Options
CSH and the Returning Home Initiative
The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national
non-profit organization and Community Development Financial
Institution that helps communities create permanent housing with
services to prevent and end homelessness. Founded in 1991, CSH
advances its mission by providing advocacy, expertise, leadership, and
financial resources to make it easier to create and operate supportive
housing. CSH seeks to help create an expanded supply of supportive
housing for people, including single adults, families with
children, and young adults, who have extremely low-incomes, who have
disabling conditions, and/or face other significant challenges
that place them at on-going risk of homelessness.
CSH's national Returning Home Initiative aims to end the cycle
of incarceration and homelessness that thousands of people face by
engaging the criminal justice systems and integrating the efforts of
housing, human service, corrections, and other agencies.
Returning Home focuses on better serving people with histories of
homelessness and incarceration by placing them to supportive housing.
For more information, please visit www.csh.org
- Kimberly Black, Mid-Atlantic Office Director, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Washington, DC
- Heather Lyons, Senior Program Manager, Taking Healthcare Home and Returning Home Initiatives, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Portland, OR
- Andy McMahon, Associate Director for Policy and Research and Returning Home Initiative, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Minneapolis, MN
- Rada Moss, Reentry Program Manager, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Washington, DC
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Friday, May 1, 2009- Mistress of Ceremonies, Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, Morehouse School of Medicine
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8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Kennesaw
(1st floor) |
Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks
Kisha Holden, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved, Morehouse School of Medicine
An Interview with Reverend Al Sharpton
Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, and Healthcare - What Must Be Done?
Interviewer:
Soledad O'Brien, Anchor and Special Correspondent, CNN Special Investigations Unit
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9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Kennesaw
(1st floor) |
Plenary Session
Developing a National Network of Reentry Advocates
Moderator:
Soledad O'Brien, Anchor and Special Correspondent, CNN
Special Investigations Unit
Discussants:
Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D. , Professor and Director of the Research Group on Disparities in Health, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ann Adalist-Estrin, M.S., Director, National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated, Family and Corrections Network, Jenkintown, PA
Nicholas Freudenberg, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Urban Health Center, City University of New York, New York, NY
Sara J. Totonchi, Public Policy Director, Law Offices of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA
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| 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Workshop Session III (two offered; attendees choose one)
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Waverly
(2nd floor) |
The "Other" Healthcare System: Accessing Quality Mental
Health Services
Presented by U.L.S. - D.C. Jail Advocacy Project
- Gretchen Rohr, Director, D.C. Jail Advocacy Project, Washington, DC
- Tonier Cain, Team Leader and Consumer Advocate, National Center for Trauma-Informed Care, Alexandria, VA
- Bobby Dillard, Forensic Service Coordinator/In Reach Coordinator, Howie T. Harp Peer Advocacy Center, New York, NY
- The Honorable Steven S. Goss, Superior Court Judge, Albany, GA
- Margie J. Phelps, Reentry Director, Kansas Department of Corrections, Topeka, KS
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Galleria
(2nd floor) |
Real Alternatives: Increasing the Availability of Substance
Abuse Services and Medicaid Reform
Presented by the Drug Policy Alliance
- Reena Szczepanski, Director, Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
- Naomi Long, Director, Drug Policy Alliance D.C. Metro Office, Washington, DC
- The Honorable Curt Anderson, Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore, MD
- Norris Henderson, Co-Director, Safe Streets/Strong Communities, New Orleans, LA
- Lorna Hogan, Associate Director, Rebecca Project for Human Rights, Sacred Authority Parent Advocacy Group, Washington, DC
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| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Networking Lunch |
Atrium
(1st floor) |
Uniting Our Voices: Where Do We Go from Here?
(Guests are asked to choose a table based on geographic area and/or a
topic of interest. Informal discussion at each table will be facilitated by
table leaders.)
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1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Kennesaw
(1st floor) |
Town Hall Meeting
Reforming the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems: How Can
They Work for Vulnerable Boys and the Parents of Young Children?
Moderator:
Soledad O'Brien, Anchor and Special Correspondent, CNN Special Investigations Unit
Discussants:
The Honorable Danny Davis, U.S. House of Representatives (IL)
Warren Ballentine, Radio personality and attorney, The Warren Ballentine Show
The Honorable Sharon Hill, Executive Director, Georgia Appleseed, Atlanta, GA
Francine Lucas-Sinclair, Founder, Yellow Brick Roads, Oldsmar, FL
Vicki Lopez Lukis, Vice Chair, Florida Department of Corrections Reentry Advisory Council, Executive Director, Girls Advocacy Project, Inc., Miami, FL
Pat Nolan, Vice President, Prison Fellowship, Lansdowne, VA
Dorsey Nunn, Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Co-Founder, All of Us or None, San Francisco, CA
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3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Kennesaw
(1st floor) |
Concluding Remarks
Henrie M. Treadwell, Ph.D.
Director, Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved
Morehouse School of Medicine
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