Smart Decarceration Initiative 2nd National Conference
Tools and Tactics:
Promising Solutions to Advance the Era of Smart Decarceration
November 2-4, 2017
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
969 E. 60th St., Chicago, Illinois
#SmartDecar17
The goal of this conference is to promote the integration of research, practice, and policy into the building—and sustaining—of the decarceration era. The conference will feature keynote addresses, panels, and breakout sessions with national experts, people with lived experience, policy-makers, and advocates who are actively engaged in the decarceration movement.
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AGENDA OVERVIEW
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2ND 6:00-8:00 pm
Conference Kickoff Event: A Conversation with Susan Burton
Susan Burton, Author of “Becoming Ms. Burton” and Founder & Executive Director of A New Way of Life
Reuben Miller, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3RD 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Welcoming Remarks:
Matthew Epperson, Associate Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Co-Founder & Co-Director, Smart Decarceration Initiative
Carrie Pettus-Davis, Assistant Professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis and Co-Founder & Co-Director, Smart Decarceration Initiative
Morning Keynote Presentation:
Karol Mason, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Former United States Assistant Attorney General
Panel 1: Implementing decarceration-focused policy innovations
Kim Foxx, State’s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois
Marc Levin, Policy Director, Right on Crime
Kristy Danford, Project Director, Charleston County (South Carolina) Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Charles E. Lewis, Jr. (Moderator): President, Congressional Research Institute for Social Work & Policy
Small Group Breakout Sessions
Panel 2: Addressing Violence and Criminal Justice Reform in Chicago
Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County, IL Board President
Daniel Cooper, Center for Equitable Cities, Adler University
Curtis Toler, Community Change Leader, Chicago CRED
Paula Wolff (Moderator), Director, Illinois Justice Project
Afternoon Keynote Presentation:
Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Panel 3: Driving Change: People most impacted by incarceration
Alec Karakatsanis, Founder & Executive Director, Civil Rights Corps
Aqeela Sherrils, National Training Director, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, Alliance for Safety & Justice
Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy, The Fortune Society
Azadeh Zohrabi (Moderator), Development Director, Legal Services for Prisoner’s with Children
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4TH 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Panel 4: Reducing Behavioral Health Inequities in the Criminal Justice System
Nancy Wolff, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
Amy Blank Wilson, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina School of Social Work
Lt. Chuck Lovell, Director, Behavioral Health Unit, Portland Police Bureau
Pam Rodriguez (Moderator), President & CEO, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Panel 5: Organizing for Decarceration
Janos Marton, Director of Policy & Campaigns, JustLeadershipUSA
Stephen Tripodi, Associate Professor, Florida State University College of Social Work
Gina Fedock, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
Michael Sherraden (Moderator), George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor, Founder & Director, Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis
Keynote Presentation:
Ronald Sullivan, Professor & Director, Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School
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For more information, please contact: sdi@ssa.uchicago.edu.
Organizers:
Smart Decarceration Initiative
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
Center for Social Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Sponsors:
Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Equitas Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
The Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago Center for Health Administration Studies
The University of Chicago Office of the Provost
The University of Chicago Urban
Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis, Center for Social Development
Washington University in St. Louis, Provost’s Office
