The 2017 DC Peace Conference, which is also a celebration of HI USA Sleep for Peace Campaign, aims to raise awareness about the mass incarceration crisis and its negative impact on marginalized communities in the United States.

The conference features: breakfast, a networking lunch (Peruvian chicken and falafel balls), high caliber speakers, who will lead panel discussions & Q&A sessions. Below is the list of speakers:

• Eric E. Sterling, J.D., Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
• Muhsin “Boe” Umar – Co- Founder of Hustlers to Harvesters, Ward 7 Ambassador for “My Brother’s Keepers Initiative in DC, & Ward 7 commissioner for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event
• Selvon Waldron – Founder of Mentor Post and Director of Student Transition at Carlos Rosario School
• Cherise Fanno Burdeen – CEO of the Pretrial Justice Institute
• John I Dixon – Former Chief of the Petersburg Police Department and Speaker of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)
• Thomas Mariadason – Justice Project Director of Advancement Project
• Wallace “Shubaka” Kirby, Co- Founder of Hustlers to Harvesters
• Nicole D Porter – Sentencing Project Director of Advocacy
• Marc Carr – Founder of Social Solutions
• Gabriel Lewis, Writer in Residence at Free Minds Book Club