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Second Chance Month Hill briefing
April 16, 2018 @ 6:30 am - 11:30 am EDT

In honor of Second Chance Month, Prison Fellowship, the Center for Employment Opportunities, and Safer Foundation invite you to a Congressional briefing this coming Monday, April 16th, entitled “The Positive Economics of Workforce Development and Reentry.”  An expert panel will discuss why training and hiring formerly incarcerated individuals is both good for reentry and the U.S. economy.
Senate side:
10:30AM-12:00PM in Dirksen G11
House side: 
1:30PM-3:00PM in Cannon 121
Briefing speakers will include:
– Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) (House side briefing)
– Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7) (invited House side briefing)
 Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute (panelist)
– Victor Dickson, The Safer Foundation (panelist)
– Michael Dominguez, Warmdaddy’s (panelist)
– John Vining, Brown’s Superstores (panelist)
– Roberta Myers, National H.I.R.E. Network (moderator)
– Heather Rice-Minus, Prison Fellowship (closing remarks)

Details

Date:
April 16, 2018
Time:
6:30 am - 11:30 am