View this email in your browser   Now is the time to rethink public safety, renew community trust, and create a 21st century policing model by and for communities. We hope that you’ll join The Leadership Conference Education Fund for the launch of our Policing Campaign and the release of the New Era of Public Safety guidebook and toolkit, bringing community organizers, law enforcement and government together to discuss strategies for putting communities at the forefront of public safety. The March 28…

No Health = No Justice: “Dismantling Systemic Inequity in Criminal Justice & Health” Columbia University, Lerner Hall 2920 Broadway Rm. 555 New York, NY 10027 Register Here  

If you’re in Washington on April 6th, please consider coming out for the Road to Second Chances Prayer Walk:   To Review   Some powerful voices and incredible stories will be shared from Alice John, Neil Volz, Topeka Sam, Marcus Bullock, and more. Pastor Thabiti of Anacostia River Church is leading the walk.    Also, the House and Senate Second Chance Month resolutions have been intro’d (S.102 and H.Res.210) so please feel free to invite members to cosponsor. Description This April, join…

Unlike in the past, the current overdose crisis is prompting more compassionate responses emphasizing the need for treatment over incarceration (at least rhetorically) and eliciting sympathy for its victims rather than condemnation. Nonetheless, drug war strategies persist. Increases in overdose deaths have led to calls for enhanced and extreme prison punishment, especially when it comes to fentanyl. Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW, Washington DC Register Here  

Tuesday, April 9, 9:00 – 4:00 p.m. Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW, Washington DC   Unlike in the past, the current overdose crisis is prompting more compassionate responses emphasizing the need for treatment over incarceration (at least rhetorically) and eliciting sympathy for its victims rather than condemnation. Nonetheless, drug war strategies persist. Increases in overdose deaths have led to calls for enhanced and extreme prison punishment, especially when it comes to fentanyl. The Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The…

In recent years, prosecutors have become the preeminent focus for criminal justice reformers. In her new book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, journalistEmily Bazelon mounts a major critique of the American criminal justice system and tells the story of the growing movement for change in the field of prosecution. She follows a new wave of district attorneys who have been elected across the country — in some of our biggest cities, as well as in…

BRIEFING THE DEMOCRACY RESTORATION ACT Tuesday, April 9th 3:00pm SVC 201   Opening Remarks: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Minnesota Rep. Jerry Hertaus (R-Minn.) Moderator: Myrna Pérez, Brennan Center for Justice Panelists: Veronica Cunningham, American Probation and Parole Association Edgardo Cortes, Former Virginia Commissioner of Elections Rev. Jim Liske, Christ Memorial Church (Michigan) Nicole Hanson, Out For Justice (Baltimore, Maryland) Please join us for a briefing on the growing momentum to restore rights for returning citizens. States across the country…

Public Welfare Foundation Save the Date True Reformers: Celebrating Justice Heroes Past & Present Public Welfare Foundation  - 1200 U Street, NW - Washington DC    

JOIN US ON April 9, 2019 | 4pm-8pm Doors Open & Check-In at 3pm Main Stage Program Performance by the Duke Ellington School for the Arts Opening Remarks Transformative Justice Talk  Getting Local | On the Ground in DC Local Narratives to National Movements Reflections on the Future Closing of Main Stage |  Transition to Interactive Session Featured Sessions  'Until We Reckon' Book Talk Spotlight on Developing Innovative Community-Based Programs Gallery Talks At the Intersections: Design x Social Justice At the Intersections: Art x…

It's time for a FRESH NEW START in effective services for our Returning Citizens. CORE DC, a subsidiary of CORE Services from Brooklyn, New York has been running programs for Returning Citizens for more than a decade and recently won the federal contract to bring its services to Washington, DC.  They beat out the incumbent HOPE VILLAGE and this has been heralded by the Returning community and their allies. HOPE VILLAGE has been in DC for 44 years and during that time has created political ties…

Council for Court Excellence’s invitation for the 23rd Annual Justice Potter Stewart Award Dinner Honoring Charlie and Pauline Sullivan, and all the work that CURE has done for the District – and beyond – throughout the years, as well as our other distinguished honorees Mark E. Herzog and Michele A. Roberts.

Dear Gina, Great news! The Women's Equity Center and Action Network is hosting a special one-time screening of the new film I Am Evidence on April 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm at The Landmark E Street Theater in Washington, DC and I would love for you to come! I AM EVIDENCE exposes the shocking number of untested rape kits in the United States today. Despite the power of DNA to solve and prevent crimes, hundreds of thousands of kits containing potentially crucial DNA evidence languish untested in…

Online Registration Now Open NCADD-MD, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence,28 East Ostend Street, 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21230 Review more detail  

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Please join the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, in conjunction with The Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Montgomery County Interagency Commission on Homelessness, for an interactive discussion on alternatives to the criminalization of homelessness with stakeholders from local services programs, city/county agencies and systems, the legal community, law enforcement, and people with lived experience. This is a great opportunity to get to know the ABA and the Commission and get connected…

April 27th | 7:00 pm Takoma Park Elementary School 7511 Holly Ave Takoma Park, MD Marc Mauer will join Takoma Park Mobilization’s “Push for Progress: Criminal Justice Reform 2019 Panel." The panel will also include Stephanie McGency of the Women’s Equity Center and Action Network, and Nikki Thompson, Esq., of the Job Opportunities Task Force. The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor | Washington, District of Columbia 20036 202-628-0871 | staff@sentencingproject.org The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. justice system by promoting reforms…

Hello,   The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency cordially invites you to join us for Second Chance at Work on Monday, April 29, 2019, from 10am to 1pm at the Sixth Floor Community Engagement and Achievement Center at 633 Indiana Avenue NW.   President Donald J. Trump has declared April Second Chance Month to “draw attention to the challenges that former inmates face and the steps we can take to ensure they have the opportunity to become contributing members of society.”   This…