The Justice Roundtable calendar features its meetings and events, in addition to relevant Capitol Hill briefings and hearings, and partner and affiliate workshops, trainings, conferences, and other events.
Advancing Human Rights through International Prison Reform
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing: Advancing Human Rights through International Prison Reform Join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the issue of international prison reform. Nelson Mandela once stated that “no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” And yet there is mounting evidence that we are currently experiencing a “global prison…
Find out more »Rep. Danny K. Davis Press Conference on the Bail Fairness Act
Rep. Davis will introduce a bill for non-financial bail release (the Bail Fairness Act) targeting non-violent misdemeanor offenses at the House Triangle Reserved at 11am.
Find out more »Free death penalty webinar 1/18 at 4pm ET – Lift Your Voice to Oppose Executions
On January 18th, NACDL is hosting a death penalty webinar with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) – “Not in My Name: Lift Your Voice to Oppose Executions.” This free webinar will give participants an overview of upcoming executions scheduled in 2018 and learn grassroots strategies around preventing executions. Participants will also receive information on how they can sign-up for execution alerts in their states. NACDL Webcast: Thursday, January 18, 2018 Duration: 30 minutes When: 4:00 pm ET EASTERN Cost: FREE CLE…
Find out more »Public Meeting Scheduled for 1/19: Commission May Vote to Propose Additional Amendments
We invite you to join us on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. for a public meeting of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The meeting will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., in Suite 2-500 (South Lobby). The meeting will also be streamed live. The agenda follows: Vote to Adopt August 2017 Meeting Minutes Report from the Chair Possible Vote to Publish Proposed Guideline Amendments and Issues for Comment Link for Livestream
Find out more »The Impact of Commutations, Clemency, Expungements and Pardons on Public Perception
Join this conversation on commutations, clemency, pardons and expungements titled The Impact of Commutations, Clemency, Expungements and Pardons on Public Perception on Monday January 22, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:30 at the Hyatt Regency Washington Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001 For more information: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/events_cle/clemancy2018.html
Find out more »‘Chocolate City’ Book Discussion and Signing
The Racial Justice Working Group of the Justice Roundtable is hosting a book talk and signing for one of the authors of the newly released book, Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital. About the book - “Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation’s capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tension between America’s expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often…
Find out more »The Long Road with Wade Henderson and Nicole Austin Hillery
February 19, 2018 4:30pm - 6:00pm American University Washington College of Law 4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20016 Yuma Building - Terrace Level - Claudio Grossman Hall, Room YT01-01 Wade Henderson: Former President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Nicole Austin Hillery: Former Director and Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice (Washington, DC Office) Join us as they discuss their decades spanning fight against racial inequality and its impact on our nation and the…
Find out more »Crimmigration Working Group Meeting
The next meeting is Feb 22, 12p-130p. Please RSVP below.
Find out more »Justice Powered by Information Series Webinar What You Thought You Knew About the Death Penalty: Myths and Facts
This, the third webinar of the JPI series, provides a broad overview of the current state of the death penalty nationally.It will explore whether the current death penalty has some of the same problems that forced the Supreme Court to rule that this ultimate punishment was unconstitutional in the Furman v. Georgia decision in 1972 due to its arbitrary and capricious administration. Webinar will be moderated by Frank Baumgartner, author of the book Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the…
Find out more »The Atlantic to Host Forum on Women and Children in the Criminal Justice System; February 28 in Washington, D.C.
The growing consensus around criminal justice reform is complex: Republicans and Democrats alike support measures like banning the box, reforming bail systems, expanding reentry programs and changing sentences for nonviolent offenders; others still express concern that certain reforms might threaten public safety. In this event in the Defining Justice series, The Atlantic will seek out leaders from Capitol Hill and around the country to discuss the state of criminal justice reform across America. In particular, the event will consider how…
Find out more »THEN & NOW: A Public Forum Series by Black Power Chronicles
This event will feature the wisdom of longtime criminal justice activist, Roach Brown, Founder of The Inner Voices in conversation with: LaShonia Thompson-El - Executive Director of The Wire - Women Involved in Reentry Efforts, Christopher Hawthorne, ANC Commissioner, Youth Advocate Program ; April Goggans, Organizer, Black Lives Matter. Our moderator is Nkechi Taifa, Esq., Convener, Justice Roundtable Coalition. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 28th, from 6-8 PM at the African American Civil War Museum.
Find out more »The Root of the Problem & Building Safer Communities
This, the fourth webinar of the JPI series, provides a broad overview about community based programs that have an impact on reducing crime and creating safe communities. Presenter David Harris, Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, will explain the "root of the problem" leading to criminality. The first half of the webinar will consist of a lecture, and the second half will be a conversation, facilitated by Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director…
Find out more »RSVP for March 13, 2018 Justice Roundtable Quarterly Assembly
Please stay after the Justice Roundtable Meeting for a book signing and discussion with Anthony Graves Conversations on Justice INFINITE HOPE: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul By Anthony Graves Tuesday, March 13th at 12:30 pm Like many people in his rural Texas community, Anthony Graves had never thought much about the death penalty, until, as he recently noted, “the death penalty came knocking on my door and changed…
Find out more »Conversations on Justice: ‘Infinite Hope’ Author Anthony Graves Discusses Book
Conversations on Justice INFINITE HOPE: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul By Anthony Graves Tuesday, March 13th at 12:30 pm Please stay after the Justice Roundtable Meeting for a book signing and discussion with Anthony Graves Like many people in his rural Texas community, Anthony Graves had never thought much about the death penalty, until, as he recently noted, “the death penalty came knocking on my door and changed…
Find out more »USSC Schedules Public Hearing for March 14, 2018
Join the U.S. Sentencing Commission Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. for a public hearing of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The hearing will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., in Suite 2-500 (South Lobby). The hearing will also be streamed live. The purpose of the public hearing is for the Commission to receive testimony from invited witnesses on proposed amendments related to Synthetic Drugs and First Offenders/Alternatives to Incarceration.
Find out more »Help Strengthen Justice Forum
Join the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty for breakfast during their Help Strengthen Justice Forum next Thursday morning, March 15th! Authors Frank Baumgartner and Marty Davidson will share evidence and insights from Baumgartner's decades of work, as well as highlights from their recent book, Deadly Justice. Complimentary copies available to forum attendees! (Click here for more information on the book and co-authors.) Next, Baumgartner and Davidson join Gara LaMarche (President of Democracy Alliance) and representatives from Sasha Bruce Youthwork…
Find out more »Unlocking Second Chances
Last year, at the urging of Prison Fellowship and its partners, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring April “Second Chance Month.” This April, Prison Fellowship will continue the national effort to unlock brighter futures for 65 million Americans living in the shadow of a criminal record. Join us for this special event kicking off Second Chance Month 2018! WHEN Monday, March 19, 2018 Reception: 6:30 p.m. Panel Discussion and Program: 7:30–8.30 p.m. WHERE Museum of the Bible 400…
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