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.
RSVP for CyberEd Day on Capitol Hill to Hack Preschool to Prison Pipeline
2020 Cyber Ed Day on Capitol Hill Meet with Gov. Leaders, Help End Preschool-Prison Pipeline : As you may have heard, STEM4US! is dedicating 2020 to a campaign to Hack (or otherwise end) the Preschool to Prison Pipeline.. We've developed a plan to divert thousands of youth and parents from jail to cybersecurity and other IT job skills training. Now, we're taking to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to use our tax dollars to help fund the program. That's where you come in. You're invited…
Find out more »CBC 2020 National Black Leadership Summit
Join the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the CBC Political Action Committee for the two day CBC 2020 National Black Leadership Summit. "The CBC is organizing the National Black Leadership Summit in partnership and solidarity with civil rights, labor, social justice, faith based, professional and student organizations." For more information, please go to: cbc.house.gov/2020Summit and/or https://www.cbcpac.org/
Find out more »True Justice Documentary Screening: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality
Join us on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 for a screening of Bryan Stevenson's HBO documentary, True Justice. The screening will begin at 5:30PM followed by a post-documentary dialogue. Please arrive by 5:15PM to ensure time to enjoy refreshments before the screening. RSVP here! Sponsors: The Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic, Restorative DC, Georgetown Black Law Students Association, Georgetown Law Campus Ministry, Georgetown Defenders, Georgetown Youth Advocates and the Office of Equity and Inclusion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY examines the personal journey of…
Find out more »Join us for the next Quarterly Assembly on 3/4/2020
Wed, Mar 4, 2020 9:30 AM EST Justice Roundtable Quarterly Assembly True Reformer Building, Washington, DC Tickets This event is complimentary. To RSVP, click the "Tickets" button above to let us know if you will attend in person or virtually. Online registration closes March 3, 2020 at 5:00 pm EST. However, you can register on site on the day of the event. If you are joining the meeting virtually or by telephone, you may join in at 9:30 am EST. However,…
Find out more »Cannabis Forum 2020
Cannabis 2020 Forum will connect entrepreneurs and professionals interested in learning about the industry, business opportunities, legalization and market trends. The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach USD 66.3 billion by the end of 2025. Increasing legalization and use of marijuana in medical as well as recreational applications is expected to promote exponential growth. This event is ideal for professionals who are looking to learn more about cannabis, connect with experts, and like-minded, ambitious professionals. Register Here.
Find out more »BLUE is a “wrenching and remarkably original opera”
Kenneth Kellogg (The Father) and Aaron Crouch (The Son) “Blue explores deeply personal emotional truths and gives them universal resonance”—Wall Street Journal Get Tickets Now Mar. 15–28 | Eisenhower Theater Mar. 20 is BravO Night! BravO members enjoy exclusive savings and complimentary champagne. Learn more.* WNO presents the D.C. premiere of Tony Award®–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and NAACP Theatre Award–winning librettist Tazewell Thompson’s new opera Blue. In this story of love and loss, we see a father (a police officer) and mother supported by a loving community of fellow…
Find out more »‘With Liberty & Justice for All’ Benefit Concert
The Westmoreland Festival Chorus will present a program of a capella choral works and spoken word on the traumas of incarceration. Themes will include captivity, loss of agency, separation from loved ones, isolation, steadfastness, prayer, desperation, liberation, and redemption - the spoken word will speak directly to these experiences, while the music will provide time for contemplation. It will feature guest soloists from Bridge, whose mission is to “examine the issues of our time by illuminating connections between historic and…
Find out more »Reimagining Reentry | Pivot Program | Georgetown University
"Please join the Georgetown University Pivot Program for Reimagining Reentry, a week of events in Washington, D.C., during which we will share some of our lessons learned and showcase innovators in the reentry space. Throughout the country, changemakers within the criminal justice system and across all sectors of the community are joining forces to help individuals with past criminal convictions start a new chapter. We invite you to hear the stories of returning citizens whose lives have been transformed, and…
Find out more »National Network for Justice (NNJ) Member National Day of empathy event and NNJ webinar Nonprofits Surviving Coronavirus
National Day of Empathy -Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EDT We are excited to help promote NNJ Member RestoreHER in their National Day of Empathy event to Restore Power to the People by restoring Voting Rights, providing housing, eliminating solitary confinement improving conditions of confinement and providing dignity of justice-involved people. For more information contact Pamela Winn at info@restorher.us. Register here. Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond: Practical Recommendations for Nonprofits Friday, March 27 at 12:00 pm EDT The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting life as we…
Find out more »Webinar: Coronavirus in Prisons, Jails: An Emergency We Need To Address Now
WEBINAR Coronavirus in Prisons, Jails An Emergency We Need to Address NOW Thursday, April 2, 2:00 PM Eastern Faye S. Taxman Co-Chair, JCPA Criminal Justice Initiative Director, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! Rick Altice, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and public Health, Yale University Why Reform the Criminal Justice System? The criminal justice system is a complex web of agencies—law enforcement, prosecution, defense, courts, pretrial, probation and/or parole, prison, jail, treatment, and other organizations. Reforming the system is difficult since changing one part of…
Find out more »New Advisory! COVID-19 Surveillance & Community Chat
Just Futures Law invites you to check out our new advisory, Surveillance During COVID-19: Five Ways Governments and Companies Are Using the Health Crisis to Expand Surveillance, available here. Want to learn in community? Join us for an informal community chat on the advisory: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 4:00pm ET/ 3:00pm CT/ 1:00pm PT Registration link here Every day, new policies stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic are making it far easier for government and private companies to collect and share vast amounts of personal and…
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