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FREE HER Justice Advocacy Conference
Formerly incarcerated women and allies from across the country creating change
Families for Justice as Healing and Charles Hamilton Houston Insitute for Race
and Justice at Harvard Law School are organizing a historic conference that will
bring together powerful leaders from across the United States who are
formerly incarerated women, family members of incarcerated individuals, and
grassroots organizers. More information at justiceashealing.org.
Tuesday, August 4th
4-5pm: Registration
Screening of film by Echoes of Incarceration & Youth Panel 5:30 – 6:30 pm
• Kayla Bowyer – Amachi Ambassadors – Pennsylvania
• Alicia Jefferson – Author – A Child With Parents In Prison – Iowa
• Jasmine Barclay – Echoes of Incarceration – New York
• Ayana Aubourg – Youth Against Mass Incarceration – Massachusetts
• Ellen Barry – National Network for Women In Prison – California
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Conference Registration: 8:30 to 9:30 am
Welcome and Keynote: 9:30-10:00 am
David Harris – Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Keynote Address: Vivian Nixon – College and Community Fellowship and Education From the Inside/Out Coalition- New York
1. Why We Are Here: 10:00-11:00 am
• Tina Reynolds – Women On the Rise – New York
• Deborah Small – Break the Chains – California
• Susan Rosenberg – author, activist and professor- New York
2. Family 11:00-noon
• Gina Clayton – Essie Justice Group– California
• Barbara Fair – My Brother’s Keeper – Connecticut
• Gale Muhammad – Women Who Never Give Up – New Jersey
• Lillie Branch-Kennedy – RIHD (Resource Help for the Disadvantaged)- Virginia
• Grace Bauer – Justice For Families – Louisiana
• Dorothy Johnson-Speight – Mothers In Charge – Pennsylvania
• Patricia Vickers – Human Rights Coalition and The Movement magazine- Pennsylvania
• Karen Garrison – Mommie Activist – Washington, D.C.
3. Trending Criminal Legal Policy Noon to 1:00 pm
• Jesselyn McCurdy- ACLU-Washington, DC
• Nkechi Taifa – Open Society Foundation-Washington, DC
• Angelyn C. Frazer- National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Washington, DC
• Patricia Allard – Justice Strategies – Canada
LUNCH BREAK 1:00 to 1:50 pm
4. Education 2:00 -3:00 pm
• Susan Sered – professor and author- Massachusetts
• Vivian Nixon – College and Community Fellowship and Education From the Inside/Out Coalition- New York
• Jean Trounstine – writer, advocate and professor -Massachusetts
5. Legislation 3:00-4:30 pm
• Diana Zuniga – CURB – California
• Barbara Dougan – FAMM – Massachusetts
• Christina Voight – New York
• Deon Haywood – Women With A Vision – Louisiana
• Leslie Walker – Prisoners’ Legal Services- Massachusetts
• Lois Ahrens – The Real Cost of Prisons Project- Massachusetts
6. Real Women-Real Voices – Open Discussion 4:30- 6:30pm
• Victoria Law- writer and author of Resistance Behind Bars
• Phyllis Hardy – Families for Justice as Healing – North Carolina
• Tina Williams – Families for Justice as Healing – Massachusetts
• Star Patterson – Families for Justice as Healing – New York
• Dorothy Gaines – DorothyGaines.org – Alabama
• Justine Moore – Families for Justice as Healing-New York
• Beatrice Codianni – Reentry Central – National
• Lashonia Etheridge – W.I.R.E. – Washington, D.C.
• Dianne Wilkerson – Massachusetts
• Monique N. Williams – Families for Justice as Healing – New York
• Chrisa Mayhew – Women’s CURE
• Meghann Perry – Massachusetts
• Kemba Smith – Kemba Smith Foundation – National
• Topeka Sam – Families for Justice as Healing – New York
Closing: Andrea James – Families for Justice as Healing
Free & Open to the Public