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Last Year's Summit Agenda:
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mike Farrell, political and social activist best known for his portrayal of Army Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt in the TV-series "M*A*S*H" will be the 2007 Summit Keynote Speaker. Since 1979, Mike has been working arduously and expertly on human rights issues. He will be sharing his insights on the impact of sentencing policies on our free communities.
ROUNDTABLE SOCRATIC DIALOGUE
Introduction and Statement from Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey:
Jane Lott, Aide to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Ron Clement--moderator, Jean Paul Buchanan - Aide to Gloria Romero CA State Senator and Majority Leader, Leland Yee, Ph. D., CA State Senator, District 8, Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Warden--San Quentin State Prison, Don Specter --Executive Director Prison Law Office, Jeanne Woodford--San Francisco Chief Adult Probation Officer and former Undersecretary of CDCR, Jakada Imani--Executive Director Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Rose Braz--Campaign Director Critical Resistance, Jeffrey Thoma, Public Defender of Solano County, Lance Corcoran--Chief of Governmental Affairs CA Correctional Peace Officers Association, Yolanda Robinson --San Francisco Court Alternative Specialist,
Harold Atkins-- Ex-Prisoner and Program Coordinator for AIDS Community Research Consortium, Michael Hennessey, Sheriff of San Francisco County
As we gather in October, we will seek to collectively discover positive solutions to crucial issues surrounding incarcerated populations.
The Summit will provide an energetic forum for education, growth, success, discussion, inspiration, and communication.
Tracks: Programs on the Frontline, Clinical, Break the Chain, Understanding Policy, Practical Tools
Tentative Schedule
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
8am REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST, plus Introductions
(Emerald Ballroom, Lobby Level)
Welcome, Summit updates, about the conference
9am PLENARY - Barry Krisberg: Current State of California's Youth Corrections B
(Emerald Ballroom)
Barry Krisberg, Ph.D. has been the President of National Council of Crime & Delinquency for fourteen years. He is known nationally for his research and expertise on juvenile justice issues.
10am NETWORKING ROOM OPENS (Gold Rush A, Lower Level)
Space to meet, connect, network and enjoy coffee and tea
Information Tables:
Department Of Veterans Affairs, National HIV Testing Mobilization Campaign, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences, Inc., IDP: Individual Development Department, and the Odds & Ends Table.
Silent Art Auction: paintings & prints from San Quentin State Prison, Clay-work from Central California's Women's Facility and books by various authors.
10am - 10:15am 15-MINUTE BREAK
10:15am - 11:45am WORKSHOP SESSIONS
1. Panel: Reentry Case Management Model Development P
(Redwood Room, Lower Level)
Nearly 650,000 people are released from state and federal prison yearly and arrive on the doorsteps of communities nationwide. A far greater number of community reunifications originate from local jails, and for many offenders and defendants, this may occur multiple times in a year. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) states that over 50% of those released from incarceration will be in some form of legal trouble within 3 years. Reentry programs come in a variety of models and at different intercept points in the criminal justice system. This workshop will examine many different models. Panel includes: Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office-PROTOTYPES, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Project Choice-City of Oakland, and Friends Outside.
2. Conducting Family Counseling with Incarcerated Fathers & Their Families: Ethical and Clinical Implications B P (Redwood Room, Lower Level)
The Council on Crime and Justice will explain how the Family Strengthening Project provides family counseling, case advocacy services, and parenting and relationship classes to incarcerated fathers and their families during incarceration and after release. The presentation will include topics such as: designing processes to encourage participation, working with correctional facilities to obtain access, utilizing comprehensive evaluation tools, confidentiality, staff and client safety, and providing services when it is not possible to simultaneously meet with both partners. Case studies will be offered to demonstrate successes, challenges, and future considerations.
3. HIV & Hep C Co-Infection in Incarcerated Populations C
(Monterey-Carmel Room, Lower Level)
Laveeza Bhatti, MD, PhD of the AIDS Health Care Foundation of California
Join the discussion on Hepatitis C and HIV co-infection, and issues related to treatment, progression and management of the disease.
4. Collaborating for Recovery, A New Path U (Gold Rush B, Lower Level)
Continuing and Expanding Proposition 36 Success: Treatment Instead of Incarceration
Prop. 36 is considered to be the most significant sentencing reform - in terms of the number of people diverted out of prison and dollars saved - since the repeal of alcohol Prohibition. Prop. 36 has allowed 36,000 people to access drug treatment each year, and in just 6 years, it has saved taxpayers over $1.7 billion. Speakers will discuss ways to protect and expand this life-saving public health policy.
5. Families Unite to Break the Chain B (Oregon-Nevada, Lower Level)
Books Not Bars has developed family advocacy strategies that have brought real reforms to California's youth prison system. This model can be used to deploy family advocacy in the broader scope of corrections reform. Participants in this workshop will become equipped to use family advocacy methods to call for corrections reform in California and beyond.
6. Panel: Specialized Community Integration P (Portola Room, Lobby Level)
The panel for this workshop on transition services for individuals with significant needs includes: Community Partnership for Transition Services, State of Washington, Fellowship Health Resources, Inc. of Rhode Island, and Journey House, Inc. of California. The discussion will include mental health, adult education, transitional housing, training, employment, treatment, family reunification, supervision requirements and housing for youth on probation.
12:15 LUNCH with PLENARY - Dr. Neva Chauppette: Street Drugs C
Dr. Neva Chauppette is a licensed Psychologist and Project Director of a mobile medical clinic in Los Angeles. This energetic and unique talk addresses how the rate of incarceration and/or chronic illnesses (i.e., HIV/HCV) resultant from addiction continues to pose as an enormous societal, individual, and familial burden. Fueling that burden is the methamphetamine epidemic, the abuse of erectile dysfunction drugs, the prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated sex addiction and the use of "trail-mix." This lecture will explore the interaction of these factors will offering insight and practical interventions to assist in burden reduction.
1:30pm KEYNOTE PLENARY - Mike Farrell: Impact of Sentencing Policies on Free Communities U Followed by a Book-Signing Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist (Emerald Ballroom) Books will be available for purchase.
Mike Farrell is a political and social activist best known for his portrayal of Army Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt in the TV-series "M*A*S*H" and Dr. Jim Hansen in the weekly NBC series "Providence." Since 1979, Mike has been working arduously and expertly on human rights issues.
3:15pm - 4:45pm WORKSHOP SESSIONS
1. Victimization: Everybody's Business P (Monterey-Carmel Room, Lower Level)
This panel discussion creates the opportunity for an innovative and meaningful model to intervene in the cycle of violence, the cycle of victimization and the cycle of incarceration. The model calls for the consistent education and focus on the harm done to others. Presented by CDCR Victims Services, Victim/Offender Education Group, Insight Prison Project, a Survivor/Victim Impact Speaker and a recently released ex-prisoner.
2. Oregon Trail to Children of Incarcerated Parents B (Gold Rush B, Lower Level)
Marion County, Oregon Children of Incarcerated Parents Initiative (CIPI) offers incarcerated parents education, advocacy and family events. This workshop is a review of county programs around the state of Oregon and presents the Center for Family Success as a model that can be replicated in communities. A look at how a formerly incarcerated parent becomes an activist and advocate for other incarcerated parents and their children. Learn the opportunities for to reduce crime and recidivism by addressing the needs of children of justice involved parents.
3. Multisystemic Therapy: An Alternative to Out-of-Home Placement for Probation-Involved Youth and Families P (Oregon-Nevada, Lower Level)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an intensive family- and community-based treatment that effectively addresses the needs of underserved juvenile offenders diagnosed with severe emotional disturbance. This workshop will provide an in-depth look at how this evidence-based practice has been utilized to prevent out-of-home placement of youth involved with Alameda County Probation.
4. Panel: Sentencing Alternatives and Reform U (Redwood Room, Lower Level)
Discussion of the present impacts of our complex sentencing system for adults & juvenile offenders on Victims, Families, Defendants, and Society; and an open dialogue of the alternatives, including but not limited to: Restorative Justice Models, Sentencing Commissions, Alternative Sentencing, and likely impacts of such modifications.
Jeffrey Thoma, Solano County Public Defender and one of California's first criminal defense experts on DNA evidence, has written extensively on the history of sentencing.
Brenda Wiewel, Executive Director of Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse works on model programs for pregnant and parenting female offenders.
Michael Lindsey, JD, Ph.D., Nestor Consultants, is an expert on alternative sentencing for youth and adult males of color.
5. Preparing Incarcerated Women in Transition for the World of Work P
(Washington-California Room, Lower Level)
Develop techniques which maximize women's chances for successful transition between criminal justice involvement to self-actualized lives. This session will provide an understanding of the population and how to utilize the best resources.
4:45pm - 5pm 15-MINUTE BREAK
5pm - 6:30pm RECEPTION
Hosted by Children's Justice Alliance of Oregon and its community partners
5pm - 8pm AFFINITY GROUP ROOMS
Meet, Share, Discuss
Affinity Groups provide the opportunity for participants to meet, share and discuss experiences, issues and topics. The groups are self-organized by conference participants with the individual convening the group taking responsibility for facilitating the group meeting. The Affinity Group Sign-up Sheet is posted in the Networking Room. Spaces are first come-first served.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
8am BREAKFAST with PLENARY - Rosa Ramos: My Years Inside and Working as a Peer Health Educator P (Emerald Ballroom)
Rosa Ramos spent three and a half years at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, CA. She spent 2 years as a Centerforce Peer Health Educator reaching out and educating prisoners about substance abuse, HIV, Hepatitis and other critical diseases.
9am - 10am UPDATES AND ACTIONS SESSIONS
1. California Receivership Update, Robert SIllen, Receiver C
(Redwood Room, Lower Level)
In 2006, Robert Sillen was tasked with overhauling the medical
system in California's prisons. One year later, he gives us an update.
2. Prison Expansion as Prison 'Reform': What Its Impacts Will Be U (Gold Rush B, Lower Level)
With the passage of AB 900 in May 2007, California is slated to build 53,000 new prison and jail beds at a cost of $15 billion to taxpayers solely for construction and debt service. AB 900 was passed without a single public hearing, public participation, or public vote. This session will examine how prison expansion is being sold as 'prison reform' and look at developing strategies for real change that would reduce the number of people in California prisons.
3. Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Employment Services: Community Partner for Veterans with Mental Health & Criminal Justice Issues P
(Washington-California Room, Lower Level)
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a strong community partner in provider in providing a comprehensive range of medical and psychological treatment and the Compensated Work Therapy program is an excellent referral source for veterans with mental health, criminal justice, and vocational issues. The presentation will discuss approaches in Veterans Health Administration's Therapeutic and Supported Employment Services (TSES) in the Office of Mental Health Services for outreach to veterans on work release, probation, parole, or in alternative sentences programs.
4. On the Road Again: Transforming Families, Systems & Ourselves Through Bus Trips to Prison B (Oregon-Nevada, Lower Level)
The session will cover how the Chowchilla Family Express works to coordinate transportation for families and children to visit their loved ones in prison and how it fits into the larger visions of our many different organizations that seek to transform the prison system and our culture.
5. Managing Your Stress for the Health of It T (Portola Room, Lobby Level)
Relax and learn as this session provides wholistic stress management techniques that can be used to address high levels of stress and its potential risk factors that people (staff and clients) are experiencing today. Topics include nutrition, acupressure, breathing, laughter, anger management, exercise, relaxation/meditation, aromatherapy, affirmation, visualization and more.
10am - 10:15am 15-MINUTE BREAK
10:15am - 11:45am WORKSHOP SESSIONS
1. Panel: Reentry Partnerships in the Community P (Redwood Room, Lower Level)
This workshop will showcase and share information on models and strategies for several types of community partnerships: 1. Stakeholders working with offenders (with HIV) and housing/homelessness systems and 2. Researchers and educators working with incarcerated women (with HIV).
Panel presenters: AIDS Housing of Washington State and RISE of SFSU Center for Research and Gender Studies
2. Building Awareness and Learning to Cope with Secondary Trauma T C
(Oregon-Nevada, Lower Level)
This workshop is focused on helping professionals and volunteers who work with incarcerated individuals learn how to recognize and cope with secondary trauma. Hearing about another's traumatic stories can impact one's sense of safety and well-being; come learn how to process this emotional material and develop strategies for self-care and resilience.
3. Toward Better Outcomes: Establishing Core Co-occurring Workforce & Program Competencies C (Gold Rush B, Lower Level)
Workshop with how-to knowledge will include program and workforce development to support co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorder services in any setting. The discussion will include the process for engaging stakeholders, a critical area for any successful service
development project. The program development will include the Co-Occurring Disorder Competent Clinical Criteria and how to apply this to any licensed program. Additionally,
workforce development will be addressed by outlining the Co-occurring Professional Credential developed by Pennsylvania and the core training curriculum that supports this competency based credential.
4. "Without Youthbuild, I Would Be Dead or In Jail": Successful Reentry for Young Offenders B (Portola Room, Lobby Level)
For many undereducated, low-income youth, transitioning to life after prison is a challenge. But many ex-offenders have dramatically transformed their lives through YouthBuild, earning their GEDs, building affordable housing, keeping prison in the past and becoming respected leaders in their communities. This session will be a discussion on "what works" in supporting young ex-offenders as they seek to rebuild their lives - from the personal, firsthand perspectives of ex-offenders who themselves have been released from prison and successfully established positive adult lives.
5. The Gender Trap: The Plight of Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System B P (Washington-California Room, Lower Level)
A workshop on race; age; recidivism, cost of incarceration and root causes of female delinquency including victimization, family fragmentation, and lack of gender-responsive services. Discussion will include strategies for providing therapeutic support, mentoring, advocacy and aftercare for incarcerated young women and personal reflections on being a young women incarcerated in CYA will be presented. Panel: Youth Justice Institute, Center for Young Women's Development, San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Youth Law Center, and Silja Talvi, Author of Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System
12:15pm - 1:15pm LUNCH, ANNOUNCEMENTS and AWARDS
Jeanne Woodford Award:
In Recognition of Outstanding Leadership in Proactive Correctional Community Collaboration
Harold Atkins Award:
In Recognition of Successfully Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration
Theresa Azhocar Award:
In Recognition of Continuous Dedication and Enduring Support of a Loved One Affected by Incarceration
Public Activist Award:
In Recognition of Outstanding Human Rights Advocacy in Incarceration by an Acclaimed Individual
1:15pm - 1:30pm 15-MINUTE BREAK
Please be seated in the Emerald Ballroom by 1:30pm.
1:30pm - 3:30pm SOCRATIC DIALOGUE (Emerald Ballroom)
Socratic Dialogue, or Socratic Method, is a form of philosophical exploration. The method is credited to Socrates, who engaged in such dialogue with fellow citizens of Athens in order to seek answers to problems of the day. The framework of the Socratic Dialogue allows participants to genuinely examine an issue and collectively share legitimate solutions.
Elements of the Dialogue:
- The Dialogue involves a moderator and a number of panelists/stakeholders in a roundtable setting.
- Stakeholders are asked a series of questions that focus on an outline of a complex situation, or hypothetical scenario.
- Stakeholders contribute to the dialogue based solely upon their experience or role in their profession.
- The discussion follows an open-minded path which is intended to reveal possible solutions and the actions needed to reach those solutions.
Socratic Dialogue
Introduction and Statement from Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey:
Jane Lott, Aide to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Moderator:
Ron Clement, former CEO of the Haigh-Scatena Foundation
Panelists:
Jean-Paul Buchanan, Aide to CA State Senator and Majority Leader, District 24 (East Los Angeles)
Leland Yee, Ph. D., CA State Senator, District 8 (Western San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)
Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Warden, San Quentin State Prison
Don Specter, Executive Director, Prison Law Office
Jeanne Woodford, San Francisco Chief Adult Probation Officer and former Undersecretary of CDCR
Jakada Imani, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Rose Braz, Campaign Director, Critical Resistance
Jeff Thoma, Solano County Public Defender
Michael Hennessey, Sheriff San Francisco County
Lance Corcoran, Chief of Governmental Affairs, CA Correctional Peace Officers Association
Yolanda Robinson, San Francisco Court Alternative Specialist
Harold Atkins, Ex-Prisoner and Program Coordinator for AIDS Community Research Consortium
Registration
Single Day, early $175 (before Aug. 31) - Single Day, late $225
Both Days, early $225 (before Aug. 31) - Both Days, late $300
Online Registration is now closed.
Please register onsite (as space allows) at the Golden Gateway Holiday Inn Conference Center, 1500 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Check-in / Registration Table opens at 6:45am
www.goldengatewayhotel.com
For more info, call: 415-456-9980 x135
For Onsite Hotel Reservations, call 415-441-4000.
Hotel Options:
Opal: 415-673-4711
Cathedral Hill: 415-776-8200
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