Conference: 'Creating Pathways for Returning Citizens in Maryland and Beyond,' Dec. 8
November 29, 2016
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
The American Enterprise Institute and UB's School of Criminal Justice in the College of Public Affairs will host "Opportunity and Reentry: Creating Pathways for Returning Citizens in Maryland and Beyond," a one-day conference on increasing opportunity and reducing recidivism for returned citizens, on Thursday, Dec. 8 breginning at 8:45 a.m. in the Town Hall in UB's H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, 1415 Maryland Ave.
Read an op-ed on this topic in The Baltimore Sun, co-authored by Gerard Robinson, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Roger Hartley dean of the College of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore, and Andrea Cantora, assistant professor at the School of Criminal Justice at UB.
This year, more than 600,000 individuals will return to communities after serving time behind bars. More than 8,000 will return to Baltimore City alone. They often struggle to find work, housing and a steady social network. More than 40 percent are rearrested within a year.
How can we increase opportunity and reduce recidivism for the formerly incarcerated? AEI and the School of Criminal Justice will convene practitioners, returned citizens, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to identify best practices in prisoner education and reentry programs, transition services, employment opportunities, and economic empowerment. The conference will highlight innovative models for reentry and will address other aspects of the criminal justice system.
Participants, agenda and panel topics include:
8:45 a.m.:
Introduction: Gerard Robinson, AEI
9 a.m.
Remarks: Kelly Schulz, Maryland Secretary of Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
9:10 a.m.
Session I: The Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Participants:
Derek Campbell, Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Gerald Davis, Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Bryan Kelley, Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Moderator:
Renita Seabrook, University of Baltimore School of Criminal Justice
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Session II: The Courts and Criminal Justice Reform
Participants:
Steven Alm, Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program
Susan K. Gauvey, University of Maryland School of Law
Steven C. Teske, Clayton County, Ga.
Moderator:
Roger Hartley, dean of the University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs
Noon:
Lunch
12:15 p.m.
Lunch session: Maryland Second Chance Pell Grant Program Sites
Deirdra Johnson, Wor-Wic Community College
Pamela Polgreen, Anne Arundel Community College
Amy Rosa, Goucher College
Moderator:
Andrea Cantora, University of Baltimore School of Criminal Justice
1 p.m.
Session III: Cities and States
Participants:
Devone Boggan, City of Richmond, Ca. Office of Neighborhood Safety
Joe Kwong, SPROKIT
Ganesha Martin, Baltimore Police Department
Moderator:
Murray Dalziel, dean of the University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Session IV: Employers and Reentry
Participants:
John Danko, Danko Arlington Inc.
Malcom Glenn, Uber
John Huffington, Living Classrooms Foundation
Tom Geddes, Plank Industries
Moderator:
John Cammack, Cammack Associates LLC
3:45 p.m.
Break
4 p.m.
Session V: Tying It Together
Participants:
Mary Heinen, University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Project
Joe Jones, Center for Urban Families
Ronald Moten, Jack Kemp Foundation
Melissa Santos, Changing Perceptions
Chris Wilson, social entrepreneur
Moderator:
Gerard Robinson, AEI