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Thursday, March 17
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| 8:00–9:00 am |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Introduction: Dimensions
of the Problem
Formerly Incarcerated Women Frame the DialogueAnjuli Verma, Moderator, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project; Elaine Bartlett,
Life on the Outside Foundation; Chino Hardin; and Kemba Smith, Kemba
N. Smith Youth Foundation |
| 10:15–11:45 am |
Plenary: Drug Laws and Law
Enforcement
Racial & Gender Profiling and Increased Surveillance of Women
in Low-Income Communities and Communities of ColorKirsten Levingston, Moderator, Brennan Center for Justice; Corrine Carey, Human
Rights Watch; Vanita Gupta, NAACP Legal Defense Fund; and Andrea Ritchie, INCITE!
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| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Lunch & Judges' Roundtable
on Drug Law Sentencing
Myrna Raeder, Moderator, Southwestern University School of Law; The Honorable
Arthur R. Burnett, Superior Court of Washington, DC; The Honorable John S. Martin, Jr.,
Debevoise & Plimpton; The Honorable Juanita Bing Newton, Criminal Court of the City
of New York; and The Honorable Martha Lynn Sherrod, Alabama District Court |
| 1:15–2:45 pm |
Plenary: Sentencing Policies
and Alternatives to Incarceration
Beyond Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Incarceration, Towards
a Public Health ResponseLenora Lapidus, Moderator, ACLU; Karen Freeman-Wilson, National Association of
Drug Court Professionals; Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU; Ann Swern, Brooklyn District
Attorney’s Office; and JeDonna Young, Families Against Mandatory Minimums |
| 3:00–5:00 pm |
Working
Group Sessions
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| 5:00–5:30 pm |
Working Group Report Out |
| 6:00–8:00 pm |
Reception |
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Friday, March 18
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| 8:00–9:00 am |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15 am |
Welcome & Review |
| 9:15–10:30 am |
Plenary: Women, Drug Abuse
and Treatment
Understanding Women’s Unique Experiences with Drug Use,
Abuse and the Black MarketDeborah Small, Moderator, Break the Chains; Anne Elliot, Project Greenhope Services
for Women; Sheigla Murphy, Center for Substance Abuse Studies; and Reda Sobky,
Humanistic Alternatives to Addiction, Research and Treatment |
| 10:45–11:45 am |
Working
Group Sessions |
| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Lunch & Special Performance
Piper Anderson, Performance Artist |
| 1:15–2:45 pm |
Plenary: A Second Sentence:
Impact on Women and Families
Patricia Allard, Moderator, Brennan Center for Justice; Emani Davis; Linda Evans,
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Stephanie Mecca Franklin; and Ann Jacobs,
Women’s Prison Association |
| 3:00–4:00 pm |
Working
Group Sessions |
| 4:15–5:00 pm |
Next Steps & Closing |
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