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Elevating Women: Strengthening Policies & Practices to Support the Needs of Justice-Involved Women
We are pleased to open registration for the National H.I.R.E. Network’s 5th Annual New York State Policy Conference, Elevating Women: Strengthening Policies & Practices to Support the Needs of Justice-Involved Women in New York State. Click here to register.
- Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
- Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Location: Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
This year’s conference will focus on gender-responsive models and practices for reducing recidivism and improving the well-being of women directly impacted by the criminal justice system, specifically:
- Key trends concerning women and the criminal justice system;
- Personal experiences of women who have successfully navigated the transition from incarceration to reintegration;
- Why trauma-informed approaches to policy and practice are essential to the success and well-being of women directly impacted by the criminal justice system;
- How women directly impacted by the criminal justice system actively participate in the movement to change the systems and policies that impact their lives; and,
- How you can make a difference.
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The conference keynote speaker will be Brenda V. Smith (at left), Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law at American University. Professor Smith is the Principal Investigator and Project Director for the Project on Addressing Prison Rape and the Building Capacity Project. In 2003, Professor Smith was appointed by Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California), now the speaker of the house, to serve on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission by the United States House of Representatives, an appointment she held until 2009. Prior to her joining the faculty at the Washington College of Law, Professor Smith was Senior Counsel for Economic Security at the National Women’s Law Center and Director of its Women in Prison and Child and Family Support Projects. |
| The closing speaker will be Patrice Gaines, right, an author, freelance journalist, writing teacher and motivational speaker who tells her story at colleges, conferences, prisons and drug rehabilitation programs around the country. She is a restorative justice trainer and a “justice reform activist,” who encourages discussions on forgiveness in her lectures and coaxes people to redefine “justice.” She is also co-founder of the Brown Angel Center, with headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., which offers services and products nationwide aimed at healing and empowering women and teenage girls. |  |
We look forward to an exciting exchange of ideas and solutions! For questions or more information, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The National H.I.R.E. Network’s 5th Annual New York State Policy Conference is co-hosted by Brandon’s House and the Correctional Association of New York’s Women in Prison Project and is made possible by the generous support of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Langeloth Foundation.