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SUMMARY:The American Justice Summit
DESCRIPTION:If you would like to attend\, please apply here. \nSchedule for The American Justice Summit (subject to change) \nTo watch free livestream of this event\, go to vicenews.com. \nGerald W. Lynch Theater\nJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice\nNovember 10\, 2014 \n1:30 PM | WELCOME BY TINA BROWN \nTHE 2.3 MILLION I’M HERE FOR\nJeremy Travis (President\, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) presents the latest data from his recent report\, The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences. \nWHAT IS PRISON FOR?\nRetribution\, rehabilitation\, public safety? Criminal justice practitioners\, victims’ rights advocates\, and the formerly incarcerated debate the fundamental function and costs of using prison as the primary consequence for committing crime in America. \n\nJennifer Bishop-Jenkins\, Director\, Marsy’s Law for Illinois.\nThe Honorable Eric Harmon\, Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles\, CA\nGlenn Martin\, Founder and President\, JustLeadershipUSA\nJohn Wetzel\, Secretary\, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections\n\nMODERATED by George Stephanopoulos\, Chief Anchor\, ABC News \nTHE JUSTICE YOU’RE BORN WITH\nJohnny Perez (Safe Reentry Mental Health Advocate\, Urban Justice Center) talks about a system that keeps men and women in an endless cycle of incarceration. While it is easy to blame the individuals\, it’s much harder in practice to overcome the circumstances that have put them there. \nINTERVIEWED by Juju Chang\, Co-Anchor\, Nightline \nINTERVIEW WITH NORMAN SEABROOK\nNorman Seabrook\, president of the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association. \nINTERVIEWED by Bill Keller\, Editor-in-Chief\, The Marshall Project \nTHE WAREHOUSE SCANDAL\nHarsh drug sentences and the de-funding of state mental-health facilities have turned America’s jails and prisons into warehouses for addicts and the mentally ill. Hear personal stories about what is taking place beyond the prison walls and how the nation is criminalizing some of its most vulnerable citizens. \n\nFrancis Greenburger\, President and Founder\, Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice\nJoanne Minich\, Mental Health Advocate\, family member\nMitchell S. Rosenthal\, M.D.\, Founder\, Phoenix House\n\nMODERATED by Deborah Roberts\, ABC News Correspondent \nRIGHT ON CRIME: THE CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR REFORM\nThe calls for justice reform are coming increasingly from both sides of the political aisle. Grover Norquist makes the case for why conservatives are best equipped to reorganize America’s prison system. \n\nGrover Norquist\, President\, Americans for Tax Reform\n\nINTERVIEWED by John Avlon\, Editor-in-Chief\, The Daily Beast \nREMARKS: PAMELA THOMAS-GRAHAM\nPamela Thomas-Graham\, Chief Marketing and Talent Officer\, Member of the Executive Board\, and Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management New Markets\, Credit Suisse \n3:50 PM | BREAK \nSURVIVING THE TIME\nMillions of men and women are locked away in the nation’s jails and prisons\, yet most people have no idea what life on the inside really looks like. Tyrone Werts and Piper Kerman reflect on their own conditions of confinement\, prison culture\, and what it takes to survive time spend behind bars. \n\nPiper Kerman\, Activist\, Author\, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison\nTyrone Werts\, Co-Founder and Director\, The End Crime Project\, formerly incarcerated for 36 years\n\nMODERATED by Tina Brown\, Founder\, Tina Brown Live Media \nNO-ENTRY REENTRY\nComing out of prison\, millions of Americans are barred from voting\, employment\, and housing. This program examines the barriers faced by the formerly incarcerated as they try to reconnect with family and return to their communities. \n\nAnn Jacobs\, Director\, Prisoner Reentry Institute\, John Jay College of Criminal Justice\nDorsey Nunn\, Executive Director\, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children\, Co-Founder\, All of Us or None\nRichard Price\, Author\, Screenwriter\n\nMODERATED by Juju Chang\, Co-Anchor\, Nightline  \nTHE INTERRUPTORS\nAmerica punishes its children in staggering numbers—more than any other country in the world. We’ll examine alternatives to incarceration\, “violence interruption” on the streets\, and other methods that are working to halt the flow of children along the school-to-prison pipeline. \n\nNell Bernstein\, Author\, Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison\nSally Hazelgrove\, Founder and Executive Director\, Restoring the Path/Crushers Club\nCarmen Perez\, Executive Director\, The Gathering for Justice\nConstance L. Rice\, esq.\, Founding Co-Director\, Advancement Project\n\nMODERATED by Byron Pitts\, Chief National Correspondent and Anchor\, ABC News \nINTERVIEW WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER BRATTON\nIn a year of turbulent relations between New York City’s residents and its police force\, the Police Commissioner addresses the challenges\, changes and vision for his NYPD. \nINTERVIEWED by Jeffrey Toobin\, Staff Writer\, The New Yorker\, Senior Legal Analyst\, CNN \nBREAKING THE CYCLE\nAlmost 15\,000 people are murdered in America every year. Those most likely to be affected by this violence are young men of color. At the same time\, men in poor and minority communities face institutionalized bias that limits their access to education\, economic opportunity\, and justice. This conversation examines how to change the trajectory and break the cycle of poverty\, violence\, and hopelessness. \n\nDavid Kennedy\, Director\, Center for Crime Prevention and Control\, John Jay College of Criminal Justice\, Co-Chair\, National Network for Safe Communities\nMitchell J. Landrieu\, Mayor of New Orleans\nBryan Stevenson\, Executive Director\, Equal Justice Initiative\n\nMODERATED by Michelle Miller\, Correspondent\, CBS News \n6:20 PM | TINA BROWN FAREWELL
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji/event/american-justice-summit/
LOCATION:Gerald W. Lynch Theater John Jay College of Criminal Justice\, 524 W 59th St\, New York\, NY 10019\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
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