2006 Safe Communities Reentry Council Summit: San Francisco

From: Teague Briscoe <teaguebriscoe@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:04:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {Disarmed} [tupocc] 2006 Safe Communities Reentry Council Summit: San Francisco

2006 Safe Communities Reentry Council Summit

The 2006 Safe Communities Reentry Council Summit, "Making Rehabilitation Work: Creating Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals" will take place on Wednesday September 27, 2006 from 9 am-5:30 pm at the Milton Marks Conference Center, The State Building, Lower Level, 455 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco.

For registration and information, email reentry.council@sfgov.org or call 415-553-9349.

  Making Rehabilitation Work: Creating Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals This summit features practical and relevant information detailing how to improve the coordination and delivery of services for formerly incarcerated individuals. The purpose of this event is to educate our partners, key stakeholders and the general public about the challenges faced by those who are reentering society after a period of incarceration, study the current state of affairs and statistical data concerning reentry and identify new solutions to providing better transitional services to those who need them.

9:00am-9:30am - Registration (Pre-registration is required - All attendees must be present at 9:30 to be included in the morning session since the summit will be televised.)

9:30am-9:40am - Welcome and Summit Overview by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi (confirmed)

9:45am - Welcome by Mayor Gavin Newsom (invited) and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

9:50am-10:15am - Keynote Speaker: Honorable Mark Leno (confirmed)
Why Providing Effective Reentry Services to Returning Prisoners Benefits the Community
Focus: The need for reentry services and why they make sense from human and public policy perspectives, including an explanation of how a high recidivism rate means more crime and community violence, and how this can be avoided by offering effective reentry services.

10:30am-12:00pm - Panel One
Defining Reentry and the Need for Reform and Service Implementation in San Francisco and California
Focus: Detailed perspectives on local and state reentry and information about past and present best practices and policies.
Moderator: Jeff Adachi, SF Public Defender
9:30am-9:45am - Local Re-entry Overview (Presented by Public Defender Jeff Adachi)
Powerpoint slideshow presenting reentry challenges, definitions, statistics and emerging trends, including information about probation and parole.
Panelists:
Kamala Harris, SF District Attorney
Michael Hennessey, Sheriff
Shirley Poe, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Arturo Faro, Acting Chief of Adult Probation Department
Ross Mirkarimi, SF Board of Supervisors
Barry Krisberg, National Council on Crime & Delinquency
Terry Anders, Anders & Anders
Michael Bien, Rosen, Bien and Asaro

12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch in Resource Room

1:00pm-1:15pm - Spoken Word and/or other Artistic Performance

1:15pm-2:30pm - Panel Two

Programs and Solutions
Focus: Overviews of successful reentry programs and their lessons learned in building collaborative relationships, providing services, identifying funding and institutionalizing their efforts and how that can be applied to our work in San Francisco.
Moderator: Shirley Melnicoe, Northern California Service League
Panelists:
Lorna Trinh, former prisoner
Dr. Emily Wang, Transitions Clinic, Southeast Health Center
Frank Williams, Senior Ex-Offenders Program
Teri Delane, Life Learning Academy
Wayne Garcia, Walden House/Director of Criminal Justice Programs
Rev. Kinwood Devore, Metropolitan Fresh Start House
Jason Bell, Project Rebound
Demarris Evans, Clean Slate Program
John Baskerville, Swords to Plowshares

Panel Three:
Building Bridges and Crafting a Plan for San Francisco
Focus: How we can use best practices and existing resources to establish a foundation and leverage additional resources to build an effective continuum of services for individuals returning to our communities.

Moderator: Linda Connelly, Leaders in Community Alternatives, Inc.
Panelists:
Del Sayles Owens, Department of Corrections (invited)
Irma Vargas, West Bay District Administrator Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Margie Candelaria, MD Consulting
Yvonne Cooks, All of Us or None
Deborah Alvarez, Goodwill
Rico Remedio, Former Parolee
Herbert Donaldson, Retired Judge

               

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