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The conference also explored the disparate impact that these collateral consequences have on communities of color. At the same time, the conference highlighted the groundbreaking work that is helping people break free from the shackles while providing a roadmap for national reform. NACDL now releases its report on that conference.
NACDL's 17th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference and 2nd Annual Presidential Summit
August 23-25, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
Conference Agenda | Speaker Biographies | Suggested Materials
Videos of the presentations at the conference are provided below and are on NACDL's YouTube channel.
Presentation of Champion of Justice Restoration of Rights Award to Sally Q. Yates
Presentation of award: Norman L. Reimer, Executive Director, NACDL
Keynote Address delivered by Sally Q. Yates, Partner, Special Matters and Government Investigations, King & Spalding, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences: Exploring Moral Principles and Economic Innovations to Restore Rights and Opportunity
NACDL’s 17th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference and 2nd Annual Presidential Summit | August 23-25, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
Setting the Stage: Moral and Economic Obligations to Restoring Rights and Opportunity
This panel explored the moral principles and economic innovations that are essential in alleviating collateral consequences of an arrest or conviction. The panel also examined racial implications associated with collateral consequences. Key Issues: ban the box, certificates of relief, tax incentives, licensing.
Panelists: Mark Holden, General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Koch Industries; Teresa Hodge, Co-Founder & Director of Strategy & Innovation, Mission: Launch; Marc Levin, Vice President, Criminal Justice Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime
Moderator: Rick Jones, Immediate Past President, NACDL, and Executive Director, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
Shattering the Shackles of Collateral Consequences: Exploring Moral Principles and Economic Innovations to Restore Rights and Opportunity
NACDL’s 17th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference and 2nd Annual Presidential Summit | August 23-25, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
Faith-Based Conversation
This discussion explored how the faith-based community can partner with other communities to achieve progressive criminal justice reforms. In addition, they covered how the faith community can shape policy in a progressive way via protest action, letter-writing, legislative advocacy, etc. The discussion also explored the ideas of redemption and forgiveness in the form of political, economic, and social justice policies.
- Attiyah Ali – Founder, A Loving Act (Atlanta, GA)
- Tiffany Williams Roberts – Criminal Defense Attorney, Tiffany Williams Roberts Attorney at Law (Atlanta, GA)
- Reverend Aundreia Alexander, Esq. – Associate General Secretary for Action and Advocacy for Justice and Peace, National Council of Churches (Washington, DC)
Video of this conversation is not available.
Screening of the Sundance Audience Award “The Sentence” followed by a panel discussion
“The Sentence” tells the story of Cynthia “Cindy” Shank, whose incarceration propels her brother to document via film Cindy’s daughters as they grow up without her. The story further explores the family bond Cindy maintains with her parents, siblings, and children through her brother’s relentless advocacy. It culminates with efforts to seek clemency for Cindy via Clemency Project 2014, an Obama Administration and NACDL initiative.
- Cynthia W. Roseberry – Vice President for Institutional Advancement & Executive Director of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Wilberforce University, and Former Project Director, Clemency Project 2014 (Atlanta, GA)
- Marjorie Peerce – Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP (New York, NY)
- Rudy Valdez – filmmaker, Director, The Sentence (Brooklyn, NY)
- Moderator: Angelyn C. Frazer-Giles – Senior Advisor for Special Projects, NACDL (Milford, DE)
Video of this panel is not available.