NATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC FAIRNESS IN THE COURTS 28 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE COURTS ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: BUILDING TRUST AND INCREASING CONFIDENCE Kingsmill Resort Williamsburg, Virginia
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC FAIRNESS IN THE COURTS 28 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE COURTS ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: BUILDING TRUST AND INCREASING CONFIDENCE Kingsmill Resort Williamsburg, Virginia Updated Conference Agenda All Events are at Kingsmill Resort Unless Otherwise Indicated with an Asterisk * WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 9:30 am 12:00 pm Explore Jamestown Settlement Tour* *($40.00 additional fee) Guided Private Tour Resort Circle (Meet to board bus & return) 1:00 pm 3:00 pm Registration NCSC Staff Conference Concierge s Desk 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Consortium Board Meeting Board Members Randolph Room 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Welcome Reception* National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Mary McQueen President, NCSC NCSC Holton Room (Meet in Resort Circle to board bus to NCSC) 8:30 pm 8:45 pm Travel back to Kingsmill Conference Attendees Kingsmill Resort (From NCSC take bus back to resort)
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016 7:30 am 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet Fife & Drum Performance (8:00-8:30 am - During Breakfast) Burwell Room B 8:00 am 5:00 pm REGISTRATION Conference Concierge s Desk 8:30 am 10:00 am Opening Ceremony: Welcome Comments Introduction of Speaker Keynote Address 10:00 am 11:15 am General Session #1: Overcoming Anti-Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Bias in the Courts Mary McQueen President, NCSC Hon. Yvonne Lewis Supreme Court Brooklyn, New York Joe Madison Legendary Radio Talk-Show Host Hon. Cynthia D. Stephens 1st District Court of Appeals Detroit, Michigan 11:15 am 11:20 am STRETCH BREAK 11:20 am 12:35 pm General Session #2: Introduction of Speaker EEOC & Law Enforcement Hon. Sue Pai Yang (Ret.) Jenny Yang Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12:35 pm 1:45 pm BUFFET LUNCH Elements Restaurant (Lobby Level-3rd floor)
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016 Continued 2:00 pm 4:30 pm Town Hall Meeting: Community Engagement Building Trust in the Criminal Justice System Joe Madison The Black Eagle Moderator Legendary Radio Talk-Show Host Panelists: Hon. Jimmie Edwards Circuit Judge, 22 nd Division St. Louis, MO. David Baugh, Esq. Prof. Jonathan Stubbs University of Richmond School of Law,. Larry Boone Deputy Chief of Police Norfolk, VA Police Department Shannon Taylor, Esq. Commonwealth s Attorney Henrico County, VA Prof. Gloria A Whittico, J.D. Associate Director Academic Success Regent University School of Law Hampton, VA & B 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Reception / Meet & Greet Ball Room C & D (Lobby Level-3rd floor)
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 7:30 am 9:00 am Consortium Board Meeting (Breakfast) Board Members Randolph Room 8:00 am 9:00 am BREAKFAST BUFFET Burwell Room B 8:00 am 12:00 pm Registration Conference Concierge s Desk 9:00 am 10:00 am General Session #3: Introduction of Advisory Board Speakers Mary McQueen President, NCSC Community Engagement in the State Courts Initiative 10:00 am 11:00 am General Session # 4: Introduction of Speaker Engaging Communities: Partnerships for Community-Based Prevention Initiatives Advisory Board Members Hon. Verna G. Leath Superior Court, 5 th Vicinage Newark, New Jersey Wanda Moore, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Director of the Office of Community Justice, New Jersey Denise Hollingsworth, Esq. Deputy Attorney General Division of Criminal Justice New Jersey 11:00 am 11:15 am BREAK 11:15 am 12:30 pm Breakout Session # 1a: Managing Implicit Bias in Juries Hon. Cynthia D. Stephens 1st District Court of Appeals Detroit, Michigan Moderator Hon. Verna G. Leath Superior Court, 5 th Vicinage Newark, New Jersey Raymond R. Jones, Esq. Washington, D.C. Paula L. Hannaford-Agor, J.D. Principal Court Research Consultant NCSC, Williamsburg, VA Jennifer Elek, Ph. D. Court Research Associate NCSC, Williamsburg, VA
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 Continued 11:15 am 12:30 pm Breakout Session # 1b: European Correctional Model 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch with Speaker Let Freedom Ring 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Breakout Session #2a: School to Prison Pipeline 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Breakout Session #2b: Overcrowding and Health Care in Prisons and Jails Hon. Donovan Foughty Northeast Judicial District Ramsey County, N.D. Donald Specter, Esq. Executive Director The Prison Law Office Berkeley, CA Karianne Wolfer Director of Correctional Practices, ND John E. Wetzel Secretary, Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania Rev. Dr. Reginald Davis Pastor First Baptist Church Williamsburg, VA Fred L. Cheesman, Ph. D. Principal Court Research Consultant, NCSC, Williamsburg, VA Moderator Jeree Thomas, Esq. Staff Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center Da Quon Beaver Legal Aid Justice Center Hon. Jennifer McClellan Delegate, Virginia General Assembly, Hon. Angela Roberts Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Hon. Donovan Foughty Northeast Judicial District Ramsey County, N.D. Donald Specter, Esq. Executive Director The Prison Law Office Berkeley, CA Todd R Wilcox MD, MBA, CCHP-A Wellcon, Inc. Salt Lake City, Utah Colston Room Burwell Room B Colston Room
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 Continued 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Breakout Session #2c: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Human Trafficking Tanishka Cruz, Esq. Staff Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center Randolph Room 3:15 pm 3:30 pm BREAK Burwell Room B 3:30 pm 4:45 pm State Reports 4:45 pm 5:00 pm Closing Remarks Various Presenters SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016 Explore Colonial Williamsburg, Lunch, and Wine Tasting Tour* *($80 additional fee covers both tours, lunch, and transportation) TIME EVENT LOCATION 8:30 am 9:00 am Kingsmill to Colonial Williamsburg Resort Circle (Meet no later than 8:45. Board bus to Francis St. behind Shields Tavern in CW) 9:00 am 12:00 pm Colonial Williamsburg (CW) Interpreter Guided Group Tour 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Season s Restaurant Buffet Lunch 1:45 pm 2:45 pm Travel to Saudé Creek Vineyards Tour ends (Walk over to restaurant) After lunch (Board from Francis St. behind Shields Tavern in CW to winery) 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Saudé Creek Private Tour Board bus back to resort 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Travel back to Kingsmill Resort Circle (Bus drop off)