2025 Virtual Conference Speakers and Bios
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9:00am |
Session I. The Family Experience & Supportive Programs | ||
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9:06am |
Opening Keynote: DeWayne Hendrix ~ A New Daylight Where Do We Go From Here? |
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| 10:00:00 AM |
Karen Johnson ~ Mom of Previously Incarcerated Son The Moment Everything Changed Theresa Kitto ~ The Impact of Incarceration on Families of Incarcerated Individuals |
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10:26am |
Natasha Blakely-Berteloot ~ Project Avary Not Their Sentence: Supporting Children of the Incarcerated |
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| 10:48am |
Alexia Pitter ~ F.A.M.M. |
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| 11;13am | Family Experience Panel Discussion with James Roberts | ||
| 12:30pm | Session II. In‐Prison Programs: Doing the Work Inside to Be Successful Outside | ||
| Israel Garcia ~ Defy Ventures From Punishment to Possibility: Reimagining First Chances |
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| 12:57pm | Diana Weston ~ Options Recovery Services The Ripple Effect of Change |
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| 1:20pm | Deon Whitmore ~ Healing Dialogue and Action Re-Imagine a Justice System Focused on Healing |
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| 1:45pm | In-Prison Program Panel Discussion with Grace Jones | ||
| 2:30pm | Session III. Reentry Programs & Process: Succeeding After Release | ||
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Candice Baughman & Salamasina Tanoai From Shared Cells to Shared Goals |
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| 2:57pm |
George K. L. Smith ~ Reentry & Violence Prevention Specialist | Founder/CEO, G.R.O.W. LLC The Capacity to Maintain Change: A Brief Overview of Reentry From Any Space |
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| 3:20pm |
Tommy Lee Wickerd & Marion Wickerd ~ Re-entry Experience Panel Discussion with Antonia Hieronymus |
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| 4:30pm |
Closing Keynote David Cunningham: Our Collective Voice Conference Wrap Up |
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