BAN THE BOX SUMMIT
Eastern University ▪ McInnis Auditorium
Saturday, August 1, 2015
AGENDA
8:30 am – 9:30 am
9:00 am – 9:25 am
9:27 am - 9:29 am
Registration
Pull of Gravity Documentary/El (Aaron) Sawyer
Invocation
9:30 am – 9:45 am
NAACP PENNSYLVANIA STATE CONFERENCE - GREETINGS
George A. Simmons, Chair, Criminal Justice Committee
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dwayne D. Jackson, Sr., President
9:45 am – 10:10 am
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATORS
10:10 am
INTRODUCTION OF MODERATOR
10:15 am – 11:00 am
STAKEHOLDER PANEL DISCUSSION
State Representative Leslie Acosta, 197th Legislative District
State Senator Daylin Leach, 17th Senatorial District
State Senator Vincent J. Hughes, 7th Senatorial District
Blanding Watson, Chair, Economic Development Committee
NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference
MODERATOR: Marc Seltzer
Thomas Dichter, Decarcerate PA
Brandon Flood, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus (PLBC)
Jordan A. Harris, State Representative, 186th Legislative District
William Hart, Executive Director, Reintegration Services (R.I.S.E.)
Philadelphia Mayor’s Office
Raj Lewis, Director, SAIFU
Wali Smith, Chair, Prison Committee, NAACP PA State Conference
Mary M. Tiernan, Program Analyst, EEOC
11:00 am – 12:00 noon
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
12:00 – 1:00 pm
LUNCH – Walton Hall
1:00 – 2:30 pm
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – NAACP REENTRY TOOLKIT PRESENTATION
John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Carlton T. Mayers, II, Esq., Criminal Justice Manager, NAACP Criminal Justice Dept.
2:30 pm
INTRODUCTION OF FACILITATORS: Everett L. Butcher, Jr., CCMC
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
FACILITATED BREAKOUT SESSIONS
CLOSING PLENARY
BENEDICTION
Dr. Ayo Maria Gooden, Psychologist; Ann Schwartzman, Executive Director –
Pennsylvania Prison Society; Wayne Jacobs, Co-founder and Executive Director,
X-Offenders for Community Empowerment; Adrian Seltzer, SAIFU and CCMC
Radio Host Personality; Carlton T. Mayers, II, Esquire; and Ralph Davis,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office.