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Session 1 ~ The Family Experience & Programs

Opening Keynote: DeWayne Hendrix ~ A New Daylight

 Natasha Blakely, Project Avery ~ Not Their Sentence: Supporting Children of the Incarcerated

Alexia Pitter, F.A.M.M. ~ Stories That Move: Advocacy with Patience and Purpose

Karen Johnson, What I Learned as a Mom of an Incarcerated Son

Theresa Kitto, What I Learned as a Mom of an Incarcerated Son

Session 2 ~ In-Prison Programs:

Doing the Work Inside to Be Successful Outside

Israel Garcia, Defy Ventures ~ From Punishment to Possibility: Reimagining First Chances

 Diana Weston, Sr. Director of Incarcerated Services, Options Recovery Services ~ Why Full-Spectrum Reentry Matters

Deon Whitmore, Healing Dialogue and Action ~ Re-Imagine a Justice system Focused on Healing

Session 3 ~ Reentry Programs & Process: Succeeding After Release

 Salamasina Tanoai, Dream Rising  ~

Candice Boughman,  One Parish One Prisoner ~

Denise Moody ~ Experienced Reentry Volunteer

Reentry: My Passion and Calling

Tommy Lee Wickerd & Marion Wickerd ~ Tommy Just Got Out - Navigating This New Chapter of Our Lives

Closing Keynote: David Cunningham