JUSTICE FOR JUVENILES:
A CALL TO ETHICAL ACTION!
Saturday, April 24
8:30am - 4:00pm

New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West

This conference aims to create a coalition of concerned organizations, citizens, and the media to demand and facilitate immediate restructuring and reform of the existing juvenile justice system in New York State.

Attend the Conference - Join the Coalition

CONFERENCE AGENDA

REGISTRATION
8:30 AM in Lobby

Morning Session in Auditorium
9am – 10am
Drummer Aquah Tcherbu Beale starts the session.
Hon. Phyllis Harrison Ross, MD, NY State Commission of Correction and Trustee, New York Society for Ethical Culture, convenes the meeting.

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introductions
Leader Anne Klaeysen & President Andra Miller: greetings from NYSEC
Greetings from the Mayor’s Office

9:30 – 10am
Key Note Speaker - Hon. Gladys Carrion, Esq., Commissioner, NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Criminal Justice System Overview – Hon. Denise O’Donnell, Esq., Former NY State Deputy Secretary for Public Safety

Panel – 10:00 – 11:30am
Moderator – Michel Martin, National Public Radio
Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, NY State Senator
Susan Taylor, National CARES Mentoring Movement
Hon. Michael Corriero, Big Brothers Big Sisters New York City
Tamara Steckler, Legal Aid Society
Robert Rooks, NAACP

Q&A – 11:30 – Noon

Community Activist Award presented to Rev. Al Sharpton

Lunch – Noon – 1pm in Social Hall
Entertainment - NEW RAP ORDER

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1:30 – 3pm
1) Alternatives to Incarceration
Beth Walker, DOME Project
DeAvery Irons, Correctional Association of New York

2) The Governor's Task Force Report
Yumari Martinez, Vera Institute

3) Mental Health /Community Treatment Alternatives
Thelma Dye, Executive Director Northside Center for Child Development
Carolyn Torres, Director Mental Health, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens Quest Futures

4) Youth Advocacy and Empowerment
Julie Glickman & Johanna Neufeld – youth organizers

5) Raise the Age, Raise the Bar, Raise the Youth
Kyung Ji Kate Rhee, Director Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform & Alternatives
Charisa Smith, NY Task Force on racial Disparity & Juvenile Justice

Plenary – 3:15 – 4pm
Bob Gangi, The Correctional Association of NY
Call to Action – “We DO Care!” Manifesto
Recommendations based on the REPORT
Holding authorities accountable and responsible to implement changes

For more information call 212.874.5210x118