Sunday, April 25, 2010

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm . . . Exhibitor Set-up

Monday, April 26, 2010

7:30 am - 5:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Open

7:30 am - 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast (in Dining Hall)

8:30 am - 9:00 am . . . Welcome and Opening

• Welcome: William E Anderson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship, Arizona
• Invocation: Reverend Gina Casey, Sr. Pastor, Fisher Chapel AME Zion Church, Phoenix, Arizona

9:00 am - 9:15 am . . . Welcome- Opening Remarks

• The Honorable Phil Gordon, Mayor of Phoenix

9:15 am - 9:30 am . . . Video: “A Portrait of Change”

9:30 am - 11:30 am . . . O4L Town Hall Forum:  Community Responsibility—Taking  Charge of Arizona’s Reentry Challenges

Moderator:

• William E Anderson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship

Panelists:

• David Spickard, CEO, Jobs for Life
• Karen Hellman, Counseling & Treatment Services Administrator, Arizona Department of Corrections
• Dr. Jo Jorgenson, Dean, Community Development, Rio Salado College
• Marie Sullivan, CEO, Arizona Women’s Education and Employment
• Nick Jones, CEO, Old Pueblo Community Services
• Joe Acosta, Director of Human Resources, Marketfare Foods
• Peggy Hutchison, Executive Director, Primavera Foundation
• Paul O’Connell, Operations Director, Community Corrections Division, Arizona Department of Corrections
• Collis Huntington, CEO, Along Side Ministries
• Danica Bogicevic, Healthcare for Reentry Veterans Specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

11:30 am - 12:30 pm . . . Lunch (in Dining Hall)

12:30 am-1:00 pm . . . Afternoon Plenary Keynote

• Speaker: Charles Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm . . . Plenary Panel—“First Hand Perspectives: Examining Challenges & Triumphs in Reentry”

Moderator:

• William E Anderson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship

Panelists:

• Fred Creasy
• Sue Ellen Allen
• Natividad Mendoza
• Brandi Templeton
• Franz Beasley
• Regina Gazelle-Wells
• Morseller Ector
• John Irwin
• Raquel  McAllister
• Dijuahn Robinson
• John Cunningham

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops (7 workshop options)

• “I Need a Job”—Jobs for Life’s Biblically Based Strategy to Help Ex-Offenders Find

and Keep Meaningful Employment (David Spickard, Jobs for Life)

 

• Volunteering & Presenting Programs in the Prison Setting (Michael Linderman, Arizona Department of Corrections)

 

• Education Needs and Opportunities for Prisoners & Ex-Offenders to Support Reentry (Michael Pattarozzi & Dr. Jo Jorgenson, Rio Salado College)

 

• Treatment & Reentry Programs in the Arizona Department of Corrections (Karen Hellman, Arizona Department of Corrections)

 

• The Lost Reentry Piece: Reconciling Families of the Incarcerated (Arleen Anderson, Prison Fellowship)

 

• The Open Table: A Community Approach to Reentry (Shawn Pearson, The Open Table, and Arlyn Harris, Maricopa County Adult Probation)

 

• Taking Your Church into the Abundance: Building the Church-Founded Community Service Agency (Pastor Richard Burrell, Mt Pleasant Church and Buckeye Outreach and Social Services)

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm . . . Networking and Marketplace Exhibits

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on your own)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

7:30 am - 5:00 pm . . . Conference Check-In and Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Open

7:30 am - 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast (in Dining Hall)

8:30 am - 9:00 am . . . Morning Plenary Keynote

• Speaker: Mark Earley, President & CEO, Prison Fellowship

9:00 am - 10:00 am . . . Plenary Panel (Health Experts)—“Mental, Behavioral, Physical and Sexual Health and Health Care Challenges for Inmates and Ex-Offenders”

Moderator:

• Denise Muller, Field Director, Prison Fellowship, Arizona

Panelists:

• Shelley Curran, Director, Court Advocacy, Magellan Health
• Wanda Thompson, Community Health Coordinator, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
• Dr. Ben Shaw, Clinical Director, Arizona State Prison Complex-Phoenix
• Judy Norton, Chief of the Office of HIV, STD and Hepatitis Services,  Arizona Department of Health Services; Arizona State AIDSs Director
• John Cooper, CEO, Arizona State Hospital and Arizona Community Protection and Treatment Center
• Cathy Paddack, Director, HIV Prevention Services, Terros, Inc.
• Kevin Hoy Program Specialist, Cenpatico Behavioral Health of Arizona
• Ann Martin, Policy Specialist, Family Assistance Administration, Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Michal Rudnick, Program Manager, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

10:30 am - 12:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops (7 workshop options)

• Linking Ex-Offenders to Sustainable Jobs & The Prisoner Reentry Partnership, (Marie Sullivan, AWEE, Anne Wheeler, The Primavera Foundation,  Lindsey Feldman & Kathleen Roman, Old Pueblo Community Services)

• Community Corrections: The “Ins” and “Outs” of Probation and Parole (Nicole Studer, Arizona Department of Corrections & Sherry Johnston, Maricopa County Adult Probation)

• SMART Recovery: It’s Okay to Get SMART With Us (Tom Litwiki  & Anne Roepke, Old Pueblo Community Services)

• Sex, Drugs & . . . Your Health (RJ Shannon, Arizona Department of Health Service & Jason Vail Cruz, Terros, Inc.)

• Forming Alliances Among Halfway House Providers (Patty Henderson, Women in New Recovery & Shannon Casazza, Our Common Welfare)

• Engaging in Advocacy for Reform and Reentry (Matt Lowen, American Friends Service Committee & Nikki Byrd, Tucson KARE Family Center)

• Along Side Ministries: A Solid Approach to Inmate Transition, (Collis Huntington, Debbie Gribauskas, Ken Pettis, Kevin Pankey, Along Side Ministries

12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm . . . Lunch (in Dining Hall)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm . . . Afternoon Plenary-Keynote

• Speaker: Judge Penny Willrich, Maricopa County Superior Court-retired/Associate Law Professor, Phoenix College of Law

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm . . . Plenary Panel (Policymakers and Policy Experts)—“Impact of Public Policy on Prisoner Reentry”

Moderator:

• William E Anderson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship

Panelists:

• Leah Landrum Taylor, Senator, Arizona State Senate
• Gerald Richard, Special Policy Advisor, Office of the Arizona  Attorney General
• Laura Krause, Division Director-Support Services, Arizona Department of Corrections
• Cecil Ash, State Representative, Arizona House of Representatives
• Dr. Michael Shafer, Director, Center for Applied Behavioral Health, Arizona State University
• Michael J. Kurtenbach, Lieutenant, Phoenix Police Department
• Judy Norton, Chief of the Office of HIV, STD and Hepatitis Services,  Arizona Department of Health Services,; Arizona State AIDS Director
• Matthew Lowen, Program Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee
• Alessandra Meetze, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Arizona
• Judge Penny Willrich,  Maricopa County Superior Court-retired/Associate Law Professor, Phoenix College of Law

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops (7 workshop options)

• Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in a Transitional Housing Programs for Newly Released Offenders, (Tom Litwiki, Anne Roepke, and Nick Jones, Old Pueblo Community Services)

• Women in Prison (Jan Wethers, Arizona Department of Corrections & Patty Henderson, Women in New Recovery)

• Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Responders, Courts, Jails, Prison, Reentry: (Penny Miller & Dana Bogicevic, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

• Set Aside Criminal Convictions, Restoration of Civil Rights and Criminal Restitution, (Marguerite Breidenbach, Attorney)

• Preparing the Faith Community for Reentry, (David Lawson, Prison Fellowship)

• Newly Released and You Don’t Hear Me!: Working with Diverse Communities, (RJ Shannon, Arizona Department of Health Services )

• Resources to Complete Community Service Projects (William Hogans, City of Phoenix, Neighborhood Services Department)

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm . . . Networking and Marketplace Exhibitors

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on you own)

Wednesday April 28, 2010

8:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Networking and Marketplace Exhibitors

8:00 am - 9:00 am . . . Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Out 4 Life Town Hall Forum: Our Path—Building Effective Arizona Reentry Coalitions

Moderator:

• William E Anderson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship, Arizona

Panelists:

• Adam Wollmer, Director of Career Services, Goodwill Industries & Board Chair, Community Reintegration Coalition
• David Adolfson, Chairman Emeritus, Adolfson and Peterson & Board President, Construction Career Training Program (CCTP)
• Shawn Pearson, Vice President, The Open Table
• Patty Henderson, CEO, Women In New Recovery
• Richard Burrell, Executive Director, Buckeye Outreach and Social Services & Pastor, Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
• Jan Wethers, Reentry Coordinator, Counseling & Treatment Services, Arizona Department of Corrections
• Denise Muller, Field Director, Prison Fellowship, Arizona