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Out4Life Virginia Conference Schedule

Sunday, July 25, 2010

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Set-up

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm . . . Opening Reception / Exhibition area Open

 

 

Monday, July 26, 2010

7:30 am – 5:30 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibit Area Open

7:45 am – 8:30 am . . . Welcome and Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am – 10:30 am . . . Town Hall Forum

  • Facilitator - David Lawson, Prison Fellowship
  • Guest Panel – Community Responsibility: Challenges Facing Returning Citizens
  • Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about reentry

10:30 am – 11:30 am . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Networking

11:30 am – 2:00 pm . . . Opening Plenary Lunch

  • Speakers:  Marla Decker, Virginia Secretary of Public Safety; Mark Earley, President and CEO, Prison Fellowship

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Networking

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

  • Reentry Councils – Coordination of Local Services
  • Reentry and Community Revitalization—A Model
  • Transitional Housing—A Model and Overview of Key Issues
  • Needs of Women Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
  • Available Resources for Finding Employment

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Networking

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on your own)

 

 

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

7:45 am – 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 11:00 am . . . Registration and Exhibition Area Open

8:30 am – 10:00 am . . . Morning Plenary Session

  • Speaker: Gene Johnson, Director, VA Department of Corrections

10:00 am – 10:30 am . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Networking

10:30 am – 12:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

  • Peer Recovery Services: Helping with Addictive Behavior
  • Children of Prisoners—Stopping the Cycle of Criminal Behavior
  • Breaking Institutionalization
  • Roadblocks and Solutions to Employment—Panel
  • Identifying and Changing Criminal Thinking Patterns

12:30 am – 2:00 pm Plenary Lunch

  • Stefan LoBuglio, Chief, Pre-Release and Reentry Services Division, Montgomery County (MD) Dept.of Correction and Rehabilitation

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Coffee and Networking

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

  • Establishing Community Re-entry Teams
  • Transportation Services in Coalition Areas
  • Virginia Department of Corrections and Service Providers: Partnering for Successful Reentry
  • Renewal: Cognitive, Behavioral and Spiritual Realities for Prisoners and Ex-offenders
  • Returning Home to Families and Children for Life

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm . . . Local Coalition Formation

5:30 pm – 9:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on your own)

 

 

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

8:00 am – 11:00 am . . . Marketplace Exhibit Area Open / Networking

8:00 am – 9:00 am . . . Breakfast Buffet

9:00 am – 11:00 am . . . Closing Plenary Session

  • Speaker: Banci Tewolde, Virginia Prisoner Reentry Coordinator, Office of Public Safety

11:00 am . . . Conference Adjourned