2024 Virtual Conference Schedule 

Times in Pacific Time

Start Time Speaker and Topic Title Bio Links
9:00 am

 Welcome to The Conference

 
9:04 am

 Opening Keynote: David Cunningham ~ Another Way To Go
 A Time for New Thinking, New Energy, and New Action

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9:28 am

 Session I: Inā€Prison Programs: Doing the Work to be Suitable for Parole

 Michael Todd ~ Compassion Prison Project
 Coming From The Heart

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9:52 am  Dr.  Michael Golding ~ CA Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 The California Model: Compassionate & Life-Affirming
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10:18 am  Justin Phillips ~ Options Recovery
 Occupational Mentor Certification Program: CDCR & Options' Solution to Addiction in and Out
 Of Prison
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10:44 am  Gerald Dooley ~ Prison Entrepreneurship Program
 The Power of Positive Community
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11:10 am  Break Out Room Discussion Groups  
11:45 am  Snack/Meal Break  
12:00 pm  Session II: Reentry Programs: Succeeding After Release  
12:02 pm  Sol Santos ~ This Modern Mystic
 Red Pill or Blue Pill?
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12:27pm  Abigail Lewis ~ Golden Rule Reentry
 Why Full-Spectrum Reentry Matters
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12:53 pm  Gavin Raders ~ Planting Justice
 Grow Food, Grow Jobs, Grow Community
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1:19pm  Dr. Ronald Day ~ The Fortune Society
 A New Path Forward: Losing Our Obsession With Recidivism
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1:45pm  Break Out Room Discussion Groups  
2:20pm  Snack/Meal Break  
2:35pm  Session III: Thinking Outside the Box  
2:37pm  Dr. Rose Park ~ Saving Our Women International
 It Could Be Your Sister, Mother, or Brother
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3:02pm  Tony Villano ~ Prisons to Partnerships
 Restorative Justice: Dignity and Integrity
 
3:28pm  Ricardo Bacigalupo ~ Another Way to Go
 Another Way to Go- A New Way of Thinking!
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3:54pm  Break Out Room Discussion Groups  
4:27pm  Closing Remarks  
4:37pm  Closing Keynote: Tracy Hunt ~ Prisons to Partnerships
 Breaking Free: Second Chances For All
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5:00pm  Optional Networking Opportunity