Event: 7/23-7/25 Decriminalizing Neighborhoods Virtual Conference

From July 23-25, 2021, a multi-faceted virtual conference will be held to bring together advocates, community organizers, academics, practicing lawyers, community leaders, and others to discuss the policing and criminalization of neighborhoods.  The Conveners of the conference include =the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association, Pillars of the Community, Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance (MoGo), The UC Irvine Law School Criminal Justice Clinic, and Detours Mentoring Group, Inc., San Diegans for Justice, and the Peace and Justice Law Center.

Scheduled presenters include:

• Alex S. Vitale, Policing and Social Justice Project, Brooklyn College
• Alex Scott, University of California, Riverside
• Babe Howell, CUNY School of Law
• Blinky Rodriguez, Communities in Schools
• Dave Smith
• David Brotherton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder
• Fareed Hayat, CUNY School of Law
• Francisco Romero, CORE
• Gaby Hernandez, Chicanxs Unidxs
• James Nelson, Dignity and Power Now
• James Spady, Soka University of America
• Jose Valle, Silicon Valley De-Bug
• Kevin “Twin” Orange, Advocates for Peace & Urban Unity
• Kimberly Howard
• Lex Stepling, Dignity and Power Now
• Melvyn Hayward, Chicago CRED
• Meredith Manchester Esq.
• Michael Saavedra, Youth Justice Coalition
• MK Kaishian, Brooklyn Defender Services
• Nalya Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine
• Robert Weide, Cal State Univ. Los Angeles
• Sean Garcia-Leys, Peace and Justice Law Center
• Skipp Townsend, 2nd Call
• Taylonn Murphy Sr., Tashana Chicken Murphy Foundation
• Tina Padilla, Breaking Through Barriers to Success
• Urban Peace Institute

For more information and to register for this conference, visit https://decriminalizingneighborhoods.org/

The early bird conference pricing ends July 5th.