The annual Barbara Jordan Forum kicks off next week with an keynote by State Senator Rodney Ellis, and contains some excellent criminal justice programming.
Details are in the news release, "Weeklong Tribute to Honor Life and Work of Barbara Jordan Feb 21-25.
LBJ School of Public Affairs Joins with The Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation to Commemorate Jordan’s Landmark 75th Birthday."
Events are free and open to the public, but you must register to attend Senator Rodney Ellis' Keynote Opening Day’s Symposium. All events are at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Discussions of particular items to readers in the Austin area on Monday:
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – “Reducing Risk and Building Strength Through Educational Reform and Early Childhood Interventions”
Roundtable discussion with:
Dr. Gregory Vincent, UT Vice-President for Diversity and Community Engagement
Prof. Norma Cantu, UT College of Education and School of Law
Kara Johnson, Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition
Prof. Julian Heilig, UT College of Education
Dr. Lynda Frost, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – “The Need for Juvenile Justice Reform”
Lead Speaker: Shay Bilchik, former head of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Executive Director, Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
Responders:
Vicki Spriggs, Executive Director, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Senior District Judge Jeanne Meurer, Travis County juvenile judge
Prof. David Springer, UT School of Social Work
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. – “Mass Incarceration, Race, and Criminal Justice Reform”
Lead Speaker: Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Responders:
Steve Martin, Attorney and Corrections Consultant; author of “Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down”
District Judge John Creuzot, Dallas County criminal judge (invited)
Ana Yanez Correa, Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
Prof. Michele Deitch, LBJ School of Public Affairs
On Friday, February 25:
12:15 – 2:15 p.m.--“From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System” featuring Prof. Michele Deitch
Sponsored by the Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) and Social, Health, Economic, and Education Policymakers (SHEP)
SRH 3.122
Bass Lecture Hall
The Center for Health and Social Policy and SHEP present LBJ School Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch, a Board member of the Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation and an expert on juvenile justice and criminal justice policy. She will discuss the prevalence and implications of trying juveniles as adults and incarcerating them in adult prisons and jails.
Related posts can be found in the juvenile index; earlier items from Michele Deitch, at the link.
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