Selected Past Events

October 24, 2009

Community Forum on Disproportionate Minority Contact, Norview High School, Norfolk

Introduction:

Clinton Lacey, W. Haywood Burns Institute

Moderator:

Daun Hester, Norfolk City Council

Panel:

Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones, Norfolk Circuit Court
Michael Spencer, Chief of Operations, Norfolk Public Schools
Bruce Marquis, Chief, Norfolk Police Department
Marsha E. Fink, Norfolk Deputy Public Defender
Reverend Dr. Kirk T. Houston, Sr., Gethsemane Baptist Church
Greg Underwood, Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney

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July 24, 2009

Community Youth Justice Jam: Panel forum on Juvenile Certification and Transfer Laws in Virginia, Ruffner Middle School, Norfolk

Panel:

Judge Michelle Atkins, Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Sherri Carr, Norfolk Chief Public Defender
Linda Bryant, Norfolk Deputy Commonwealth Attorney
Bart Lubow, Annie E. Casey Foundation
R. Dwayne Betts, Author
Grace Bauer, Advocate/Community Organizer

January 24, 2009

Town Hall Meeting: "Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System", Old Dominion University,  Norfolk

Welcome:

Honorable Daun Hester, Norfolk City Council
Honorable Paul Fraim, Mayor, City of Norfolk
Dr. Carol Simpson, Provost, Old Dominion University
Honorable Bobby Scott, U.S. House of Representatives

Moderator:

Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones, Norfolk Circuit Court

Keynote Speaker:  

Mr. Shay Bilchik, Founder and Director
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University 
Former Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Panel:  

Dr. Michael Leiber, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ms. Gayle Turner, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Ms. Shauna Epps, Center for Children's Law and Policy
Mr. Clinton Lacey, W. Haywood Burns Institute

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October 23, 2007

Visiting Scholar Lecture: "Rethinking prisoner reentry in an era of mass incarceration", Old Dominion University, Norfolk

Welcome:

Barry Green, Director, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

Keynote Speaker:

Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and former Director of the National Institute of Justice

October 7, 2007

Panel Forum: "HPV Vaccination: Lifesaving Advancement or Government Intrusion? Who Should Decide?" , Old Dominion University, Norfolk

Panel:  

Dr. Valerie Stallings (Norfolk Public Health Director)
Delegate Phil Hamilton (Virginia House of Delegates)
Dr. Yvette Pearson (ODU Department of Philosophy)
Kathryn Barrett (WVEC, Channel 13)

March 22, 2007

Grant Writing Workshop: "Finding Funding"
Ms. Lee Furr, ODU Research Foundation