| Program for the Call to Justice on June 28, 2006 at MCTC | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Guy Gambill (gambillgt1 yahoo.com)
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| Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 03:29:24 -0700 (PDT) | |
?CALL TO JUSTICE:
Reducing Racial Disparity and Enhancing Public Safety?
(For additional information, call Guy Gambill at 612-596-7628 or by e-mail
at gambillg [at] crimeandjustice.org)
8:00 ? 8:30 a.m. Registration and Seating
Morning Session
2.5 Eliminations of Bias Credits
8:30 ? 9:00 a.m. Introduction and Topic Overview
. Reverend Albert Gallmon, Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church and
Chair of Board of Directors of Council on Crime and Justice
. Mayor R. T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis
. Mayor Chris Coleman, Mayor of St. Paul
This topic overview will reference Minnesota?s changing demographics;
the need to reduce racial disparities through improved relationships between
the justice system and communities of color; and the need to reduce the
negative collateral consequences of justice system involvement.
9:00 ? 9:20 a.m. Racial Disparities and Minnesota?s Changing Demographics
. Donna Zimmerman, Vice President of Government and Community Relations
at Health Partners and Member of the Racial Disparities Committee of the
Itasca Project
This presentation will feature demographic and socio-economic trend data,
including racial disparity trendlines, developed by the Brookings Institute for
the Itasca Project Consortium of more than forty CEO?s, mayors and community
leaders funded by the McKnight Foundation, and the St. Paul Foundation.
9:20 ? 10:00 a.m. Causes and Consequences of Racial Disparity in the Justice
System: Key Findings and Recommendations
Tom Johnson, President of Council on Crime and Justice; former Hennepin
County Attorney
This presentation will present a synthesis of seventeen studies conducted by
the Council on
Crime and Justice examining the causes and consequences of the racial disparity
in
Minnesota?s justice system. The focus will be on the Key Findings and
Recommendations,
along with proposed Action Steps for addressing the disparity.
10:00 ? 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 ? 11:15 a.m. Causes of the Disparity: A Multi-Perspective Examination
. Panel Moderator: Judge Natalie Hudson, Minnesota Court of Appeals*
. Panel Members: Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page;
Professor Michael Tonry, University of Minnesota Law
School; Clayton Robinson, Ramsey County Attorney?s
Office; Steve Glaze, Ex-offender; Chief John Harrington,
St. Paul Police Department; Dr. Bill Green, Interim
Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools*;
Suzanne Koepplinger, Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian
Women?s Resource Center; Ebony Ruhland, Research
Associate for Council on Crime and Justice
This panel discussion will explore in depth the Key Findings from the Council
on Crime and Justice?s multi-year research on the causes of the racial
disparities
in Minnesota?s justice system.
11:15 ? 12:15 a.m. The Collateral Consequences of the Racial Disparity in
Minnesota?s Justice System: Key Findings and Recommendations
. Panel Moderator: Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson
. Panel Members: Professor Todd Clear, John Jay School of Criminal Justice*;
Dr. Bravada Garrett-Akinsanya, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
and Executive Director of the African American Child
Wellness Institute; Richard Amos, Director of Social
Services at St. Stephens; Anita Selin, member of the Minneapolis
Police Relations Council; Hilary Whitham, Research Coordinator
for the Council on Crime and Justice
This panel will explore in depth the Collateral Consequences identified by
the Council on Crime and Justice as arising from the racial disparity in
Minnesota?s justice system.
12:15 ? 1:15 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
Afternoon Session
3.0 Ethics Credits
1:15 ? 1:45 p.m. Luncheon Speaker
Racial Justice: The Ethical Dimension
. Professor Kenneth Goodpaster*, Professor of Business Ethics
University of St. Thomas
1:45 ? 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 ? 2:30 p.m. The Linkage between Consequences and Causes:
The Inverted Relationship
This discussion will focus on the self-perpetuating aspects of the justice
system?s racial disparities, linking the consequences of involvement in
the justice system to the causes of the disparity and the ethical issues
raised.
2:30 ? 3:45 p.m. Action Steps for Undoing the Racial Disparity Within the
Justice System: The Ethics of Acting Now!
. Panel Moderator: Judge Kevin Burke*, Hennepin County District Court
. Panel Members: Senator Julianne Ortman*, Minnesota Senate;
Assistant Chief Sharon Lubinski, Minneapolis Police
Department; Don Shelby*, WCCO Television; Sam Grabarski*,
Executive Director, Downtown Council; Community Resident
(TBD); Professor Chris Uggen, University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology; Russ Balenger, Case Worker
Amicus; Shane Price, African American Men Project;
Sarah Walker, Call-to-Justice Coordinator for Council on
Crime and Justice
This panel will discuss in depth the proposed Key Action steps for addressing
the racial disparities in Minnesota?s criminal justice system. It will also
explore
the political/ethical issues involved in moving (and not moving) forward.
3:45 ? 4:30 p.m. First Reflection, Then Action!
. Reverend Albert Gallmon, Pastor of Fellowship Missionary
Baptist Church;
. Manuel Cervantes*, Minnesota Attorney General?s Office, former
St. Paul City Attorney
This session will engage the audience in a discussion of the strongest
(and weakest) substantive aspects of the Forum and, then further involve
the audience in gauging support for/and desired involvement in the proposed
Actions Steps.
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
* indicates commitments pending
List of partners:
African American Family Services
African American Men Project
American Indian Policy Center
AMICUS
Barbara Schneider Foundation
BIHA Women in Action
Catholic Charities
CLUES
Dignity Center
General Mills
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
HACER
Hawthorne Community Council
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Hennepin County Bar Association
Hennepin County Community Corrections
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota
Itasca Project
Jewish Community Action
Latino Economic Development Center
Latinos en Accion
Legal Rights Center
Masjid An-Nur
Metropolitan State University
Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis Downtown Council
Minneapolis Foundation
Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak
Minneapolis NAACP
Minneapolis Police Department
Minneapolis Urban League
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Minnesota Psychological Association
Minnesota Public Defenders
Minnesota Supreme Court Racial Fairness Committee
Muslim American Society
Neighborhood House
Neighborhood Justice Center
NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center
Organizing Apprenticeship Project
Resource Center of the Americas
RS Eden
Sabathani Community Center
(Congressman) Martin Olav Sabo
Saint Paul Foundation
Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman
Saint Paul NAACP
Saint Paul Police Department
Summit Academy OIC
Turning Point, Inc.
Twin Cities RISE!
Women Planting Seeds
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