Conference Agenda

8:00 am – 9:00 am

SESSION ONE

Examining the Relationship Between Parental Status, Race, Gender, and Age on Arresting Charges

Dr. Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois, Postdoctoral Fellow - Center for Justice Research – Texas Southern University

SESSION TWO

Examining the Relationship Between Parental Status, Race, Gender, and Age on Arresting Charges

Albert M. Pooley, President of the Native American Fatherhood & Families Association

9:15 am – 10:15 am

Plenary - Reform and Research: Re-Connecting Prison and Society in the 21st Century

SESSION ONE

Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP) and the Caregiver

Shari Ostrow Scher, Founder and Executive Director, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)
Cathy Anderson, Board Member and Instructor - Parenting From Afar Program, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)
Cindi Diamondstone, Outreach Committee, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)
Larissa Metzger, Coffee with COIPP and Respite Programs, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)
Sally Smith, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)

SESSION TWO

Effects of Caregiver Parenting Skills on Behavioral Health Outcomes for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Cady Berkel, PhD; Karey O’Hara, PhD; Mark Eddy, PhD; Aubrey Rhodes, MA; Sharlene Wolchik, PhD; Helena Valenzuela, PhD; Nalani Thomas, MS; Liza Hita, PhD

*Please note, this agenda is subject to change

 irector, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (COIPP)

SESSION ONE

"Student and Family Support for Those Impacted by the Incarceration of Loved Ones" -  The School District of Philadelphia's Steering Committee

Shannon Ellis, Director, Climate Implementation & Innovation - The School District of Philadelphia | Office of School Climate & Culture

Phillip Hammond, Assistant Director of Outreach and Education in the Family and Community Engagement Office (FACE)

Josh Staub, Director of Restorative Programming - The School District of Philadelphia 

Meghan Smith, Director of 504 and Counseling Services - The School District of Philadelphia.

Colleen Landy, MS, McKinney Vento Programming, The City of Philadelphia

SESSION TWO

Bars Between Youth and Their Babies: Confined Youth Separated From Their Babies 

Professor Ellen Marrus, Royce Till Professor of Law, Emerita - Director, Center for Children, Law & Policy, University of Houston Law Center

Dr. Malikah Marrus, Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Babies ‘N Brains TM: The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Early Brain Development 

Jada Hunter, MSW, Deputy Director, Program Development, Children of Inmates, Inc. 

Shellie Solomon, PhD, President, Children of Inmates, Inc

Champion for Child Well-Being Invited Policy Session

Ann Adalist-Estrin, Director, National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers University Camden

Break

Mitigating Trauma of Law Enforcement

Lisa Thurau, Executive Director, Strategies for Youth, Inc.

Samara Marion, attorney and former policy director of the Department of Police Accountability in San Francisco

Keynote Speaker  –  Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller, author, Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration 

Read more about our keynote speaker here.

Incarcerated Parents’ Explanations of the Criminal Justice System to their Children: Structural Inequality and Individual Autonomy 

Sarah Jensen, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bryce Peterson, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center

Lindsey Cramer, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center

Working with Incarcerated Fathers and Their Families: Resources Available Through the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse 

Eugene Schneeberg, ICF, Father Matters

Rush Bishop, ICF, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

Centering Lived Experience, Building Partnerships, Taking Action

Presenter: New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents (NYCIP)

• Moderator: Tanya Krupat, Director of the Center for Justice Across Generations, The Osborne Association
• Isabel Coronado, Policy Entrepreneur, The Next100
• Martin Garcia, NYCIP Partner and Osborne Speakers Bureau member
• Anthony Funes, Youth Action Council Alumni & SUSU Youth Team
• Pastor Patricia Sealy, DMin, PhD, Mott Haven Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents  

Break

Is Higher Education Doing Enough to Support Students Affected by Parental and Familial Incarceration?

Ayanna J. Lyons, Straight Ahead

See Us, Support Us Information Session and Social Hour

Allison Hollihan, The Osborne Association and New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Sunovia Scudder, SUSU Youth Team Advisor 

SUSU partners