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Thursday, March 17

8:00–9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:00 am Introduction: Dimensions of the Problem
Formerly Incarcerated Women Frame the Dialogue

Anjuli Verma, Moderator, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project; Elaine Bartlett, Life on the Outside Foundation; Chino Hardin; and Kemba Smith, Kemba N. Smith Youth Foundation

10:15–11:45 am Plenary: Drug Laws and Law Enforcement
Racial & Gender Profiling and Increased Surveillance of Women in Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color

Kirsten Levingston, Moderator, Brennan Center for Justice; Corrine Carey, Human Rights Watch; Vanita Gupta, NAACP Legal Defense Fund; and Andrea Ritchie, INCITE!

12:00–1:00 pm Lunch & Judges' Roundtable on Drug Law Sentencing

Myrna Raeder, Moderator, Southwestern University School of Law; The Honorable Arthur R. Burnett, Superior Court of Washington, DC; The Honorable John S. Martin, Jr., Debevoise & Plimpton; The Honorable Juanita Bing Newton, Criminal Court of the City of New York; and The Honorable Martha Lynn Sherrod, Alabama District Court

1:15–2:45 pm Plenary: Sentencing Policies and Alternatives to Incarceration
Beyond Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Incarceration, Towards a Public Health Response

Lenora Lapidus, Moderator, ACLU; Karen Freeman-Wilson, National Association of Drug Court Professionals; Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU; Ann Swern, Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office; and JeDonna Young, Families Against Mandatory Minimums

3:00–5:00 pm Working Group Sessions
5:00–5:30 pm Working Group Report Out
6:00–8:00 pm Reception
   

Friday, March 18

8:00–9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:15 am Welcome & Review
9:15–10:30 am Plenary: Women, Drug Abuse and Treatment
Understanding Women’s Unique Experiences with Drug Use, Abuse and the Black Market

Deborah Small, Moderator, Break the Chains; Anne Elliot, Project Greenhope Services for Women; Sheigla Murphy, Center for Substance Abuse Studies; and Reda Sobky, Humanistic Alternatives to Addiction, Research and Treatment

10:45–11:45 am Working Group Sessions
12:00–1:00 pm Lunch & Special Performance

Piper Anderson, Performance Artist

1:15–2:45 pm Plenary: A Second Sentence: Impact on Women and Families

Patricia Allard, Moderator, Brennan Center for Justice; Emani Davis; Linda Evans, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Stephanie Mecca Franklin; and Ann Jacobs, Women’s Prison Association

3:00–4:00 pm Working Group Sessions
4:15–5:00 pm Next Steps & Closing
   

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