Understanding the Criminal Justice System and Making Change Happen, Learning What Needs to Be Done and How We Can Help

Moderators: Caroll Bogert, President, The Marshall Project & Rob Wildeboer, Senior Editor of News, Public Radio WBEZ

Thursday Evenings: February 1, February 8, February 15

Feb. 1 | Imprisonment, Release & Reentry: How They Work, What Must Change

Speakers: John Baldwin, Acting Director, Illinois Department of Corrections

Victor Dickson, Chief Executive Officer, Safer Foundation
Erwin Mayer, Executive Director, St. Leonard’s Ministries
Jennifer Vollen-Katz, Executive Director, John Howard Association of Illinois

Feb. 8 | Diversion—Alternatives to Incarceration

Speakers: Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff (invited)

Michelle Day, Chief Executive Officer, Nehemiah Trinity Rising
Mark Ishaug, Chief Executive Officer, Thresholds
Pam Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC)

Feb. 15 | What’s Changing, What More Needs to Be Done, What We Can Do To Help

Speakers: Amy Campanelli, Cook County Public Defender

Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney 
John Maki, Executive Director, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Ben Ruddell, Criminal Justice Reform Project Director, ACLU of Illinois 

$10 per session—includes a box supper prepared by hospitality industry trainees at The Michael Barlow Center at St. Leonard’s Ministries, a member agency of Episcopal Charities and Community Services

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$10 per session—includes a box supper while they last

QUESTIONS? Contact Lydia Munroe at lydia@saintc.org or 312-944-1083