One Day Conference on Criminal Justice Reform
The Criminal Justice Reform Initiative:
All are welcome. Join a concerned cadre of passionate individuals and professionals from major Jewish organizations, representing religious streams from Orthodox to Reform, in tackling today’s civil rights crisis.
Cosponsors (list is still in formation): UJA-Federation of New York • JCPA • JCRCNY • ADL-NY • Aleph Institute • The Bayit • B’nai Jeshurun • Congregation Beit Simchat Torah • Central Synagogue • Temple Emanu-El • Congregation Tehillah • Council of Jewish Organizers of Staten Island – COJO • Education Alliance • Hadar • Health and Human Services for All New Yorkers • The Jewish Board|Health and Human Services for All New Yorkers • JCC Harlem • Jewish Labor Committee • Jews for Racial and Economic Justice • Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility at Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan • Jewish Theological Seminary • Kings Bay Y/ JCC of Brooklyn • NCJW NY • NY Board of Rabbis • Orthodox Union • Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association • Religious Action Center • Repair the World NYC • Romemu • Riverdale YM-YWHA • T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights • T’Shuvah • Westchester Jewish Council
One out of every three black men will spend time in the U.S. prison system. Throughout the nation and New York, ascending leaders of diverse communities are working together on reform, but the organized Jewish community is not at the table.
The Goal:
- Raise awareness that mass incarceration is the civil rights crisis of our time. Educate with the aim of moving toward collective engagement.
- Assemble a big tent representing the diverse Jewish community and draw on our collective core values to address crucial issues.
- Activate the NY Jewish community to work on local criminal justice reform issues in coalition with our non-Jewish partners.
With a strong legacy of fighting for civil rights, the Jewish community can have an significant voice and influence towards mitigating an ongoing disaster.
Registration Fee: $25*
*financial assistance is available
Sunday, September 15th
8:30 a.m – 4:30 p.m.
(Lunch is included)
UJA-Federation of New York
130 East 59th Street, Manhattan
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What You Will Learn:
- Understanding racial disparities and bias in the criminal justice system
- The importance of criminal justice reform to the Jewish community
- Current strategies to end mass incarceration in New York
- Planning Jewish community advocacy and engagement
Speakers Include Experts, Advocates, and Government Officials:
HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Congress, N.Y. Dist. 8
Topeka K. Sam
The Ladies of Hope Ministries
Michael Waldman
Brennan Center for Justice
Erin Leigh George
Citizen Action of New York
Jason Flom
Lava Records
Dana Kaplan
NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice Justice Initiatives and Close Rikers
Daniel Loeb
Third Point LLC
Vidal Guzman
JustLeadershipUSA
Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
Central Synagogue
Khalil A. Cumberbatch
New Yorkers United for Justice
Joseph Popcun
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Insha Rahman
Vera Institute of Justice
Professor Kimora
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Evie Litwok
Witness to Mass Incarceration
Elizabeth Gaynes
Osborne Association
Piper Anderson
Create Forward
Chief Chris Burbank
Strategic Partnerships with the Center for Policing Equity
Ruth Messinger
American Jewish World Service
Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
T’ruah
Justine Olderman
The Bronx Defenders
Johnny Perez
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Rev. John Vaughn
Auburn Theological Seminary
Andre Ward
The Fortune Society
Cheryl Wills
NY1
Yehudah Webster
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
James Johnson
Brennan Center for Justice
Crystal Walthall
Faith in New York
Conference has been made possible by funding from UJA Federation of New York
Supported by The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation and the Leon Toby Cooperman Family Foundation