Washington, DC -- Kara Gotsch will be speaking at a Judiciary Issue Forum hosted by Representative Maxine Waters on the topic of criminal justice disparities. The forum is scheduled from 4:00 to 5:30 in Room 146-B in the Washington Convention Center as part of the Congressional Black Caucus’s 40th Annual Legislative Conference.

Washington, DC -- Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project and Howard Snyder of the Bureau of Justice Statistics will be speaking at a forum on “Recidivism: How do we adequately measure public safety and offender outcomes in the community?” The forum will be held from 9:30 a.m.- 12:00 noon at the National Association of Counties, 25 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Chicago, IL -- Nicole D. Porter will be speaking at the Applied Research Center’s “Facing Race” conference on the topics of racial disparities in the criminal and juvenile justice system and ways to eliminate them like using tools such as racial impact statements.  Porter will be joined by Sentencing Project Board Member, Randolph Stone, of the University of Chicago School of Law and LaResse Harvey of A Better Way Foundation.  More information can be found here.

Minneapolis, MN -- Nicole D. Porter will be speaking at the NFG Annual Conference during a panel entitled “Innovative Tools for Strengthening Racial Equity and Community Impact”.  Porter will share information on tools like racial impacts statements and how states are using them to eliminate racial disparities in the criminal justice system.  Additional presenters include representatives from the Organizing Apprenticeship Project, the Applied Research Center, and the Kirwan Institute.  More information can be found here.

Washington, DC -- Ashley Nellis, Nicole Porter, and Zerline Hughes will be speaking at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 9th Annual State Criminal Justice Conference entitled  “Inform, Influence, Impact: Effective Criminal Justice Reform” on the topics of juvenile life without parole, state advocacy efforts, and media outreach.  More information can be found here.

Atlantic City, NJ -- Nicole D. Porter will be presenting at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s “Bench Bar & Annual Conference” on a panel entitled “Diversionary Programs as Alternatives to Incarceration: What They Offer and What to Do as an Advocate”.  Porter will share information regarding recent state reforms and offer a national perspective on advocacy targeted to addressing mass incarceration.  More information can be found here.

Jersey City, NJ -- Ashley Nellis will speak at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice’s National DMC Conference entitled “Fundamental Fairness: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice.”  Nellis will be discussing the impact of certain federal and state policies and practices on minority overrepresentation in juvenile justice.  More information can be found here.

Washington, DC -- Marc Mauer will be speaking on felony disenfranchisement at the annual Wiley Branton Symposium, dedicated to “Collateral Consequences: Who Really Pays the Price for Criminal Justice.”

Chicago, IL -- Ashley Nellis will be speaking to community leaders and practitioners on the topic of reentry at the Mental Health in Corrections Consortium Annual Conference entitled "I'm Back. Who Cares? Now What?" Click here for more information.