John Jay College of Criminal Justice
September 25th and 26th
New York City, NY
Hosted by:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The Center for American Progress
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
The second annual SMART ON CRIME INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE is a nonpartisan, public statement proving that the momentum for criminal justice reform will continue in the face of outdated “tough on crime” policies. The conference will emphasize the need to maintain a commitment to criminal justice reform and tackle the unexplored and difficult questions that must be faced in order to move forward toward a smarter, fairer, and more just system.
Doors will open at 8:30 am both days, and programming will conclude at 5:30 pm on the 25th and 3:30 pm on the 26th.
Featured Speakers
Adam Foss | Prosecutor Impact
Amy Lopez | DC Department of Corrections
Amy Solomon | Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Commissioner Ana Bermudez | NYC Dept. of Probation
Commissioner Anthony Annucci | NYS Dept. of Corrections
Barry Friedman | NYU Policing Project
Judge Bernice Donald | U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
Bianca Tylek | Corrections Accountability Project
Candice Jones | Public Welfare Foundation
Carter Stewart | Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Danielle Sered | Common Justice
Daryl Atkinson | Forward Justice
David Kennedy | National Network for Safe Communities
DeAnna Hoskins | JustLeadershipUSA
Ebony Ruhland | University of Cincinnati
Ed Chung | Center for American Progress
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez | Kings County, NY
Erica Ford | Life Camp, Inc.
Captain Ersie Joyner | Oakland, CA
Mayor G.T. Bynum | Tulsa, OK
Hannah Sassaman | Media Mobilizing Project
Jake Horowitz | Pew Public Safety Partnership
Jason Hernandez | ACLU
Jeff Asher | FiveThirtyEight.com Contributor
Jeff Robinson | ACLU
Jeremy Travis | Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Joanna Weiss | Fines & Fees Justice Center
John Pfaff | Fordham University School of Law
Jon Rapping | Gideon’s Promise
Treasurer José Cisneros | San Francisco, CA
Julie James | Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Karol Mason | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Khalil Cumberbatch | Fortune Society
State Attorney Kimberly Foxx | Cook County, IL
Lauren-Brooke Eisen | Brennan Center for Justice
Mai Fernandez | National Center for Victims of Crime
Marc Levin | Right on Crime
Mark Holden | Koch Industries
The Marshall Project
Mayor Michael Tubbs | Stockton, CA
Mike de la Rocha | Revolve Impact
Nancy LaVigne | Urban Institute
Randy Petersen | Texas Public Policy Foundation
Ron Davis | 21stCentury Policing Solutions
Rudy Valdez | Filmmaker
Sharon Williams | Gideon’s Promise
Steven Pacheco | CONNECTr
Valerie Jarrett | Fmr. Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
Vanita Gupta | Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Will Snowden | Juror Project
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