Realizing Release
About the event
Join the National Parole Transformation Project (NPTP) for an engaging two-day event focused on parole advocacy and the ongoing fight for decarceration. This in-person gathering will bring together experts, activists, and community members to discuss the urgent need for parole transformation. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and be part of the movement to transform our criminal legal system.
Speakers
- – Alexa Van Brunt, MacArthur Justice Center
- – Alexis Karteron, New York University Law
- – Allison Elder, Time Served
- – Ben Austen, Author
- – Beth Shelburne, Independent journalist
- – Bridget Geraghty, NPTP
- – Carol Shapiro, former New York Board of Parole Commissioner
- – Christine Smith, Latham & Watkins
- – Christina Vodochodsky, Parole Advocacy Coalition of Texas
- – Denali Wilson, (De)Serving Life
- – Emmett Sanders, Prison Policy Initiative
- – Fiona Doherty, Yale Law School
- – Gina Papera-Ewing, Parole Prep
- – Helen Gaebler, UTexas Law
- – Imani Mfalme, Silicon Valley Debug
- – James Swansey, Restore Justice
- – Jennifer Baker, Disability Rights Michigan
- – Jennifer Toon, Parole Advocacy Coalition of Texas
- – Jose Saldana, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP
- – Justin Martinez, Parole Advocacy Coalition of Texas
- – Keith Wattley, Uncommon Law
- – Khalif Veal, Project Sound Off
- – LaTanya Sublett, Chicago Torture Justice Center
- – Mara Voukydis, Committee for Public Counsel Services
- – Marci Marie Ray, Parole Advocacy Coalition of Texas
- – Mark Clements, Chicago Torture Justice Center
- – Max Cerda, former Illinois Prisoner Review Board Member
- – Michael Mendoza, LatinoJustice
- – Moni Cosby, Prison & Neighborhood Arts Project
- – Olivia Fritz, NPTP
- – Rodney Derrickson, Prisoners’ Lives Matter Pennsylvania Campaign
- – Ronnie Carrasquillo, Illinois Prison Project
- – Sara Whitaker, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- – Sheila Lewis, former New Mexico Parole Board Chair
- – Stacey Lannert, State Public Defender of Missouri
- – Xavier McElrath-Bey, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
- – Yosef Moore, Access Living