Schedule for The American Justice Summit (subject to change)

Gerald W. Lynch Theater
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
November 10, 2014

1:30 PM | AMERICAN JUSTICE OPENING VIDEO

TINA BROWN WELCOME

CO-HOSTS: THE ONE I’M HERE FOR
Voices from the criminal justice system in America.

• Tina Brown, Founder, Tina Brown Live Media
• Neil Barsky, Founder, The Marshall Project
• Harry Belafonte, Activist and Artist
• Piper Kerman, Activist, Author, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison
• Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
• Pamela Thomas-Graham, Chief Marketing and Talent Officer, Member of the Executive Board and Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management New Markets, Credit Suisse
• Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker, Senior Legal Analyst, CNN
• Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

THE 2.3 MILLION I’M HERE FOR
Jeremy Travis (President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) presents the latest data from his recent National Academy of Sciences report on incarceration in America.

WHAT IS PRISON FOR?
Retribution, rehabilitation, public safety?  In this conversation, criminal justice practitioners, victims’ rights advocates and the formerly incarcerated debate the fundamental function and costs of using prison as the primary consequence for committing crime in America.

• John Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• The Honorable Eric Harmon, Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, CA
• Glenn Martin, Founder and President, JustLeadershipUSA, formerly incarcerated
• Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Director, Marsy’s Law for Illinois.

MODERATED by George Stephanopoulos, Chief Anchor, ABC News

THE JUSTICE YOU’RE BORN WITH
Johnny Perez (Safe Reentry Mental Health Advocate, Urban Justice Center) talks about the vicious cycle of incarceration.

MODERATED by Juju Chang, Co-Anchor, Nightline

THE WAREHOUSE SCANDAL
Criminalizing addicts and de-funding state mental health facilities has turned jails and prisons across America into warehouses for addicts and the mentally ill. The Warehouse Scandal takes us beyond the prison wall to see how a nation is meeting the needs of its most vulnerable citizens, featuring innovative ideas to help solve the problem.

• Francis Greenburger, President and Founder, Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice
• Joanne Minich, Mental Health Advocate, family member
• Mitch Rosenthal, Founder, Phoenix House

MODERATED by Deborah Roberts, ABC News Correspondent

RIGHT ON CRIME: THE CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR REFORM

• Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform

MODERATED by John Avlon, Editor in Chief, The Daily Beast

PAMELA THOMAS-GRAHAM

• Pamela Thomas-Graham, Chief Marketing and Talent Officer, Member of the Executive Board and Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management New Markets, Credit Suisse

3:35 PM | BREAK

SURVIVING THE TIME
Millions of men and women are locked away in our nation’s jails and prisons, yet most of us have no idea what life on the inside really looks like. Hear personal reflections about the conditions of confinement, the prison culture and what it takes to survive time spent behind bars.

• Tyrone Werts, Co-Founder and Director, The End Crime Project, formerly incarcerated for 36 years
• Piper Kerman, Activist, Author, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison

MODERATED by Tina Brown, Founder, Tina Brown Live Media

NO-ENTRY REENTRY
Coming out of prison, millions of Americans are barred from voting, employment and housing. This program examines the barriers faced by the formerly incarcerated as they return to their communities and families.

Featuring author and screenwriter Richard Price, who will also discuss his experiences attending a Family Works graduation ceremony, part of a restorative justice program at Sing Sing.

• Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Co-Founder, All of Us or None
• Richard Price, Author, Screenwriter
• Ann Jacobs, Director, Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

MODERATED by Juju Chang, Co-Anchor, Nightline 

THE INTERRUPTORS
America punishes its children in staggering numbers—more than any other country in the world. From changing methods of discipline in schools, to “violence interruption”’ on the streets, what is working when it comes to halting the flow of children along the school-to-prison pipeline?

• Carmen Perez, Executive Director, The Gathering for Justice
• Sally Hazelgrove, Founder and Executive Director, Restoring the Path – Crushers Club, Chicago
• Nell Bernstein, Author, Burning Down the House
• Constance L. Rice, esq., Founding Co-Director, Advancement Project

MODERATED by Byron Pitts, Chief National Correspondent and Anchor, ABC News

INTERVIEW WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER BRATTON
In a year of turbulent relations between New York City’s residents and its police force, New York’s Chief of Police addresses the challenges, changes and vision for his NYPD.

MODERATED by Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker, Senior Legal Analyst, CNN

BREAKING THE CYCLE

• Mitchell J. Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans
• Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

MODERATED by TBD

HARRY BELAFONTE: CALL TO ACTION

• Harry Belafonte, activist and artist, delivers a call to action. 

6:20 PM | TINA BROWN FAREWELL