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Topics & Highlights
1. Homelessness vs. Housing Assistance & Other Support Services
Roman Palomares, Chairman - Homeward Bound Inc. (Moderator)
Honorable Judge Barbara Kronlund
San Joaquin County Superior Court

Jesse De La Cruz
Founder / Vice-President of The JONAH Foundation

Carrie Womack
Case Manager, Youth Correctional Counselor, Foster Youth Assistance and Housing - California Department of Correction And Rehabilitation

Rev. William David Hanley
Project Manager for new Directions Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program

Lavenna Gray
NAACP Stockton Branch Community Coordination Chair

Antoinette Thomasson
Executive Director of Our Seeds of Hope Foundation

Bill Brown, Director
Gospel Center Rescue Mission



2. Influence of Gangs on the Returning Felon into the Community
William Lattimore, Director - Community Partnership for Families (Moderator)
Rev. James French
Volunteer Chaplain - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Deacon Donte Vickers
Manager-U Haul Services (San Francisco, CA)

Pastor Ronnie Murray
City of Stockton, CA Peacekeeper / NAACP Stockton Branch Political Chair

Jose Gomez
City of Stockton, CA Peacekeeper

Pastor Robert Maes
Victory Outreach Church / Regional Pastor of San Joaquin

Pastor George Gonzalez
Victory Outreach Church Spanish Ministries



3. Basic Civil Rights of Returning Felons
Robert "Bobby" Bivens, President, NAACP Stockton Branch (Moderator)
John Burris, Esq
Civil Rights Attorney – Oakland, CA

Ralph L. White
Civil Rights Advocate

Lydia Vidaurri
Civil Rights Advocate

Rev. Willie A. Douglas
CA-NAACP Religious Affairs Chair

Minister Tommie Muhammad
Student Minister of Stockton Nation of Islam



4. Overcoming the Barriers of Returning Felons (Education)
John Solis, Director - San Joaquin County WorkNet (Moderator)
Sandra Howell
Client Services / Customer Management Division - Our Seeds of Hope Foundation

Jesse De La Cruz
Founder / Vice-President of The JONAH Foundation

David Lewis
Substance Abuse Specialist – San Mateo County

Betty Wilson
Founder of B.M.W. Exclusive Counseling and Consulting

Allet Williams
Administrative Management Trainer of Employment - WorkNet

Maria Castellanos
WorkNet Center Supervisor

Kevin Kemp
Senior Facilitator - Impact



5. Women in the Re-Entry Process – Issues & Concerns
Honorable Judge Richard Vlavianos, San Joaquin County Superior Court (Moderator)
Mary Lattimore
Chief Deputy Warden – Central California Women’s Facility

Gloria Henry
Retired Warden – Central California Women’s Facility

Betty Wilson
Founder of B.M.W. Exclusive Counseling and Consulting

Torri Verber-Salazar
Deputy District Attorney of San Joaquin County



6. Best Practice’s for Re-Entry Programs
Richard H. Jacques, CEO, Homeward Bound, Inc. (Moderator)
David Lewis
Substance Abuse Specialist - San Mateo County

Dr. Steve Chapman,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Research, CDCR

Minister Thomas Abdul-Salaam
Life Coach, Author, & Speaker - The Power 2BU! - I Want My Life Back Life Empowerment Program



7. Juvenile & the Re-Entry Process – Issues & Concerns
Valerie Frazier, Supervising Parole Agent III - Division of Juvenile Parole Operations - CDCR (Moderator)
Marilyn Martin
Deputy Chief Probation Officer - Juvenile Justice Center SJC

Kevin Kemp
Senior Facilitator - Impact

Pastor Barbara Bridges
Associate Director of the Georgia Adams Transitional Housing

Darlisha Wilborn
Deputy Probation Officer - Sacramento County Juvenile Division

Dorothy J. Washington-Beattie
Prevention Specialist - San Joaquin County



8. Judicial Involvement – Sentencing Supervision, and their Role in Reducing Recidivism
Honorable Presiding Judge William Murray Jr., San Joaquin County Superior Court (Moderator)
Honorable Judge Richard Vlavianos
San Joaquin County Superior Court

Honorable Judge Richard Guiliani
San Joaquin County Superior Court

Larry Baker
Beyond Incarceration

Honorable Judge Lauren Thomasson
San Joaquin County Superior Court



9. Overcoming the Barriers of Returning Felons (Employment Training)
John Solis, Director - San Joaquin County WorkNet (Moderator)
Darlene Gamble
Retired EDD Supervisor

Samuel Nunez
Executive Director, Fathers & Families of San Joaquin

Allet Williams
Administrative Management Trainer of Employment - WorkNet

Maria Castellanos
WorkNet Center Supervisor



10. Substance Abuse & Mental Health – Its effect on the number of Black / Brown Individuals Incarcerated & How to Reverse the Trend
Honorable Judge Richard Vlavianos, San Joaquin County Superior Court (Moderator)
Pastor Thurnell Clayton
Mental Health / Substance Abuse Specialist

David Lewis
Substance Abuse Specialist - San Mateo County

Dorothy J. Washington-Beattie
Prevention Specialist – San Joaquin County

George Feicht
Retired Deputy Director-Substance Abuse Office of San Joaquin County

Rome L’Ouveture
Director, Freedom’s Truck Driving

Yolunda Cunningham
Reformed Substance Abuse User

Ronnie Cunningham
Reformed Substance Abuse User



11. Prosecutors Role In Re-Entry
Honorable Presiding Judge William Murray Jr., San Joaquin County Superior Court (Moderator)
Rocky Delgadillo
Los Angeles City Attorney

Lateefah Simon
San Francisco. CA Deputy District Attorney

Sharon Woo
Chief Deputy District Attorney, Chief of Narcotics Unit, San Francisco District Attorney's Office

J. J. Anderson
District Attorney Special Assistant for Community Relations - San Diego, CA

Paul Henderson
Chief Deputy District Attorney, Administration, San Francisco District Attorney's Office



12. Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
Honorable Presiding Judge William Murray Jr., San Joaquin County Superior Court (Moderator)
Captain Eric Holman
San Joaquin County Sheriff Department

Deputy Chief Eric Jones
City of Stockton Police Department

Ronald L. Davis
Chief of Police - East Palo Alto, CA



13. Children Families & Communities
Sandra Davis, Hospital Administrator – San Joaquin County (Moderator)
Pastor Amelia Adams
Open Door House of Prayer Church of GOD

Lydia Vidaurri
Community Liaison / Advocate

Mia Astar
Concerned Mother Advocate of Inmates



14. Black / Brown Relations at Home / Prison
Dr. Keith Hilton, Publisher - CV Drum (Moderator)
Minister Tommie Muhammad
Student Minister for the Stockton Study Group Nation of Islam

Deacon Donte Vickers
Manager-U Hauls Services (San Francisco, CA)

William Lattimore
Director - Community Partnership for Families

Pastor George Gonzalez
Victory Outreach Church Spanish Ministries



15. Probation, Parole & Recidivism
Valerie Frazier, Supervising Parole Agent III - Division of Juvenile Parole Operations - CDCR (Moderator)
John Hall
Retired Adult Parole Assistant Unit Supervisor

Sephanie Bays
Deputy Chief Probation Officer - San Joaquin County

Rev. William David Hanley
Project Manager for new Directions Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program

Diane Gray
Retired Adult Parole Unit Supervisor

Torri Verber-Salazar
Deputy District Attorney of San Joaquin County



16. Faith Based Programs & Providers
Pastor Gerald Johnson, City of Refuge / President – NAACP Oceanside Branch (Moderator)
Minister Brian Muhammad
Head of Nation of Islam’s Study Group in Stockton, CA

Pastor Ernest Williams
Powerhouse Church of God and Christ

Pastor Dwight Williams
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

Pastor Amelia Adams
Open Door House of Prayer Church

Pastor Damon Bridges
Restoration for Life Ministries, Director - Georgia Adams Group Home for Youths

Pastor Robert Maes
Victory Outreach Church / Regional Pastor of San Joaquin

Pastor George Gonzalez
Victory Outreach Church Spanish Ministries

Robert Rios
Victory Outreach Church Program Director "Cease Fire", San Jose, CA

Bill Brown, Director
Gospel Center Rescue Mission



17. History of Black / Brown Relations & Gangs
David Lewis, Substance Abuse Specialist – San Mateo County (Moderator)
William Lattimore
Director – Community Partnership for Families

Rev. James French
Volunteer Chaplain - California Department of Corrections

Pastor Ronnie Murray
Peace Keeper of the City of Stockton, CA / NAACP Stockton Branch Political Action

Minister Brian Muhammad
Head of Nation of Islam’s Study Group in Stockton, CA

Jose Gomez
City of Stockton, CA Peacekeeper

Deacon Donte Vickers
Manager - U Haul Services (San Francisco, CA)

Pastor Robert Maes
Victory Outreach Church / Regional Pastor of San Joaquin



18. Parents & Guardians of Inmates
Mia Astar, Concerned Mother Advocate of Inmates (Moderator)
Rev. Willie A. Douglas
Overseer New Jerusalem Holy Spirit Directed Church of GOD / CA-NAACP Religious Affairs Chair

Minister Thomas Abdul-Salaam
Life Coach, Author, & Speaker - The Power 2BU! - I Want My Life Back Life Empowerment Program

Pastor Gerald Johnson
City of Refuge Church of God in Christ / President-NAACP Oceanside

Beverly Foster
President - San Joaquin County School Board of Education



19. California’s Future; A Youth / Young Adult Perspective on Incarceration, Re-entry and Recidivism
Samuel Nunez, Director - Father Involvement, Coalition United for Families (Moderator)
Ruben Joe Mesta
Youth Advocate

Sokha Kaz Lek
Youth Advocate

Jesus Rodriquez
Youth Advocate

Marcyelle Wheaton
Youth Advocate

Phillip Caranza
Youth Advocate



   
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