Roundtable: Voices on the Ground: Justice Organizations in Philadelphia (Organized by ASC Local Arrangements Committee)

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Local leaders of social justice organizations in Philadelphia will discuss their work. The individuals and organizations represented on the panel are working to provide opportunities to justice system-involved youth and to end disenfranchisement and discrimination against formerly incarcerated persons, improve the reentry process, give voice to mothers and family members who have lost loved one to gun violence, and to foster social justice campaigns across Philadelphia for communities of color and impoverished communities. Panelists will discuss their work, experiences, and views about current needs in the criminal justice system locally and nationally in light of their efforts in Philadelphia.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

Chair

• Caterina Gouvis Roman, Temple University

Discussants

• Claire Shubik-Richards, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Prison Society

• J. Jondhi Harrell, Executive Director, The Center for Returning Citizens

• Alison Kiss, Clery Center for Security on Campus

• Lauren Fine, Co-Director, Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project

• Robyn Buseman, Restorative Justice Program, Mural Arts Philadelphia

• George W. Dowdall, Saint Joseph's University / University of Pennsylvania

• Caitlin Taylor, La Salle University

• Jamie J Fader, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University

• Jordan Hyatt, Drexel University

• Laura Napolitano, Rutgers University - Camden