Monday, October 25, 2010

8:30 am - 1:00 pm . . . Registration and Exhibit Area Open

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm . . . Community Forum (David Lawson, Facilitator)

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Serving the Families of Prisoners
• How to Establish a Transitional Home
• Building Bridges with Parole and Probation
• Employer Tax Credits, Bonding, Background Checks, and Thinking Outside the Box
• Getting a Job Takes Time, Effort, and Work . . .
  
• Identifying and Changing Criminal Thinking Patterns
  

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm . . . Dinner on own

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm . . . Pastor’s Vision Dinner  (Mark Earley, Gary Sims, and more!)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

7:45 am – 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 11:00 am . . . Registration Area Open

8:30 am – 10:00 am . . . Morning Plenary Session: The Role of District Attorneys and the Court in Reentry

10:00 am – 10:30 am . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

10:30 am – 12:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• The African-American Experience in Corrections
• Building Re-Entry Coalitions
• A $27 Evidence-Based Solution for Lifting People Out of Crime: Research Findings & Skill Development for Volunteers and Chaplains
• Paid Mentoring:  The Washington County Model
• Understanding the Issues:  An Introduction to Re-Entry
• I Need a Job!  Strategies to help Ex-Offenders Find and Keep Meaningful Employment

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm . . . Plenary Lunch:  Lives Transformed—A New Purpose

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Re-Entry Transition Centers: Successful Models
• Understanding the Needs of Female Ex-Prisoners
• Getting Involved:  Former Prisoners Helping Former Prisoners
• Addressing Domestic Abuse: Abuse Recovery Ministry and Services
• Community Re-Entry Teams: Mobilizing the Church for Reentry
• Understanding the Needs and Challenges of Sex Offenders

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm . . . Local Coalition Formation/Enhancement—see map for room assignments

5:30 pm – 9:00 pm . . . Dinner on Own

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

7:45 am – 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 11:00 am . . . Registration Area Open

8:30 am – 10:00 am . . . Morning Plenary Session: An Essential Partnership—Corrections and the Community

10:00 am – 10:30 am . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

10:30 am – 12:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Home for Good in Oregon (HGO): ODOC Faith-Based Reentry—Let’s Work Together
• A Caring Friend: The Basics of Mentoring Ex-Prisoners
• Angel Tree and Beyond: Reaching the Families of Prisoners
• Clean Slate and The Expungement Process
• Celebrate Recovery: Offering Hope and Support to Former Prisoners
• Reentry and the Jewish Community

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm . . . Plenary Lunch: The Dave's Killer Bread Story

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Reducing Barriers to Re-Entry
• Islam and Re-Entry
• The Mental Illness/Corrections Connection
• Employers and Re-Entry Panel
• A Christian Response: Sonrise Church’s Re-Entry Ministry
• Parenting Inside Out

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm . . . Exhibit Area Open, Networking

4:30 pm – 5:15 pm . . . Closing Plenary Session: Extending Goodwill—A Model for Us All!

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm . . . Conference Adjourned

Watch this space for updates and more details in the very near future!