Out4Life Georgia Conference Schedule

Sunday, March 28, 2010

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Set-up

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm . . . Welcome Networking Reception

Monday, March 29, 2010

8:00 am – 5:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Open

8:00 am – 8:45 am . . . Welcome and Coffee

9:00 am – 11:00 am . . . O4L Town Hall Forum

• Tom Allanson, Executive Director, Set Free Aftercare
• Greg Bruce, Vice President, Prison Fellowship
• Jay Cory, Executive Vice-President, Atlanta Union Mission
• Carrie Goldring, Gwinnett County Parole Chief
• J.R. Henderson, Director, Georgia Department of Labor
• Vicki Lopez Lukis, Co-Chair, Florida Secretary of Corrections Reentry Advisory Council
• Paula Mason, HR Director for Embassy Suites Atlanta-Airport, Hilton Worldwide
• A.J. Sabree, Director of Reentry, Georgia Department of Corrections

11:30 am - 2:00 pm . . . Opening Plenary Lunch & Keynote

• Welcome: Scott Kelly, Prison Fellowship

• Presentation of Colors: Atlanta Police Department

• Opening Song and Pledge of Allegiance: Brooks Benton, Deputy Warden, Arrendale State Prison

• Opening Prayer: Chaplain Danny Horne, Director of Chaplaincy Services, Georgia Department of Corrections
• Music: Devin Webb – Christian Recording Artist
• Speaker: Commissioner Brian Owens, GA Department of Corrections

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Transitional Housing for Ex-Offenders (Anita Cloud and Crystal Moon, Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole; LaTrese Schofield, GDC Residential Coordinator)

• Being an Effective Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform (Vicki Lopez Lukis, Co-chair, Florida Secretary of DOC Reentry Advisory Council)

• Returning Home to Families and Children for Life (Arleen Anderson and Joe Avila, Prison Fellowship)

• Stepping Stones to Recovery (Dazara Ware, GA Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities)

• Addiction Counseling Needs of Released Offenders (Jay Cory, Executive Vice-President, Atlanta Union Mission)

• “I Need A Job!” Biblically-based strategy to help ex-offenders to find and keep meaningful employment (David Spickard, President/CEO, Jobs for Life)

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm . . .  Networking and Marketplace Exhibitors

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on your own)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am . . . Coffee and Light Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 11:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Open

8:30 am - 10:00 am . . . Plenary Session and Keynote

• Music: Devin Webb – Christian Recording Artist
• Speaker: Mark Earley, President of PFM
• Speaker: Garland Hunt, Board Member, GA Pardons and Parole Board

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

• Georgia Reentry and Restorative Justice (A.J. Sabree, Director of Reentry, Georgia Department of Corrections; B.J. Blair, Reentry Coordinator, Georgia Department of Corrections)

• “Transformational Opportunities in Pre-Release Programs” (Chaplain Danny Horne, Georgia Department of Corrections; Lisa Haughey, Georgia Department of Corrections)

• Addressing the Special Issues of Women in Prison (Chaplain Susan Bishop, Georgia Department of Corrections, Metro State Prison)

• Employment Opportunities and Challenges of Formerly Incarcerated (Ivey Webb, Coordinator, TOPP, Department of Labor)

• Reentry and the Faith Community (David Lawson, Senior Vice-President, Prison Fellowship)

• InsideOut Dad^TM and Malachi Dads^TM Programs: Nuts and Bolts (Greg Austen, National Fatherhood Initiative; Lyndon Azcuna, AWANA Lifeline)

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm . . . Plenary Lunch and Keynote

• Music: Devin Webb—Christian Recording Artist
• Choir: Atlanta Transition Center Inmate Choir
• Speaker: James Lientz, State of Georgia’s First Chief Operating Officer
• Speaker: Danny Wuerffel, 1996 Heisman Trophy Winner

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

• Mentoring Released Offenders (Robert Vann, Executive Director, A Strictly Biblical Perspective Ministry, Inc.)

• Understanding the Challenges of Transition from Prison to Community (A.J. Sabree, Director of Reentry, Georgia Department of Corrections; B.J. Blair, Reentry Coordinator, Georgia Department of Corrections, and the Formerly Incarcerated Persons Group)

• The Power of the Church to Convene (Rev. Royale Craft, Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College)

• I’m Free, Now What? (Karlton Harris, Karlton Harris Ministries)

• Tying it All Together: Practical Next Steps (Mark Hubbell and Paul Stock, Prison Fellowship)

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm . . . Networking and Marketplace Exhibitors

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants (dinner on your own)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

8:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Marketplace Exhibitors

8:00 am - 9:00 am . . . Coffee and Light Continental Breakfast, Networking

9:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Closing Plenary—"Won’t You be My Neighbor?”

• Speaker: Dr. Michael Leo Owens, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University)
• Presentation:  “Arrest to Transition” – A Panel Dramatization