Dismas Speakers Series - Sustain Champlain

In partnership with people leading the way in Vermont, we’re inviting our community to the conversation about our criminal justice system through the lens of #restorativejustice. In the coming months, we’ll explore our topic from varied perspectives, culminating with an event featuring Sr. Helen Prejean, author, activist, and founder of the Ministry Against the Death Penalty. Our full schedule can be found below.

Professor Robert Sand, founding Director of the Center for Justice Reform, kicks off the series with an overview of Restorative Justice and efforts at criminal justice reform. To understand the present and the future, we also need to understand the past. We’ll ask the questions: how has the criminal justice system treated the people who interact with it, what are we doing to improve it, and what are our aspirations moving forward?

To join us for the event on FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH @ 12PM, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BTTQK77

#hartforddismashouse #reconciliation

January 29, 12 – 1, BOBBY SAND, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School, Founding Director Center for Justice Reform: What is “Restorative Justice?”

February 28, 12 – 1, TJ DONOVAN, Attorney General of Vermont: The Power of the Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System

April 30, 12 – 1, JESSICA BROWN, Supervising Attorney Chittenden County Public Defender Office: The Need for Justice Reform

May 21, 12 – 1, ALEC EWALD, Associate Professor, University of Vermont: Collateral Consequences, the Suspension of Rights After Conviction

June 20, 5PM HELEN PREJEAN, Author, Activist, Founder of Ministry Against the Death Penalty: Campaign against Capital Punishment: Life Death and a Passion for Justice (ADVANCE PAID TICKETS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT)

For more information, contact:

Jeff Backus, House Director
Hartford Dismas House
1673 Maple St.
P.O. Box 174
Hartford, VT 05047

802.698.8661

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