BCS and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Organizes Reentry Forum

 

The Bronx Reentry Working Group, a collaboration between Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Bronx Community Solutions, is hosting a Reentry Forum and Resource Fair, I'm Home ... What Next  on Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM at the School of Law, Government, and Justice, 244 East 163rd Street Bronx, NY (behind the Supreme Court building).

 

The day will include a Resource Fair with over twenty Bronx-based organizations; a keynote address by Camella Pinkney-Price, Deputy Chief of Staff for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr; a moderated panel discussion on strategies for success coming home after incarceration (featuring CCI's own Ramon Semorile and Cramon Milline); break out sessions on health, financial literacy, and knowing your rights; and community organizing sessions informing participants about local advocacy campaigns.

 

The full program is below.  Lunch will be provided. 

I’m Home … What NExt?

Schedule

9:00     Resource Fair

            The Resource Fair will be available in the gym from 9:00 AM – 3:15 PM

9:30     Welcoming Remarks

Pamela Amie Valera, PhD, MSW, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Division of Community Collaboration and Implementation Science, Bronx Reentry Working Group Co-Chair

Mandy Restivo, MA, Bronx Community Solutions Deputy Project Director, Bronx Reentry Working Group Co-chair

9:45     Keynote Address: What Next?

Camella Pinkney-Price

Deputy Chief of Staff to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.

10:15   Panel: Coming Home: Strategies for Success

            Moderator: Mario Rodriguez, Outreach Specialist, Bronx Community Recovery Center

            Panel Participants:

Theresa Harari, Director of Operations and Business Development, CMO Network
            Cramon Milline, Case Manager Aide, Harlem Community Justice Center

Damon Moore, Director of Programs and Community Outreach, CMO Network

Ramon Semorile, Crew Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions    

11:30   Break Out Session One

            Know Your Rights: Encounters with the Police, Kate Rubin and Colleagues…..   Room 147

            Financial Literacy, Damon Moore and Theresa Harari….…………………….....   Room 149

            Women’s Health 101, Dr. Rachelle Darout……………………………………....   Room 151

           

12:45   Lunch in Break Out Rooms

            Hot food items donated by the Habana Room, www.habanaroomnny.com.

1:15     Break Out Session Two       

            Creating Healthy Support Systems, Mario Rodriguez……………………….…...   Room 147

            Healthy Eating on a Budget, Dr. Rachelle Darout……………………….............   Room 149

Certificates of Relief from Disability and Good Conduct:                                       

What They Are and How to Get Them, Kate Rubin and Camella Pinkney-Price.... Room 150

            How Does Going to Prison Affect your Health? Dr. Matt Anderson………….....  Room 151

2:30     Community Organizing Forums

            Women in Prison Project………………………………………………………......  Room 147

            The Bronx Reentry Working Group…………………………………………….....  Room 149

            Stop and Frisk………………………………………………………………….......  Room 150

                                   

3:30     Closing Remarks

Liz Schoen, Esq., Director of Legal Programs, CMO Network

Chris McLaughlin, Research Assistant, Albert Einstein College of Medicine