Reaching Individuals Behind and Beyond the Bars

The eighth annual faith-based conference
focused on
jail, prison, and re-entry ministry in Kentucky

Free Virtual Event

Friday, April 9, 2021

Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
 
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Theme: Holistic Transformation

Keynote Speaker:
Shameka Parrish-Wright

Shameka Parrish-Wright co-chairs
the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist
and Political Repression,
serves as a manager for the Louisville Bail Project and
sits on the board of various community organizations.

Six breakout rooms with these
presentations and presenters:

- Session 1 –
Offenders Owe It To Themselves Too:
Transformation Through Forgiveness
Cicely Cottrell, PhD 
Director of Criminal Justice Studies
Spalding University
Session 2 –
Grassroots Efforts and Data
in Community Transformation
Deacon Keith McKenzie
Executive Director of
KCJF
Kentucky Criminal Justice Forum
Amanda Hall
Policy Strategist – Smart Justice for the
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky;
- Session 3 –
Virtual Prison Ministry
During the Pandemic

Allie Goatley & Chris Quinn
Roederer Correction Complex

Stephanie Grace Prost, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work
The Kent School of Social Work
University of Louisville
- Session 4 –
Congregation Transformation

Reverend Velma Thomas-Parker
with the
Riverbend Maximum Security Prison
- Session 5 –
Individual Transformation
through Contemplative Practice

Reverend Dr. Matthew L. Kelley, DMin
Project Manager for LouieConnect.com
Family Scholar House
- Session 6 –
Developing Culturally Responsive
Reentry Services

Jennifer Ortiz, PhD
President of the Human Rights Commission
New Albany, Indiana
and Assistant Professor of Criminology
Indiana University Southeast
SPONSORED BY
and
The Greater Louisville Reentry Coalition