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2020 Virtual Holistic Defense & Leadership Conferences

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3:00pm EDT

ACCD Opening Plenary Main Event PageStan Germán

3:15pm EDT

Chief's Roundtable Main Event PageTina Luongo

3:45pm EDT

Networking Break Networking Room

4:00pm EDT

How to Balance Staff Safety Concerns & Obligation to Serve Our Clients Breakout Room 1Christine Rapillo • Lisa Schreibersdorf Preparing for Budget Cuts: How to Advance Our Work during Turbulent Times Breakout Room 2Stan Germán • Dana Kaplan • Keir Bradford-Grey

4:45pm EDT

Networking Break Networking Room

5:00pm EDT

Black Lives Matter: What Is the Role of Chief Defenders? Breakout Room 1Justine Olderman • Chante Parker

5:55pm EDT

Break Networking Room

6:00pm EDT

Closing Plenary: How Do You Balance It All? Main Event PageStan Germán • Carlos Martinez • Derwyn Bunton

6:30pm EDT

ACCD Reception Networking Room

3:00pm EDT

COD Opening Plenary Main Event PageApril • Jonathan Rapping

3:45pm EDT

Networking Break Networking Room

4:00pm EDT

Black Lives Matter Breakout Room 3April Self-Care Matters Now More Than Ever Breakout Room 1Lori James-Townes • Anana Harris Parris White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism Breakout Room 2Tina Luongo • Gina Pruski

4:45pm EDT

Networking Break Networking Room

5:00pm EDT

Community-Engaged Defense in the time of Global Pandemic Breakout Room 1Isis Misdary • Steve Austin • Reuben Jones • Alexis Chernow • Robert Jones • Premal Dharia No Pretrial Justice without Racial Justice Breakout Room 3Cherise Fanno Burdeen • Zaria Davis • Tenille Patterson Reentry: Giving Back Breakout Room 2Halbert Sullivan • Darren Seales • Ronald Simpson-Bey

5:55pm EDT

Break Networking Room

6:00pm EDT

Closing Plenary: Putting the Humanity Back into Being Human Main Event PageRosalie Joy • Ronald Simpson-Bey

6:30pm EDT

COD Reception Networking Room

3:00pm EDT

BPDA Opening Plenary Main Event PageApril • Jeffery Robinson

3:30pm EDT

Break Networking Room

3:35pm EDT

Professional Development Track: How to Advance in Your Career as a Black Defender Breakout Room 3Byron Conway • Cynthia Jones • Clinique Marshall • Cynthia Roseberry • Juval Scott • Herbert Duzant Reform Track: Dismantling Structural Racism and White Supremacy Through System Change Breakout Room 1Porsha-Shaf’on Venable • Erin Cloud • David Singleton • Patrice James • Leonard Noisette Skills Training Track: How to Do Virtual Hearings and Preserve Clients' Rights? Breakout Room 2Brandi Harden • Keeshea Turner Roberts • Aisha McWeay • Callie Steele Glanton

4:20pm EDT

Networking Break Networking Room

4:35pm EDT

Professional Development Track: How to Recruit and Retain Black Attorneys in Public Defender Offices & Hold the Broader PD Community Accountable for Inclusion Breakout Room 1Lori James-Townes • Zanele Ngubeni • Doris Randle-Holt • Herbert Duzant • Samia Hossain Reform Track: Hearing the Untold Clients' Stories about Race and Criminal Legal System Breakout Room 2Brittany Mobley • Chiquisha (“Keisha”) Robinson • Paula Thompson • CeCe Jones-Davis • Norman Brown • Rolanda Holman • Musa Mahdi Skills Training: Tackling Race in the Courtroom Breakout Room 3Lisa Wayne

5:20pm EDT

Break Networking Room

5:30pm EDT

Closing Plenary: Black Defenders Matter: Seeing the World Through the Lens of Our Clients Main Event PageHeather Pinckney • Michael White • Keir Bradford-Grey

6:15pm EDT

BPDA Reception Networking Room