We are excited to welcome you on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 to the second annual Beyond Impact II: The Importance of 501(c)(4) Funding in Dismantling Mass Incarceration.
July 12, 2017 Agenda
8:30-9:00: Registration & Breakfast
9:00-10:00: Welcome & Keynote
Tides, The Advocacy Fund
Betsy Fairbanks, Fund for Nonviolence (Moderator)
Chloe Cockburn, Open Philanthropy
James Rucker, Springboard Partners
Lenore Anderson, Alliance for Safety & Justice; Californians for Safety & Justice;
Alliance for Safety & Justice Action Fund
10:00-11:00: Inspiration from the Sunshine State
Romilda Justilien, Tides, The Advocacy Fund (Moderator)
Desmond Meade, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
umi selah, Dream Defenders
Robert Rooks, Alliance for Safety & Justice
11:10-12:10: The Power of Prosecutors
Ana Zamora, ACLU Northern CA (Moderator)
Vonya Quarles, Starting Over, Inc.
Arisha Hatch, Color of Change
Whitney Tymas, Justice & Public Safety PAC
Andy Wong, PowerPAC
Taylor Pendergrass, ACLU Smart Justice Campaign
12:10-1:10: Lunch
1:10-1:20: Using Science to Help End Mass Incarceration
Daniel Gonzales, Analyst Institute
1:20-2:20: Ending Poverty Jailing
Scott Roberts, Color of Change (Moderator)
Gina Clayton, Essie Justice Group
Alex Johnson, Californians for Safety & Justice
Emily Harris, Ella Baker Center
Anne Irwin, Smart Justice California, JK Irwin Foundation
Alec Karakatsanis, Civil Rights Corps
2:20-3:20: 501c4 Training for Funders & Advocates
Holly Schadler, Esq., Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold
Staff from The Advocacy Fund
3:30-5:00: Building Black Polictical Power
Lateefah Simon, Akonadi Fondation (Moderator)
Taina Vargas-Edmond, Initiate Justice
Jessica Byrd, Three Point Strategies, Movement for Black Lives Action Fund
Alicia Garza, Black Futures Lab, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Nicole Boucher, California Donor Table
5:00-6:00: Reception
Entertaiment by Grammy Award wiinning pianist: Sundra Manning
PANEL DESCRIPTIONS
The Power of Prosecutors
Prosecutors are a powerful adversary with a powerful infrastructure. During this session, we’ll discuss the opportunities we have in 2017 and 2018 to engage with elected District Attorneys, and support local and statewide infrastructures that are creating accountability structures and building power in local communities.
Ending Poverty Jailing
According to Color of Change’s and ACLU’s bail industry report, around 450,000 people— approximately 70 percent of all people in jail—sit in jails across the United States though they remain innocent in the eyes of the law, simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Hear directly from some of the advocates working on ending poverty jailing while building community power through powerful actions like the National Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Bail Outs.
501(c)(4) Training Sessions for Funders and Advocates
Are you a funder who’d like to step up their c4 funding game, but have questions about how? Are you an advocate who wants to engage in c4 work, but have questions about how? During this interactive session with a leading c4 attorney, as well as staff from Tides Advocacy (the 501c4 of Tides), get all of your questions answered.
Inspiration from the Sunshine State
This candid conversation will feature three inspirational movement leaders working in Florida to build power from the ground up to change policy, end youth incarceration, restore voting rights, and create second chances for the formerly incarcerated.
Building Black Political Power
Both established as well as new, black-led 501c4s are building black political power. Learn about some of their 2018 electoral strategies and the resources they need to advance this critical work.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday. Please contact us with any questions or if you need anymore information.