Last week, the NYAPRS Finger Lakes Region collaborated with prominent area grassroots groups to co-host a special regional forum that explored new strategies to advance crisis innovations and criminal and racial justice initiatives in the surrounding counties and across the state. Great thanks to our featured speaker Senator Mental Health Committee Chair Samra Brouk for her forceful and very thoughtful analysis and recommendations and to all the speakers listed below for their part in this much acclaimed program.
You can now view the presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DeK3OeR9RI per the program schedule below.
Crisis Innovations, Criminal and Racial Justice Reforms
A Finger Lakes Grassroots Regional Forum
August 11, 2021
1:30 pm Welcome and Introductions
· Cameron Farash, NYAPRS Regional Coordinator; Liberty Resources
· Stanley Martin, Free the People Roc
· Melissa Holloway, Health & Incarceration Connection
· Featured Speaker NYS Senate Mental Health Committee Chair Samra Brouk
Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, CEO, NYAPRS
1:45 pm New 9-8-8 Crisis Response System Senator Samra Brouk
2:00 pm Peer Stabilization and Respite Centers Steve Miccio, People USA
2:15 pm Mental Health First Responders Christina Sparrock, Correct Crisis Intervention Today
2:30 pm Daniel’s Law Senator Samra Brouk
Stanley Martin Free the People ROC
2:50 pm HALT Law: From Torture to Treatment Jerome Wright, Campaign for Alternatives to Solitary
Confinement
3:00 pm Re-Entry Reforms Melissa Holloway, Health & Incarceration
Connection, Matthew Pettite
3:10 pm Next Steps for Grassroots Action Matthew Pettite, Center for Community Alternatives;
Cameron and Stanley
3:30 pm Thanks and Farewell Cameron Farash
