The NYC Justice Peer Initiative will be hosting their annual conference, NYS Justice Peer Conference Phase 3: Change by Elevating Voices, on June 5th from 8am to 5pm at St. Francis College in Brooklyn! See below for more information.
The NYC Peer Initiative Presents
NYS Justice Peer Conference Phase 3: Change by Elevating Voices
Where: St. Francis College, 179 Livingston Street. Brooklyn, NY 11201
When: June 5, 2025, 8am – 5PM
Register: Here
More info: NYCJPIExecDir@cases.org
About the Event:
A full-day conference focused on transforming the criminal justice and other traumatic systems. WE ARE DRIVING CHANGE BY ELEVATING VOICES! We have moved from lived experiences to lived expertise at the NYC Justice Peer Initiative! This conference will be jam-packed full of collective policy-making, building capacity, learning, healing, professional development, and advocacy—for us by us!
Workshops will focus on building the justice peer movement and strengthening the crimino-legal and behavioral health systems peer workforce community. We will promote our voices as the “subject-matter experts” in the room. We will solidify the seats at the table that belong to us!
Come hear our event sponsor, Helen ‘Skip’ Skipper, the Executive Director of the NYC Justice Peer Initiative, talk about being “Unapologetically Peer and a Lived Expertise Expert”. Come participate in our general session featuring the screening of documentaries produced by Echoes of Incarceration – an organization that trains directly-impacted youth in the digital media production trades. Come acknowledge and support the heroes in this field as we bestow our 2nd Annual “Guardian of Justice” awards! Learn how we can, as a community, craft policy & advocacy; hear how we can build our table; create seats for our change agents; and become hope dealers! Come hear how we can use our lived experiences to push further, faster, and better as we progress forward from lived expertise to DRIVING CHANGE BY ELEVATING VOICES! New this year is our DTG customized tees/hats fundraiser – we build our merch for us, by us! There is an opportunity to purchase merch and the registration, including a discount! Unfortunately, we now charge a nominal fee for this day of awesomeness because of funding cuts ( WE ARE ALL IMPACTED!) – a mere $50. But never a charge for our directly impacted community and certified peers. Please ensure you register under your correct designation – three types of tickets are available: general admission, directly impacted/peers, and presenters/tablers. Sponsorship and tabling packages for this important, one-of-a-kind event are still available!! Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Reach out to Skip: NYCJPIExeDir@cases.org—event agenda to follow! Want to table? Use the link below for tabling/exhibiting! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JPIPHASE3CONFTABLNG
