Talks, workshops, trainings, etc.
An abridged list with links when available.
May 4, 2026 – “From Rockefeller to Now: How Carceral Drug Policy Shaped New York’s Treatment System,” panelist, with Tracie M. Gardner, Executive Director, National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN); Samuel Roberts, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Sociomedical Sciences, and African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health; and moderator Jeffrey Coots, Director, From Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice; at Harm Reduction After the War on Drugs: Reimagining New York’s Treatment System; hosted by the NBHRN; Data Collaborative For Justice at John Jay College; P2PH; and Center for Justice Innovation; Manhattan
November 15, 2025 – “Getting Real About the Challenges with Drug War Reparations,” panelist, with Alí Bantú Ashanti, cofounder and director, Colectivo Justicia Racial (Bogotá); Kassandra Frederique, executive director, Drug Policy Alliance; Chelsea Higgs Wise, executive director, Marijuana Justice; Andrea Medley, research associate, Center for Indigenous Health at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Joey Mogul, director of movement partnerships, Movement Law Lab; and moderator Marbre Stahly-Butts, associate professor, CUNY Law School; at Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Detroit
November 13 & 14, 2025 – “Facing and Defeating Authoritarianism: Introductory Training in Non-Cooperation,” trainer, at Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Detroit
June 20, 2025 – “Authoritarianism and the War on Drugs” panelist, with Kassandra Frederique, executive director, Drug Policy Alliance; Aurora Parong, vice chair, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates; and moderator Libero Della Piana, Drug Policy Alliance; at the 22nd Century 2025 Conference: Forging a People-Powered Democracy, Atlanta
March 6, 2025 – Guest speaker (remote); Gateways for Incarcerated Youth program at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington
January 12, 2023 – “What Are Faith Leaders and Communities Doing to End Mass Incarceration?,” plenary session with Rabbi Stephanie Kolin of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn; Donna Hylton of A Little Piece of Light; Rev. Winnie Varghese of Atlanta’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Let My People Go; Second National Multifaith Initiative Conference to End Mass Incarceration, Atlanta
November 1, 2022 – Presentation to the Human Rights & Social Justice Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Hess Center for Science and Medicine, Manhattan
September 9, 2021 – “Community Organizing and Methods of Social Change,” trainer with Lorenzo Jones, hosted by Support Organizing Work Connecticut (SOW-CT)
August 5, 2020 – Virtual presentation to the Kings County Reentry Task Force about reentry during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, New York
July 31, 2019 – “Briefing: Criminal Justice Reform in Connecticut,” presenter, with Lorenzo Jones, hosted by Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, The Tow Foundation, and the Perrin Family Foundation; New Haven, Connecticut
June 7, 2019 – “Making Sense of Bail Reform in New York State” webinar presentation, First Friday Forum, hosted by the Pretrial Justice Institute
March 15, 2019 – Funders Briefing Call on NYS Criminal Justice Reform, panelist, with Alyssa Aguilera, co–executive director, VOCAL-NY; and moderators Prachi Patankar program director of the Social Justice Program, J.M. Kaplan Fund; and Tasha Tucker program director for racial justice; Trinity Church Wall Street; hosted by Philanthropy New York in Manhattan
February 7, 2019 – Event emcee for the #LessIsMore coalition at the launch of the Less Is More parole reform campaign, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
February 2, 2019 – Forum on closing Rikers, speaker; hosted by the Center for Urban Community Services at the New York Ethical Cultural Society, Manhattan
October 2, 2018 – “Mass Incarceration: Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice,” with Lex Steppling of JustLeadershipUSA and Insha Rahman of the Vera Institute of Justice; hosted by the Ford Foundation, Manhattan
April 27, 2018 – “Drug Policy and Addiction in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” keynote speaker at the conference “It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions,” Columbia University School of Social Work, Manhattan
March 8, 2018, “Applying a Participatory Democracy Approach to Justice Issues: Initial Experiences,” facilitator, with Lola Rainey, Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund; Simone Levine, Courtwatch NOLA; Katy Rubin, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC; Innovations in Participatory Democracy Conference, presented by the Center for the Future of Arizona, the Jefferson Center, the Katal Center, the Participatory Budgeting Project, the Participatory Governance Initiative at Arizona State University, Phoenix Union High School District, and the Policy Jury Group.
January 29, 2018 – Event emcee for the release of the report Less Is More in New York, hosted by the Columbia University Justice Lab and Katal Center, Manhattan
January 16, 2018 – “From the Drug War to a Drug Policy That Works: Toward a Health-Based Approach,” The University Seminars at Columbia University, Manhattan
April 21, 2017 – Impact Prisons: Panel of the Formerly Incarcerated, moderator of discussion with James Eleby, Jr. of Refoundry and founder of Eleby Designs; and Marilyn Reyes-Scales, public health worker and activist; hosted by Columbia University Tamer Center for Social Enterprise and the Harvard Department of Economics, Manhattan
March 22, 2017 – “The History and Future of Criminal Justice Reform in NYC,” panelist with Martin Horn, executive director of the New York State Sentencing Commission and former commissioner of New York City’s probation and corrections departments; Alex Vitale, author of City of Disorder and The End of Policing; and moderator Maurice Chammah of The Marshall Project; Gotham Center for New York City History, Manhattan
December 12, 2017 – Toward Justice: The History and Future of Criminal Justice Reform in CT, moderator for the panel “The History and Future of Reform in Connecticut” with Kia A. Baird, chairperson, Southern Connecticut Re-entry Council; Andrew Clark, director, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at Central Connecticut State University; Kennard Ray, principal, Blue Ribbon Strategies; Beresford Wilson, interim executive director, FAVOR, Inc.; and Danielle Warren-Dias, program coordinator, University of Connecticut Health Center/Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Pediatric and Youth HIV Program; Hartford
December 5, 2017 – “Toward Justice: Reducing Harm and Improving Health and Justice,” moderator for symposium’s closing plenary, “Toward Justice: Racial Equity in Diversion and Reform,” with Christopher Burbank, director of law enforcement engagement, Center for Policing Equity; Dr. Alice Green, executive director, Center for Law and Justice; Dr. Divine Pryor, executive director, Center for NuLeadership; Deborah Small, executive director, Break the Chains; and Alisa Wellek, executive director, Immigrant Defense Project; Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
December 11, 2017 – “Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Using Clinical and Non-Traditional Population Health Strategies,” panelist, with Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, associate chief, Division of General Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center; Dr. Herminia Palacio, deputy mayor for Health and Human Services, City of New York, Office of the Mayor; District Attorney Michael McMahon, Richmond County, New York; introduced by Sharrie McIntosh, vice president for programs, New York State Health Foundation; and Linda Beers, director of public health, Essex County, New York; Population Health Summit 2017 – “Five-Year Retrospective: How Far We Have Come, and What Lies Ahead,” hosted by New York State Health Foundation, NYU Langone Health, and the New York Academy of Medicine, Manhattan
August 17, 2017 – “Social Innovation Summit 2017,” moderator of criminal justice reform panel; hosted by Landmark Ventures, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
April 9–11, 2017 – Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement strategic organizing retreat, co-facilitator and trainer; Phoenix
February 6, 2017 – Health, Equity, and Justice event, speaker, with Lorenzo Jones, Katal Center; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
January 29, 2017 – “Methods to Address Community, Social, and Political Problems,” training for Leading With Conviction cohort, JustLeadershipUSA, Manhattan
November 15, 2016 – “A New President, A New Approach to Criminal Justice Reform,” with Nick Turner, president, Vera Institute of Justice; Molly Gill, legislative affairs director, Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Helen P. O’Reilly, chair of the Program Committee, Task Force on Mass Incarceration; Soffiyah Elijah, executive director, Alliance of Families for Justice; Carter Burwell, deputy chief counsel to U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX); Roscoe Jones, senior counsel to U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ); New York City Bar Association, Task Force on Mass Incarceration, Manhattan
October 28, 2016 – Emcee at event for release of the report Better by Half: The New York Story of Winning Large-Scale Decarceration While Increasing Public Safety, hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School Weiner Center, Justice Strategies, and the Katal Center at the Harvard Club of New York City, Manhattan
October 10, 2016 – Storycorps interview, with Mujahid Farid, co-founder and executive director, Releasing Aging People in Prison (RAPP). In collaboration with the New York Foundation.
September 28, 2016 – “The Substance of Substance Use: Drug Policy Then and Now,” guest lecturer for Moral, Legal, and Ethical Dilemmas class with Professors Nina Rose Fischer and Jules Netherland; John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Manhattan
September 13, 2016 – “Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic”panel with Roy L. Austin, Jr., deputy assistant to President Barack Obama for Urban Affairs, Justice, & Opportunity, White House Domestic Policy Council; Chief Brendan Cox, Albany Police Department, New York; Alice Green, executive director, The Center for Law and Justice; District Attorney Michael McMahon, Richmond County, Staten Island; and moderator Brian Byrd, program officer, New York State Health Foundation; hosted by Philanthropy New York, Manhattan
April 21, 2016 – “A New Approach to Drug Policy,” moderator of panel with Eduardo Ribeiro Dos Santos, Martin Collazo, Donald Macpherson, Gloria Lai, and Edo Agustian; The Museum of Drug Policy, Open Society Foundations, Manhattan; posted as podcast on July 19, 2016.
February 23, 2016 – “The Ithaca Plan: Municipal Drug Strategies, Ithaca, and Drug Policy Reform,” presentation to the Ithaca Municipal Drug Policy Committee; Ithaca, New York
October 25, 2016 – “400 Years of Inequality: Slavery, Race, and Our Unresolved History” series, “Criminalizing Poverty: A Dirty Truth,” panelist, with Alec Karakatsanis of Civil Rights Corps; Shannon Jones of the #swipeitforward campaign; and Chinyeré Tutashinda with the Center for Media Justice; at the Brooklyn Historical Society in partnership with the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, Brooklyn, New York
October 2, 2016 – “Getting to LEAD: Support for Jurisdictions Interested in Replicating Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion,” panelist, with Kris Nyrop, Public Defender Association; Lorenzo Jones, Katal Center; and moderator Mark Krupanski, Open Society Foundations; LEPH 2016: The Third International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association, Amsterdam
January 15, 2016 – “The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC,” panelist, with Alfredo Carrasquillo, formerly of VOCAL-NY; Representative Hakeem Jeffries, 8th Congressional District of New York; Joo Hyun Kang of Communities United for Police Reform; Professor Harry Levine of Queens College; and moderator Errol Louis, host of NY1’s Inside City Hall; event coordinated by Philanthropy New York at Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, Manhattan
November 9, 2015 – Criminal Justice and Public Health National Convening, adviser and co-facilitator; hosted by Human Impact Partners and the Vera Institute of Justice, Manhattan
July 2, 2015 – “Introduction to LEAD,” moderator for panel with Lisa Daugaard, policy director at the Public Defender Association; Chief Deputy Jim Pugel of the King County Sheriff’s Office, Washington; Kris Nyrop, LEAD program director at the Public Defender Association; District Attorney Angela Pacheco, 1st Judicial District, New Mexico; Brendan Cox, acting chief, Albany Police Department, New York; White House Convening on Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), Washington, DC
June 4, 2015 – “Fixing New York’s Marijuana Policies,” featured speaker, with New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Daniel Squadron; State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried; Shapriece Townsend of VOCAL-NY; Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance; and emcee Kassandra Frederique of the Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by ABC Home, Manhattan
April 22, 2015 – “Marijuana Policy in New York State” facilitator, with Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance; presentation to the Black Puerto Rican Hispanic Asian Caucus, New York City Council, Manhattan
March 20, 2015 – “The War on Drugs,” featured speaker at the Cazenovia Forum, Cazenovia, New York
January 14, 2015 – “Examining Drug Policy and Mass Incarceration in NYC: Where to Go from Here,” presenter, with Kassandra Frederique of the Drug Policy Alliance; National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter, Addictions Committee meeting, Manhattan
November 18, 2014 – “Mass Incarceration: Incarcerating the Wrong People, for the Wrong Reasons, for the Wrong Amount of Time,” panelist, with Francis Greenburger, founder and president of the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice, which hosted the event; and Ann Jacobs, director, Prison Reentry Institute at John Jay College; JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society; at Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, Manhattan
November 14, 2014 – “Marijuana, Racism, and the Future of Reform” panelist, with Deon Haywood, executive director, Women With a Vision, Inc.; Ana Yáñez-Correa, executive director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition; and Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, executive director, The Ordinary People Society (TOPS); 2014 Facing Race conference, Dallas
October 11, 2014 – “Incarceration and Public Health” panelist, with Dr. Ernest Drucker of John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Kim Gilhuly of Human Impact Partners; Dr. Robert Fullilove of Columbia University; and moderator Soffiya Elijah, Correctional Association of New York; “Incarceration in America: Fall 2014 Conference,” hosted by the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
October 11, 2014 – “A Vision for the Future,” moderator of panel with Jonathan Gradess of the New York State Defender Association; Max Kenner of the Bard Prison Initiative; Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation; Glenn Martin of JustLeadershipUSA; and Peggy McGarry of the Vera Institute of Justice; Incarceration in America: Fall 2014 Conference hosted by the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College. Bennington, Vermont October 14, 2014 – “Marijuana Policy in the U.S.: Update from the Field” faculty lunch; presentation to New York University Criminal Law faculty, Manhattan
October 9, 2014 – “Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System: Past, Present and Future of Drug Policy in NY,” presentation to the Racial Justice Committee of the Downstate Coalition for Crime Victims, Manhattan
May 21, 2014 – “Workgroup Discussion About Connections Between Health Care Reform and Reforming Criminal Justice and Drug Policies,” facilitator, with Dr. Alice Green, Center for Law and Justice, hosted by Center for Law and Justice and the Drug Policy Alliance; Albany Public Housing Administration Building, Albany, New York
May 19, 2014 – “Building Movement: How Do Social Movements Get Built?,” panelist, with Rachel Herzing of Critical Resistance; Joo-Hyun Kang of Communities for Police Reform; and moderator Michael Premo of Sandy Storyline; 2014 Foundry Dialogues: “Devising Freedom,” Foundry Theatre, Ukrainian Hall, Manhattan
May 1, 2014 – “Drug Reform from Different Perspectives: An Overview,” moderator of discussion with Dr. Sunil Aggarwal of New York University; Dr. Alexandra Chasin of The New School; Dr. David Herzberg from the University at Buffalo; and Maurice Lacey of the Faith Mission Crisis Center; as part of the symposium “The LaGuardia Report at 70”; hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance, Manhattan
April 14, 2014 – “Discussion About Municipal-Based Drug Strategies: Is There Interest in Ithaca?” Planning meeting facilitator with Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by Mayor Svante Myrick at Ithaca City Hall, Common Council Chambers, Ithaca, New York
March 30, 2014 – “Drugs, ‘Thugs’ and Other Things We’re Taught to Fear: Racism, the War on Drugs, and the Fight to End Mass Incarceration in America,” TEDx talk, TEDx Binghamton University: Stray the Course, Binghamton, New York
March 19, 2014 – “Drug Policy in New York,” presenter, with Alexis Posey, Drug Policy Alliance, to NYPD 83rd Precinct Clergy Council; hosted by the council president, Bishop Dr. Michael Clarke
March 18, 2014 – “A Matter of Compassion: Medical Marijuana in New York State,” speaker, with Margaret Decker, aunt of a child with a severe seizure disorder; Dr. Mitch Earleywine, University at Albany; Nancy Rivera, four-time cancer survivor; Joan Sheehan, Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer; cosponsored by CRAAB!, Social Welfare Student Association of the University of Albany, BOOM! Health, New York Physicians for Compassionate Care, and Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by Compassionate Care NY, Latham, New York
March 13, 2014 – “A Matter of Compassion: Medical Marijuana in New York State,” speaker, with Geri Barish, president, 1 in 9 – The Long Island Breast Cancer Coalition; Dr. Richard Carlton, Physicians for Compassionate Care; Missy Miller, parent and caregiver; cosponsored by 1 in 9, The Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation, Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW, NAACP Freeport Roosevelt Chapter, Pax Christi LBI Chapter, Nassau Affirmative Action Project, and Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by Compassionate Care NY, Mineola, New York
March 10, 2014 – “A Matter of Compassion: Medical Marijuana in New York State,” event speaker, with Sharon Faraci, co-president, Breast Cancer Network of WNY; Pastor Hope Harle-Mould, St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, Buffalo; Dr. Steve Lakomy, Physicians for Compassionate Care; Christine Emerson, parent; Rev. Eugene L. Pierce, caregiver and director of the WNY Outreach Ministries; moderator Dr. Marie Larcara; cosponsored by St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, WNY Outreach Ministries, Breast Cancer Network of WNY, NAACP – Buffalo Branch, Partnership for the Public Good, Evergreen Health Services; New York Physicians for Compassionate Care, PUSH Buffalo, NYCLU – Western Regional Office, Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by Compassionate Care NY, Cheektowaga, New York
February 26, 2014 – “Ending the War on Marijuana? The Legalization Movement in New York and the Nation,” roundtable debate panelist, with Emma A. Andersson, staff attorney, Criminal Law Reform Project at the American Civil Liberties Union; and Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence; Fordham Law School Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Manhattan
February 28, 2014 – “War on Drugs” panelist, as part of “Agentes y Activos (Agents & Assets)” by Los Angeles Poverty Department, with Adam Scavone, New York City Bar Association Committee on Drugs & the Law; and moderator Sanho Tree, Drug Policy Project, Institute for Policy Studies; at Queens Museum, Queens, New York
February 11, 2014 – “Veterans of War: Our Mistreated Heroes of Justice,” panelist, with John Ostwald, Robert Porter, Jonathan Gradess, and moderator I. Nathan Hare; Building Bridges for Justice Reform, hosted by It Could Happen to You; Legislative Office Building, Albany, New York
December 10, 2013 – “Ending the Drug War in NYC: A Public Health Approach to Drug Use in NYC,” co-facilitator of policy briefing for the New York City Council sponsored by Drug Policy Alliance and VOCAL-NY; hosted by Council Member Debi Rose; the New York City Council Black, Latino and Asian Caucus; and the city council’s Progressive Caucus, Manhattan
December 3, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In, moderator, with speakers Soffiyah Elijah of the Correctional Association of New York; Kevin Powell of BK Nation; Bobby Tolbert of VOCAL-NY; advocate Dinah Ortiz-Adames; and host Karim Camara, New York Assemblymember and pastor at Abundant Life Church; Brooklyn, New York
December 2, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In, with Tracy Pugh of the New York Academy of Medicine and Jerry Otero of the Partnership at Drugfree.org; New York City Department of Youth & Community Development, Manhattan
November 25, 2013 – “Toward a New Direction: The War on Drugs and the Future of Drug Policy,” guest lecturer, Culture Wars in America course with Professor Jon Zimmerman, New York University, Manhattan.
November 18, 2013 – “The Conversation on Stop-and-Frisk Continues,” with Jennifer Fratello, director of research, Center on Youth Justice at the Vera Institute of Justice; Foster Maer, senior litigation counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF; Sunita Patel, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights; and moderator Professor Bennett Capers of Brooklyn Law School, which hosted the event in Brooklyn, New York
November 16, 2013 – “Ending the New Jim Crow: Mapping the Future of Drug Policy in NYC,” co-facilitator, a people’s movement assembly organized by the Drug Policy Alliance and VOCAL-NY as part of Talking Transitions, Manhattan
October 1, 2013 – “Drug War Casualties and Survivors,” guest presenter, with New York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams and Seema Sadanandan, criminal justice director, ACLU; for Professor Bryonn Bain’s course Prison Nation: Rethinking Incarceration in America, New York University, Manhattan
October 4, 2013 – “Histories of the Drug War” panelist, with journalist Sasha Abramsky; Julily Kohler-Hausmann of Cornell University; Samuel K. Roberts of Columbia University; and moderator Khalil G. Muhammad of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; “Challenging Punishment” conference, Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, Manhattan
August 12, 2013 – “Broken Windows Policing in New York City 20 Years On,” panelist, with William J. Bratton, former police commissioner, New York City and Los Angeles Police Departments; Tom Tyler, Yale University; and Issa B. Kohler-Hausmann, New York University; Regional Spotlight Session at American Sociological Association 108th Annual Meeting, “Interrogating Inequality: Linking Micro and Macro,” Manhattan
August 10, 2013 – “Social Action: Spotlight on the Work of the Social Action Winner,” panelist, with Julie Netherland of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA); Harry Levine of Queens College; and David G. Embrik of Loyola University–Chicago. The event marked the DPA’s 2013 Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award for its campaign to end marijuana arrests in New York City at the Society for the Study of Social Problems 2013 Annual Meeting, “Re-Imagining Social Problems: Moving Beyond Social Constructionism,” Manhattan
June 7, 2013 – “Rockefeller Drug Laws: 40 Years Later,” panelist, with Scott Christianson of John Brown Lives!; Samuel Roberts of Columbia University; Logan McBride of CUNY Graduate Center; and Nancy Campbell of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Conference on New York State History, hosted by the New York State Historical Association, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York
June 28, 2013 – “And the Ground Shifted: The War on Drugs and the Future of Drug Policy in the U.S.,” 2013 Jesse H. Jones Research Endowment Lecturer, University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Addiction Research and Institute for Medical Humanities, Galveston, Texas
June 27, 2013 – Featured speaker at Angels Among Us luncheon, benefiting ADA House Women’s Recovery Center, Galveston, Texas
June 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In, panelist, with Rochester Councilmember Adam McFadden, Rochester Chief of Police James Sheppard; and Patricia Warth, co-director of Justice Strategies at the Center for Community Alternatives; Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, Rochester, New York
June 14, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with Dr. Alice Green, Center for Law & Justice; Brother Yusef Burgess, Youth Ed-Venture & Nature Network; and David Kuhn, producer; the College of St. Rose, Albany, New York
June 5, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with Melinda Shopsin, executive producer, at “Innovations in Addictions Treatment: Shifting Paradigms for Changing Times,” 45th Annual Addictions Institute; Addictions Committee of the New York City Chapter, National Association of Social Workers, Fordham University, Manhattan
May 20, 2013 – “Aligning Policy with the Public Health Approach” panelist, with Tracie Gardner; Rev. Vivian Nixon of College and Community Fellowship; Annette Dickerson of the Center on Constitutional Rights; and Lynn Paltrow, of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women; at the conference “From Punishment to Wellness: A Public Health Approach to Women and the War on Drugs,” hosted by Tina Reynolds and Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH); New York Academy of Medicine, Manhattan
May 3, 2013 – “Leading the Way on Drug Policy: Toward a Public Health & Safety Approach” conference, moderator at closing plenary with panelists Nunu Capaz, vice president, Dissuasion Commission of Lisbon, Ministry of Health, Portugal; Professor Robert E. Fullilove, associate dean for Community and Minority Affairs and co-director of the Community Research Group at Columbia University; Jennifer Mecozzi, director of community organizing at PUSH Buffalo; Susan Shepherd, manager of the, Toronto Drug Strategy Secretariat, Toronto Public Health; Kim Joy Taylor, program director for National Drug Addiction Treatment and Harm Reduction, Open Society Foundations; and Marsha Weissman, executive director of the Center for Community Alternatives; hosted by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University of Buffalo and the Drug Policy Alliance, Buffalo, New York
May 2, 2013 – “Leading the Way: Toward a Public Health & Safety Approach to Drug Policy in New York, conference welcome and opening, moderator of panel with Robert Granfield, University of Buffalo; State Senator Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo); State Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo); State Assemblymember Sean Ryan (D-Buffalo); and Jim Anderson, vice president of Citizen Action New York and host of Conversations with Jim Anderson; hosted by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University of Buffalo and the Drug Policy Alliance. Buffalo, New York
April 29, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with Deputy U.S. Attorney Rich Zabel for the Southern District of New York (SDNY); U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti of the SDNY White Plains Division; Tony Ricco from the Eastern District of New York; Melinda Shopsin, the lead producer of the film, and moderator David E. Patton, executive director and attorney-in-chief with the Federal Defenders of New York; hosted by Day Pitney LLP, Fordham Law School, Manhattan
April 22, 2013 – “Resisting” panelist for discussion after the screening of The House I Live In, with Liliana Segura of The Nation; Glenn Martin of the Fortune Society; and Alondra Nelson, associate professor at Columbia University and author of Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination; at the “Resisting Criminalization Through Academic-Media-Activist Partnerships” summit, The City University of New York Graduate Center, Manhattan
April 19, 2013 – “The Future of Drug Courts and Drug Policy” panelist, with Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s special narcotics prosecutor; Chauncey Parker, executive assistant district attorney with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office; Professor Frank Zimring, Berkeley Law School; and moderator Josh Bowers, associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; part of “Criminal Law & The Modern Court” event, New York University Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, Manhattan
April 6, 2013 – “Challenging Punishment: Historicizing Race, Public Health and the War on Drugs,” Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, Black Atlantic Symposia & Conference, organized by Professor Donna Murch of Rutgers University and Professor Samuel Roberts of Columbia University; New Brunswick, New Jersey
March 27, 2013 – “Making Sense of Drug Policy in New York,” presenter, with Kassandra Frederique of Drug Policy Alliance; Social Medicine Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
March 16, 2013 – “Pot and Politics 2013” panelist, with Patrick Nightingale, executive director of Pittsburgh NORML; Evan Nison, executive director of New Jersey NORML; and moderator Erik Altieri, NORML national communications director; NORML Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Philadelphia
March 13, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In, Cardozo Law School War on Drugs Symposium, Manhattan
February 12, 2013 – “Drug Policy Briefing for NYC Progressive Caucus: Advancing a Coordinated Drug Policy in New York City and State,” presenter, with Kassandra Frederique and Evan Goldstein, policy coordinators at the Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council. Manhattan
February 7, 2013 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In at the National/Southern Regional Drug Policy Reform Conference, Durham, North Carolina
December 8, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with director Eugene Jarecki, hosted by Movies at Riverside, Campaign to End the New Jim Crow, and the Drug Policy Alliance; Riverside Church, Manhattan
December 5, 2012 – “Symposium on Racial Profiling and ‘Stop and Frisk’ Policing,” panelist, with Andrew Kossover, head of the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office; Chino Hardin of the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives; Alfredo Carrasquillo, organizer with VOCAL-NY; hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz Sociology Department, with help from the Black Studies Department, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Department, the Student Association, the Black Student Union, the SUNY–New Paltz Amnesty International chapter, and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy; at the State University of New York at New Paltz
November 17, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In at the National Harm Reduction Conference; Portland, Oregon
October 25, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with producer Melinda Shopsin; Partnership at DrugFree.org, Manhattan
September 27, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with director Eugene Jarecki; CORE Club, Manhattan
September 13, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In for community groups, organizers, and activists; Drug Policy Alliance, Manhattan
May 21, 2012 – “Blueprint for Accountability: NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy,” panelist, with Chris Bilal of Streetwise and Safe; Chino Hardin of the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives; Vincent Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights; special guest Rha Goddess; and moderator asha bandele of the Drug Policy Alliance; hosted by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Culture Project, and Drug Policy Alliance, Manhattan
May 9, 2012 – “Dismantling Barriers to Higher Education for People with Criminal History Records,” facilitator for daylong convening; Manhattan
March 29, 2012 – “Rockefeller Drug Laws – What’s Happening Now,” speaker, with Amir Varick, activist and formerly incarcerated person; and Anita Marton, vice president, Legal Action Center; hosted by Frederick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club, Harlem
March 24, 2012 – “Drug Law: Policy & Reform,” moderator of panel with Hiawatha Collins, organizer and board member, VOCAL-NY; Kassandra Frederique, policy coordinator, Drug Policy Alliance; Dr. Divine Pryor, executive director, Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions; and Tracy Pugh, policy associate, New York Academy of Medicine; at “Removing the Bars: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Criminal Justice,” hosted by the Columbia University Criminal Justice Caucus and Criminal Justice Initiative at Columbia University School of Social Work, Manhattan
March 19, 2012 – “On Marijuana Arrests – and What We Can Do About It,” presentation to East Elmhurst Corona Civic Association in conjunction with Queens Community Board 3; Corona, Queens
March 14, 2012 – Screening and discussion of The House I Live In with director Eugene Jarecki; hosted by Robin Hood Foundation at Walt Disney Studios, Manhattan
February 9, 2012 – Presentation about marijuana arrests, speaker, with Council Member Danny Dromm and State Senator Jose Peralta; New Visions Democratic Club Jackson Heights Jewish Center, Queens, New York
December 14, 2011 – “Protecting Black and Brown Youth from the Drug War,” facilitator of panel with Neill Franklin, executive director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Marisa Garcia, drug policy reform advocate; Harry Levine, Marijuana Arrest Research Project; and Kyung-Ji Rhee, director, Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform & Alternatives; at 2011 International Drug Policy Reform conference hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance in Los Angeles
November 4, 2011 – “Sentencing and Prison Reform Is Real: Lessons and Warnings,” roundtable facilitator with speakers Rachel Bloom of the American Civil Liberties Union; Gwendolyn Fields of the Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy Council; Dorsey E. Nunn of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; Tim Silard of the Rosenberg Foundation; Jasmine L. Tyler of the Drug Policy Alliance; and Ana Yañez-Correa of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition; at “Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference,” hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Los Angeles
November 3, 2011 – “Marijuana Policing Targets Youth of Color,” roundtable facilitator with speakers Marisa Garcia, drug policy reform advocate; Dr. Harry Levine of the Marijuana Arrest Research Project; Kyung-Ji Rhee of the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives; and Armando Rodriguez, Los Angeles County deputy public defender; at “Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference,” hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Los Angeles
September 29, 2011 – “Perspectives on Global Drug Policy” panelist, with Lorenzo Jones of A Better Way Foundation; Anna Maria Burska of the Polish Drug Policy Network; and moderator Martyna Dominiak of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique); Political Critique Community Center, Łódź, Poland
September 22, 2011 – “Insights and Reflections on Drug Policy in the US: Possible Starting Points for Hands-On Trans-Atlantic Cooperation,” trainer with Lorenzo Jones of A Better Way Foundation; Pompidou Group–Syracuse University Trans-Atlantic Executive Training on Drug Policy, hosted by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, Budapest
September 20, 2011 – “Coordination and Cooperation Between Law Enforcement and Public Health and Social Sectors in the United States and Europe,” presentation with Thomas Kattau, director of the Pompidou Group; Pompidou Group–Syracuse University Trans-Atlantic Executive Training on Drug Policy, hosted by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, Budapest
September 19, 2011 – “The Process of Developing Support, Eliciting Buy-In, and Building Coalitions” training, Pompidou Group–Syracuse University Trans-Atlantic Executive Training on Drug Policy, hosted by the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, Budapest
May 21, 2011 – “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” panelist, with author Michelle Alexander; Glenn Ford of the Black Agenda Report; Annette Dickerson of the Center for Constitutional Rights; Neil Franklin of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Tina Reynolds of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH); and moderator Glenn Martin of the Fortune Society; hosted by Open Society Foundations at Riverside Church, Manhattan
April 23, 2011 – The Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People’s Movement: Building a Movement event speaker, with Jazz Hayden of Still Here Harlem; Tina Reynolds of WORTH; and Bruce Reilly of Direct Action for Rights and Equality and the FICPFM steering committee; (event flier and program); Brooklyn, New York
April 15, 2011 – “Drug Policies in New York: Toward a Public Health Approach,” keynote speaker at South Bronx Community Action Forum: “Reducing Harm and Improving Lives”; hosted by CitiWide Harm Reduction and Hostos Community College, South Bronx, New York
March 24, 2011 – “Youth in Harm’s Way: Marijuana, Law Enforcement and Young New Yorkers,” panelist, with Dan Donovan, Staten Island District Attorney; Oma S. Holloway, director of career services, The Door – A Center of Alternatives; Noah Kass, clinical director, Realization Center, Inc; Jenay Nurse, staff attorney, Bronx Defenders; and moderator Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC; hosted by the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, Manhattan
March 22, 2011 – “Drug Policy in New York,” guest lecture at the Graduate School of Social Work, New York University, Manhattan
February 28, 2011 – Co-facilitator, ally discussion breakout session; Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People’s National Gathering, Montgomery, Alabama
January 14, 2011 – “Refashioning Drug Policy in New York: From the Rockefeller Drug Laws to a Public Health and Safety Approach,” workshop co-facilitator at the Drug Wars and Drug Laws Conference; presented by the New York State Psychological Association’s Division on Addictions, New York University, Manhattan
November 8, 2010 “Marijuana: Legalize It or Criticize It?” Justice Speaks debate participant, with Dr. Paul Casadonte, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine & Director, Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs, New York VA Medical Center; Moderated by: Eugene Cerruti, Professor of Law, New York Law School. Hosted by Justice Action Center at New York Law School.
November 6, 2010 – “Daring to Be Sensible Internationally: What New York’s Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Mean for the U.S. – and Canada,” Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy 2010 National Conference; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
October 21, 2010. Guest Speaker, “Addictions and Dependencies” Course, taught by- Professor Paula J Gardner, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. Manhattan
October 19, 2010 – Brooklyn Community Consultation about Drugs and Drug Policy. Cofacilitator. Hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Crown Heights, Brooklyn
October 12, 2010 – Staten Island Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, co-facilitator; hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, in partnership with Staten Island LGBT Community Center and Community Health Action of Staten Island
October 7, 2010 – “State of the States: An In-Depth Look at Policy and Legislative Reforms Around the Country,” panelist, with Nicole Porter, state advocacy coordinator, The Sentencing Project; Jay Rorty, deputy director, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project; and moderator Angelyn C. Frazer of the Pew Center on the States; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 9th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference, American University Washington College of Law and the Institute for Policy Studies’ Social Action and Leadership School for Activists, Washington, DC
August 18, 2010 – Bronx Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, co-facilitator; hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance and cosponsored by New York City Council Members Fernando Cabrera, Maria del Carmen Arroyo, and Annabel Palma; Bronx Library Center, Bronx, New York
August 3, 2010 – Albany Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, facilitator, with Dr. Alice Green; hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance in partnership with the Center for Law and Justice; Albany Public Library, Albany, New York
August 2, 2010 – Syracuse community dialogue on drug policy and health issues, facilitator, with Marsha Weissman and Emily NaPier, Center for Community Alternatives; hosted by Syracuse University College of Human Ecology in collaboration with The New York Academy of Medicine, Drug Policy Alliance, and Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment, Syracuse, New York
July 29, 2010 – Buffalo Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, co-facilitator, hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance in partnership with AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Buffalo, New York
July 28, 2010 – Rochester Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, co-facilitator, hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance in partnership withLoyola Recovery and AIDS Rochester; YMCA, Rochester, New York
June 24, 2010 – Prison Justice People’s Movement Assembly, co-facilitator; 2010 United States Social Forum, Detroit
June 10, 2010 – “How Have the Rockefeller Reforms Impacted Re-Entry?” panelist, with Glenn Martin at “Re-Tooling Re-Entry Forum: Building a Comprehensive Understanding of Programs and Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Their Families”; hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Manhattan
June 8, 2010 – Newburgh Community Consultation About Drugs and Drug Policy, co-facilitator, hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance at the Neighborhood Business and Resource Center, Newburgh, New York
May 6, 2010 – “Community Organizing and Development for Health,” guest speaker at course taught by Assistant Professor Paula J. Gardner, Department of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, Manhattan
May 1, 2010 – The TOPS Founders Unity Day Celebration banquet, speaker; hosted by The Ordinary People Society (TOPS), Dothan Convention Center, Dothan, Alabama
April 30, 2010 – “The Rockefeller Drug Laws and Drug Policy Reform: On Advocacy, Organizing, and Reform,” keynote speaker at Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) 32nd Annual Conference, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, Manhattan
March 20, 2010 – “Ten Years Later: Organizers Reflect on the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests,” panelist, with Rami Elamine of Left Turn; Andréa Schmidt, researcher/journalist; and chaired by Chris Dixon, University of California; Left Forum 2010, Pace University, Manhattan
March 19, 2010 – “Beyond Zero Tolerance to Safety First: A Reality Based Approach to Drug Education,” facilitator, with Kassandra Frederique of Drug Policy Alliance, for Superintendents Day, Ithaca City School District. Ithaca, New York
March 5, 2010 – “When Right Is Not Enough: Health, Equity, and the Future of Drug Policy in New York,” keynote speaker at The Addiction Institute of New York Fifth Annual Conference: “Criminal Justice and Addiction Treatment: Beyond the Rockefeller Era,” St. Luke’s Hospital, Manhattan
March 5, 2010 – “Advocacy in the Post Rockefeller Era: The Nuts and Bolts of Legislative Action,” co-facilitator with Onaje Muid of Reality House; The Addiction Institute of New York Fifth Annual Conference: “Criminal Justice and Addiction Treatment: Beyond the Rockefeller Era,” St. Luke’s Hospital, Manhattan
February 4, 2010 – “Beyond the Meth Monster: Queer Strategies to End the War on Drugs,” workshop co-facilitator with Jay Toole of Queers for Economic Justice; and Laura Thomas of the Drug Policy Alliance; Creating Change: The Conference of the National LGBTQ Task Force, Dallas
December 10, 2009 – “The Flow of a Campaign” training for the Romanian Harm Reduction Network, Bucharest
November 18, 2009 – “Moving Beyond the Rockefeller Drug Laws: The Future of Drug Policy in New York,” panel moderator for the “On Drug Policy” series; Harm Reduction Coalition, Manhattan
November 18, 2009 – “Drug Policy in New York: The Rockefeller Drug Laws Reform Implementation,” presenter at the quarterly meeting of the New York City Discharge Planning Collaborative, New York City Departments of Correction, Housing, and Health and Mental Hygiene, Manhattan
November 13, 2009 – “The Message Is the Medium: Communication and Outreach Without Borders,” panel moderator with Ricky Gunawan of the Criminal Legal Aid Institute, Jakarta; Rev. Edwin Sanders of the Metropolitan Interdenominational Church, Nashville; Peter Sarosi of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Budapest; and Sebastian Seville of Release, London; Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Albuquerque
October 29, 2009 – “Act Queer! Teleconference: The Drug War & Queer Communities,” panelist, with Miss Major, Transgender, Gender-Variant, & Intersex Justice Project; and Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice, which hosted the event
September 18, 2009 – “Community Organizing in the 21st Century” panelist, with John Bonelli, community relations coordinator, Project Achieve; Leah Obias, community organizer, DAMAYAN; Camilo Romero, international organizer, Workers Union of Colombia – SINALTRAINAL; Joycelyn Gill-Campbell, organizer, Domestic Workers United; Patrice Queen, community organizer, Voices of Women Organizing Project; and moderator Harriet Putterman, social policy associate, NASW-NYC; RISE conference: “Social Work in an Era of Change,” hosted by the New York University Kimmel Center, the Hunter College School of Social Work, the National Association of Social Workers, and NYU’s Silver School of Social Work Graduate Student Association, Manhattan
August 3, 2009 – “Influence of Politics and Media on Criminal Penalty Development,” panelist, with Tom Ullmann, public defender and member of the Connecticut Sentencing Task Force; Byron Warnken of the University of Baltimore School of Law and moderator; and David A. Soulé of the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy; National Association of Sentencing Commissions 2009 conference: “Fifteen Years of NASC: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” Baltimore
May 27, 2009 – A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy,” facilitator, with Sandy Bernabei; 41st Annual Addictions Institute – “The Ties That Bind: Families, Communities, Social Work and Addictive Disorders,” hosted by the Addictions Committee of the New York City Chapter, National Association of Social Workers, Fordham University, Manhattan
May 2, 2009 – “Organizing in Hard Times: Slavery, the South, and the Drug War Today,” keynote speaker, The Ordinary People’s Society’s Annual Gala and Founders Celebration, Dothan, Alabama
February 20, 2009 – “Lost in a Haze: Legalization and the Drug Reform Movement,” panelist, with Kris Krane of Students for Sensible Drug Policy; Jay Rorty of the ACLU National Drug Law Reform Project; and moderator Steven B Duke, Professor of Law at Yale Law School; Reb Law: The Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
January 29, 2009 – “Passionate Resistance: Queers and the War on Drugs,” panelist, with Kenyon Farrow of Queers for Economic Justice; and Laura Thomas of the Drug Policy Alliance; Creating Change: The National Lesbian and Gay Task Force Annual Conference, Denver
January 23, 2009 – “New Directions for New York: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy,” co-emcee of conference hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance, Manhattan
January 22, 2009 – “New Directions for New York: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy,” emcee of event hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance, Manhattan
September 15–19, 2008, “What’s Civil Rights Got to Do With It? How the Drug War and the Prison System Are Undermining Democracy – and What We Can Do About It,” statewide speaking tour with the New Bottom Line Campaign, speaker, with Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, founder and executive director, The Ordinary People’s Society; and Daris Johnson, director, TOPS Young People’s Project; hosted by TOPS and the Drug Policy Alliance in Montgomery, Dothan, Mobile, Birmingham, and Huntsville, Alabama
June 5, 2008 – “Repealing the Rockefeller Drug Laws” panelist, with Jill Battaligne and Sandy Bernabei; 40th Anniversary Addictions Institute, hosted by the Addictions Committee of the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Fordham University, Manhattan
April 21, 2008 – “The Impact of the Rockefeller Drug Laws on the Poor in New York City,” speaker, with Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), hosted by the Special Projects Community Outreach Committee of Local 299 DC 37, District Council 37 Auditorium, Manhattan
April 18, 2008 – “The Rockefeller Drug Laws: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,”keynote speaker at “Returning Home: Chemically Dependent Incarcerated Men and Women,” hosted by Nyack Hospital Addiction Services, Nyack, New York
April 10, 2008 – Community forum “Beyond the Rockefeller Drug Laws – Public Health or Criminal Injustice?,” panelist, with New York State Assemblymember Keith Wright (D-Harlem), Milagros Estrella, Onaje Muid, Cheri O’Donoghue, Terrence Stevens, and moderator Deacon Ken Radcliffe; hosted by Assm. Wright, In Arms Reach, Drug Policy Alliance, Seven Neighborhood Action Partnership; at City College of New York, Manhattan
February 23, 2008 – “War Against the War on Drugs: Just Say Yes to Decriminalization,” panelist, with Jeff Kaufman, defense attorney and former NYPD officer; Adam Wolf of the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project; and moderator Professor Steven B. Duke of Yale Law School; at Reb Law: The Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
December 6, 2007 – “Anti-Racist Organizing to End the War on Drugs,” trainer, with Clare Bayard and Ingrid Chapman of the Catalyst Project; at Reform: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, New Orleans
October 12, 2007 – “The Untold Tale: Mass Incarceration, the Drug War, and Racial Justice” panelist, with Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative; Zachary Norris of Books Not Bars; Travis Linnemann of Kansas State University; hosted by K-State and Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice, Manhattan, Kansas
June 29, 2007 – “Connecting the Dots: The Drug War in Context,” co-organizer of panel featuring Dean Becker of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Reena Szczepanski and Ken Collins of the Drug Policy Alliance; Louis Jones of the Drug User Union; and moderator Jasmine Tyler of the DPA; 2007 United States Social Forum, Atlanta
June 28, 2007 – “Militarism and the Drug War: Building a Movement to End the War at Home and Abroad,” co-organizer of panel featuring Daniel Robelo and Jasmine Tyler of the Drug Policy Alliance; Steven Theberge and Lenore Palladino of the War Resisters League; and moderators Matt Meyer of the WRL and Naoma Nagawahatte of the DPA; 2007 United States Social Forum, Atlanta
June 14, 2007 – Screening and discussion of Lockdown, USA, hosted by the Real Reform New York Coalition, Yippee Museum, Manhattan
April 28, 2007 – Presenter on Drug Law Reform with Cheri O’Donoghue, mother of someone incarcerated under the Rockefeller drug laws, at the Citizen Action Leadership Conference, Kerhonkson, New York
April 18,, 2007 – “What’s Human Rights Got to Do with It? Undoing Racism and the Rockefeller Drug Laws,” panelist, with Daniel Buford of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and Meikeljohn Civil Liberties Institute; and Ron Chisolm, cofounder of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond; at the Dr. Edmund Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, Manhattan
April 17, 2007 – “What’s Human Rights Got to Do with It? Undoing Racism and the Rockefeller Drug Laws,” panelist, with Daniel Buford of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and Meikeljohn Civil Liberties Institute; and Ron Chisolm, cofounder of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond; at Marymount College at Fordham University, Tarrytown, New York
April 13, 2007 – “Building an Antiracist Movement” workshop facilitator with Clare Bayard of the Catalyst Project; Students for Sensible Drug Policy 2007 Northeast Regional Conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
April 11, 2007 – “Drop the Rock” teach-In, panelist, with Bob Gangi, Dr. Barbara Wallace, David Billings, Sandy Bernabei, Brandie Chandler, and moderator Deacon Ken Radcliffe; hosted by the New York Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Addictions Policy Subcommittee and The ISAIAH Project & the Criminal “Just Us” Committee; Hunter College, Manhattan
March 16 & 17, 2007 – Community Strategy Caucus and Training: Organizing to Repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, co-trainer, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, the NYC AIDS Housing Network, and the Seven Neighborhood Action Partnership; LGBT Community Center, Manhattan
March 15, 2007 – “Motivating Providers and Users to Reduce Harm and Save Lives,” trainer, with Sandy Bernabei; 39th Annual Addictions Institute:“From Prevention to Motivation,” National Association of Social Workers, NYC Chapter; Fordham University, Manhattan
February 2, 2007 – Law enforcement panel moderator, with Chief City Prosecutor Sim Gill, Salt Lake City; Vicki Peterson, Salish Kootenai College Nursing Department, Pablo, Montana; Eric Luna, Hugh B. Brown Chair and Professor of Law, University of Utah College of Law; and Paul Gahlinger, of the Davis County Correctional Facility in Utah; at “Science and Response: The 2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis,” hosted by the Harm Reduction Project, Salt Lake City
January 25, 2007 – “The Drug War in Alabama,” guest speaker at Mediation Advocacy class of V. Michelle Obradovic, adjunct professor, Cumberland Law School, Samford University. Birmingham, Alabama
December 12, 2006 – “Prisons, Poverty, and the Drug War,” trainer for Youth in Action group of The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS), Dothan, Alabama
March 16, 2006 – “The Rockefeller Drug Laws Are a Queer Issue: A Town Hall Meeting,” panelist, with Kenyon Farrow, communications and public education coordinator, New York State Black Gay Network; Lucia Landro Gimeno, Police and State Violence Working Group, Audre Lorde Project; Pilar Maschi, formerly incarcerated person and family outreach coordinator, Critical Resistance; Rafael A. Mutis, JusticeWorks Community; Claudio Spencer, CARE director, the LGBT Community Center; and moderator Joseph N. DeFilippis, executive director, Queers for Economic Justice; hosted by Queers for Economic Justice at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, Manhattan
March 1 & 2, 2006 – “Ex-Felons: A Frank Discussion of Restoring Their Right to Vote, Prison and Drug Policy Reform, and Establishing Support and Mentorship Programs to Prevent Recidivism,” presenter, with Pastor Kenneth Glasgow of The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS); and Rev. Kobi Little of the New Bottom Line Campaign; hosted by Minister Peter Proctor, youth director, Madison County; and Madison County Commissioner Bob Harrison of District 6; Huntsville, Alabama
November 18, 2005 – “Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out,” book tour event with editors Dan Berger and Kenyon Farrow and contributor Andrew Curley; Lucy Parsons Center, Boston
November 17, 2005 – “Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out,” book tour event with co-editor Dan Berger and contributor Dara Levy-Bernstein; The Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, Massachusetts
November 16, 2005 – “Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out,” book tour event with co-editor Dan Berger and contributor Sarah Stillman; Labyrinth Books, New Haven, Connecticut
November 12, 2005 – “Ending the War on Drugs: The Importance of Antiracist Organizing,” trainer, with Clare Bayard of the Catalyst Project; International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Long Beach, California
November 11, 2005 – “School Zone Mandatory Minimums: Grade F,” moderator of panel with Lorenzo Jones, of A Better Way Foundation; Roger Goodman of the King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project; Roseanne Scotti, of the Drug Policy Alliance; International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Long Beach, California
November 11, 2005 – “The War on Youth: Drug Policy Reform and Juvenile Justice” panel organizer, with Frank Alvarez and Cassandra Gonzalez of the Youth Justice Coalition; Kyung-Ji Kate Rhee of the Prison Moratorium Project; Chuck Ries of the Upfront Program; Jason Zeidenberg of the Justice Policy Institute; and moderator Dr. Marsha Rosenbaum of the Drug Policy Alliance; International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Long Beach, California
November 11, 2005 – “Prison Reform and Drug Policy Reform: Intersections and Synergies,” panelist, with Dr. Ruthie Gilmore of the University of Southern California; Sitara Nieves of Critical Resistance; John Lum of the Coalition for Effective Public Safety and Californians United for a Responsible Budget; and moderator asha bandele of the Drug Policy Alliance; International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Long Beach, California
October 27, 2005 – “Money in Politics: The Root of All Evil; Coming Together to Find Common Ground,” speaker, with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!; Jeff Cohen of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; hosted by the SUNY New Paltz chapters of Democracy Matters and Students for Sensible Drug Policy, State University of New York at New Paltz
March 5, 2006 – “The War on Drugs, Prison Overcrowding, and Felony Disfranchisement: Where Do We Go from Here?,” panelist, with District Attorney Michael Jackson of Dallas County, Alabama; Judge Marvin Wayne Wiggins, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama; and Pastor Kenneth Glasgow. 41st Annual Voting Rights March Jubilee, Selma
January 24, 2004 – “Antiracism and Movement Building: Reflecting on White Antiracist Organizing,” trainer, with Clare Bayard, Dan Berger, and Molly McClure at the National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCORE); American University, Washington, DC
December 14, 2004 – “Get R.O.C.T. – Reclaiming Our Communities,” co-trainer; hosted by The Ordinary People’s Society, Dothan, Alabama
June & July 2003 – Olympia Antiracism Workshop, co-creator and co-facilitator of six-week training program with Emily Thuma; Olympia, Washington
April 19, 2003 – “Creating an Antiracist Organizational Agenda,” facilitator of daylong training for the Gender Variant Healthcare Project, Olympia, Washington
September 27, 2002 – “Critical Issues in White Antiracism,” workshop trainer, with Emily Thuma; Homo-a-Go-Go 2002, Olympia, Washington
August 11, 2001 – “Anti-Racism for White Queers: Exploring the Intersection of Racial Assimilation and Homophobia,” trainer, with Jey Born; North American Conference on Bisexuality, Gender, and Sexual Diversity, sponsored by the Harvey Milk Institute and the BC Human Rights Commission, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
March 10, 2001 – “Implementing Anti-Racism Strategies in Anti-Prison Work and Activism,” panelist, with Jey Born, Liz Roberts, Evelyn Lynn, and facilitator Sonja Sivesind; Northeast Regional Conference and Strategy Session: Critical Resistance East: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, Columbia University Law School, Manhattan