Spring Program: The Challenges and Opportunities of Reentry

When:  Jun 26, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM (ET)

Wayne Law School

471 West Palmer Street, Detroit

Patriarch Auditorium

June 26, 2026, 12 pm - 5 pm

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Attendance at all sessions qualifies for up to 4 hours of continuing legal education and will count towards requirements pursuant to MIDC Standard 1.

Please register by June 12th. We welcome your attendance at the Spring Program even if you do not register by June 12th, but boxed lunches may not be available to late registrants or unregistered attendees.

12 - 1 pm                     Resource Fair and Boxed Lunch Available to Registered Participants

1-1:10 pm                    Welcome

Prisons & Corrections Section Chair Patricia Maceroni

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm      Panel #1: Housing

Farrah Wilder, Exec. Dir., Fair Housing Center of Metro Detroit

Courtney Smith, Founder & CEO, Detroit Phoenix Center

Cecilia Zavala, Exec. Dir., Nation Outside

Moderators: Michael Taylor and Chuck Warpehoski, MI-CEMI

           

2:20 pm - 3:20 pm      Panel #2: Education, Employment & Public Benefits

Giftie Umo, Senior Program Manager, Center for Employment Opportunities

Anna Kohn, Reentry Supervisor, SADO Reentry Program

Jose Burgos, Policy Advocate, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth

Moderator: Adam Grant, Dir., A Brighter Way

3:25 pm - 4:25 pm      Panel #3: Mental Health and Family Reintegration

Demarra West, Founder, BeWell Beautiful People

Ken Nixon, Dir. of Community Outreach and Partnerships, Safe & Just Michigan

Chris Delgado, Community Legal Advocate, Detroit Justice Center

Moderator: Natalie Holbrook-Combs, Program Dir., AFSC

4:30 pm - 5 pm            Keynote Address

                                    Joseph Williams

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