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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