2024 Annual Symposium

“Civic Engagement, Changing Minds, Transforming Lives”

2024 Annual Statewide Symposium

When: Wednesday, October 30 -to- Friday, November 1, 2024

Where: Poughkeepsie Holiday Inn, 2170 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Overnight accommodations at the Poughkeepsie Holiday Inn

What We Are Doing: The NYSMICJ is celebrating our 38th Anniversary and hosting our Annual Training Symposium on October 30th, 31st and November 1st, 2024, at the Poughkeepsie Holiday Inn. This year’s theme is “Civic Engagement, Changing Minds, Transforming Lives.”

Criminal Justice professionals have been invited from within and outside of New York to travel to Poughkeepsie, to participate in this comprehensive training symposium with a dynamic lineup of visionary speakers who will delve into civic engagement and transformation. Attendees can strengthen ideals and actions, share best practices, network, and celebrate.

SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS

Many Unique Workshops

Vendors

The Commissioner’s Forum

Networking Opportunities

Held in Region 4

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Region 4

Poughkeepsie Holiday Inn

2170 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

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Workshops

To be announced

Symposium Details At-a-Glance

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration, Vendors and Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks and Welcome
Elected Officials
Vendors
Plenary Session
Lunch
Keynote Speaker
Vendors
Tributes and Recognition
NYSMICJ Annual Meeting (4:30 PM)

Thursday, October 31, 2024

7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Vendors
Keynote Speaker
Vendors
Morning Workshops
Lunch
Afternoon workshops

Friday, November 1, 2024

8:00 AM to 12 PM

Deluxe Breakfast
Welcome
Commissioners Forum
Closing Remarks

Conference Highlights

Opening Remarks and Welcome - Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Calvin Hill, President, NYSMICJ; and Deputy Superintendent for PREA, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, NYSDOCCS

Elected Officials

Honorable Yvonne Flowers, Mayor, Poughkeepsie, New York

Congressman Pat Ryan, US House of Representatives, 18th District, New York

Congressman Marcus Molinaro, US House of Representatives, 18th District, New York

Annual Plenary Session - Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Moderated by:

Joe Williams, NYSMICJ Historian; and Retired Superintendent, NYSDOCCS

Dr. John Ducksworth, Director, Restorative Justice Project, Center for Children's Advocacy

Derek Zimmerman, J.D., Adjunct Professor, John Jay College

Dr. Addrain Conyers, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development; and Associate Professor of Crime and Justice Studies, Marist College

Keynote Speaker - Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Honorable Barrington Atkins, MSW, LMSW, President, NAACP Poughkeepsie; Assistant Principal, Newburgh High School; Adjunct Professor, Marist College; and Dutchess County Legislator, District 9

Tributes and Recognitions - Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Dr. Alice P. Green, Founder, Center for Law and Justice; and NYSMICJ’s 1st Executive Director

Dr. Alice Green (1940 – August 20, 2024) was the Executive Director of the Center for Law and Justice, a civil rights organization she founded in 1985. She had a doctorate in criminal justice and 3 master’s degrees – education, social work, and criminology. The Center provides community education on civil and criminal justice, legal guidance and advocacy, crisis intervention, and community planning and organizing around criminal justice, civil rights and civil liberties issues of particular concern to poor communities and those of color.

Frank Headley, Founder Member of NYSMICJ; and Retired Deputy Commissioner of Programs, NYSDOCCS

NYSMICJ Annual Meeting - Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Morning Keynote Speaker - Thursday, October 31, 2024

Dr. Daniel Pascoe Aguilar, PhD, MDiv, Founding Director of the Center for Social Justice and Chief Diversity Officer, Excelsior University

Lunch Keynote Speaker - Thursday, October 31, 2024

Karmen Smallwood, Assistant Commissioner for Youth Services, Dutchess County

Commissioners' Forum - Friday, November 1, 2024