Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) is pleased to offer free virtual office hours on racial equity and community engagement. The next unstructured drop-in session will be held on Wednesday, September 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. ET. Members of the APPR Racial Equity and Community Engagement Committee (RECEC) will answer your questions on conducting a racial and ethnic disparities analysis and community engagement strategies. Advance registration is required. This session has no space limitation, but participants must register by Monday, September 11.
About the Office Hours
Is your jurisdiction interested in involving peers, navigators, or people with experience in the pretrial system in your program strategies? Are you thinking of including people with lived experience in your pretrial advancements? If you have questions on how to center racial equity and community engagement to address public safety and promote community well-being, join our RECEC office hours. Experts will answer questions about how engaging the community can help address racial and ethnic disparities in pretrial systems and about available tools, resources, and strategies.
Faculty
The faculty for this session are professionals who have many years of experience with racial and ethnic disparities analysis, racial equity, and community engagement efforts and strategies. All faculty serve on the RECEC.
Deloris Vaughn, PhD, APPR partner
Dr. Vaughn helps organizations expand their evaluation capacity and conduct targeted analyses of major initiatives to assess the impacts of local and national infrastructures on equity and inclusivity and to evaluate community change using an equity lens.
Orleny Rojas, JD, MSW, senior manager, Center for Effective Public Policy
Ms. Rojas has over 12 years of experience working with various criminal legal systems and community stakeholders to center and address the needs of vulnerable populations.
Quixada Moore-Vissing, PhD, founder and principal, Public Engagement Partners
Dr. Moore-Vissing specializes in community engagement, helping public institutions and citizens collaborate to make equitable, representative decisions.
Tshaka Barrows, executive director, W. Haywood Burns Institute
Mr. Barrows is a member of the W. Haywood Burns Institute’s executive leadership team. He has developed several curricula, including a comprehensive juvenile justice history curriculum, and has formed racial and ethnic disparities task forces in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, and New Orleans.
Wendy Talley, APPR partner
Ms. Talley’s career in community advocacy and engagement involves work as a professional facilitator, life coach, and trainer. For over 36 years, she has focused on the social issues facing vulnerable populations, including health, poverty, housing, homelessness, incarceration, mental health, and substance use.