How can faith communities work individually and collectively to dismantle the menace of mass incarceration? Explore this question and more with Yale Adventist Campus Fellowship on February 26-28, 2021 in an interactive conference bringing together experts from diverse faith backgrounds and life experiences. Hear from:

• Community organizers
• Leading academics
• The formerly incarcerated
• Faith leaders
• Student activists

Speakers Include:

• Bahiyyah Muhammad, PhD, Associate Professor of Criminology, Howard University, Muslim
• Claudia M. Allen, Speaker and Activist, Message Magazine, Seventh-day Adventist
• Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT)
• Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Pennsylvania State, Christian
• Fleet Maull, PhD, CMT-P, Founder of Prison Mindfulness Institute, Buddhist
• Herron Gaston, PhD, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, City of Bridgeport, Christian
• Jaelen King, Undergraduate Student, Yale University and Co-President, Black Students for Disarmament at Yale
• James Jones, PhD, Executive Vice President of Islamic Seminary of America, Muslim
• James Sonne, Esq., Professor of Law and Director of Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School
• Keesha Middlemass, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Howard University, Christian
• Kevin Burton, PhD Candidate in American Religious History, Florida State University, Seventh-day Adventist
• Lydia Medwin, Rabbi and Director of Congregational Engagement and Outreach, The Temple Atlanta, Jewish
• Miriam Gohara, PhD, Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School
• Nicholas Miller, PhD, JD, Professor of Church History and Director, International Religious Liberty Institute at Andrews University, Seventh-day Adventist
• Salahuddin Muhammad, PhD, Former Chaplain, New York State Department of Corrections and Supervision, Muslim
• Tanya Regli, MDiv Student, Princeton Theological Seminary, Christian
• Willa Ferrer, Undergraduate Student, Yale University and Advocacy Co-Head, Yale Undergraduate Prison Project

Panel Moderators Include:

• Abdul-Rehman Malik, Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Yale Divinity School
• Elizabeth Hinton, PhD, Associate Professor of History & African American Studies and Professor of Law, Yale Law School
• Guilherme Brasil de Souza, PhD Candidate, Princeton Theological Seminary
• Michael Nixon, VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Andrews University

Where: Virtual (all links and technical details to be shared with registered attendees in advance of the event). Who: Anyone interested in the intersection of faith and criminal justice reform. This event is open to the public but attendees must register in advance. Topics to Be Discussed*:

• Progressive alternatives in police funding
• The economics of the incarcerated body
• The historical relationship between faith and criminal justice
• Faith communities as healers and ministers
• Faith communities as advocates and political actors
• Making advocacy personal

*Full conference schedule TBA