The 2022 Transforming Justice VIRTUAL Conference will focus on the powerful impact that a strong community can have on the justice framework. The conference features plenary sessions, panel discussions, and breakout sessions featuring local, regional, and national leaders in positions of influence. Also included are those impacted by injustice, inequity, and inequality. This year’s speakers and panelists will include: Judithe Registre, Keir Bradford-Grey, and many more to be announced shortly. Make sure you register today!

The day will begin with opening remarks, a panel discussing community interventions, a keynote, breakout sessions, and a town hall. Breakout sessions will focus on Narrative Justice, Participatory Defense, and Coalition Building (breakout session signups will occur on the day of the event.) The conversations at this conference will have an incredible impact on the justice community, and we look forward to having you join to participant in these innovative discussions.

Virtual platform information and participation instructions will go out to registrants prior to the event. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

In its second year the Transforming Justice Conference held on November 13, 2020, was forced to occur virtually.  In the second year, attendance remained fairly level with more than 200 attendees.  2020’s conference focused on systems change, poverty and racism, education, healthcare and trauma training, and juvenile justice.  The roster of speakers included the Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, three State Representatives, Chief of Police for the School District of Philadelphia, Chief Defender for Philadelphia’s Public Defender’s Office, formerly incarcerated youth court trainer, formerly incarcerated founder of a nonprofit organization, and more.  

We hosted the inaugural event on November 15, 2019 at the Commonwealth Chateau at SugarLoaf in Chestnut Hill College.  The event had more than 200 attendees that included: impacted individuals, law enforcement, social workers, nonprofit leaders, business leaders, law makers, and more.  In its inaugural year the conferenced focused heavily on criminal justice.  The speakers included the Mayor of Philadelphia, the District Attorney for Philadelphia, three State Representatives, the Commissioner of Prisons for Philadelphia, Executive Deputy Secretary of Corrections for the state of PA, General Counsel for Koch Industries, a juvenile lifer, two exonerated individuals, a mother who lost her child, three formerly incarcerated individual (not exonerated, not lifers, etc.), and more.  

Featured speakers included: 

Mark Holden