Michigan Day of Empathy

Event is virtual
Where:
Zoom
Lansing, MI
When: Tuesday, March 2nd, 9:00 a.m. Eastern time

Please join us for one or all four of our Day of Empathy panels! Register here and you will receive an email with Zoom details for each of the four panels.

9:00 am panel: Bail reform, moderated by Josh Hoe, policy analyst, Safe & Just Michigan

Guests including Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit & Asia Johnson from The Bail Project
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11:00 am panel: COVID in prison, moderated by Josh Hoe, policy analyst, Safe & Just Michigan

Guests include Michigan state Rep. Tenisha Yancey, Detroit Free Press writer Angie Jackson and Lorenzo Garrett, who sentence was recently commuted
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1:00 pm panel: Long and indeterminate sentences, moderated by Daniel Jones, project coordinator, Michigan Collaboration to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI)

Guests include Michigan state Sen. Jeff Irwin, Ryan King of the Justice Policy Institute and Safe & Just Michigan Research Specialist Dr. Anne Mahar
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3:00 pm panel: Civic oversight for pregnant people in prison, moderated by Natalie Holbrook, director, American Friends Service Committee Michigan Criminal Justice Program

Guests include State Sen. Erica Geiss, criminal justice reform advocate Siwatu-Salama Ra


Empathy Network advocates and organizers across our nation will seek to explore the role of empathy in changing existing policies and practices in our criminal legal system. On Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021, we will gather for the fifth annual Day of Empathy. By registering for this #DayofEmpathy event, your email will be shared with Dream Corps, the event organizer, and their affiliated organization.

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