The Center is a convener of community stakeholders in an effort to identify challenges and recommend solutions to the deeply entrenched inequities in our criminal justice system. Public events are an important part of stimulating and continuing these important conversations.
Past Events
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The Center hosted a panel discussion, "The Report on Racial Disparity in Prosecution in Baltimore: A Discussion on the Findings and the Path Forward," on Tuesday, April 26.
Panelists were Marilyn Mosby, State's Attorney for Baltimore City; Natasha Dartigue, Deputy District Defender for Baltimore City; Dayvon Love, Director of Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and report author Brian Johnson, Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland. View a recording of the discussion. - Heather Warnken , executive director, spoke at an online event alongside co-authors of a new publication, “Racial Equity in Community Violence Intervention,” on Wednesday, Mar. 23. The panel, hosted by Open Society Foundations, discussed recommendations to reduce the barriers that make government funding for violence intervention burdensome and ineffective.
- The Center's executive director, Heather Warnken , was a panelist for "Expanding Pathways to Healing: A Discussion on Victim Compensation," on Monday, Mar. 14.
- The Center's executive director,
Heather Warnken
, moderated a UB Law in Focus webinar, "Juvenile Justice: Why Reform is Needed Now," on Wednesday, Mar. 2.
View the video here
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On Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Center and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender hosted a discussion on the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), with
the lead investigator and author of the GTTF Investigation Report, former DOJ Inspector General
Michael Bromwich
. Watch the
video of the event
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- On Thursday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m., a group of student organizations presented a panel on “The Future of Policing,” featuring Baltimore Law faculty members. This was the first in a two-part series on The Future of Policing and is supported by a coalition of UBalt student organizations.