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 “Criminal Justice and Equity: Bridging the Gaps” 

January 2022 – May 2022 

The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity (KSCMHE), in partnership with the Wellpath Cares Foundation, will host a series of virtual roundtables to address the landscape of inequities that affect justice-involved individuals. The invited panelists will represent a diverse, inclusive, and unique set of voices in the field, to speak on a myriad of issues that influence outcomes for individuals affected by the criminal justice system. KSCMHE will outreach experts, leaders, and people with lived experience to accurately depict the state of criminal justice and equity in America, in real-time. Participation in our programming will be as equitable and inclusive as the system that we are working to change. 

 “Bridging the Gaps” Virtual Roundtables 

Program Schedule: 

1) Policy Implementation and Data Use – Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST 

Session 1 Panelists:

LaShawn Warren, JD, Chief Policy Officer for Southern Poverty Law Center
Lourdes M. Rosado, President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDF
John Hart, PHD Associate Director at Vera Institute for Justice
Megan Douglas, JD, Associate Director for Policy, Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity

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