featured keynote speaker

“COMPASSION is most EFFECTIVE AND transformative when it is directed at the undeRservED AND UNDERRESOURCED.”

CO-FOUNDER, CJMHC

DR. BELAY REDDICK

Meet the KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • SHINITA REDDICK

    EVERYDAY SOLACE FOUNDATION

  • STEPHANIE T. THOMPSON

    PRISON FELLOWSHIP

  • DR. MONTY BURKS

    TENNESSEE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE


  • Christine Jones Brady

    NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE


  • SAULPAUL

    3X GRAMMY-NOMINEE

  • SUSIE LEE

    U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

Meet the Speakers

  • DENNIS RITCHIE

    GOODWILL KENTUCKY

  • LADA GASPARAC

    MARYHURST


  • JANELLE CLEMENT

    IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS


  • FRANKIE ROE

    GIRLFRIEND YOU ARE GIFTED

  • HELEN "SKIP" SKIPPER

    NYC JUSTICE PEER INITIATIVE

  • HOPE CROSS

    TRAINER AND CONSULTANT



  • ALISON RAPPING

    CEO, AROUET FOUNDATION


  • DR. RYAN SPOHN

    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA


  • KIM THOMAS

    AROUET FOUNDATION

  • SHARIF BROWN

    ALLIANCE OF DISABILITY ADVOCATES



  • ELONA WASHINGTON

    AWARD WINNING INDIE PUBLISHER


  • LETICIA ESCAMILLA

    MINDFUEL IN MOTION


  • BRANDY SMITH

    AROUET FOUNDATION

  • STEVEN SEWELL

    ENCOURAGING HOPE, INC.



  • DR. FELISA BRYANT

    THE IF PROJECT


  • TIMOTHY WERT

    YOUTH OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS


  • Don Williams

    JUMPSTART SOUTH CAROLINA

  • KIMBERLY MALLOY

    CENTER FOR RELATIONAL HEALTH LV


  • DR. CRAIG WALEED

    DISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA


  • TIFFANY KIRK

    COMMON GOOD ATLANTA


  • LISA THURAU

    STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH

  • CHRISTOPHER SMITH

    TENNESSEE DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH


  • ANGELA JOHNSON

    JOB MOJO


  • DR. LUIS S. GARCIA

    ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL


  • CHRIS YADON

    SAPREA

  • KHALIL A. HALIM

    SECOND CHANCE CENTER DENVER


  • CANDICE S. WHITE

    SECOND CHANCE CENTER AURORA


  • JESSIE MABREY

    NATIONAL INCARCERATION ASSOCIATION


  • DR. NICOLE WIESEN

    RETURNING HER HOME

  • JAMES LEBLANC

    RELEASE RESENTMENT COACH


  • BRIAN WILLIAMS

    CARING COMMUNITY, INC.


  • KATE BOCCIA

    NATIONAL INCARCERATION ASSOCIATION


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