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2019 NASAMS Conference

2019 National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates & Mitigation Specialists (NASAMS) Conference
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2:30pm PDT

Registration Chesapeake Gallery

4:30pm PDT

Opening Plenary -- Deep Forgiveness: Hope, Healing, and Transformation Chesapeake I-IIDeep Forgiveness

5:30pm PDT

NASAMS Networking & Awards Reception Chesapeake Gallery

7:30am PDT

Breakfast Chesapeake Gallery Registration Chesapeake Gallery

8:30am PDT

By Any Other Name, It’s Still Solitary Confinement Harborview ITerri Collins-Green Hope in Second Chances: Juvenile Lifers and Breaking Ground with the IRAA Harborview IIDavid Bailey • James Zeigler • Shannon Keyes-Woodward Trauma Informed Defense Teams and Restorative Practices SevernMegan Leschak Writing As If Their Lives Depended on It Chesapeake IIIJodie English

10:00am PDT

Break Chesapeake Gallery

10:30am PDT

An Exploration of Ethical Dilemmas on Holistic Defense Teams Harborview IITerri Collins-Green Barriers in Mitigating Mental Health in African American Families Harborview ITeresa Cooper Preserving Your Expert Like an Expert SevernJulie Harper • Donna Murray Telling the Story from the Witness Stand: Expert Testimony Chesapeake IIIHeather Pinckney • Lori James-Townes

12:00pm PDT

Lunch on your own See Restaurant List

2:15pm PDT

Developing & Preparing Mitigation for Your Client Charged with a Sex Offense Harborview ITonyah Roberts-Johnson Federal Death Authorization Harborview IISam Dworkin • Jenifer Wicks Motivational Interviewing SevernCatherine Breneman Put Your Oxygen Mask on First: The Key to Leading in the Midst of Tragedy Chesapeake IIIHeather D. Horton

3:45pm PDT

Break Chesapeake Gallery

4:00pm PDT

Closing Plenary Walking Testimonies: We Are Home Now and What A Journey We've Had Chesapeake I-IIZanele Ngubeni • Charles Brown • Eddie Ellis • LaTonya Myers