Please Join Us for the Next

Community Justice Providers: Please Join Us for the Next Community Justice Division Meeting October 20, 2010 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at CT Nonprofits 90 Brainard Rd, Hartford, CT

!! PROVIDERS: YOUR ATTENDANCE / INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED !!

Special Guest Presenter: Juan Roberto Meléndez-Colón: Exonerated after serving seventeen years, eight months and one day on Florida's death row A Story of Supreme Injustice, Survival and Hope ______In Addition, Please Join Us For The

Community Justice Division Elections

Agenda on Reverse Side  Directions to the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits  90 Brainard Road, Hartford, CT 06114, 860.525.5080

I-91 North: Take Exit 27. Exit ramp merges – stay in center lane and take a left at first light onto Brainard Rd. CT Nonprofits is located on the right at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately before McDonald’s.

I-91 South: Take Exit 27. (Please note that exits from this direction are not in descending order – Exit 29, Exit 27, Exit 28.) At end of exit ramp (at light) take a left onto Airport Rd. At next light (over hill,) take a right onto Brainard Road. CT Nonprofits is located on the left at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately after McDonald’s.

I-84 East: Take I-91 South and follow I-91 South directions listed above.

I-84 West : Take Exit 57 (a left exit onto a short extension highway) for Rt. 15 & I-91 South. Stay to the left. Take Exit 87. At the fork bear left toward Brainard/Airport Roads. Exit ramp merges – stay in center lane and take a left at first light onto Brainard Rd. CT Nonprofits is located on the right at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately before McDonald’s. 90 Brainard Road ♦ Hartford, CT 06114 ♦ Tel: 860.525.5080 ♦ Fax: 860.525.5088 ♦ www.ctnonprofits.org Community Justice Division Meeting

Wednesday, October 20, 2010: 1:30 to 3:30 P.M.

AGENDA

1. Introductions & Announcements: (Tony Corso, CT Renaissance, CJ Co-Chair & Julia Wilcox, CT Nonprofits)

 Leo Arnone, Commissioner, DOC to attend: November 17, 2010!!  SAVE THE DATE! CT Nonprofits Annual Conference 2010: Monday, 11/22/10; Omni Hotel at Yale, New Haven ‘Vision Focused. Mission Driven: The Power of Nonprofits.’

2. COMMUNITY JUSTICE DIVISION ELECTIONS !! CJ Executive Committee, CSSD Executive Committee

3. DOC Updates: (Joseph Haggan, Director, Parole & Community Services, DOC Staff)

 Department Specific Updates, Questions & Concerns from the Membership

4. Medical/UCONN: Updates

5. Synthetic Marijuana: Follow-Up to Provider Concerns:

 CT Nonprofits’ Memo to DOC Re: Synthetic Marijuana 9.27.10  Discussion / Next Steps

6. SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTER: JUAN ROBERTO MELÉNDEZ-COLÓN :

 Juan Roberto Meléndez-Colón: Exonerated following seventeen years, eight months and one day on Florida's death row  A Story of Supreme Injustice, Survival and Hope  Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (Ben Jones, Executive Director)

7. Statewide Reentry Roundtables – Regional Updates: (Contacts and/or Attendees)

8. Community Justice Division Membership Survey: Update

9. State Government / Public Policy Update: (Julia Wilcox; Public Policy Council Members)

 Commission on Nonprofit Health & Human Services  2011 Legislative Session – 15% Budget Reduction Options: DOC/CSSD  Cross-Sector & CJ Specific Legislative Agendas

 Next monthly meeting of the Community Justice Division: November 17, 2010 

Leo Arnone, Commissioner, DOC to attend!!

90 Brainard Road ♦ Hartford, CT 06114 ♦ Tel: 860.525.5080 ♦ Fax: 860.525.5088 ♦ www.ctnonprofits.org