1. 1. 1 | P a g e Curriculum Vitae BERNARD MOORE Ma i l i n g A d d r e s s : Eq u a l A c c e s s 1 0 2 5 0 C o n s te l l at i on B l vd . , 2 3 r d Fl o o r Lo s A n g e l e s , C A 9 0 06 7 U S A 202-904-1993 Dr.Bernard.Moore@gmail.com w w w . l i n k e d i n . com / i n / b e r n ar d m oor e 10 _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ AM ER ICAN / JUD ICIAL / BLACK POLITICS Ph.D. in Political Science ~ Political Strategist ~ Policymaker ~ Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis ~ Principal Policy Fellow to the Congressional Black Caucus ~ Recognized Authority on the inner workings of U.S. Congress: Budget Process, Committee Procedures & Appropriations Process ~ Legislative History and Statutory Research ~ Political Science Professor ~ Published in Policy Congressional Committee Reports ~ Numerous Presentations ~ Qualitative & Quantitation Research. Academic researcher with executive role at recognized public policy research organization on Capitol Hill. Educationalapproach includesacquiring a knowledge base to expand awarenessand understanding of the political spectrumwhile developing inquiry-based critical-thinking skills. Focuson legislative affairs, disparitiesin criminal justice,voting rights,HIV/AIDS,OffenderReentry:Reducing recidivism and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Adheres to the philosophy that communication, relationship building, and mentoring communication are key student motivatorsin quest for knowledge.In addition,providing criminal justice solutions to defense attorneys, inmates and court systems throughout the country. HIGHLIGHT OF ACCOM PLISHM EN TS PASSAGE OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007 Spearheaded, wrote and progressed Second Chance Act of 2007 through the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to the signing into law on April 9, 2008 by President George W. Bush. Gained 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors of H.R.1593 and 247 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives. Utilized creative ability refocusing discussions on offender reentry and for concerns of public safety. Worked in a bi-partisan effort to appropriate funding of the Second chance Act for FY10 DOJ offender reentry programs, including $109 million for reentry initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and $300 million for the Second Chance Act grant program. In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs. In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs.
2. 2. 2 | P a g e UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (UNCFSP) Worked collaboratively to develop and implement a pilot program to addressboard concernsof fairness in the criminal justice system and strategies for prisoner reintegration, prevent recidivism, improve public safety, and strengthen families and communities. Organized and hosted a series of symposia to address social justice and reintegration topic on Capitol Hill and HBCUS. Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) throughout design and implementation of visibility to national stakeholders. KN OWLED GE, SKILLS AN D ABILITIES Program Management Skills to establish a solid working partnership with the President& CEOand members of the Senior Leadership Team. Provide leadership in initiating and implementing programs, objectives and management controls across all issue areas assigned in accordance with established policies. Develops and track measurable outcomes; monitored and evaluate of CBCF Braintrust programs at the Annual Legislative Conference. Maintains liaison with think tanks relative to researchactivities in civic engagement, environmental and climate justice, education, health, economic development, criminal justice and other areas. Development and Communications Proven record of measurable results in the solicitation of high net-worth donors, asking for gifts of $2,500 to $250,000 annually. Maintain a high volume of personal contacts and involvement activities for current and prospective donors. Skilled at moving prospective donors, through the cultivation process by developing strategies for engagement that eventually lead to solicitations. Experience includes the development of high level stewardship activities for current and prospective donors, including special events, mailing and personalized outreach as appropriate. Advocacy/Policy Track record of identifying significant policy issues and developing and directing strategies for operations at all levels CEO and Senior Leadership Team. Worked with the CBCF Advocacy and Braintrusts to ensure that the CBCF programs are strategically aligned and support the advancement of the advocacy agenda at the local, state and national level. Provided leadership and guidance in partnership with the policymakers to build relationships with the Federal, State and municipal agencies. Ability to work effectively and represent the Foundation to a broad constituency including activist, policymakers, the media, grantees,government officials, researchers,academics,corporate leaders and others.
3. 3. 3 | P a g e PR OFESSION AL EXPER IEN CE Equal Access,Washington, D.C., 2009 Present A Criminal Justice Consulting Firm (www.equalaccess.solutions) Mitigation Strategist & Policy Advocate Provide criminal justice solutions to defense attorneys,defendants, inmates and court systems in 68 of the 94 federal districts throughout the country. Assists defense counsel and prepared defendants for sentencing in federal courts. Develops personal and professional background information and materials highlighting clients character for submission to the probation officers interviews. Research specific sentencing guidelines questions and developing specific sentencing guideline arguments, including arguments for downward departure from the sentencing guidelines range. Conducts disparity analysis of sentences imposed upon similarly situated offenders in federal courts using United States Sentencing Commission data. Reviews, analyzing and assessing the draft Pre-Sentence Report (PRS). Assisted in preparing formal response to the PSR. Coordinates effort to obtain character reference letters and testimonials. Develops community-based sentencing alternative, and prepared materials for the court outlining our specific sentencing proposal with supporting documentation. Prepares Bail Reports, Mitigating Factors/Report,Pre-Custody Consultation, Release Plans,and Social profiles. U.S. CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS (7th -IL),Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2010 A member of the U.S. House of Representativessince 1996. Senior Fellow/Policy Advisor Served as a Senior Advisor to Rep. Danny K. Davis on legislative and policy issues on offenders reentry, criminal justice reforms, voting rights, HIV/AIDS,drug policy and international human rights. Worked with various house congressional committees on the congressmans behalf, the House Committees on Way & Means,Judiciary, Oversight & Government Reform and House Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. Worked on the Congressmans behalf to build relationships, coalitions and consensus on legislative issues with the House Leadership, House Democratic & Republican Caucuses,and both Democratic & Republican National Committees. Lead in planning meetings and briefing sessions with members of Congress and the House Democratic & Republican Leadership to develop policy solutions on Reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Met with Senior Cabinet Officials in the Departmentsof Justice,Labor, Health & Human Services and Departmentof Urban and Housing on policy issues relevant to the Second Chance Act and other reentry initiatives. Served as liaison to externalorganizations relevant to the Second Chance Act legislation (e.g., research organizations, congressional staff, and executive agencies). Developed and managed legislative strategies for the Congressman policy proposals and coordination of the advisory role to other members of Congress on crime and sentencing policy. Identified and tracked relevant bills through the legislation process, responding to the Department of Justice, and keeping the U.S. Sentencing Commission and senior staff informed of congressional and other statutory and regulatory development on Capitol Hill. Analyzed and prepared summaries of relevant legislation, drafting legislative updates and advising the members of Congress and senior staff of legislative issues which potentially affect the criminal justice issues, including the introduction of bills, hearings, and other legislative actions of the Congress. Advised members of Congress, Department of Justice, Sentencing Commission, senior staff on major legislative and public affairs issues including outreach to relevant interest groups.
4. 4. 4 | P a g e Drafted congressional testimony and conducting briefings and meetings with members of Congress, their staffs, the Department of Justice, other governmental agencies, and relevant interest groups. Advised members of the Congressional Black Caucus regarding crime policy agenda. Managed the Congressman public affairs activities such as responding to inquiries and requests for information from the public, attorneys, the criminal justice community, Congress, the media, and government agencies. Served as a key liaison and point of contact concerning Congressional staff inquires. Coordinating the Congressmans response to such inquiries by providing legislative drafting or empirical data. Served as a resource for staff concerning implementation of new legislation to facilitate the resolution of legislative issues as they arise, providing guidance, and following with on congressional liaison or legislative activities. Provided analysis and reviewed legislation in various forms developing and presenting substantive information to various audiences, including federal judges, U.S. Sentencing Commissioners, senior staff, and other interested parties. Developed and maintained a network of contacts to foster effective ongoing communication between U.S. Sentencing Commission and members of Congress by making regular outreach to federal judiciary, including conducting periodic briefings. Served as a resource for congressional staff concerning implementation of new legislation to facilitate the resolution legislative issues as they arise, providing guidance, and following up on congressional liaison or legislative activities. Drafted correspondence to Congress, Congressional testimony, and memoranda relating to legislation. Drafted, edited, assisted with speeches, scholarly articles, op-eds, and other writing for members of Congress and staff aimed at publicly disseminating to drive legislation. Helped to develop and implement strategies for communication with the press, outside groups. Spearheaded and lead discrete projects in the areas of legislative and public affairs (and in other areas as appropriate) that further the mission of the legislative goals. Participated on, and when appropriate, leading policy teams staff working groups that focus on new legislation, guideline amendments or other sentencing issues. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION,Washington, D.C. 2005 2006 A non-partisan public policy, research and educational institute. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Policy Fellow Provided expert research that met ongoing Congressional policy-making and oversight needs related to finance (including public finance, tax policy, financial regulation, and macroeconomic policy) and government affairs (including functions, effectiveness, and operational relationships across the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; intergovernmental relations; and legislative relevance, or budgetary procedures). Engaged in implementation of the Foundations research agenda for issues within the Fellow Program areas of responsibility, including approaches, frameworks, and methodologies for addressing policy and legislative issues. This included demonstrating personal intellectual leadership in monitoring congressional needs in the policy areas which required direct research management responsibility and assuring access to the intellectual capacity needs to meet the current and changing demands of the United States Congress at a sustained level of excellence. Ensured that the research and analytical activities of the Foundation were aligned with the legislative needs of Congress and with the priorities, goals, and policies of members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Served as a principal policy advisor to members of the Congressional Black Caucus, advising on all aspects of the research management and recommending specific policy solutions.
5. 5. 5 | P a g e SECOND CHANCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, Washington, D.C. 2007 - 2009 A think tank devoted to research and crafting of innovative policy solutions to issues of social equity. Research Fellow Developed research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for national and state offender reentry initiatives for members of Congress. Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience. Researched interventions and programs that work to reduce recidivism by addressing obstacles to reentry. Researched empirical data on what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not. Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in federal and state reentry programs. Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables discussions other events associated with offender reentry initiatives. Lead collaborative effort with United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) to implement pilot reentry program in conjunction with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Organized symposia and conferences to raise awareness and drive public policy and reform. Provided training in Civil Addict Program (legal basis, objectives, program logistics) to State and local criminal justice agencies. U.S. CONGRESSMAN JULIAN DIXON (35th -CA), Los Angeles, California 1993-1995, 2000 2002 A member of the U.S. House of Representatives1979 -2002 District Fellow Constituent services related to Department of Justice, Social Security and Department of Human & Health Service. Community event planning and other related community advocacy. Served as liaison to external organizations relevant to community outreach. ED UCATION YALE LAW SCHOOL, GRADUATE PROGRAMS, New Haven, Connecticut Visiting Scholar & Researcher 2009 2010 Research focus on offender reentry: Second chance Act of 2007. Research of strategies of remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Washington, D.C. Ph.D. Degree in Political Science emphasis American Politics, Public Law and Black Politics. May 2009 Dissertation: Americas Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color Dissertation Committee: Lorenzo Morris, Ph.D., Howard University Maurice Woodward, Ph.D., Howard University Michael Frazier, Ph.D., Howard University Donn Davis, Ph.D., Howard University Representative Danny K. Davis, Ph.D., Member of Congress Representative Diane E. Watson, Ph.D., Member of Congress UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, New College, Oxford, United Kingdom Diploma in International Human Rights Law, 2006
6. 6. 6 | P a g e CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California Master of Arts in American Politics, 2004 Thesis: The Philosophical Premises of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Assessment Whether the Federal Criminal Justice System Achieved the Goals of Sentencing Reform UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, California Mathematics & History, 1978 ACAD EM IC D EVELOPM EN T YALE LAW SCHOOL, New Haven, Connecticut Visiting Scholar and Researcher, 2009 2010 Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007 HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. Ph.D. Oral Defense, March 2009 Americas Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, UK Human Rights in Social Context, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2006 The Intersection of Rights and Regulation, Law and Society Summer Institute, St. Catherines College, 2005 UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND, Johannesburg, South Africa Bram Vischer Visiting Scholar, 2005 - 2006 TEACHIN G EXPER IEN CE WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Williamstown, Massachusetts 2008 - 2010 A top-ranked undergraduate institution. W. Ford Schuman Assistant Professor, 2008 2010 Coordinated Williams on the Hill Summer Internship Program, which placed more than 30 students at the Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and the White House. Taught: American Politics, Race & Criminal Justice, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Judicial Process and Summer Internship Coordinator. Taught undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment. Coordinated arrangements for undergraduate Moot Court at Williams College with presiding federal judges that included: Hon. Jeffrey R. Howard,Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hon. William K. Sessions, III, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (then Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission), Hon. Consuelo Marshall, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Victor Marrero, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Team coach included: David V. Kirby, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont/former Law Clerk to the Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States and Barbara OConnor, Attorney, Former
7. 7. 7 | P a g e Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California and First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont. April 2009. http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases/1791/ Coordinated and arrange for An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus:Race in the New Congress a moderated roundtable discussion by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS News,60 Minutes. The Roundtable will include Members of Congress: Rep. James Clyburn, Democratic Leadership the Majority Whip; Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary; Rep. Charles Rangel, Chairman, Ways & Means Committee; Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman, Homeland Security; Rep. Danny Davis; Rep. John Lewis; Rep. Robert Scott; Rep. Diane Watson; Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Yvette Clarke. November 2008 www.flickr.com/photos/61972548@N05/sets/72157628484713495 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdl8b5Fm1E HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2009 A comprehensive research university. Teaching Associate, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Introduction to Political Science, Judicial Process, National Government, Science of Public Policy Pre-Law Advisor Taught: Black Politics, National Government, Science of Public Policy, Constitutional Law and Judicial Process. Teach undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment. Coordinate arrangement for each of 35 students to shadow Congressional members at committee hearings, meetings, and voting for one week; assign reports and presentations of experience. Organize meetings with various Senators and members of Congressional Black Caucus,including then SenatorsJohn Kerry,Hillary Rodham Clinton, BarackObama,ChristopherJ.Dodd,PatrickJ.Leahy,and Joseph R. Biden; and included Rep. Danny K. Davis,Diane E. Watson, Elijah Cummings, Chaka Fattah, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Kendrick B. meek, Donald M. Payne, Bobby C. Scott, Maxine Waters, Bennie Thompson, Keith Ellison, and Charles B. Rangel in January to March 2007. Coordinated student meetings with members of the Supreme Court of the United States that included: Hon. Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice, Hon.Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice,Hon. Sandra Day OConnor, Associate Justice and Hon. Stephen Breyer. 2004 2009. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, St. Peters College Summer 2005, 2006, 2007 A world-renowned university. Guest Lecturer, American Political Development Responsible for preparation and delivery of lectures to 35 undergraduate students. CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California 2002 - 2004 An independent research nstitution devoted entirely to graduate study. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Legal Research Methods and Constitutional Law I & II Worked collaboratively with professor teaching graduate-level courses. CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Norwalk, California 2003 A public comprehensive community college serving southeastern LosAngeles County. Guest Lecturer, American Government and Constitutional Law Prepared and delivered lectures on Judicial Politics and federal judiciary.
8. 8. 8 | P a g e PR OFESSION AL WOR KSHOPS AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2015 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2010 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION,Toronto, Canada Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2009 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION,Baltimore, MD Teaching & Leaning Conference. February 2009 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE,Dakar,Senegal Teaching & Learning Conference. July 2008 HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL,Washington, D.C. Preparing Future Faculty Fellow/Workshops, 2004 - 2007 CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY,Claremont, California Preparing Future Faculty, Professional Development Practicum(12 workshops), 2003 - 2004 RESEARCH INTERESTS Offender Reentry Correctional Statistics, reintegration in to the community and reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices: Reauthorization of the Second Chance Act of 2013: the Second Chance Act of 2007 and its Appropriations needs Examination of the cost and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience. Identification of policy obstacles inhibiting reform of the reentry process. Investigation of interventions and programs that work to reduce recidivism by addressing obstacles to reentry; and Elimination the collateral consequences of criminal convictions, i.e. the ways in which people with a criminal record face barriers to employment, housing and education. Creation and implementation of strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement; and Racial Impact Statements as means of reducing unwarranted sentencing disparities in criminal justice.
9. 9. 9 | P a g e TEACHIN G AN D ACAD EM IC SER VICE Contributed to higher education through the understanding of the barriers facing women, domestic minorities, students with disabilities, and other members of groups underrepresented in higher educated. Attended a minority serving institution; Ability to articulate the barriers facing women, ethnic minorities and other groups in fields where they are underrepresented; Participated in higher education pipeline programs such as Summer Research Opportunity Programs and Preparing Future Faculty; A recordof academic service to advance equitable accesstohigher education for women, racial minorities and other groups in fields where theyre underrepresented; A record of leadership or significant experience teaching and mentoring students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education; Proven record of significant academic achievement by overcoming barriers such as economic, social or educational disadvantage; and A recordof leadership or significant experience performing public service addressing the needs of our increasingly diverse society. R ESEAR CH The potential to bring to academic research the critical perspective that comes from understanding the experiences of groups historically misunderstood and underrepresented in higher education or underserved by academic research generally; Research interests focusing on underserved populations and understanding issues of racial, gender, or sexual orientation inequalities: Research that addresses issues as race,gender,diversity, ex-offenders; Research that addresses topics such as health disparities, educational access,and achievement, political engagement, economic justice, social mobility, civil and human rights and other questions of interest to historically underrepresented groups; and Artistic expression and cultural production that reflects culturally diverse communities or voices not well represented in the arts and humanities. LEAD ERS HIP EXP ERIEN C E Williams College, Williamstown, MA October 2009 A Night With a Legend: Jim Brown Coordinated jointly with the College Athletic Department, a lecturer with Jim Brown in his own words. Founder and CEO of the Amer-I-Can Program, an event attended by faculty and student body a Williams College. http://athletics.williams.edu/sport/General_News_Items/1030_A-DAY-and_with-Jim_Brown_at- Williams; http://ephblog.com/2009/10/29/jim-brown-speech
10. 10. 10 | P a g e Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. October 2009 Community Re-Investment Taskforce Coordinated congressional briefing on the Amer-I-Can Program with Jim Brown former NFL Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame Football Player. Remarks given by Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Sheila Jackson, rep. Diane Watson and Rep. Andre Carson. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4607758 United States District Court October 2009 Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA Passport to Reentry: reducing Recidivism through Evidence-Base Reentry Practices Developed and coordinated, two day symposium on reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices. Participants included Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Diane E. Watson, Mayor Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa; Hon. Andrey Collins, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon. Carole Jackson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California; Hon. Terry Hatter, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Senior J. Spencer Letts, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Otis Wright , II, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/65/event/870207- U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. October 2009 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change University of Memphis Developed and coordinated lecturer with Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, Former Executive Director of NAACP. http://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/lectureseries.php Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2009 39th Annual Legislative Conference An Evening Without Politics HIV/AIDS Grand Hyatt Developed and coordinated An Evening Without Politics with the National Minority AIDS Council fundraiser on HIV/AIDS Awareness. Participates included Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Roland Burris, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Conyers, Jr., Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Adolphus Towns, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Donna Edwards, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sidney Rideau, Howard University, Kenneth Chennault, American Express, Whoopi Goldberg, ABC The View, Al Sharpton, MSNBC, Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins, Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College, Debra Lee, BET Andrew Young, Martin Luther King, III, Gen. Colin Powell, Kenneth Cole, Louis Stokes, Billy Martin, Floyd Flake, Hazel OLeary, Fisk University, Julian Bond, NAACP, and Alexis Herman. http://www.eveningwiththoutpolititics.org/ http://www.examiner.com/article/an-evening-without-politics-is-an-evening-with-promise http://www.thehilltoponline.com/cbc-hosts-an-evening-without-politics- 1.1916783#.UxnQ9X7TnIU
11. 11. 11 | P a g e Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. June 2009 Community Re-Investment Taskforce/Charles Hamilton for Race & Justice Harvard Law School Developed and coordinated Rethinking Federal Sentencing policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act, Keynotes: Hon. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, Eric Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Charles Ogletree, Jr., Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School, Kate Stith, Acting Dean, Yale Law School, Craig Watkins, Dallas County District Attorney. Panelists included: Hon. Nancy Gertner, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Senior Judge, United States, District Court for the Central District of California, Hon. Reggie B. Walton, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. Ann Aiken, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Oregon, David Kirby, Former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Loretta S. martin, Chief Probation Officer for the Central District of California, A.J. Kramer, Federal Defender for the District of Columbia, Harley G. Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Eric Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Marc Mauer, Executive Director, Sentencing Project, Margaret Love, Former Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, and Jane Browning, Executive Director, International Community Corrections Association.http://www.davis.house.gov/index.php?option=119&Itemid=1 http://www.fedcure.org/documents/CBC-Symposium-240-FedCURE_Panel-4.pdf National Minority AIDS Council, Washington, D.C. March 2009 Second Chance Act of 2007 and HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry Developed and coordinated with the Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis a symposium on HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Participants: Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Barbara Lee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Beny Primm, Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, Ravinia Hayes- Cozier, Director, Government Relations and Public Policy, National Minority AIDS Council, C. Virginia Field, CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. February 2009 Black History Month Celebration Organized a symposium on honoring Black members of Congress during the Reconstruction Period 1870 -1901 and current and past Congressional Black Caucus members. Participants included Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. John Lewis, Sen Roland Burris and Sen. Edward Brooke. Williams College, Williamstown, MA November 2008 An Evening with Members of Congressional Black Caucus Organized and coordinated An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Race in the New Congress, a roundtable discussion moderated by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS News, 60 Minutes. Roundtable participants included members of Congress, Rep. James Clyburn, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Robert Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Yvette Clarke and Gov. Deval Patrick (Massachusetts).
12. 12. 12 | P a g e www.flickr.com/photos/61972548@N05/sets/72157628484713495 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdl8b5Fm1E Kappa Alpha Psi, Washington, D.C. April 2008 National Day on Capitol Hill Developed a Criminal Justice Forum on racial disparities in criminal justice. Participants included: Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Talk Show Host, XM Satellite Radio, Professor Gregory Carr, Howard University, Rashida Mims, District of Columbia Pretrial Services and Nesa Chappelle, National education Association. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C. April 2008 Reentry Institute Organized a symposium: Impact of Reentry from Local Jails at the Library of Congress. Presenters included community stakeholders, (late) Sen. Arlen Specter, (then) Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Rep. Bobby Scott, (late) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and (then) Rep. Diane E. Watson. Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008 An Evening with the Congressional Black Caucus Organized An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Howard University Students. Participants included Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Donna Christensen, late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Rep. Laura Richardson, Rep. Keith Ellison and Rep. Hank Johnson. Moderator: Dr. Lorenzo Morris, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Howard University. CNN/CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS INSTITUTE,Myrtle Beach,South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary Debate January 2008 Helped to coordinator the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Democratic Presidential Primary Debate. Worked with CNN Moderator Wolf Blitzer and Response Panel: Suzanne Malveaux and Joe Johns in the development of the debate with the Democratic National Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008 Driving While Black Racial Profiling Coordinated a symposium on Driving While Black on racial profiling. Presenters:Gregory Carr, Howard University, Garrine Laney, Analyst, Congressional research Service, Hon. Alexander Williams, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Wilmer Leon, Talk Show Host, XM Satellite Radio. Congressional participants: Rep. Danny K Davis, Rep. Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Maxine Waters,Rep. Barbara Lee,Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Rep. Laura Richardson, Moderator: Lorenzo Morris, Chair, Political Science Department, Howard University.
13. 13. 13 | P a g e HOWARD UNIVERSITY on Capitol Hill, Department of Political Science, Washington, D.C. Impact of Racial Disparities,Mandatory Minimum and Reentry October 2007 Coordinated a Symposium on the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R.1593) on offender reentry initiatives. Participates: Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Danny K. Davis,Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Donna Christensen and Rep. Maxine Waters. Several students from Professor E. Bernard Moores National Government class at Howard University served as panelist giving mock testimony to members of the Congressional Black Caucus as a class project. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. March 2006 Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Major Network Television Coverage) Organized and coordinated arrangementsforthe Congressional Black CaucusFoundation, Centerfor Policy Analysis and Research Emerging Leaders Series Policy a Symposium on securing renewal of the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Participants: included: Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Barbara Boxer,Sen. Chris Dobb, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. BarackObama,Sen. Russell Feingold, Sen. HarryReid, Sen. Arlen Specter, and Sen. Ken Salazar. House members included: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Major Owens, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. James Clyburn, Rep. Artur Davis and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1005946431.html http://www.c- span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Relevance&personid%5B%5D=48293 Howard University, Washington, D.C. March 2006 Reception on the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Coordinated arrangementsfor a reception on the reauthorization of the Voting Rights. Keynote Sen. Barack Obama and Rep. Chaka Fattah. Participants included Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Diane E. Watson, Rep. William Jefferson, and Rep. Linda Sanchez. Attended by Howard University Faculty and Student body. U.S. House of RepresentativesHouse Committee on Government Reform Symposium onSecond Chance Act of 2005 H.R.1704,Prison Reentry to the Community Organized & Hosted,(BlackHistory Month), Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Stephanie Tubes Jones,and Rep. Maxine Waters. U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY,Washington, D.C. March 2006 Congressional Briefing Organized briefing with Rep.Bobby Scott, Rep. Randy Forbes, Rep. Danny K.Davis Criminal Justice Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness. Congressional Briefing Americas Race to Incarcerate:Locking up Communitiesof Color April 2006 Coordinated a congressional briefing on the behalf of Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Presenters: Angela Jordan Davis, Professor at American Universitys Washington College of Law; Devon Brown, Director of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections; and Marc Mauer, author of Race to Incarcerate and Executive Director, Sentencing Project.
14. 14. 14 | P a g e Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2006 Annual Legislation Conference National Job Fair for Ex-Offenders Developed and coordinated corporate participants that included BP America, Sodexho, Home Depot, Clark Construction, Exxon Mobil, Walgreens, U.S. Air, U.S. Department of Labor, Raytheon, CSX, Giant Foods, Dell, Safeway, Altria Corporation, McDonald Corporation and 30 other corporations. More than 2,000 attendees at the Ex-Offender Job Fair. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2005 Annual Legislation Conference Issue Forum on Reentry Organized an issue forum on Rethinking Reentry and the Second Chance Act. Presenters: Harley Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Diane Williams, President, Safer Foundation, Stanley Richards, Chief Operation Officer, The Fortune Society. Millions More Movement March, Washington, D.C. October 2005 National Mall Congressional Liaison and coordinator for the Million More Movement March on the National Mall. Worked to coordinate speakers with rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Late Dorothy Height, Julianne Malveaux, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Al Sharpton, Conrad Worrall, (late) Ronald Walters, Russell Simmons and Minister Louis Farrakhan. More than one million attendees on the National Mall. http://www.millionsmoremovement.com/index_flash.html http://www.c- span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Relevance&personid%5B%5D=482 93 LEGISLATIVE D EVELOPM EN T LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Congressional Research Service Seminars, Washington, D.C., 2005 - 2009 Federal Law Update Legal Research Seminars Fundamentals of Federal Legal Research: Using books and the Internet to Locate Laws, Regulations, and Court Decisions Legislative History and Statutory Research: Using Electronic Sources Fundamentals of Federal Legal Research: Using Books and the Internet to Locate Laws, Regulations, and Court Decisions Legislative History and Statutory Research: Using Electronic Sources The Advanced Legislative Process Institute Series Amending Measures Amending Process: A Case Study from the Congressional Record Considering Measures Committee Procedures House Special Rules Resolving Differences Between the Chambers Senate Unanimous Consent Agreements The Other Chamber
15. 15. 15 | P a g e Budget Process Institutes Appropriations Process Budget Resolutions and Reconciliation The President and the Budget M AN AGER R ESEAR CH Conducted three types of research: exploratory research on issues of interest to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization, a government partner; evaluations of innovative programs, including public policy reports; and applied research that contributes to knowledge while enhancing justice system policy and practices. A proven substantive knowledge of subject areas in the U.S. Congress: Budget Process, Committee Procedures and Appropriations Process and a familiarity with criminal justice issues; A history eager to engage intellectually with the range of subjects of policy issues and with the role of research in the practical reform of criminal justice; HIV/AIDS Education and Offender Reentry Initiatives. Extensive experience designing, carrying out being the principal investigator on research project. Substantive knowledge in American Politics, Public Law, Black Politics, HIV Education Voting Rights, Economic Empowerment, Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice and Health Care. Ability to create international and national research work. A demonstrated interest and skill in leading, managing, contributing to and encouraging the growth of Social Science research, whether within a university, a government agency, or an independent institution. A proven record of success winning, managing, and fulfilling government and fulfilling government and philanthropic research grants and contracts. A record of scholarship in policy reports and recommendations on Capitol Hill. The ability to maintain a non-partisan and respectful collaboration with public officials, community groups, funders, and government partners in the U.S. and across the globe. A commitment to staining a diverse, stimulating, and respectful. Conducted evaluations and assessments on major component of the criminal justice, a series of options in how to reduce racial disparities in doctoral dissertation research. The agencies or organizations responsible for implementing the recommendations were: Law enforcement Respectful Policing Practices (2006 2007) New York City Police Department South Bronx Precincts
16. 16. 16 | P a g e Pretrial Pretrial Risk Validation Study (2006 2007) Minnesota Fourth Judicial District, Minneapolis, MN Prosecution Challenged Disproportionate Representation in the Jury Pool (2007 2008) San Diego County District Attorneys Office, San Diego, California Defense Reducing Racial Profiling in Police Stops (2008 2009) Gloucester County, Office of the Public Defender Judiciary Enhancing Positive Public Perception of the Judiciary (2006 -2007) Maryland Court of Appeals, Annapolis, MD Prison Erasing Disparities Practicum in the Ohio Prison System (2006) Ohio Department of Rehabilitation Correction Parole and Reentry African American Reentry Program (2009) Multnomah County Adult Community Justice, Portland, OR Legislative Connecticut Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice (2009) Connecticut General Assembly, Hartford, CT COM M UN ITY OUTR EACH IN ITIATIVES Proven track record of successful issued-based advocacy campaigns at federal and state levels. Voting Rights Initiatives Created and implemented strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement. Conducted research and produce reports, policy papers, fact sheets and other educational materials, including community-focused resources, on existing and efforts at the federal, state and local level to restrict voting rights, including voter-ID, elimination of same day registration voting rights, including voter-ID, elimination of same day registration and early voting, felon disenfranchisement and other such burdens. Worked closely with members of Congress in developing high impact strategies using both domestic and human rights frames to repeal and thwart attempts to restrict voting rights. Assisted in cultivating strategic partnerships and coalitions at the national levels to advance and protect voting rights and eliminate barriers to voting. Collaborated with civil rights organizations stakeholders in implementing strategies.
17. 17. 17 | P a g e As necessary, represented at the Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference in public forums including congressional hearings, community meetings, town halls and symposia. Health Education (HIV) Outreach Coordinated with members of Congress the implementation of HIV appropriations, grants programs with the Center for Disease Control and Prevent, MAC AIDS Fund and Gilead Sciences. Elevated the best practices that faith leaders are implementing to address the HIV epidemic in the Black Community at regional conferences, Leadership 500, Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference, and with Historically Black College and Universities. Coordinated mailings, conference calls, and logistics related to conferences, symposia, or other HIV trainings and education sessions (community wide training and faith leader training). Provide administrative and outreach support for HIV education programs for members of Congress and members of the faith community. Coordinated communications with health partners and other partners associated with projects. Assisted in outreach to the National Minority AIDS Council, Black AIDS Institute, World AIDS Conferences. Assisted in the development of health articles, op-eds and other written documents for publication. Performed other such advocates issues related duties as assigned or delegated by members of Congress and/ National Minority AIDS Council. CONG RESSION AL COLLAB ORAION Passage of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R. 1593) Collaborated with members of Congress, the House and Senate bi-partisan leadership that also included more than 200 organizations that supported the passage and endorsed funding of the Second Chance Act. The collaboration in the passage of the Act included conception, design, development, overview and he execution of major research and policy projects focusing on national, state and trends and policy solutions with a special focus on reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices and the complex issues affecting public safety. Conceptualized projects and project sections, conducted research, drafted summaries of findings, drafted paper content, helped review and edit papers, and co-authored position papers emanating from policy initiatives on reentry in the passage of the Second Chance Act. Helped plan stakeholder meetings, webinars, briefings, and large public events as needed. Served as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups. Met with Senior Cabinet officials in the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Health & Human Services, labor and White House officials including President George W. Bush on policy issues relevant to the Second Chance Act and reentry initiatives.
18. 18. 18 | P a g e Principal Duties and Responsibilities Helped develop, implement, and oversaw short and long term policy in the development of the Second Chance Act as provided: Spearheaded, wrote major sections and progressed the passage of the Second Chance Act through the U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. Senate, and the President signing the Act into law on April 9, 2008. Helped to acquire 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors and 247 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Second Chance Act. Helped develop research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for large-scale national, state and regional papers and reports with a special focus on the confluence of innovation and development of the Second Chance Act. Co-authored policy reports for the House Committee on the Judiciary and with selected members of Congress. Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post- incarceration experience. Provided general research assistance on various short-term research projects. Created presentations for research projects on whether sufficient funding is appropriated for the programs and activities that are authorized by the Second Chance Act. Helped edit and review policy papers and manuscripts to be published. Identified empirical trends and policy implications on specific topics as assigned indicating what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not, to be incorporated into working papers and published materials. Monitored, managed, and communicated frequently the process and progress of projects to members of Congress. Oversaw the work of policy advisors, research assistants and outside partners on selected projects. Worked to communicate the findings of projects or policy solutions in multiple media and through multiple channels. Served as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups. Served as congressional liaison to outside academics, scholars, and practitioners who are advisors or partners in projects; worked with outside authors, vendors, scholars, decision- makers, constituency groups regularly; Worked to help construct, deepen, expand, and engage strong external networks of stakeholders in support of reentry initiatives work on the passage of the Second Chance Act; Helped present findings to audiences in town hall meetings, policy briefings, symposia and via media; Actively, participated in planning meetings and listening sessions with policymakers and stakeholders to develop policy solutions and report theme on reentry initiatives; Represented Congressman Danny K. Davis and members of the Congress of the Congressional Black Caucus at selected outside meetings and conferences on offender reentry and the Second Chance Act; Met with and briefed relevant external contacts on current federal grant programs on the Second Chance Act and other initiatives reentry; and Co-authored several op-eds with members of Congress on the Second Chance Act.
19. 19. 19 | P a g e Helped plan policy meetings and public event as needed. Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables and other events associated with project proposals on reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act; and Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in the Second Chance Act. Second Chance issue forum underwriter, managed funding for symposia and policy briefings. Managed fund and grant management assignments for various donor programs from inception through implementation to closure; Lead and manage fund management teams including rants, finance, procurement and administrative staff; Liaise effectively with program and technical terms and manage input from technical experts on wider program management assignments; Established and maintained effective working relationships with donors and clients/constituency group and representation in key program meetings during the passage of the Second Chance Act; Proven history of excellent proposals and winning bids for offender reentry initiatives, the Second Chance Act and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights of1965; Developed new approaches and continuous development and innovation in grant/project management processes and systems; and Ability to effectively manage and lead a team. N ATION AL M IN OR ITY AID S COUN CIL/CBC HIV/AID S Collaborated with members of Congress in the Congressional Black Caucus focusing on the urgent issue of HIV/AIDS in the African American community. The Braintrust developed a comprehensive response to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to guide CDCs efforts to increase and strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention activities directed toward African Americans. The Braintrust engage in a wide range of activities to involve community leaders in the African American community and to decrease the incidence of HIV/AIDS in blacks. For example, as a Policy Advisor for members of Congress: Evaluated rapid HIV testing at historically Black colleges and universities as well as projects to improve the effectiveness of HIV testing among black women and MSM. Conducted policy research focused on blacks, including: Brothers Y Hermanos, a study of Black and Latino MSM conducted in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia that aims to identify and understand risk-promoting and risk- reducing sexual behaviors; and Womens study, a study of Black and Hispanic women in the Southeastern United States that examined relationship dynamic and the cultural, psychosocial, and behavioral factors associated with HIV infection. Evaluated, through the Minority AIDS Initiative, the health disparities experienced in the communities of minority races and ethnicities at high risk for HIV infection. Examined the
20. 20. 20 | P a g e high-priority HIV prevention needs in such communities, including funding community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide services to African Americans. Examples of the programs CBOs carry out the congressional funding are: A program in Washington, D.C., that provides information to, and conducts HIV prevention activities for, MSM who do not identify themselves as homosexual. The activities include a telephone help line; internet resources; and a program in barbershops that included risk-risk-reduction workshops, condom distribution, and training barbers to be peer educators; A program in Chicago that provided social support to help difficult-to-reach African American men reduce high-risk behaviors. This program also provided women at high risk for HIV infection with culturally appropriate, gender-specific prevention and risk- reduction messages; and A program in South Carolina that is focused on changing the behaviors of adolescents to reduce their risk of contracting HIV infection and other STDs. Created social marketing campaigns, including those focused on HIV testing, perinatal HIV transmission, and the reduction of HIV transmission to partners. Disseminated scientifically based interventions, included: SISTA (Sisters Informing Sisters About Topics on AIDS), a social-skills training intervention in which peer facilitation for gay men of color that addressed cultural and social norms, sexual relationship dynamics, and the social influences of racism and homophobia; POL (Popular Opinion Leader), which identifies, and trains key opinion leaders to encourage safer sexual norms and behaviors with their social networks POL has been adapted for African American MSM and show to be effective in that population; AWAR D S & HON OR S Visiting Scholar & Researcher, Yale Law School, 2009 2010 Congressional Leadership Award, National Minority AIDS Council, 2009 Visitors Program, University of Oxford, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2007 Scholar-In-Residence, Library of Congress, 2005 - 20010 Bram Fischer Visitors Program, University of Witwatersrand, 2006 Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2005 - 2006 Graduate Fellow, Howard University, 2004 - 2006 Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty, 2004 - 2006 Law & Society Fellow, University of Oxford, Summer 2006 Inducted, Pi Sigma Alpha (Gamma Kappa Chapter), 2005 PR OFESSION AL AWAR D S AN D HON OR S Member, Howard University, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, 2009 Present Member, American Society of Criminologists, 2006 Present Member, NAACP, 1976 Present Member, Yale Law School Alumni, 2010 - Present Criminal Justice Associate, National Bar Association, 2006 - Present Member, Law & Society, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, 2004 - Present Member, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, 2004 - Present
21. 21. 21 | P a g e Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004 - Present Member, Supreme Court Historical Society, 2004 - Present Alumnus, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2004 - Present Member, International Political Science Association, 2002 - Present Justice Associate, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2002 - Present Member, American Political Science Association, 2002 - Present Criminal Justice Associate, American Bar Association, 1997 - Present OTHER AFFILIATION S Member, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2004 - Present Member, First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1958 - Present PUBLICATION S Stolen Time: Fromthe Ashes of an Ex-Offender to the Highest to Corridors of Power on Capitol Hill. A Memoir of Dr. Bernard Moore (Under Submission) After Prison: Barriers to Reentry (Under Submission) The Impact of Voter Disenfranchisement Laws on the African American Community, (Under submission to the American Political Science Association Journal) WOR KIN G PAPER S & PR OJECTS The Cost of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Policy Paper) On the Second Chance Act of 2005 (H.R.1704) entered in the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security House Committee on Judiciary (Position Paper) Crime and Punishment: The Politics of Federal Criminal Justices Sanctions Establishing an Equal Playing Field for Criminal Defendants in the Aftermath of United States vs. Singleton Oh My Darling Clemency: Existing or Possible Limitationsin the U.S. of the Presidential Pardon Power The Ban on Welfare for Felony Drug Offenses: Giving New Meaning to Life Sentence An Exploration of the BroaderImplicationsof the Mission Statementsand Student Enrollment Patterns of Historically Black Colleges and Universities of Mississippi: Serving Black vs. Diverse Student Population (Joint Project) PR ESEN TATION S National Minority AIDS Council, Offender Reentry: HIV and the Second Chance Act. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Annual Legislation Conference, Remarks, September 2009. Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act. Congressional Black Caucus, Community re-Investment Taskforce/Harvard Law Schools Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. Remarks. June2009. Testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission Hearing on Retroactivity of the Crack
22. 22. 22 | P a g e Cocaine Guideline Amendment. Presented at Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C., 2007. Sentencing in South Africa: Lessons from the United States. Presented at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007. (Panelist) Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System. Presented at Institute dEtudes Politiques de Paris, Paris, France, 2007. (Panelist) Collateral consequences of minimum mandatory sentencing. Presented at The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2007. (Panelist) Confronting Perpetual Punishment: The Second Chance of Act of 2005.Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist) Can Democracy Stand Up to Terrorism? Preserving National Security and the Rule of Law While Safeguarding American Civil Liberties. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist) How to Revamp Section 5:Suggestionsfor the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Process After Georgia, Bossier II, and the DOJ Debacles. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist) Schools and Prisons: Fifty Years after Brown vs. Board of Education. Presented at Law & Society Summer Institute Seminar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford on Oxford, United Kingdom, 2005. (Conference Panelist) Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Departures & Sentences Outside the Range under 3353(a). Hosted by U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Bar Association, San Francisco, California, 2005. (Conference Discussant) War on Drug: Race and Ethnicity in Federal Mandatory Sentencing. Presented at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, 2004. The Constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing Imposed underthe Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 After Mistretta vs. United States. Presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2004. Where Gender Fit: Federal Criminal Justice. Literature Review presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2003. Congressional Committee Research. Presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003. (Panelist) Substantial Assistance: An Empirical Yardstick Gauging Equity in Current Federal Policy and Practice. Research paper presented at Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002. Californias Proposition 21: A Case of Juvenile Injustice that Further Degrades a Flawed System. Research paper presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2002. Congress and Ideology. Presented at American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002. (Panelist & Discussant) 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the Political of Memories. Presented at Tulsa Race Riot Commission, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2002.
23. 23. 23 | P a g e LECTURES AND TALKS Delivered more than three hundred lecturers and talks at prominent college and universities as well as to members of Congress, cabinet officials, think tanks and special interest groups including: Howard University Williams College University of California, Berkeley Johns Hopkins University Open Society London School of Economics Morgan State University Library of Congress Yale Law School Aspen Institute University of Virginia Urban Institute University of Witwatersrand NAACP UNCF Special Programs NIA Willow Claremont Graduate University Bowie State University CDC Federal Bureau of Prisons Middlebury College Occidental College University of Cambridge Ninth Circuit First AME Church University of Southern California UCLA Stanford University Cerritos College University of Oxford Middlebury College Institute dEtudes Politiques de Paris