Conference from the Center for Restorative Justice

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012
Rosalie K. Stahl Building
9th Floor Function Room
73 Tremont St., Boston

The Center for Restorative Justice presents a conference on "Healing After Crime: Exploring the Promise of Victim-Offender Dialogue in the Wake of Serious Violence."

Keynote Speaker Kim Book is a survivor, the founder and Executive Director of Victims' Voices Heard Inc. - a non-profit organization giving victims of crime the opportunity to meet with their incarcerated offender.

Panelists include:

Kathy Dannehy, former Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections

Robin Casarjian, founder Lionheart Foundation and author of Houses of Healing: A Prisoners Guide to Emotional Awareness and Emotional Literacy

Katherine Powers, ex-offender

Jon Wilson, founder JustAlternatives and facilitator of VOD in Massachusetts DOC

Janet Connors, homicide survivior and participant in VOD

Please register for the conference.