Re-Imagining Justice Conference
What is the Re-Imagining Justice Conference?
The Re-Imagining Justice conference is the MNJRC’s annual convening that brings together a broad set of stakeholders to share, learn, and generate ideas on how to transform Minnesota’s criminal legal system through research, education, and policy. Criminal legal system practitioners, experts, scholars, advocates, and people directly impacted by the system gather for powerful conversations, workshops, and to hear leaders discuss how to re-imagine a justice system that functions more effectively, humanely, and with the public’s trust.
SAVE THE DATE!
MNJRC's 2024 Conference
Re-Imagining Justice: Pivoting from Problem to Possibility
in-person
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
The MNJRC's annual Re-Imagining Justice Conference is an inspirational convening of a broad diversity of criminal legal system practitioners, scholars, advocates, impacted persons, and community members. Through keynotes, plenaries, and breakout sessions, we create the space to share and learn from efforts to bring the criminal legal system closer to a true justice system.
The theme of the 2024 conference is "Pivoting from Problem to Possibility", in which we seek to re-imagine a criminal legal system that doesn't just respond to problems that we see currently happening, but looks for approaches that are based on dreams of what can be.
Stay tuned for program announcements and registration by signing up for the MNJRC email HERE.
Thank you to our 2023 sponsors!
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Justice Champions -----
Justice Advocates -----
Justice Allies -----
Dorsey & Whitney * Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge
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Previous Conference Highlights
2023
"Leadership on Public Safety in Challenging Times' featuring Lt Gov. Peggy Flanagan and MPR Host Angela Davis, with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, State Rep. Cedrick Frazier, and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi
2022
MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero and MBCRE Director Tiffani Daniels discuss the state of policing in Minnesota 2 1/2 years after the police murder of George Floyd
2020
MNJRC Board Member Sharon Sayles Belton talks with john a. powell about the importance of re-imagining justice.
2021
A discussion with best-selling author Resmaa Menakem
2023
Featuring Briana Payton from the Chicago Appleseed Center on Pretrial Justice
2022
A session on the work to transform the legal system by bringing in those most impacted by the law
2021
What exactly is “participatory research”? Find our more in this session
2023
Kyle Tran Myhre opened the MNJRC's Re-Imagining Justice conference virtual programming with his poem, "Why Do You Write Poems When Death is All Around Us."
2022
An inspirational conference-opening keynote by Florida Rights Restoration Coalition President Desmond Meade
2021
A conversation with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
2021
Danielle Sered shares her thoughts on the need to re-imagine justice
