ncadp 2006 national conference Abolition Rising

Workshop Schedule

October 26 to 29, 2006
Hyatt Fair Lakes, Fairfax, Virginia

• Workshop: Recent Developments in Race and the Death Penalty: New Research and Ways of Using the Issue in State Campaigns
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Jane Henderson, Maryland Citizens Against State Executions
• Henderson Hill, Ferguson Stein Law Offices
• George Kendall, Holland & Knight
• Andrea Lyon, Center for Justice in Capital Cases at DePaul University College of Law (INVITED)
• Workshop: Recent Legal Developments and the Effect on State Campaigns
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  
• Jane Bohman, Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Judy Caruso, New Mexico Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Robin M. Maher, ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
• Christina Swarns, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Workshop: Recent Developments in Public Opinion and Messaging Research to Use in Your Campaigns
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Richard C. Dieter, Death Penalty Information Center
• Peter Loge, M+R Strategic Services
• Shari Silberstein, Equal Justice USA
• Workshop: Stronger Partnerships with Murder Victims Families
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.


• Attorney Training: Winning a Capital Trial -- Jury Selection Training
  1:30 to 6:00 p.m.
• David A. Lane, Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP
• Skills Training: Building an Effective Infrastructure to Support a Long-term Campaign Against the Death Penalty
  1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Celeste Fitzgerald, New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
• Robin Katcher, Management Assistance Group
• H. Alexander Robinson, National Black Justice Coalition
• Skills Training: Advocacy Communications Skills
  1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• David Elliot, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Catherine Weidner, Public Speaking Consultant
• Skills Training: Preaching to the Crowd: Why you should and how to develop strategies to build grassroots support for your campaign
  1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Eric Ferrero, the Innocence Project
• Shari Silberstein, Equal Justice USA
• Connie Watts, Journey of Hope
• Skills Training: Grassroots Organizing and Membership Development
  1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Abe Bonowitz, New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
• Angelyn C. Frazier, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
• Gwen McKinney, McKinney & Associates
• Randy Tatel, Amnesty International USA

• Keynote and Panel: The Power of Innocence
  9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
• Ted Shaw, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Ray Krone, Witness to Innocence
• Andrea Lyon, Center for Justice in Capital Cases at DePaul University College of Law
• Juan Melendez
• Models that Work Workshop: Working Effectively with the Innocence Issue on Your Campaign
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• David Elliot, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Eric Ferrero, the Innocence Project
• Shari Silberstein, Equal Justice USA
• Models that Work Workshop: Campus Progress Project of the Center for American Progress presents the Media Boot Camp Training for Youth and Student Advocates
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Models that Work Workshop: Stronger Partnerships with the Civil Rights Community and the Larger Progressive Criminal Justice Community
  11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Matthew B. Johnson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY
• Eddie L. Koen Jr., Samford University and National Black Law Students Association
• Death Penalty Moratorium Chair 2006-2007
• H. Alexander Robinson, National Black Justice Coalition
• New and Old Partnerships Workshop: Working With the League of Women Voters
  3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Janet Kittlaus, Illinois League of Women Voters
• Sara Craft, Equal Justice USA/Quixote Center
• New and Old Partnerships Workshop: Stronger Partnerships with Families of Death Row Prisoners
  3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Renny Cushing, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights
• Rachel King, Howard University School of Law
• Claudia Whitman, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
• New and Old Partnerships Workshop: Religious and Interfaith Partnerships Advancing Abolition
  3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
• Trudy Conway, Mount St. Mary's University
• Stephen Dear, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
• Jane Henderson, Maryland Citizens Against State Executions
• Henderson Hill, Ferguson Stein Law Offices
• TBA