Conference Agenda
| Date & Time | Event | Participants | Location |
| Sunday, September 11 | |||
| 5:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m. | Screening of documentary film, "Ghosts of Attica" (2001), 90 mins. | Peter & Elizabeth Tower Auditorium (Burchfield Penney Art Center) | |
| Monday, September 12 | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions | Makau Mutua, Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar Teresa A. Miller, Professor of Law, Conference Organizer Bishop Michael Badger, Pastor, Bethesda World Harvest International Church |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater (Shuttle service from FREE parking in Center for Tomorrow Lot near Maple Rd./Flint Rd. intersection) |
| 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. | Presentation and Introduction of Panelists | Heather Thompson, Professor of History, Temple University | UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | PANEL Looking Back: The Attica Uprising and Aftermath |
Malcolm Bell, Former Special Assistant Attorney General (NYS Attica Investigation) Arthur O. Eve, Former NYS Assemblyman & Negotiator/Observer Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director, Osborne Association Melvin Marshall, 1971 Attica Inmate Dee Quinn Miller, Director, Forgotten Victims of Attica Michael Smith, Attica CO in 1971 and Hostage Heather Ann Thompson, Professor of History, Temple University Teresa A. Miller, Professor of Law, University at Buffalo (moderator) |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK ON YOUR OWN Options: UB Student Union or Campus Commons (located across the street from the Student Union) |
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| 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. | PANEL Prisons, Empowerment, and Resistance |
Robert Clark, Professor of Anthropology, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Flores Forbes, Associate VP, Strategic Policy and Program Implementation, Columbia University Doran Larson, Professor of English, Hamilton College Joshua Page, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Devonya Havis, Professor of Philosophy, Canisius College (moderator) |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Media Panel Attica, Prisons & the Media |
Gary Craig, Investigative Reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Theresa Lynch, Historian, University of New Hampshire Manchester Teresa Miller, Professor of Law, UB Law School Theodore Kirkland, Former NYS Parole Commissioner |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | Community Forum in partnership with Prisoners Are People Too! and Bethesda World Harvest International Church |
Henry Taylor, Director of the UB Center for Urban Studies, moderator Karima Amin, Prisoners Are People Too |
Bethesda World Harvest Int'l Church 1365 Main Str Buffalo, NY (716) 884-3607 |
| Tuesday, September 13 | |||
| 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | PANEL Prison Violence in Feminist Perspective: Gender, Sexuality, and Race |
Anthony Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Albany Law School Regina Kunzel, Professor of History, University of Minnesota Gabrielle Prisco, Director of Juvenile Justice Project, Correctional Association of New York Stephanie L. Phillips, Professor of Law, University at Buffalo (moderator) |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater (Shuttle service from FREE parking in Center for Tomorrow Lot near Maple Rd./Flint Rd. intersection) |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | PANEL Past Demands, Current Concerns: How Far Have We Come? |
Jack Beck, Director, Prison Visiting Project, Correctional Association of New York Jim Conway, Retired Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility (2003-2010) Chuck Culhane, Erie County Prisoners' Rights Coalition Karen Murtagh-Monks, Executive Director, Prisoners Legal Services of New York Nan Haynes, Lecturer in Law, UB Law School, and Member, Erie County Community Corrections Advisory Board (moderator) |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK Student Union Cafes & University Commons Vendors |
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| 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | PANEL Moving Forward: Prison Reform in an Era of Mass Incarceration and Fiscal Crisis |
Jeffrion L. Aubry, NY State Assemblyman, 35th A.D. of Queens County (2002-present) Soffiyah Elijah, Executive Director, Correctional Association of New York Anthony P. Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Albany Law School Michael Mushlin, Professor of Law, Pace University Law School Thomas Terrizzi, prison litigation practitioner (moderator) |
UB North Campus Student Union Theater |
| 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | KEYNOTE and Commentary |
Brian Fischer, Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Keynote Speaker Soffiyah Elijah, Commentator |
106 O'Brian Hall (UB North Campus) |
| 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. |
RECEPTION By invitation |
O'Brian Hall Cellino & Barnes Conference Center (UB North Campus) | |