What is felony expungement? Find out at a free program on Feb. 12.

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What is felony expungement? Find out Feb. 12 at a panel discussion and community input session.

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For the 70 million people living with a criminal record in the US, the penalties of a conviction last far beyond a sentence. There are at least 48,000 laws or statutes across the country that restrict and diminish the lives and redemptive potential of people with a record, including limited access to employment, housing and health care. Felony expungement is one tool that can help eliminate these barriers.

Join directly impacted leaders and advocates from Nation Outside and JustLeadershipUSA as they host a free community listening session on Tuesday, Feb. 12 regarding Clean Slate proposals to expand felony expungement in Michigan and make it automatic for individuals who qualify.

Doors open at 5 p.m. for a tour of the States of Incarceration exhibit to be followed by a 6 p.m. panel of directly impacted persons living with criminal records and an open forum for community members to voice their concerns and opinions about felony expungement and what it means to them.

PANELISTS

  • Monica Jahner, a member of the Ingham County Community Corrections State Bar Council and the Fair Chance Coalition to Ban the Box and the director of Advocacy, Reentry, Resource, Outreach (A.R.R.O). Monica is a 2015 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Alumna and a criminal justice advocate and consultant across the State of Michigan.
  • Hakim Crampton, current Michigan Statewide Organizer for JustLeadershipUSA, a 2018 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Alumni and the founding Director of the Academic Mentoring & Education Network (A.M.E.N.) 4 Youth, and Spokesman for Nation Outside Jackson Chapter.
  • Antoinese Gant, current Coordinator of Nation Outside Jackson Chapter and co-founder of The Solution to Incarceration.

KEYNOTE

  • Megan French-Marcelin, PhD, Fair Hiring Project Coordinator, JustLeadershipUSA
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Program Details

Title: Clean Slate Michigan: A Fresh Start Community Listening Session

Date: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019

Time: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for refreshments and exhibition viewing. Program begins at 6 p.m.

Location:
Michigan History Center
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915

Admission: Free, light refreshments will be served.

This program, presented free of charge, is part of a series on incarceration in Michigan and the United States, held in conjunction with the Michigan History Museum’s special exhibition, States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue on Local Histories.

The States of Incarceration program series, which is made possible, in part, by a grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, features presentations and films that explore all aspects and perspectives on incarceration in Michigan and the United States. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in presentations do not necessarily represent those of the Michigan History Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities or Michigan Humanities Council.

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