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Rebuild. Renew. Reinvest.

Reentry Pathways Symposium


April 30, 2024
9:00am - 2:00pm
CT State Housatonic, Beacon Hall, Events Center


This half-day symposium will bring together justice impacted students and community members, re-entry program workers, community resource providers and employers.

Keynote Speaker: Louis L. Reed, LADC, AADC

Louis J. Reed

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Breakfast Speaker: Tiheba Bain, Founder & Executive Director of Women Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI)

Tiheba Bain

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Attendees can expect the following:

  • Inspirational and transformative stories from justice impacted individuals
  • Networking opportunities with potential employers and resource providers
  • Break-out sessions focused on job retention, workplace etiquette and skills, pardons and clean slate
  • Breakfast and lunch
  • Giveaways
    Agenda:
  • 8:30AM: Check-in and breakfast
  • 9:30AM: Welcome remarks and Breakfast Speaker: Tiheba Bain
  • 10AM: CT State Housatonic presentations
  • 10:40AM: Break-out sessions (Clean Slate, Job Skills and Retention, and more) and
    tours of Housatonic
  • 12PM: Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Louis L. Reed
  • 1:30PM Resource Fair

This event is no-cost. Registration is required.

Questions? Please contact Symposium Coordinator Kirk Wesley at .

This conference is funded in part by the State of Connecticut Social Equity Council and United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut.