Walking After Midnight
5th Annual Western New York
Restorative Justice Conference
October 28 - 29, 2009
SUNY Brockport
Keynote Speakers
Katy Hutchison
Speaker, Author & Restorative Justice Advocate
"Walking After Midnight: One Woman's Journey Through Murder, Justice and Forgiveness"
On New Year’s Eve in 1997, Katy Hutchison’s husband, Bob McIntosh, was murdered, leaving Katy alone with four-year-old twins During the five years it took to prosecute the killers, Hutchison writes that she developed her "perception of the societal forces and lack of understanding amongst young people that created the circumstances leading to Bob’s death.”
Hutchison committed herself to sharing Bob’s story as a way to educate youth and help them make better choices.She eventually forgave her husband's killer and has even co-presented with him at restorative justice conferences.
Hutchison speaks in schools and correctional facilities around
the world, advising and educating youth about the risks of combining young people, alcohol, and a lack of supervision.
Kathleen Buckley
Director of Victim Services
Office of the Victim Advocate
PA Department of Corrections
"What is Restorative Justice? A Perspective From One Victim Advocate"
Kathy Buckley has over fifteen years of experience working in the field of victim services. Kathy began her career providing direct services, court accompaniment and crisis counseling to victims of sexual assault and other serious crime victims. At the Office of the Victim Advocate (OVA), she has coordinated the Impact of Crime Classes, a program that raises inmates' awareness about the impact of crime on victims. She also oversees the coordination of OVA’s Mediation Program for Crimes of Severe Violence that provides an opportunity for victims to meet with their offenders. Kathy has co-Instructed a 3 credit Graduate Level Course in their Summer Session Entitled, “Looking Through Both Lenses: Restorative Justice Through the Eyes of Victims and Offenders” at the Eastern Mennonite University.
Kathy is Vice-Chairperson for the National Association of Victim Service Professionals in Corrections. She also is a member of the Cumberland County Commission for Women and Chairs the Violence Against Women Subcommittee. Kathy is a certified national crisis responder and is a member of the Pennsylvania Keystone Crisis Intervention Team. Kathy received her bachelors in criminal justice and her masters in administration of justice from Shippensburg University.
Conference Schedule
Schedule subject to change
Wednesday, October 28
8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
8:45 a.m. Keynote Address by Katy Hutchison
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Breakout Session #1
Introduction to Restorative Justice
Trauma and Restorative Justice
Walking After Midnight: Deepening
the Discussion
Restorative Justice: A Victim’s Perspective
Applying RJ to the Criminal Case*
Rochester's Juvenile Accountability
Conferencing Program
11:30 a.m. Lunch & Book Sale
12:45 p.m. Breakout Session #2
If a Tree Were to Fall..
Restorative Practices and Repairing Harms:
the Jeannette Community Justice Project
Applying RJ to the Ripple-Effects of Crime
Collaborative Law & RJ: First Cousins in
Dispute Resolution*
Offenders, Accountability and Apology
Developing Positive School Cultures Through
Restorative Practices
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Breakout Session #3
Intersection Between RJ and Forgiveness
Reducing Routine Disruptions Among Juvenile
Detention Residents Through Restorative
Practices
Social Responsibility and Youth
Victim-Offender Dialogue
Predicting RJ Success*
School Stories
4:00 p.m. Meet & Greet, Book Signing
Thursday, October 29
8:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
8:45 a.m. Keynote Address by Kathleen Buckley
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Breakout Session #1
Introduction to Restorative Justice
Building Bridges: Attending to Mental Health
Needs of Victims, Offenders & Community
Restorative Techniques to Get Your Staff
Functioning as a Team
Offenders, Accountability and Apology
RJ in the Philippines: An International Practice
Developing Positive School Cultures Through
Restorative Practices
11:30 a.m. Lunch & Book Sale
12:45 p.m. Breakout Session #2
Intersection Between RJ and Forgiveness
Grassroots Community Partnerships
Building Bridges: Attending to Mental Health
Needs of Victims, Offenders & Community
Beyond Conviction: Sexual Assault Case
Predicting RJ Success*
Peacemaking Circles in Schools
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Breakout Session #3
Reducing Routine Disruptions Among Juvenile
Detention Residents Through Restorative
Practices
Somewhere Beyond, a film by J. Babanikos
Beyond Conviction: Homicide Case
RJ in the Philippines: An International Practice
Overcoming Obstacles in Restorative
Practices
Implementation
4:00 p.m. Closing
*Denotes qualification for 1.5 CLE credits in the area of skills to be granted by the University at Buffalo Law School. UB Law School has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education in the State of New York for the period of March 11, 2008 - March 10, 2011. The University at Buffalo Law School has a financial hardship policy. For further information on our policy, contact Lisa Mueller, CLE Coordinator at 645-3176.
Please note that we do not have any arrangements for group hotel discounts. For information on local lodging, click here.
Pre-Conference Dinner
Tuesday, October 27th
Begins 6:30 p.m., Dinner served 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $17; Sign-up on Conference Registration Form
Glendoveers
2328 Old Browncroft Blvd
Rochester, NY 14625-1050
Chicken, Beef and Vegetarian Options
Cash Bar
Breakout Presenters
Tom Dwyer
Tom Dwyer has been the Coordinator of Juvenile Accountability Conferencing for the Rochester Police Department since its beginning in 2000, overseeing conferences that have involved over 1800 youth. Tom earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY, and did extensive graduate work in Counselor Education at SUNY Brockport. Tom worked as an Accountant for 17 years with the City of Rochester’s Finance Department. He is a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Belize, Central America and also in Colombia, South America. For more than a decade, Tom has worked in the human services field either as a part time staff or as a volunteer. These have included facilitating prison groups, mental health worker, ministry work with the sick, dying and imprisoned, and as a Board member representing at risk youth.
Shannon Moroney
During her twenties, Shannon Moroney (B.A., B.Ed., M.A.) held full-time positions as a high school teacher and guidance counsellor and also managed a residential youth program, an outreach program for homeless youth, and a wide variety of in-class and outdoor initiatives for troubled teens. She has undergraduate degrees in both International Development and Education and also has a specialist certificate in counselling. In 2005, Shannon’s husband committed a violent sexual assaults and kidnappings on two strangers. Part of Shannon’s journey became a quest to combine her past professional experience and education with the insights of her personal trauma for the purpose of making a difference to others. In 2006, she was awarded a fellowship for graduate study in England where she earned a Masters’ degree in International Child Welfare, focusing her research on resilience and recovery for trauma-exposed children and adolescents, particularly those affected by crime as victims, perpetrators or both. Shannon continued her personal recovery journey by bringing Restorative Justice into her life as both a process participant and an advocate.
Reed Stewart
Reed Stewart is the Executive Vice President of Child and Family Services. CFS is a large and diverse nonprofit agency serving families throughout Western New York with a variety of programs and services. Reed holds a Masters Degree in Social Work, and a Certificate in Non Profit Management through the University of Michigan. He is also a Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work. Reed has many years’ experience serving children and families in mental health, juvenile justice and child welfare settings. An experienced community organizer and manager, Reed’s passion for Restorative Justice stems from his commitment to improving the lives of children, families, and communities. Reed invites you to join in an effort to create peaceful and just communities.
Michael Hagelberg
Michael T. Hagelberg has been a family and matrimonial attorney for over 30 years. In the last six years he has focused his practice on Collaborative Law. In Collaborative Law, divorcing couples sit down with attorneys who are trained in dispute resolution. The parties and their attorneys sign a contract saying that they will not go to court and will resolve the matter in their meetings, without court intervention. Michael has lectured to Collaborative groups including attorneys, mental health professionals and financial specialists across New York State and presented a similar program to the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals at their 2008 Conference in New Orleans.
Gretchen Howard
Gretchen Howard is the Director of Victim Services, Witness Management, and Project Payback, a victim restitution program for juvenile offenders, at the Office of the State Attorney .For the past 10 years, Gretchen has been instrumental in the creation and development of the Victim’s Memorial Park, the first County park in Florida to be dedicated to victims of crime. Gretchen has received local and statewide awards for her service to crime victims from MADD, Parents of Murdered Children, and the Florida Network of Victim Witness Services. She is the Past President of the Florida Network of Victim Witness Services and the Steering Committee Chair of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Plan for Alachua County. She received her B.A. from the University of Florida in 1985, and has completed intensive certification training in Morita and Naikan Therapies.
Kathleen Fallon
Dr. Kathleen “Kitty” Fallon is an Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education department at The College at Brockport, SUNY, Brockport, New York. She has 15 years experience in mental health counseling, working in crisis, substance abuse, career, and private practice specializations as well as serving on the faculty at the University of Florida. Relatively new to restorative justice initiatives, she is developing a research agenda investigating the impact of restorative justice practices on the mental health of victims, offenders, and community members. Additionally, she is interested in fostering collaboration between the counseling profession and the restorative justice community.
Susan Rachael Seem
Dr. Susan Rachael Seem is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Counselor Education, The College at Brockport, State University of New York. She has experience in community/mental health counseling and college counseling. Her research interest lie in diversity issues in counseling such as gender, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. She takes a feminist perspective in her work as a counselor and a professor. Publications include articles on gender bias in conceptualization, gender-role stereotypes in clinical judgment, feminist family therapy with GLB clients, and feminist therapy. Her interest in restorative justice flows from her feminist perspective and her Quaker background.
Elaine Casquarelli
Elaine Casquarelli is a Mental Health Counselor who has worked with individuals and couples on personal, relationship, spiritual, and career issues in counseling. In addition to counseling, she has facilitated workshops on spiritual concerns for the past 15 years. Elaine currently holds a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Chicago Theological Seminary, a Master of Education and Education Specialist degrees in Counselor Education from the University of Florida, and is working on a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of Rochester.
John Chirinko
John Chirinko has been employed as a senior financial analyst at Bausch & Lomb in Rochester, New York for the past sixteen years. His initial degree was in Chemistry, followed by an MBA, both from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has two children: a daughter, Carina, and a nephew, Santino. His last four years have been radically changed by the sudden death of Joanne, his wife of thirteen years.
Marjorie Bing Stanislaw
Marjorie is a consultant and restorative justice practitioner. She has been employed by the Juvenile Court in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for the past 28 years where she serves as the Chair of the Restorative Justice Team’s Community and Media Relations Subcommittee, and facilitatesthe Jeannette Community Justice Project . She has presented on restorative justice topics both nationally and internationally and is the 2004 recipient of the PA Juvenile Court Judges Commission’s Court Support Service Award in recognition of her commitment to Pennsylvania’s youth. Marjorie is a principal in Strategic Circles Corporation, a consulting firm which specializes in planning, facilitation and restorative practices. She is internationally recognized as a restorative justice practitioner and is featured on the Leading Edge page of Restorative Justice Online.
Kristine M. Johnson
Kristine is a consultant, restorative justice practitioner, and adjunct professor. She earned a BASW, and also Master’s of Science in Administration of Justice from Shippensburg University. She is employed as a Community Liaison to the Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Juvenile Court. She has presented on restorative justice topics both nationally and internationally. Ms. Johnson is the recipient of the Fred Funari Award recognizing her commitment to working on behalf of systems change within the children’s mental health system, as well as the Anthony Ceddia Award for Leadership in the juvenile justice field, and in 2008 the Pennsylvania Association for Probation, Parole and Corrections selected her to receive the Juvenile Probation Officer of the Year Award. Kristine is a principal in the consulting firm Strategic Circles which specializes in restorative practices.
Nicole Rizzo
Nicole Rizzo is the Director of Restorative Justice Programs at Child & Family Services in Buffalo, New York. Nicole received her Masters degree in Social Work from the University at Buffalo. Nicole has been recognized by Child & Family Services for her energy, initiative and commitment to implementing quality programming. Nicole supervises the 7 programs within the Restorative Justice department, and has done extensive work with trauma informed treatment with young offenders. Presently, Ms. Rizzo is a trainer through the Child Trauma Institute under the supervision of Ricky Greenwald, PsyD in Massachusetts. Ms. Rizzo has been recognized as the 2008 Field Educator of the Year for Outstanding Achievement in Field Education through the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.
Lisa Paolucci
Lisa Paolucci presently works at Child & Family Services as a family and individual therapist and as a school educator with the Bullying Prevention Program. Lisa received her bachelor’s degree in Public Justice from SUNY Oswego in 2003 and her Masters in Social Work from the University at Buffalo in 2008. In 2004, Lisa began working with the Care 4 Kids program, which coordinated health care, mental health, and developmental services for children and youth in foster care within Erie County. In 2007, Lisa also worked as a school educator with the 21st Century Program, which utilized the Second Step Violence Prevention Program within the Buffalo Public School District. Lisa began her career with Child & Family Services as an intern in 2007 with the Cheektowaga First Offender Troubled Youth program, which utilizes the Trauma Focused Intensive Family Therapy model and as a school educator with the B.E.S.T. Bullying Prevention Program at Woodrow Wilson Elementary school.
Scott Sackett
Scott Sackett is an educator and 18-year veteran of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliate, WNED. As an instructor, he has developed and taught courses at the University at Buffalo (UB) English Language Institute, the UB School of Management, Division of Microcomputer Education, and the International Institute of Buffalo. His area of academic interest is language, culture and communication. Today, he continues his association with WNED as an independent producer: his current project is a PBS documentary on Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters that is due for national broadcast this season. Scott Sackett is also a development and public relations advisor to several non-profit organizations in the Buffalo area.
Sylvia Clute
Sylvia Clute is an experienced civil trial attorney in Richmond, Virginia. She now handles collaborative law cases, is a certified mediator and serves on the Board
of the Restorative Justice Association of Virginia. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal, co-founder and Chair of the Board of Womens Bank, and author of Destiny Unveiled, a novel about a new approach to policy and justice.
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, M.A. Public Admin.; Boston Univ.School of Law, Juris Doctor; Univ. of California at Berkeley, M.A. Public Admin.;Univ. of Colorado, B.A. Pol. Sci.
Tiffany M. Szymanek
Tiffany M. Szymanek is the Associate Director of Genesee Justice, a department of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, in Batavia, New York. Previously, Tiffany worked in private practice in the areas of criminal defense, family/matrimonial law, as well as estate and real estate. Tiffany has represented criminal defendants at the local, state, federal, and appellate courts.Tiffany earned a B.S. from the State University at Buffalo in 1997 and a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School in 2002. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, Western District Federal Court, and the Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of New York. She is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the Western New York Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association, where she served as a State and local Director for several years.
Elizabeth Meeker
Elizabeth Meeker is a clinical psychologist and Senior Associate at Coordinated Care Services, Inc. (CCSI). At CCSI, she is engaged in the oversight and monitoring of children’s mental health services for the Monroe County Office of Mental Health. Dr. Meeker also provides technical assistance in the area of evidenced based Family Engagement and has facilitated local and statewide Learning Collaboratives. She directs the Consortium on Trauma, Illness and Grief in Schools working with Monroe County school districts to train school personnel in grief and loss, suicide prevention, school violence, and crisis response. Dr. Meeker is the chairperson of The Community Task Force on Bullying Prevention and provides local, state and national training on bullying to schools, parent organizations, and youth agencies. She completed her pre-doctoral training at Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse, NY and received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana State University. She is a past president of the Genesee Valley Psychological Association. Dr. Meeker also has a private practice specializing in children and adolescents.
Steve Korr
Steve Korr, a trainer and consultant with the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP), has brought restorative practices to schools in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit and New York, and has trained educators and other professionals from all over the world. With extensive experience in the fields of mental health, drug and alcohol treatment, outpatient counseling and alternative education, Steve has been working with young people and their families since 1985. This includes over a decade in the IIRP’s demonstration schools as a counselor and a school administrator, employing restorative practices with students, families and staff. Steve has also facilitated numerous restorative conferences, both formal and informal, to address the needs of all who have been impacted by an incident of wrongdoing.
Annie Monaco
Annie Monaco, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, was the Director of Restorative Justice programs in Buffalo, NY for 8 years. She was part of the team that organized the Restorative Justice movement in the Buffalo area. She initiated and managed a Victim Offender Conferencing program, Neighborhood Accountability Program, and Peacemaking Circles in several Buffalo schools. Ms. Monaco has extensive experience with offenders and victims of all ages.Presently, Ms. Monaco is a private practitioner and a trainer for the Child Trauma Institute where she trains therapists throughout the U.S. on how to work with clients who have experienced extensive trauma.
Jed Metzger
Jed Metzger, PhD, LCSW is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Nazareth College. He earned his MSW and PhD in clinical social work from New York University. He is a graduate of the Campus/Community Service Learning Institute held annually outside of Leavenworth, WA. He is a founding member of the grassroots community capacity organization known as “You Bet I Told.”
Velma B. Campbell
Velma B. Campbell (LMSW, ACSW) is an adjunct professor with the Greater Rochester Collaborative MSW program. She is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo School of Social Work. She is the former Monroe County Coordinator of Child Protective Services and co-facilitator of “You Bet I Told,” initiative.
Korni Swaroop Kumar
Korni Swaroop Kumar is the Chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice at The College at Brockport, State University of New York,. He has been a participant in professional conferences at the regional/state-wide, national, and international level. His professional accomplishments include two Chancellor’s Awards for teaching and faculty service and two National Endowments for Humanities Summer Seminars. He has served as the President of New York State Sociological Association and continues to serve as the Treasurer and Archivist. He is also the Vice President for Region V of the Criminal Justice Educators Association of New York State. His research interests are in the areas of global and cross-cultural concerns, especially, in the field of crime and police cooperation.
Melchor C. de Guzman
Melchor C. de Guzman is currently an assistant professor of the Department of Criminal Justice at The College of Brockport, State University of New York. He holds a doctorate degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. de Guzman was a former committee secretary for the Senate Committee on Defense and National Security in the Philippines. He was also a former director of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office. He was also a former lecturer at the National Police College of the Philippines, the Phillipine Public Safety College, and several police academies in the US. His research interests include community participation in policing, comparative justice systems, and police behaviors.
Mary Reed
Mary Reed is a member of the Board of Directors for Partners in Restorative Initiatives and a retired school administrator. She also volunteers for A Horse’s Friend, a program for inner city children and youth.
Sue Klassen
Sue Klassen is a founding Board member and current President of Partners in Restorative Initiatives (PiRI). She heads PiRI’s Courts Program, is co-chair of the Fall Conference, and serves as a Community Conferencing trainer and facilitator. Sue helped establish the Western New York Restorative Justice Coalition, and serves as its secretary. She assists the Rochester Police Department’s Juvenile Accountability Conferencing program as a volunteer facilitator. Sue is completing her Masters in Conflict Transformation with concentrations in Restorative Justice and in Trauma Healing.
Jeanne Carlivati
Jeanne Carlivati is the Vice President of the PiRI Board of Directors and a retired school counselor. She conducts mediation training for students and staff through the Mediation Center of Rochester and is active in the Grief Resource Network.
Mark Collins
Mark Collins is the Assistant Coordinator for the New York State Unified Court System’s Office of ADRCIP. He helps oversee and expand alternative dispute resolution services for the NYS courts. Mark became the Assistant Coordinator of the Community Dispute Resolution Program (CDRCP) in 1982, and became responsible for its coordination in 1996. He has supervised the CDRCP, where the office now funds more than $8,000,000 to centers in all sixty-two counties. Mark has been responsible for administering and facilitating the victim-offender dialogue process in addition to other various program administration responsibilities. He has served as board member on the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) for six years, including two years as Co-Chair. Mark has provided assistance with other state court systems in their design of ADR programming. He has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from St. John Fisher College and received a Masters of Science Degree in Judicial Administration from the University of Denver, College of Law.