Criminal Justice and Equity Webinar Series Session 2: Behavioral Health Equity and Incarceration
The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity (KSCMHE), in partnership with WellPath Care, will host a series of virtual round-tables to address the landscape of inequities that affect justice-involved individuals. The invited panelists will represent a diverse, inclusive, and unique set of voices in the field, to speak on a myriad of issues that influence outcomes for individuals affected by the criminal justice system. KSCMHE will outreach experts, leaders, and people with lived experience to accurately depict the state of criminal justice and equity in America, in real-time. Participation in our programming will be as equitable and inclusive as the system that we are working to change.
Featured Panelists:
- Dr. Jessica Klaver – Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services at CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services)
- Nicole Palumbo, LCSW – Special Consultant (Behavioral Health), NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Dr. Pierluigi Mancini – President of the Multicultural Development Institute, psychologist and leading consultant in culturally responsive care
- Chyna Quarker, MA – Referral Manager for the Atlanta Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative
- Cassandra Kirk, JD – Chief Magistrate Judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton County
Hourly Schedule
Tentative Agenda
- 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
- Introduction with Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH, Director of KSCMHE
- 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
- Welcome Remarks
- <ul> <li>The Honorable Patrick Kennedy</li> <li>Arthur Evans, PHD - CEO of the American Psychological Association</li> </ul>
- 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM
- Behavioral Health Equity and Incarceration Panel Featuring
- <ul> <li>Dr. Jessica Klaver – Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services at CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services)</li> <li>Nicole Palumbo, LCSW – Special Consultant (Behavioral Health), NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene</li> <li>Dr. Pierluigi Mancini – President of the Multicultural Development Institute, psychologist and leading consultant in culturally responsive care</li> <li>Chyna Quarker, MA – Referral Manager for the Atlanta Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative</li> <li>Cassandra Kirk, JD – Chief Magistrate Judge, Magistrate Court of Fulton County</li> </ul>
- 12:25 PM
- Closing Remarks with Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH, Director of KSCMHE