Rutgers Law School Presents What’s Next? Supporting Children, Youth, and Families in a Post-Abolition World

Registration and Breakfast 9:00 AM-9:30 AM 

Keynote Speaker: To be announced 9:30 AM to 10:15AM

The Impact – Voices of Impacted Youth and Parents Who are Making an Impact 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Tawanna Brown, Coach and Inaugural Member, DCF Youth Council 
• Lexie Gruber-Perez 
• Yalonda Houston, Attorney, Community Legal Services, Family Advocacy Unit 
• Jordan Ivey, Peer to Peer Navigator and Inaugural Member, DCF Youth Council
• April Lee, Director of Client Voice, Community Legal Services, Family Advocacy Unit
• Alexandra Travis, Parent Ally, Pre-Petition Project, Legal Services of New Jersey

Tearing Down the Old 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• Kelley Fong, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of California – Irvine 
• Erin Miles Cloud, Co-Founder and Director Movement for Family Power 
• Jane Spinak, Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor Emerita of Law, Columbia Law school 

 Lunch Served – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Afternoon: 

Creating the New: What Can We Do Now?  2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

• Kathleen Creamer, Managing Attorney, Family Advocacy Unit, Community Legal Services 
• Sylvia Thomas, Attorney, Pre-Petition Project, Legal Services of New Jersey
• Shereen White, Director of Advocacy and Policy, Children’s Rights 

Creating the New: What Should We Plan For The Future?3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• Julia Davis, Director of Youth Justice and Welfare, Children’s Defense Fund- NY
• Josh Gupta-Kagan, Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School 
• Jey Rajaraman, Attorney and Management Consultant, Family Integrity & Justice Works, Public Knowledge 

Closing – 4:45 PM to 5:00 PM

*Tentative agenda subject to change

In-person Registration: https://go.rutgers.edu/youth