Schedule of Events for the 7th Annual Ohio Prison Activist Conference
	7th Annual Ohio Prison Activist Conference to be Held at Oberlin This Weekend		Date/Time Activity Location Friday, November 10, 8:00 P.M. Film: Lock up/Lock Down, a look at the Ohio State penitentiary in Youngstown, Ohio, followed by a discussion with attorney Alice Lynd King 106 Saturday, November 11, 8:30-9:30 A.M. Conference Registration King Lobby 9:45-11:15 A.M., First Workshop Session (Participants will choose to attend one of three workshops.) Reforming parole-board practices, with Mary Ann Torian, former attorney for the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission Location to be announced   Conflict resolution, with Lisa Roy, a facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project Location to be announced   Legal reform for prisoners in the wake of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, with attorney Jeff Dillmar Location to be announced 11:30 A.M.-1:00 P.M., Second Workshop Session Activism with and on behalf of women in prison, with Molly Wiesner, activist from the Women's Re-Entry Resource Network Location to be announced   Discussion of Sodexho-Marriott's connection to the Corrections Corporation of America and update on private prisons (Speaker to be announced) Location to be announced   Improving prison medical care, with Steve Garrett and Michelle Kitchen, founding members of Concerned Citizens for Adequate Care Location to be announced 2:00-3:00 P.M. Reading from Big Gorge, a docudrama about the 1993 Lucasville prison rebellion Location to be announced 3:15-5:00 P.M. Panel on Ohio prison activism: where have we been and where are we going? Participants include Dan Cahill, acting director of the Prison Activism network of Ohio; Staughton Lynd, labor and social activist; Monique Hoeflinger, director of the Women's Project at the Prison Reform Advocacy Center; and Kerry Daley, a student activist with OAAP King 106 8:00 P.M. Keynote address by Luis "Bato" Talamantez, leader of California Prison Focus, human-rights activist, artist, writer, and educator King 106
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