Media Advisory: Joint Reentry Council to Meet Thursday in Raleigh

WHAT: Monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration. 

WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m. – Noon

WHERE: Greg Poole, Jr. All Faiths Chapel (Dorothea Dix Park), 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603. 

WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers and a chance for public comment

AGENDA

10 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions: Leslie Cooley Dismukes, Secretary, N.C. Department of Adult Correction; Tammera Hill, Chief Operating Officer, NCDAC.

10:20 — Strategic Planning Update:  Maggie Brewer, NCDAC Chief Deputy Secretary for Rehabilitative and Correctional Services; George Pettigrew, NCDAC Deputy Secretary of the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.

10:45 — NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and its Mission: Andrea Allard, Director of Transition Services, NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.    

11:15 — Digital Opportunities for Justice-Impacted People: Merging Technology with Reentry: Brian Scott, OurJourney Executive Director.

11:45 — Public comments

11:55 — Closing remarks: Deputy Secretary Pettigrew.