By Sheila Pursglove
Legal News
The Criminal Justice Program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn will present “Diversity and Justice: Conversations during Criminal Justice Month,” with programs scheduled for March 2-4.
The events will be held each evening, from 6-8:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Social Science Building.
The programs will be introduced by Chancellor Daniel Little and by Dr. Donald Shelton, director of the Criminal Justice Program and a retired Washtenaw County Trial Court judge.
Shelton said the speakers are “nationally and locally known experts and advocates concerning some of the most important current issues facing our criminal justice system and indeed our society.”
“Recent high profile incidents in Missouri, New York and throughout the country have demonstrated that many people perceive our criminal justice system as uncaring at best and abusive at worst when it comes to minority citizens,” he said.
The programs next week will “bring together experts and advocates to discuss that situation,” Shelton said. “It is important for all of us to participate in those discussions.”
The March 2 symposium, “Criminal Justice and Race,” will be moderated by Dr. Ahmad Rahman from the University of Michigan-Dearborn faculty.
Panelists include Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, Michigan ACLU attorney Mark Fancher, civil rights attorney Geoffrey Fieger and U-M Sociology Prof. Dr. Alford Young.
Dr. Sally Howell from UMD will moderate the March 3 symposium, entitled “Criminal Justice and the Arab-American Community.”
Panelists will include featuring panelists Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dearborn Heights Distruct Judge David Turfe, Dearb orn Police Chief Ronald Haddad and Fatina Abdrabboh, director of the Michigan Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The series wraps up on March 4 with “Criminal Justice, Gender and Sexuality,” moderated by UMD faculty member Dr. Francine Banner.
Panel members will include former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Kelly, New York police misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie as well as Deborah LaBelle, an attorney for women and children in prison, and Yvonne Siferd, an attorney with Equality Michigan.
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