🗓: Friday, November 15, 2024
🗺: Tree of Life Lutheran Church, Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA
Join us for a dynamic one-day conference dedicated to exploring and advancing justice, civil rights, and living conditions that allow reentrants and individuals affected by sexual offense laws to succeed. This event will bring together experts, advocates, and community leaders to discuss current challenges and innovative solutions. Attendees will engage in meaningful dialogue, participate in informative breakout sessions, and build new connections!
Target Audience:
- Individuals affected by the public sexual offense registry
- Reentry Professionals
- Mental Health Professionals (Social Workers, Counselors/Therapists)
- Sociologists and Criminologists
- Public Administrators, Elected Officials, and Representatives
- Students in related fields
Presenters Slated to Include…
- Theresa Robertson, Ph.D., Former PARSOL Chair, Expert in Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
- Jennifer Weeks, Ph.D., LPC, CSAT, CMAT, CAADC, Director of Sexual Addiction Treatment Services & PA SOAB Treatment Provider
- Stephanie Jerstad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology, Millersville University
- John W. Dawe, MNA, CNP, RCP, RCPF, PARSOL Managing Director, Recovery Coaching Professional & RCP Facilitator
- Lisa Kessler Peters, MS, Unsheltered Services Manager, Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area, Author, PARSOL Board Member
- Brenda Jones, NARSOL Executive Director
- Randall Hayes, PARSOL Legislative Director
- Josiah Krammes, PARSOL Legal Information & Education Director, Board Chair
Tentative Schedule
8 AM – Registration & Continental Breakfast
9 AM – 9:45 AM – Welcome & Opening Plenary
10 AM – 11 AM – Workshops A
11 AM – 12 PM – Workshops B
12:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Annual Luncheon: Hot Topics & Panel Discussion
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM – Workshops C
3:30 PM- 4:30 PM: Reframing the Conversation Workshop & Wrap Up
6:00 PM – PARSOL Pizza Party, Screening of Untouchable, and a Film Discussion
Film Synopsis: UNTOUCHABLE
When the most powerful lobbyist in Florida discovers that the nanny has sexually abused his daughter, he harnesses his extraordinary political power to pass the toughest ‘sex offender’ laws in the nation. UNTOUCHABLE chronicles his crusade, and its impact on the lives of several of the 800,000 people forced to live under the kinds of laws he has championed.