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Prison & Reentry Summit: Open the Door to Mercy
Education, Advocacy & Outreach"Open the Door to Mercy" is a two day Prison & Reentry Summit dedicating to fostering successful reentry of returning citizens and highlight the past, current and future of the Virginia Correctional System. This summit recognizes the challenges of the Virginia Correctional System and seeks to provide education, advocacy and outreach to support a more merciful, just and restorative environment inside and outside the prison doors.
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Cost
Friday April 4, 2025: $15.00
Saturday April 5, 2025 $15.00
Friday & Saturday 2025 $25.00
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Location
Church of the Holy Family 1279 N Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454
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Agenda: Friday April 4, 2025
6:00pm-9:30pmSign-in/Visit Exhibitors
Welcome & Opening Reflections and Prayer
Dinner served by members of Kairos Prison Ministry International.
Keynote Speaker Dale Brumfield: Looking Back, The history of Virginia Incarceration
Testimony from Frank (Returning Citizen)
Closing Reflection and Prayer
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Agenda: Saturday April 5, 2025
8:30am-3:30pmSign-in, Continental Breakfast, Visit Exhibitors
Welcome & Opening Reflections and Prayer. Mock Prison Cell
Keynote Speaker Dale Brumfield, Moving Forward
Break-out session I: Outreach Bill Twine Founder & Director of The Onesimus Ministries
Lunch
Break-out session II: Education Tina Wandersee & Brian Alexander: Restorative Justice: Harm, Healing and Human Dignity
Break-out session III: Advocacy Marcus Elam: Legislative Liaison for the Department of Corrections
Panel Discussion: Ask a Returning Citizen Charles, Shamine, Corey & Frank.
Closing Reflection, Prayer & Call to Action
Mock Prison Cell
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Harm, Healing and Human Dignity
Saturday participants will receive a FREE copy of Harm, Healing & Human Dignity. While supplies last. There will be an opportunity to participant in a follow up book study. Detail will be presented at the Prison & Reentry Summit.
Harm, Healing and Human Dignity is a faith formation resource to help small groups in parishes and schools, as well as individual believers, reflect on the Catholic call to restorative justice. Through scripture, Catholic teaching, eye opening statistics, and personal stories, each chapter prompts prayerful consideration of the place of human dignity and the common good as we respond to crime, incarceration, and the death penalty.
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Who is Keynote Speaker Dale Brumfield
Author, Journalist, and advocate who has extensively researched and written about the history of prisons in Virginia, particularly the Virginia State Penitentiary. His work sheds light on the conditions, challenges, and evolution of the correctional system in the state.
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Books by Dale Brumfield
Click on Book to learn more. All books will be available at the Prison & Reentry Summit
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Exhibitors at Prison & Reentry Summit
Kairos Prison Ministry International
Onesimus House
Catholic Prison Ministry Coalition
Hampton Roads Work Force Council
How to write to inmates
Grace Inside
Holy Family Prison & Reentry Ministry
Dismas Charities
Stone Soup Book Sellers
Jonathon's Prison Peanut Brittle & Cheesecake
Keynote Speaker Dale Brumfield
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Need accommodations?
Virginia Beach has many hotel options for those out of town participants.
Option 1
Delta Hotels by Marriott Virginia Bayfront Suites. 3 miles from Church of the Holy Family. The Delta Hotels is holding a block for the Prison & Reentry Summit at a the discounted rate of $259/night (regular rate $350/night. Call 757 481-9000 to make reservations under Prison and Reentry Summit
Option 2
Secure your own accommodations at the many hotels in Virginia Beach.
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Thank You Sponsors.
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