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Opening Keynote:
Opening Keynote:
"Bay Area Voices for Justice & Reform"
"Bay Area Voices for Justice & Reform"
Join COD Co-Chairs, Asa and Alex, as they engage with prominent Bay Area Justice reformers, Chesa Boudin and Cat Brooks, to share their stories, their inspiration, and their calls to action.
Student Moderators: Asa D. ('24) and Alex H. ('24)
Location: Gym
Chesa Boudin
Chesa Boudin
Chesa Boudin is the founding executive director of UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center. A graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, he served as San Francisco's elected district attorney from 2020 to 2022. Boudin implemented bold reforms to ensure that the criminal legal system delivered safety and justice for all San Franciscans. During his time in office, both violent and non-violent crime fell by double digits and the city saw a historic reduction in incarcerations. Both of his parents spent 62 years in prison total, inspiring his passion for reform of the criminal justice system.
Cat Brooks
Cat Brooks
Cat Brooks is an award-winning art activist, resident playwright, director and actress with The Lower Bottom Playaz in Oakland and 3 Girls Theater in San Francisco, and host of the KPFA podcast Law and Disorder. Inspired by her own experience growing up in a mixed-race, working-class union family living in segregated Las Vegas, Brooks works tirelessly as an activist to end unjust systems built into the societal status quo. A resident of Oakland, she was the runner-up for Mayor of the city in the 2018 election. She is currently the Executive Director of The Justice Teams Network, striving to provide rapid response and healing justice to all forms of state violence across California.
Afternoon Keynotes:
Afternoon Keynotes:
Four Different Sessions
Four Different Sessions
Anita Frank:
Anita Frank:
Holocaust Survivor
Holocaust Survivor
Student Moderators: Zac R. ('24) & Hailey R. ('27)
Location: Gym
For this afternoon session, we are fortunate to be joined by Anita Frank, a remarkable survivor of the Holocaust who will share her story with us. As a young child in Holland during the Holocaust, she lost family and friends to the Nazis, and she and her brother were given fake names and separated from their family. Following the war, her remaining family reunited and moved to the U.S. Join us in partnership with Anita and the JFCS Holocaust Center to hear her brave story and shed light on the often overlooked story of the Holocaust's hidden children.
Human Connection & the Criminal Justice System
Human Connection & the Criminal Justice System
Student Moderators: Sammy L. ('24) & Jordan P. ('24)
Location: Theater
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, holds 3,447 inmates. That’s 3,447 experiences, 3,447 stories, and 3,447 human beings deserving of understanding, support, respect, and a fair chance for rehabilitation. Would you like to learn more about the everyday experiences of an incarcerated person? Are you interested in hearing about what it’s like to work within the county jail? Join Ted Saltveit (a long-time volunteer at San Quentin), Michelle Funez (a therapist for inmates in the Marin County jail system), and a friend of Ted’s (who was formerly incarcerated at San Quentin for 30+ years) as they share their personal experiences in a dynamic and nuanced discussion—facilitated by Sammy Lee ‘24 and Jordan Potter ‘24—about the importance of human connection within our criminal justice system.
Actionable Optimism: Documentary Filmmaking for Social Impact
Actionable Optimism: Documentary Filmmaking for Social Impact
Student Moderator: Asa D. ('24)
Location: BBLC Lecture Hall
Chris Temple is a film director and the founder of Optimist, a non-profit studio in Los Angeles, making social impact documentaries. He’s best known for directing the feature documentaries Living On One Dollar, Salam Neighbor, and Five Years North. His films have been released globally by Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and PBS, and have premiered at numerous film festivals and earned acclaim and awards nationally and internationally. He was recognized as one of the 40 under 40 top documentary filmmakers of 2023 by DOC NYC and HBO. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Variety, and The Atlantic, and has helped raise over $91 million dollars for poverty alleviation and refugee support efforts. Come hear and see his story, and the stories of others in his films, as he shares how to harness a type of optimism that is practical and action-oriented. The session is sure to be inspiring and motivating, especially for students who enjoy film and are called to make a difference in our world!
Building Bridges:
Building Bridges:
Advancing Equity in Marin's Education System
Advancing Equity in Marin's Education System
Student Moderator: Alex H. ('24)
Location: Founders Lecture Hall
Marin is known as one of the healthiest, wealthiest, and best education counties in the state. Yet, systemic inequities continue to prevent children of color and children living in poverty from achieving their educational full potential. Joined by a panel of local educational thought leaders including Gina Guillemette, Chief Strategy Officer at Community Action Marin, Nghiem Bui, Executive Director at Next Generation Scholars, Mojgan Behman, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Dominican University, and Katherine Dinh, Head of School at Marin Country Day School, we will explore the definition of educational equity, the status of disparities at every age in Marin, the role of tuition-based institutions in equity, and how high school students at MA can be involved.
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