May 10th CORI forum at the Boston Foundation

Dear Friend,

Join us on May 10th when City Mission Society's Public Voice Project will be represented at a Boston Foundation Forum on Criminal Justice.

CORI: Opening Doors of Opportunity A Workforce and Public Safety Imperative

Welcoming Remarks:

Paul S. Grogan, President & CEO, The Boston Foundation
Elyse Clawson, Executive Director, The Crime and Justice Institute

Presentation of Task Force Findings and Recommendations:

Elizabeth Pattullo, President & CEO, Beacon Health Strategies, LLC;
Co-chair, Task Force on CORI Employer Guidelines

The Economics of CORI: The Labor Supply and Our Economic Future

Andrew Sum, Director, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern
University

Remarks:

Kevin M. Burke, Secretary of Public Safety, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Bob Gittens, Vice President for Public Affairs, Northeastern
University; Co-chair, Task Force on CORI Employer Guidelines

Panelists:

The Honorable Byron Rushing, Second Assistant Majority Leader,
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Ben Thompson, Executive Director, STRIVE
Maureen Walsh, Chair, Massachusetts Parole Board; Member, Criminal
History Systems Board
Fay White, City Mission Society, Public Voice Project

THURSDAY, MAY 10th, 2007
8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast served at 8:00 a.m.
The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA

To reserve a seat, please call 617-338-4390 or email rsvp@tbf.org by MAY 4th. Seating is limited and may be cut off before the RSVP deadline if capacity is reached.

The Understanding Boston forum is supported in part by the Civic Leadership Fund of the Boston Foundation. This is a public forum. The Boston Foundation will be photographing and videotaping this event for archival, informational and educational purposes.