Re-Imagining Justice Conference
Thank you for joining us for our
2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference:
Pivoting from Problem to Possibility
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
in-person at the UMN McNamara Alumni Center
200 SE Oak St, Minneapolis, MN
Couldn't make it? Or just want to relive the conversations?
The conference recordings are live now on Youtube.
"Our...opportunities are trying to extend spaces for those good kids in sometimes mad cities." -Dr. Shawn Ginwright
The MNJRC's annual Re-Imagining Justice Conference is an inspirational convening of a broad diversity of criminal legal system practitioners, scholars, advocates, impacted persons, and community members. Through keynotes, plenaries, and breakout sessions, we create the space to share and learn from efforts to bring the criminal legal system closer to a true justice system.
The theme of the 2024 conference was "Pivoting from Problem to Possibility", in which we seek to re-imagine a criminal legal system that doesn't just respond to problems that we see currently happening, but looks for approaches that are based on dreams of what can be. This year's keynote speaker was Dr. Shawn Ginwright, whose work in trauma, healing, and the empowerment of African American youth has established him as a thought leader in the field of education.
Dr. Shawn Ginwright
2024 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ginwright is the Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education. His groundbreaking work on trauma, healing, and the empowerment of African American youth has earned him a reputation as an innovator, provocateur, and thought leader in the field of education. His introduction of the concept of "healing-centered engagement" in 2018 has revolutionized the field, providing an asset-based approach to addressing youth trauma and fostering resilience. Dr. Ginwright has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including most recently "The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves", from which the MNJRC gets the 2024 conference theme.
Thank you to our 2024 conference sponsors!
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Previous Conference Highlights
2024
Watch the welcoming remarks and spoken word performance that opened up our 2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference.
2024
In Ramsey County the problem of racial disparities in traffic stops and resulting lower community trust was identified. System and community leaders then came together to support a solution.
2024
Watch our 2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference closing plenary, a conversation that provided a legislative preview from the perspectives of lobbyists, advocates, and observers who know their way around the MN Legislature.
2023
Featuring Briana Payton from the Chicago Appleseed Center on Pretrial Justice
2022
A session on the work to transform the legal system by bringing in those most impacted by the law
2021
A discussion with best-selling author Resmaa Menakem
2021
Danielle Sered shares her thoughts on the need to re-imagine justice
2024
In this breakout session at our 2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office discusses its new effort, launched in 2023, to address youth auto theft that prioritizes early intervention, partnership, and individualized, community-based response.
2024
In this breakout session at our 2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference, panelists explored the intersection of labor protections, workforce issues, and criminal justice reform.
2023
Kyle Tran Myhre opened the MNJRC's Re-Imagining Justice conference virtual programming with his poem, "Why Do You Write Poems When Death is All Around Us."
2023
Watch some highlights from our 2023 conference.
2022
MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero and MBCRE Director Tiffani Daniels discuss the state of policing in Minnesota 2 1/2 years after the police murder of George Floyd
2021
A conversation with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
2024
Watch the keynote speech by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, followed by his fireside chat with Dr. Yohuru Williams, at our 2024 Re-Imagining Justice Conference.
2024
Kayla Richards, MNJRC's Community Impact Director, and project leads, walk us through some of MNJRC's current projects and the ways in which our work is guided by our organization's values.
2023
"Leadership on Public Safety in Challenging Times' featuring Lt Gov. Peggy Flanagan and MPR Host Angela Davis, with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, State Rep. Cedrick Frazier, and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi
2023
Listen to Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan's thoughts on what public safety really means.
2022
An inspirational conference-opening keynote by Florida Rights Restoration Coalition President Desmond Meade
2021
What exactly is “participatory research”? Find our more in this session
2020
MNJRC Board Member Sharon Sayles Belton talks with john a. powell about the importance of re-imagining justice.
