1. MAYOR STEVE
SCAFFIDI
PANELISTS
Panel: Fair Michigan Justice Project
DANA
NESSEL
Managing Partner,
Nessel & Kessel
Law, FMJP
TONYA Y.
GRIFFITH, MSW
Owner, Limitless
Possibilities
Counseling Services,
FMJP
JAIMIE POWELL-
HOROWITZ
Special Prosecutor,
Wayne County
Prosecutor’s Office,
FMJP
VICKI YOST
Special Investigator,
Wayne County
Prosecutor’s Office,
FMJP
JULISA ABAD
Director,
Transgender
Outreach and
Advocacy, FMJP
Police-Community Panel
NIKKI PARDO
CEO, Global
Alliance Solutions
CHIEF DAVID
RAHINSKY
Grand Rapids
Police Department
CHIEF RAYMOND
HALL
U-M Flint
Public Safety
CHIEF JEFF HADLEY
Kalamazoo Department
of Public Safety
DR. JOHN SELMON
Vice President for Student
Services, Muskegon
Community College
SPECIAL THANKS
SPONSORS
SUPPORTERS
EXHIBITORS

2. 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST Big 10 A
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
OPENING PLENARY Big 10 A
Opening Remarks
Agustin V. Arbulu, Director, Michigan Department
of Civil Rights
Welcome/Speaker Introduction
Patrick A. Miles, Jr., United States Attorney,
Western District of Michigan
Keynote Speaker
Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
From his start as a fair housing investigator in
HUD’s Boston office to his current position as the
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity, Bryan Greene has always
worked to promote diverse, inclusive communities.
Greene is responsible for the policy direction and
management of HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity, which oversees investigation of
nearly 2,000 complaints annually and administers
the Fair Housing Assistance Program, which
provides $28 million to state and local agencies
for the investigation of more than 8,000
complaints each year. Greene was the 2007
recipient of the Presidential Rank Award, the
highest federal honor bestowed upon federal
executives for outstanding service.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
BREAK
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
• OVC TTAC: Mass Violence and Terrorism Technical
Assistance Toolkit Riverside Room
Speaker: Herman Millholland
Released in 2015, this web-based toolkit assists
communities in building their capacity to provide
timely and effective responses to victims of mass
violence and provides resources for developing a
comprehensive victim assistance plan.
• Emotional Resiliency - Understanding
Unconscious Bias Centennial ABC
Speaker: Darnell Blackburn
An exploration of the unrecognized bias we all
have that can inhibit our ability to connect and
communicate effectively with communities and
victims who are facing incidents of hate and bias.
• Panel: Fair Michigan Justice Project Auditorium
A collaborative effort of Fair Michigan and
the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, FMJP
investigates and prosecutes capitol offenses -
both new crimes and “cold” cases - committed
against members of the LGBTQ community.
Offered morning session only.
• Hate 2 Hope – Harnessing the Power
of Tension 104AB
Speaker: Brenda Naomi Rosenberg
Learn how to transform the tension between
police and community, build trust, create diversity
and inclusion, and frame a new path in criminal
justice/social work education. Experience
the 4-step Tectonic Leadership process – a
paradoxical approach that uses the power of
tension to build alliances.
• Serve 2 Unite Conference Room 61
Speaker: Pardeep Kaleka
In the wake of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin
shooting in 2012, Serve 2 Unite emerged in a spirit
of defiance, meeting the hate behind the murders
with fearless and creative compassion. Rooted in
the principles of service to others and optimism
in the face of adversity, Serve 2 Unite encourages
young people of all backgrounds to value
humanity and to aspire to live a genuine, honest
life as a peacemaker.
11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
BREAK
11:40 AM –1:00 PM
LUNCHEON PLENARY Big 10 A
Welcome/Speaker Introduction
Barbara L. McQuade, United States Attorney,
Eastern District of Michigan
Keynote Speaker
Director Ronald L. Davis, USDOJ COPS Office
COPS supports national efforts to implement the
recommendations outlined in the President’s Task
Force on 21st Century Policing report: to help law
enforcement agencies and communities strengthen
trust and collaboration while ushering in the next
phase of community-focused policing.
Keynote Speaker
Vincent-Boccaccio Pardo, Student/Peace Advocate
Vincent-Boccaccio Pardo is an eighth grader at
Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. At the
age of eight, Vincent became the youngest
American Cancer Society member to lobby at
the State Capitol. He is also the youngest trained
facilitator for the ACCESS Take on Hate campaign.
And at the U-M Summer Youth Dialogue program in
August, he was declared “one to watch” because of his
strong commitment to racial equality.
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
BREAK
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
• OVC TTAC: Mass Violence and Terrorism
Technical Assistance Toolkit Riverside Room
Speaker: Herman Millholland
• Emotional Resiliency - Understanding Unconscious
Bias Centennial ABC
Speaker: Darnell Blackburn
• Police-Community Panel: Community Engagement
Best Practices Auditorium
Join law enforcement and community engagement
experts in a lively discussion on how to build
relationships of trust between law enforcement
and the communities they serve.
Offered afternoon session only.
• Hate 2 Hope – Harnessing the Power
of Tension 104AB
Speaker: Brenda Naomi Rosenberg
• Serve 2 Unite Conference Room 61
Speaker: Pardeep Kaleka
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
BREAK
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CLOSING CEREMONIES Big 10 A
Agustin V. Arbulu, Director, Michigan Department of
Civil Rights
Keynote Speaker
Carmen Kucinich, FBI Victim Specialist – Victim
Assistance Rapid Deployment Team
Mass Casualty Response: A Victim Assistance
Perspective provides an in-depth look at the FBI’s
Victim Assistance Rapid Deployment team’s response
to the terrorist shooting in San Bernardino. Kucinich
will lead a comparative look at the victim assistance/
community response to the Kalamazoo Uber shooting
incident and a brief review of the unique challenges in
the response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting
in Orlando.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
AGENDA
BRYAN
GREENE
Deputy Assistant
Secretary, U.S.
Department of
Housing and Urban
Development
RONALD L.
DAVIS
Director, U.S.
Department of
Justice, COPS Office
VINCENT-
BACCACCIO
PARDO
Student and Peace
Advocate
CARMEN
KUCINICH
FBI Victim Specialist,
U.S. Attorney’s
Office, WDM
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
PARDEEP
KALEKA
Serve 2 Unite
DARNELL
BLACKBURN
Prat LLC
BRENDA NAOMI
ROSENBERG
President, Pathways to
Peace Foundation
HERMAN
MILLHOLLAND
Office of Victims of
Crime, Training
and Technical
Assistance Center