Curriculum Vitae

BERNARD MOORE M a i l i n g A d d r e s s : 8 8 1 6 S 7 t h A v e n u e

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AM ERI C AN / JUD I CI A L / BLAC K POLI TI CS

Ph.D. in Political Science ~ Political Strategist ~ Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis ~ Principal Policy Fellow to the Congressional Black Caucus ~ Recognized Authority on the inner workings of U.S. Congress: Budget Process, Committee Procedures & Appropriations Process ~ Legislative History and Statutory Research ~ Political Science Professor ~ Published in Policy Congressional Committee Reports ~ Numerous Presentations ~ Qualitative & Quantitative Research.

Academic researcher with executive role at recognized public policy research organization on Capitol Hill. Educational approach includes acquiring a knowledge base to expand awareness and understanding of the political spectrum while developing inquiry-based critical-thinking skills. Focus on legislative affairs, disparities in criminal justice, voting rights, HIV/AIDS, mass incarceration, offender reentry: reducing recidivism and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Adheres to the philosophy that communication, relationship building, and mentoring communication are key student motivators in quest for knowledge. Expert at providing criminal justice solutions to defense attorneys, inmates and court systems throughout the country.

Academic Appointments:

Williams College, Williamstown, MassachusettsDepartment of Political Science W. Ford Schuman Assistant Professor, 2008 - 2010

Howard University, Washington, D.C.Department of Political Science Teaching Associate, Department of Political Science, 2004 - 2009

University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomSt. Peter’s College, Summer Seminars Guest Lecturer, American Political Development, Summer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

Research Awards & Honors include: Visitors Program, University of Oxford, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2007 Scholar-In-Residence, Library of Congress, 2007 - 2009 Bram Fischer Visitors Program, University of Witwatersrand, 2006 Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2005 - 2006

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Confronting the Perpetual Punishment of Mass Incarceration: Social Intervention the Works.

Offender Reentry – Correctional Statistics, reintegration in to the community and reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices:

Examine the cost and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience.

Identifying policy obstacles inhibiting reform of the reentry process.

Faith-based programs and how they relate to reentry & the Second Chance Act.

Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965;

Creating and implementation of strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement;

HI GHLI GH T OF AC C OMP LIS HM ENTS

PASSAGE OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007

Spearheaded, wrote and progressed Second Chance Act of 2007 through the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to the signing into law on April 9, 2008 by President George W. Bush.

Gained 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors of H.R.1593 and 247 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives. Utilized creative ability refocusing discussions on offender reentry and for concerns of public safety. Worked in a bi-partisan effort to appropriate funding of the Second Chance Act for FY10 DOJ

offender reentry programs, including $109 million for reentry initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and $300 million for the Second Chance Act grant program.

In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs.

In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs.

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (UNCFSP)

Worked collaboratively to develop and implement a pilot program to address board concerns of fairness in the criminal justice system and strategies for prisoner reintegration, prevent recidivism, improve public safety, and strengthen families and communities.

Organized and hosted a series of symposia to address social justice and reintegration topic on Capitol Hill and HBCUS.

Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) throughout design and implementation of visibility to national stakeholders.

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EDU C ATI ON

YALE LAW SCHOOL, GRADUATE PROGRAMS, New Haven, ConnecticutPost-Doctoral Research: Visiting Scholar & Researcher 2009 – 2010

Research focus on offender reentry: Second chance Act of 2007. Research of strategies of remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Washington, D.C.Ph.D. Degree in Political Science emphasis American Politics, Public Law and Black Politics. May 2009

Dissertation: “America’s Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color”

Dissertation Committee: Lorenzo Morris, Ph.D., Howard University Maurice Woodward, Ph.D., Howard University

Michael Frazier, Ph.D., Howard University Donn Davis, Ph.D., Howard University Representative Danny K. Davis, Ph.D., Member of Congress Representative Diane E. Watson, Ph.D., Member of Congress

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, New College, Oxford, United KingdomDiploma in International Human Rights Law, 2006

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, CaliforniaMaster of Arts in American Politics, 2004

Thesis: “The Philosophical Premises of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Assessment Whether the Federal Criminal Justice System Achieved the Goals of Sentencing Reform”

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMathematics & History, 1978

AC A DEM IC DEV ELOP MEN T

YALE LAW SCHOOL, New Haven, ConnecticutVisiting Scholar and Researcher, 2009 – 2010Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.Ph.D. Oral Defense, March 2009“America’s Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color”

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, UKHuman Rights in Social Context, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2006The Intersection of Rights and Regulation, Law and Society Summer Institute, St. Catherine’s College, 2005

UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND, Johannesburg, South AfricaBram Vischer Visiting Scholar, 2005 - 2006

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TEAC HI N G EXP ERI EN CE

WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Williamstown, Massachusetts 2008 - 2010 A top-ranked undergraduate institution.

W. Ford Schuman Assistant Professor, 2008 – 2010 Coordinated Williams on the Hill Summer Internship Program, which placed more than 30 students at

the Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and the White House.

Taught: American Politics, Race & Criminal Justice, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Judicial

Process and Summer Internship Coordinator.

Taught undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment.

Coordinated arrangements for undergraduate Moot Court at Williams College with presiding federal judges that included: Hon. Jeffrey R. Howard, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hon. William K. Sessions, III, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (then Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission), Hon. Consuelo Marshall, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Victor Marrero, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Team coach included: David V. Kirby, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont/former Law Clerk to the Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States and Barbara O’Connor, Attorney, Former Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California and First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont. April 2009.http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases/1791/

Coordinated and arrange for “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus”: Race in the New Congress a moderated roundtable discussion by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS News, 60 Minutes. The Roundtable will include Members of Congress: Rep. James Clyburn, Democratic Leadership the Majority Whip; Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary; Rep. Charles Rangel, Chairman, Ways & Means Committee; Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman, Homeland Security; Rep. Danny Davis; Rep. John Lewis; Rep. Robert Scott; Rep. Diane Watson; Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Yvette Clarke. November 2008www.flickr.com/photos/61972548@N05/sets/72157628484713495www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdl8b5Fm1E

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2009 A comprehensive research university.Teaching Associate, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Introduction to Political Science, Judicial Process, National Government, Science of Public PolicyPre-Law Advisor Taught: Black Politics, National Government, Science of Public Policy, Constitutional Law and

Judicial Process. Teach undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment. Coordinate arrangement for each of 35 students to shadow Congressional members at committee

hearings, meetings, and voting for one week; assignment reports and presentations of experience. Organized meetings with various Senators and members of Congressional Black Caucus, including

then Senators John Kerry, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Christopher J. Dodd, Patrick J.

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Leahy, and Joseph R. Biden; and included Rep. Danny K. Davis, Diane E. Watson, Elijah Cummings, Chaka Fattah, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Kendrick B. meek, Donald M. Payne, Bobby C. Scott, Maxine Waters, Bennie Thompson, Keith Ellison, and Charles B. Rangel in January to March 2007.

Coordinated student meetings with members of the Supreme Court of the United States that included: Hon. Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice and Hon. Stephen Breyer. 2004 – 2009.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, St. Peters College Summer 2005, 2006, 2007 A world-renowned university.Guest Lecturer, American Political Development Responsible for preparation and delivery of lectures to 35 undergraduate students.

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California 2002 - 2004 An independent research institution devoted entirely to graduate study.Graduate Teaching Assistant, Legal Research Methods and Constitutional Law I & II Worked collaboratively with professor teaching graduate-level courses.

CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Norwalk, California 2003A public comprehensive community college serving southeastern Los Angeles County.Guest Lecturer, American Government and Constitutional Law Prepared and delivered lectures on Judicial Politics and federal judiciary.

PR OFES S I ON AL WOR KS HO PS

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CAAnnual Meeting & Exhibition. September 2015

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C.Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2010

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Toronto, CanadaAnnual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2009

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Baltimore, MDTeaching & Leaning Conference. February 2009

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE, Dakar, SenegalTeaching & Learning Conference. July 2008

HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL, Washington, D.C.Preparing Future Faculty Fellow/Workshops, 2004 - 2007

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, CaliforniaPreparing Future Faculty, Professional Development Practicum (12 workshops), 2003 - 2004

TEAC HI N G AN D AC A DEM IC S ERV I CE

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Contributed to higher education through the understanding of the barriers facing women, domestic minorities, students with disabilities, and other members of groups underrepresented in higher educated.

Attended a minority serving institution. Ability to articulate the barriers facing women, ethnic minorities and other groups in fields

where they are underrepresented. Participated in higher education pipeline programs such as Summer Research Opportunity

Programs and Preparing Future Faculty. A record of academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women,

racial minorities and other groups in fields where they’re underrepresented. A record of leadership or significant experience teaching and mentoring students from groups

that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Proven record of significant academic achievement by overcoming barriers such as

economic, social or educational disadvantage; and A record of leadership or significant experience performing public service addressing the

needs of our increasingly diverse society.

RES EA R CH GOA LS

The potential to bring to academic research the critical perspective that comes from understanding the experiences of groups historically misunderstood and underrepresented in higher education or underserved by academic research generally.

Research interests focusing on underserved populations and understanding issues of racial, gender, or sexual orientation inequalities:

Research that addresses issues as race, gender, diversity, ex-offenders. Research that addresses topics such as health disparities, educational access, and

achievement, political engagement, economic justice, social mobility, civil and human rights and other questions of interest to historically underrepresented groups.

Artistic expression and cultural production that reflects culturally diverse communities or voices not well represented in the arts and humanities.

PR OFES S I ON AL EX PER I ENC E

Equal Access, Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles 2009 – PresentA Criminal Justice Consulting Firm (www.equalaccess.solutions)Mitigation Strategist & Policy Advocate

Consulting: Provide criminal justice solutions to defense attorneys, defendants, inmates and court systems in 68 of

the 94 federal districts throughout the country. Assists defense counsel and prepared defendants for sentencing in federal courts. Develops personal and professional background information and materials highlighting client’s

character for submission to the probation officers interviews. Research specific sentencing guidelines questions and developing specific sentencing guideline

arguments, including arguments for downward departure from the sentencing guidelines range. Conducts disparity analysis of sentences imposed upon similarly situated offenders in federal courts

using United States Sentencing Commission data.

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Reviews, analyzing and assessing the draft Pre-Sentence Report (PRS). Assisted in preparing formal response to the PSR.

Coordinates effort to obtain character reference letters and testimonials. Develops community-based sentencing alternatives, and prepare materials for the court outlining our

specific sentencing proposal with supporting documentation. Prepare Bail Reports, Mitigating Factors/Report, Pre-Custody Consultation, Release Plans, and Social

profiles. Prepare Bail Reports, Mitigating Factors/Report, Pre-Custody Consultation, Release Plans, and Social

profiles.

Advocacy: Developed and managed annual plan in alignment with organizational strategy, that shapes the

litigative, policy and programmatic agenda around criminal and juvenile justice reforms. Conceptualized grassroots projects and campaigns to support advocacy around issues of

disproportionate representation of African American and other populations of color at all levels of the criminal and juvenile justice system.

Established strategic relationships at both the national and local level with other entities working within the criminal justice reform field, aligned with the Equal Access’ interest, in order to advance Equal Access’ policy agenda around criminal and juvenile justice issues.

Managed the development and implementation of project concepts and descriptions, and budgets relating Equal Access’ criminal justice reform efforts.

Maintained and developed close working relationship with partners and expend Equal Access’ network of contacts among academic and other advocacy organizations; which partnered with organizations from civil rights, voting rights and faith-based communities, formerly incarcerated persons, policymakers, and community leaders.

U.S. CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS (7th-IL), Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2010A member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1996.Senior Fellow/Policy Advisor

Served as a Senior Advisor to Rep. Danny K. Davis on legislative and policy issues on offenders’ reentry, criminal justice reforms, voting rights, HIV/AIDS, drug policy and international human rights.

Worked with various house congressional committees on the congressman’s behalf, the House Committees on Way & Means, Judiciary, Oversight & Government Reform and House Subcommittee on the District of Columbia.

Worked on the Congressman’s behalf to build relationships, coalitions and consensus on legislative issues with the House Leadership, House Democratic & Republican Caucuses, and both Democratic & Republican National Committees.

Lead in planning meetings and briefing sessions with members of Congress and the House Democratic & Republican Leadership to develop policy solutions on Reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Met with Senior Cabinet Officials in the Departments of Justice, Labor, Health & Human Services and Department of Urban and Housing on policy issues relevant to the Second Chance Act and other reentry initiatives.

Served as liaison to external organizations relevant to the Second Chance Act legislation (e.g., research organizations, congressional staff, and executive agencies).

Developed and managed legislative strategies for the Congressman's policy proposals and coordination of the advisory role to other members of Congress on crime and sentencing policy.

Identified and tracked relevant bills through the legislative process, responding to the Department of Justice, and keeping the U.S. Sentencing Commission and senior staff informed of congressional and other statutory and regulatory development on Capitol Hill.

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Analyzed and prepared summaries of relevant legislation, drafting legislative updates and advising members of Congress and senior staff of legislative issues which potentially affect criminal justice issues, including introduction of bills, hearings, and other legislative actions of Congress.

Advised members of Congress, Department of Justice, Sentencing Commission, senior staff on major legislative and public affairs issues including outreach to relevant interest groups.

Drafted congressional testimony and conducted briefings and meetings with members of Congress, their staffs, the Department of Justice, other governmental agencies, and relevant interest groups.

Advised members of the Congressional Black Caucus regarding crime policy agenda. Managed the Congressman's public affairs activities such as responding to inquiries and requests for

information from the public, attorneys, the criminal justice community, Congress, the media, and government agencies.

Served as a key liaison and point of contact concerning Congressional staff inquires. Coordinated the Congressman’s response to such inquiries by providing legislative drafts or empirical data.

Served as a resource for staff concerning implementation of new legislation to facilitate the resolution of legislative issues as they arise, provide guidance, and follow up with congressional liaison on legislative activities.

Provided analysis and reviewed legislation in various forms developing and presenting substantive information to various audiences, including federal judges, U.S. Sentencing Commissioners, senior staff, and other interested parties.

Developed and maintained a network of contacts to foster effective ongoing communication between U.S. Sentencing Commission and members of Congress by making regular outreach to federal judiciary, including conducting periodic briefings.

Drafted correspondence to Congress, Congressional testimony, and memoranda relating to legislation.

Drafted, edited, assisted with speeches, scholarly articles, op-eds, and other writing for members of Congress and staff aimed at publicly disseminating to drive legislation.

Helped to develop and implement strategies for communication with the press and outside groups. Spearheaded and lead discrete projects in the areas of legislative and public affairs (and in other areas

as appropriate) that further the mission of the legislative goals. Participated on, and when appropriate, lead policy teams’ staff working groups that focused on new

legislation, guideline amendments or other sentencing issues.

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C. 2005– 2006A non-partisan public policy, research and educational institute.Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Policy Fellow

Provided expert research that met ongoing Congressional policy-making and oversight needs related to finance (including public finance, tax policy, financial regulation, and macroeconomic policy) and government affairs (including functions, effectiveness, and operational relationships across the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; intergovernmental relations; and legislative relevance, or budgetary procedures).

Engaged in implementation of the Foundation’s research agenda for issues within the Policy Fellow Program areas of responsibility, including approaches, frameworks, and methodologies for addressing policy and legislative issues. This included demonstrating personal intellectual leadership in monitoring congressional needs in the policy areas which required direct research management responsibility and assuring access to the intellectual capacity needs to meet the current and changing demands of the United States Congress at a sustained level of excellence.

Ensured that the research and analytical activities of the Foundation were aligned with the legislative needs of Congress and with the priorities, goals, and policies of members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Served as a principal policy advisor to members of the Congressional Black Caucus, advising on all aspects of the research management and recommending specific policy solutions.

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Prepared a variety of analytical reports, memoranda, and written materials on public policy issues in criminal justice and offender reentry areas of professional knowledge to support policymakers’ decision-making.

Through personal consultation, assisted congressional committees, members of Congress, and professional staff with consideration on legislative issues by providing information and analysis, and applying professional subject-area knowledge.

Prepared a variety of descriptive and background reports, memoranda, written materials on subjects or public policy issues within professional knowledge in criminal justice and offender reentry.

Ensured all research and analysis produced by the Foundation was of the highest quality and, meets and standards of objectivity, nonpartisanship, balance, timeliness, legislative relevance, authoritativeness, and accessibility.

Counsels members of Congress and professional staff on matters relating to the research activities, operations, and mission on legislative goals.

Served as a principal representative to members of Congress and congressional committees other legislative agencies and Library of Congress, executive departments and agencies, professional organizations, universities, other research organizations on the broadest matters related research, policy and organization.

SECOND CHANCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, Washington, D.C. 2007 - 2009 A think tank devoted to research and crafting of innovative policy solutions to issues of social equity.Research Fellow

Developed research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for national and state offender reentry initiatives for members of Congress.

Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience.

Researched interventions and programs that work to reduce recidivism by addressing obstacles to reentry.

Researched empirical data on what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not. Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in federal and state reentry programs. Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables discussions other events associated with

offender reentry initiatives. Lead collaborative effort with United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) to implement

pilot reentry program in conjunction with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Organized symposia and conferences to raise awareness and drive public policy and reform. Provided training in Civil Addict Program (legal basis, objectives, program logistics) to State and

local criminal justice agencies.

U.S. CONGRESSMAN JULIAN DIXON (35th-CA), Los Angeles, California 1993-1995, 2000 – 2002A member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1979 -2002District Fellow

Constituent services related to Department of Justice, Social Security and Department of Human & Health Service.

Community event planning and other related community advocacy. Served as liaison to external organizations relevant to community outreach.

L E A D E R S H I P E X P E R I E N C E

Williams College, Williamstown, MA October 2009A Night With a Legend: Jim Brown

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Coordinated jointly with the College Athletic Department, a lecturer with Jim Brown in his own words. Founder and CEO of the Amer-I-Can Program, an event attended by faculty and student body a Williams College. http://athletics.williams.edu/sport/General_News_Items/1030_A-DAY-and_with-Jim_Brown_at-Williams ; http://ephblog.com/2009/10/29/ jim - brown -speech

Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. October 2009Community Re-Investment Taskforce

Coordinated congressional briefing on the Amer-I-Can Program with Jim Brown former NFL Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame Football Player. Remarks given by Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Sheila Jackson, (then) Rep. Diane Watson and Rep. Andre Carson.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4607758

United States District Court October 2009Central District of California, Los Angeles, CAPassport to Reentry: Reducing Recidivism through Evidence-Base Reentry Practices Developed and coordinated, two day symposium on reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices. Participants included Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Rep. Danny K. Davis, (then) Rep. Diane E. Watson, Mayor Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa; Hon. Andrey Collins, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon. Carol Jackson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; Hon. Terry Hatter, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Otis Wright, II, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/65/event/870207-

U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. October 2009Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change – University of Memphis

Developed and coordinated lecturer with Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, Former Executive Director of NAACP. http://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/lectureseries.php

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 200939th Annual Legislative Conference “An Evening Without Politics HIV/AIDS” – Grand Hyatt

Developed and coordinated “An Evening Without Politics” with the National Minority AIDS Council fundraiser on HIV/AIDS Awareness. Participates included Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Roland Burris, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Conyers, Jr., Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Adolphus Towns, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Donna Edwards, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, (then) Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sidney Rideau, Howard University, Kenneth Chennault, American Express, Whoopi Goldberg, ABC The View, Al Sharpton, MSNBC, Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins, Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College, Debra Lee, BET Andrew Young,

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Martin Luther King, III, Gen. Colin Powell, Kenneth Cole, Louis Stokes, Billy Martin, Rev. Floyd Flake, Hazel O’Leary, Fisk University, Julian Bond, NAACP, and Alexis Herman.http://www.eveningwiththoutpolititics.org/http://www.examiner.com/article/an-evening-without-politics-is-an-evening-with-promisehttp://www.thehilltoponline.com/cbc-hosts-an-evening-without-politics-1.1916783#.UxnQ9X7TnIU Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. June 2009Community Re-Investment Taskforce/Charles Hamilton for Race & Justice Harvard Law School

Developed and coordinated “Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act,” Keynotes: Hon. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, Eric Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Charles Ogletree, Jr., Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School, Kate Stith, Acting Dean, Yale Law School, Craig Watkins, Dallas County District Attorney. Panelists included: Hon. Nancy Gartner, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Senior Judge, United States, District Court for the Central District of California, Hon. Reggie B. Walton, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Hon. Ann Aiken, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Oregon, David Kirby, Former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Loretta S. martin, Chief Probation Officer for the Central District of California, A.J. Kramer, Federal Defender for the District of Columbia, Harley G. Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Eric Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Marc Mauer, Executive Director, Sentencing Project, Margaret Love, Former Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, and Jane Browning, Executive Director, International Community Corrections Association.http://www.davis.house.gov/index.php?option=119&Itemid=1http://www.fedcure.org/documents/CBC-Symposium-240-FedCURE_Panel-4.pdf

National Minority AIDS Council, Washington, D.C. March 2009Second Chance Act of 2007 and HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry

Developed and coordinated with the Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis a symposium on HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Participants: Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Barbara Lee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Beny Primm, Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, Ravinia Hayes-Cozier, Director, Government Relations and Public Policy, National Minority AIDS Council, C. Virginia Field, CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.

Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. February 2009Black History Month Celebration

Organized a symposium on honoring Black members of Congress during the Reconstruction Period 1870-1901 and current and past Congressional Black Caucus members. Participants included Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. John Lewis, Sen Roland Burris and late Sen. Edward Brooke.

Williams College, Williamstown, MA November 2008An Evening with Members of Congressional Black Caucus

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Organized and coordinated “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus” Race in the New Congress, a roundtable discussion moderated by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS News, 60 Minutes. Roundtable participants included members of Congress, Rep. James Clyburn, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Robert Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Yvette Clarke and Gov. Deval Patrick (Massachusetts). www.flickr.com/photos/61972548@N05/sets/72157628484713495www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdl8b5Fm1E

Kappa Alpha Psi, Washington, D.C. April 2008National Day on Capitol Hill

Developed a Criminal Justice Forum on racial disparities in criminal justice. Participants included: Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Wilmer Leon, Talk Show Host, XM Satellite Radio, Professor Gregory Carr, Howard University, Rashida Mims, District of Columbia Pretrial Services and Nesa Chappelle, National Education Association.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C. April 2008Reentry Institute

Organized a symposium: Impact of Reentry from Local Jails at the Library of Congress. Presenters included community stakeholders, (late) Sen. Arlen Specter, (then) Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Rep. Bobby Scott, (late) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and (then) Rep. Diane E. Watson.

Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008An Evening with the Congressional Black Caucus

Organized “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus” and Howard University Students. Participants included Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Donna Christensen, (late) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Rep. Laura Richardson, Rep. Keith Ellison and Rep. Hank Johnson. Moderator: Dr. Lorenzo Morris, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Howard University.

CNN/CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS INSTITUTE, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary Debate January 2008

Helped to coordinator the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Democratic Presidential Primary Debate. Worked with CNN Moderator Wolf Blitzer and Response Panel: Suzanne Malveaux and Joe Johns in the development of the debate with the Democratic National Committee and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute.

Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008“Driving While Black” Racial Profiling

Coordinated a symposium on “Driving While Black” on racial profiling. Presenters: Gregory Carr, Howard University, Garrine Laney, Analyst, Congressional research Service, Hon. Alexander Williams, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Wilmer Leon, Talk Show Host, XM

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Satellite Radio. Congressional participants: Rep. Danny K Davis, Rep. Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Rep. Laura Richardson, Moderator: Lorenzo Morris, Chair, Political Science Department, Howard University.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY on Capitol Hill, Department of Political Science, Washington, D.C. Impact of Racial Disparities, Mandatory Minimum and Reentry October 2007

Coordinated a Symposium on the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R.1593) on offender reentry initiatives. Participates: Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Donna Christensen and Rep. Maxine Waters. Several students from Professor Bernard Moore’s National Government class at Howard University served as panelist giving mock testimony to members of the Congressional Black Caucus as a class project.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. March 2006Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965(Major Network Television Coverage)

Organized and coordinated arrangements for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Center for Policy Analysis and Research Emerging Leaders Series Policy a Symposium on securing renewal of the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Participants: included: Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Chris Dobb, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Russell Feingold, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Arlen Specter, and Sen. Ken Salazar. House members included: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Major Owens, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. James Clyburn, Rep. Artur Davis and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1005946431.htmlhttp://www.c-span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Relevance&personid%5B%5D=48293

Howard University, Washington, D.C. March 2006Reception on the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Coordinated arrangements for a reception on the reauthorization of the Voting Rights. Keynote Sen. Barack Obama and Rep. Chaka Fattah. Participants included Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Diane E. Watson, Rep. William Jefferson, and Rep. Linda Sanchez. Attended by Howard University Faculty and Student body.

U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on Government ReformSymposium on Second Chance Act of 2005 H.R. 1704, Prison Reentry to the Community

Organized & Hosted, (Black History Month), Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Stephanie Tubes Jones, and Rep. Maxine Waters.

U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, Washington, D.C. March 2006Congressional Briefing

Organized briefing with Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Randy Forbes, Rep. Danny K. Davis Criminal Justice Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness.

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Congressional BriefingAmerica’s Race to Incarcerate: Locking up Communities of Color April 2006

Coordinated a congressional briefing on the behalf of Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Presenters: Angela Jordan Davis, Professor at American University’s Washington College of Law; Devon Brown, Director of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections; and Marc Mauer, author of Race to Incarcerate and Executive Director, Sentencing Project.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2006Annual Legislation Conference – National Job Fair for Ex-Offenders

Developed and coordinated corporate participants that included BP America, Sodexho, Home Depot, Clark Construction, Exxon/Mobil, Walgreens, U.S. Air, U.S. Department of Labor, Raytheon, CSX, Giant Foods, Dell, Safeway, Altria Corporation, McDonald Corporation and 30 other corporations. More than 2,000 attendees at the Ex-Offender Job Fair.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2005Annual Legislation Conference – Issue Forum on Reentry

Organized an issue forum on Rethinking Reentry and the Second Chance Act. Presenters: Harley Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Diane Williams, President, Safer Foundation, Stanley Richards, Chief Operation Officer, The Fortune Society.

Millions More Movement March, Washington, D.C. October 2005National Mall

Congressional Liaison and coordinator for the Million More Movement March on the National Mall. Worked to coordinate speakers with rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Late Dorothy Height, Julianne Malveaux, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Al Sharpton, Conrad Worrall, (late) Ronald Walters, Russell Simmons and Minister Louis Farrakhan. More than one million attendees on the National Mall.http://www.millionsmoremovement.com/index_flash.htmlhttp://www.c-span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Relevance&personid%5B%5D=48293

LEGI S LATI V E D EVELO PMEN T LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Congressional Research Service Seminars, Washington, D.C., 2005 - 2009

Federal Law Update Legal Research Seminars

Fundamentals of Federal Legal Research: Using books and the Internet to Locate Laws, Regulations, and Court Decisions

Legislative History and Statutory Research: Using Electronic Sources The Advanced Legislative Process Institute Series

Amending Measures Amending Process: A Case Study from the Congressional Record

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Considering Measures Committee Procedures House Special Rules Resolving Differences Between the Chambers Senate Unanimous Consent Agreements The Other Chamber

Budget Process Institutes Appropriations Process Budget Resolutions and Reconciliation The President and the Budget

RES EA R CH MAN A GMEN T

Conducted three types of research: 1) exploratory research on issues of interest to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization, a government partner; 2) evaluations of innovative programs, including public policy reports; and 3) applied research that contributes to knowledge while enhancing justice system policy and practices.

Engaged intellectually with the range of subjects of policy issues and with the role of research in the practical reform of criminal justice; HIV/AIDS Education and Offender Reentry Initiatives.

Extensive experience designing, carrying out being the principal investigator on research project.

Lead research initiatives in offender reentry, criminal justice reforms and health care. Demonstrated ability to create international and national research work. Developed skills in leading, managing, contributing to and encouraging the growth of Social

Science research, whether within a university, a government agency, or an independent institution.

Proven record of success winning, managing, and fulfilling government and fulfilling government and philanthropic research grants and contracts.

Ability to maintain a non-partisan and respectful collaboration with public officials, community groups, funders, and government partners in the U.S. and across the globe.

Proven record of scholarship in policy reports and recommendations to members of Congress.

Commitment to staining a diverse, stimulating, and respectful in criminal justice reforms and reentry initiatives.

Conducted evaluations and assessments on major component of the criminal justice, a series of options in how to reduce racial disparities in doctoral dissertation research. The agencies or organizations responsible for implementing the recommendations were:

Law Enforcement Respectful Policing Practices (2006 – 2007)

New York City Police DepartmentSouth Bronx Precincts

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Pretrial Pretrial Risk Validation Study (2006 – 2007)

Minnesota Fourth Judicial District, Minneapolis, MN

Prosecution Challenged Disproportionate Representation in the Jury Pool (2007 – 2008)

San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, San Diego, California

Defense Reducing Racial Profiling in Police Stops (2008 – 2009)

Gloucester County, Office of the Public Defender

Judiciary Enhancing Positive Public Perception of the Judiciary (2006 -2007)

Maryland Court of Appeals, Annapolis, MD Prison

Erasing Disparities Practicum in the Ohio Prison System (2006)Ohio Department of Rehabilitation Correction

Parole and Reentry African American Reentry Program (2009)

Multnomah County Adult Community Justice, Portland, OR

Legislative Connecticut Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the

Criminal Justice (2009)Connecticut General Assembly, Hartford, CT

CO MMU N ITY OU TR EAC H I N ITI A TIV ES

Proven track record of successful issued-based advocacy campaigns at federal and state levels.

Voting Rights Initiatives

Created and implemented strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement.

Conducted research and produce reports, policy papers, fact sheets and other educational materials, including community-focused resources, on existing and efforts at the federal, state and local level to restrict voting rights, including voter-ID, elimination of same day registration voting rights, felon disenfranchisement and other such burdens.

Worked closely with members of Congress in developing high impact strategies – using both domestic and human rights frames – to repeal and thwart attempts to restrict voting rights.

Assisted in cultivating strategic partnerships and coalitions at the national levels to advance and protect voting rights and eliminate barriers to voting.

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As necessary, represented at the Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference in public forums including congressional hearings, community meetings, town halls and symposia.

Health Education (HIV) Outreach

Coordinated with members of Congress the implementation of HIV appropriations, grants programs with the Center for Disease Control and Prevent, MAC AIDS Fund and Gilead Sciences.

Elevated the best practices that faith leaders are implementing to address the HIV epidemic in the Black Community at regional conferences, Leadership 500, Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference, and with Historically Black College and Universities.

Coordinated mailings, conference calls, and logistics related to conferences, symposia, or other HIV trainings and education sessions (community wide training and faith leader training).

Provide administrative and outreach support for HIV education programs for members of Congress and members of the faith community.

Coordinated communications with health partners and other partners associated with projects.

Assisted in outreach to the National Minority AIDS Council, Black AIDS Institute, World AIDS Conferences.

Assisted in the development of health articles, op-eds and other written documents for publication.

Performed other such advocates issues related duties as assigned or delegated by members of Congress and/ National Minority AIDS Council.

CONGRESSIONAL COLLABORATIONPassage of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R. 1593)

Collaborated with members of Congress, the House and Senate bi-partisan leadership that also included more than 200 organizations that supported the passage and endorsed funding of the Second Chance Act. The collaboration in the passage of the Act included conception, design, development, overview and the execution of major research and policy projects focusing on national, state and local trends and policy solutions with a special focus on reducing recidivism through evidence-based reentry practices and the complex issues affecting public safety. Conceptualized projects and conducted research, drafted summaries of findings, drafted paper content, helped review and edit papers, and co-authored position papers emanating from policy initiatives on reentry in the passage of the Second Chance Act.

Helped plan stakeholder meetings, webinars, briefings, and large public events as needed. Served as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups.

Met with Senior Cabinet officials in the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Health & Human Services, Labor and White House officials including President George W. Bush on policy issues relevant to the Second Chance Act and reentry initiatives.

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Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Helped develop, implement, and oversaw short and long term policy in the development of the Second Chance Act as provided:

Spearheaded, wrote major sections and progressed the passage of the Second Chance Act through the U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. Senate, and the President signing the Act into law on April 9, 2008.

Helped to acquire 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors and 247 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Second Chance Act.

Helped develop research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for large-scale national, state and regional papers and reports with a special focus on the confluence of innovation and development of the Second Chance Act.

Co-authored policy reports for the House Committee on the Judiciary and with selected members of Congress.

Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience.

Provided general research assistance on various short-term research projects. Created presentations for research projects on whether sufficient funding is appropriated

for the programs and activities that are authorized by the Second Chance Act. Helped edit and review policy papers and manuscripts to be published. Identified empirical trends and policy implications on specific topics as assigned

indicating what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not, to be incorporated into working papers and published materials.

Monitored, managed, and communicated frequently the process and progress of projects to members of Congress.

Oversaw the work of policy advisors, research assistants and outside partners on selected projects.

Worked to communicate the findings of projects or policy solutions in multiple media and through multiple channels.

Served as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups.

Served as congressional liaison to outside academics, scholars, and practitioners who are advisors or partners in projects; worked with outside authors, vendors, decision-makers, constituency groups regularly;

Worked to help construct, deepen, expand, and engage strong external networks of stakeholders in support of reentry initiatives work on the passage of the Second Chance Act;

Helped present findings to audiences in town hall meetings, policy briefings, symposia and via media;

Actively, participated in planning meetings and listening sessions with policymakers and stakeholders to develop policy solutions and report theme on reentry initiatives;

Represented Congressman Danny K. Davis and members of the Congress of the Congressional Black Caucus at selected outside meetings and conferences on offender reentry and the Second Chance Act;

Met with and briefed relevant external contacts on current federal grant programs on the Second Chance Act and other initiatives reentry; and

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Helped plan policy meetings and public event as needed:

Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables and other events associated with project proposals on reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act; and

Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in the Second Chance Act.

Second Chance issue forum underwriter, managed funding for symposia and policy briefings. Managed fund and grant management assignments for various donor programs from

inception through implementation to closure; Lead and manage fund management teams including grants, finance, procurement and

administrative staff; Liaise effectively with program and technical terms and manage input from technical

experts on wider program management assignments; Established and maintained effective working relationships with donors and

clients/constituency group and representation in key program meetings during the passage of the Second Chance Act;

Proven history of excellent proposals and winning bids for offender reentry initiatives, the Second Chance Act and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights of 1965;

Developed new approaches and continuous development and innovation in grant/project management processes and systems; and

Ability to effectively manage and lead a team.

NA TI ON AL MI NO RI TY AI D S CO UN C IL/ CBC HI V/ AI D S

Collaborated with members of Congress in the Congressional Black Caucus focusing on the urgent issue of HIV/AIDS in the African American community. The Brain-trust developed a comprehensive response to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to guide CDC’s efforts to increase and strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention activities directed toward African Americans. The Brain-trust engage in a wide range of activities to involve community leaders in the African American community and to decrease the incidence of HIV/AIDS in blacks.

For example, as a Policy Advisor for members of Congress:

Evaluated rapid HIV testing at historically Black colleges and universities as well as projects to improve the effectiveness of HIV testing among black women and MSM.

Conducted policy research focused on blacks, including:

Brothers Y Hermanos, a study of Black and Latino MSM conducted in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia that aims to identify and understand risk-promoting and risk-reducing sexual behaviors; and

Women’s study, a study of Black and Hispanic women in the Southeastern United States that examined relationship dynamic and the cultural, psychosocial, and behavioral factors associated with HIV infection.

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Evaluated, through the Minority AIDS Initiative, the health disparities experienced in the communities of minority races and ethnicities at high risk for HIV infection. Examined the high-priority HIV prevention needs in such communities, including funding community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide services to African Americans. Examples of the programs CBOs carry out the congressional funding are:

A program in Washington, D.C., that provides information to, and conducts HIV prevention activities for, MSM who do not identify themselves as homosexual. The activities include a telephone help line; internet resources; and a program in barbershops that included risk-risk-reduction workshops, condom distribution, and training barbers to be peer educators;

A program in Chicago that provided social support to help difficult-to-reach African American men reduce high-risk behaviors. This program also provided women at high risk for HIV infection with culturally appropriate, gender-specific prevention and risk-reduction messages; and

A program in South Carolina that is focused on changing the behaviors of adolescents to reduce their risk of contracting HIV infection and other STDs.

Created social marketing campaigns, including those focused on HIV testing, perinatal HIV transmission, and the reduction of HIV transmission to partners.

Disseminated scientifically based interventions, included:

SISTA (Sisters Informing Sisters About Topics on AIDS), a social-skills training intervention in which peer facilitation for gay men of color that addressed cultural and social norms, sexual relationship dynamics, and the social influences of racism and homophobia;

POL (Popular Opinion Leader), which identifies, and trains key opinion leaders to encourage safer sexual norms and behaviors with their social networks POL has been adapted for African American MSM and show to be effective in that population;

AWA R DS & HON OR S

Rust College Certificate of Appreciation, 2016Visiting Scholar & Researcher, Yale Law School, 2009 – 2010Congressional Leadership Award, National Minority AIDS Council, 2009Visitors Program, University of Oxford, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2007Scholar-In-Residence, Library of Congress, 2005 - 20010Bram Fischer Visitors Program, University of Witwatersrand, 2006 Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2005 - 2006 Graduate Fellow, Howard University, 2004 - 2006 Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty, 2004 - 2006 Law & Society Fellow, University of Oxford, Summer 2006Inducted, Pi Sigma Alpha (Gamma Kappa Chapter), 2005

PR OFES S I ON OR GA NI ZA TIO NS

Member, Howard University, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, 2009 – Present

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Member, Howard University, General Alumni, 2009 - PresentMember, American Society of Criminologists, 2006 – PresentMember, NAACP, 1976 – PresentMember, Yale Law School Alumni, 2010 - Present Criminal Justice Associate, National Bar Association, 2006 - Present Member, Law & Society, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, 2004 - Present Member, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, 2004 - Present Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004 - Present Member, Supreme Court Historical Society, 2004 - Present Alumnus, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2004 - Present Member, International Political Science Association, 2002 - Present Justice Associate, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2002 - Present Member, American Political Science Association, 2002 - Present Criminal Justice Associate, American Bar Association, 1997 - Present

OTHER AF FI LIA TI ON S

Member, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2004 - Present Member, First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1958 - Present

PU BLIC A TIO NS

America’s Race to Incarcerate: Looking Up Communities of Color (Under Submission)

Stolen Time: From the Ashes of an Ex-Offender to the Highest to Corridors of Power on Capitol Hill. A Memoir of Dr. Bernard Moore (Under Submission)

After Prison: Barriers to Reentry

The Impact of Voter Disenfranchisement Laws on the African American Community, (Under submission to the American Political Science Association Journal)

WOR KI NG PA PER S & PR OJEC TS

Everyone Deserve A Second Chance: Mass Incarceration, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism (Policy Paper)

Collateral Consequences of Caging America: Risk and Dangers of Mass Incarceration (Policy Paper)

Sounding the Alarm on Mass Incarceration: Moving Beyond the Problem and Toward Solutions (Policy Papers)

The Cost of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Policy Paper)

On the Second Chance Act of 2005 (H.R.1704) entered in the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security House Committee on Judiciary (Position Paper)

Crime and Punishment: The Politics of Federal Criminal Justices Sanctions

Establishing an Equal Playing Field for Criminal Defendants in the Aftermath of United States vs. Singleton

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“Oh My Darling Clemency”: Existing or Possible Limitations in the U.S. of the Presidential Pardon Power

The Ban on Welfare for Felony Drug Offenses: Giving New Meaning to “Life Sentence”

An Exploration of the Broader Implications of the Mission Statements and Student Enrollment Patterns of Historically Black Colleges and Universities of Mississippi: Serving Black vs. Diverse Student Population (Joint Project)

PR ES ENTA TI ON S

Guest Lecturer “Criminal Offenders Re-Entry” The Ida B. Wells/Roy Wilkins Lecture Series: A Criminal Justice Discussion at Rust College, November 2016.

Faith-based Reentry Symposium 3rd Annual Faith-based Reentry Coalitions and Community Organizations

Conference. Let’s Build Los Angeles Together: Giving Voice to the Silent Partners in the City/County of Los Angeles. Presented by Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches at California Endowment Health Center. May 2016.

National Minority AIDS Council, Offender Reentry: HIV and the Second Chance Act. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Annual Legislation Conference, Remarks, September 2009.

Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act. Congressional Black Caucus, Community re-Investment Taskforce/Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. Remarks. June2009.

Testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission Hearing on Retroactivity of the Crack Cocaine Guideline Amendment. Presented at Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Sentencing in South Africa: Lessons from the United States. Presented at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007. (Panelist)

Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System. Presented at Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Paris, France, 2007. (Panelist)

Collateral consequences of minimum mandatory sentencing. Presented at The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2007. (Panelist)

Confronting Perpetual Punishment: The Second Chance of Act of 2005. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist)

Can Democracy Stand Up to Terrorism? Preserving National Security and the Rule of Law While Safeguarding American Civil Liberties. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist)

How to Revamp Section 5: Suggestions for the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Process After Georgia, Bossier II, and the DOJ Debacles. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist)

Schools and Prisons: Fifty Years after Brown vs. Board of Education. Presented at Law & Society Summer Institute Seminar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford on Oxford, United

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Kingdom, 2005. (Conference Panelist)

Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Departures & Sentences Outside the Range under 3353(a). Hosted by U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Bar Association, San Francisco, California, 2005. (Conference Discussant)

War on Drug: Race and Ethnicity in Federal Mandatory Sentencing. Presented at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, 2004.

The Constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing Imposed under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 After Mistretta vs. United States. Presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2004.

Where Gender Fit: Federal Criminal Justice. Literature Review presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2003.

Congressional Committee Research. Presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003. (Panelist)

Substantial Assistance: An Empirical Yardstick Gauging Equity in Current Federal Policy and Practice. Research paper presented at Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002.

California’s Proposition 21: A Case of Juvenile Injustice that Further Degrades a Flawed System. Research paper presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2002.

Congress and Ideology. Presented at American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002. (Panelist & Discussant)

1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the Political of Memories. Presented at Tulsa Race Riot Commission, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2002.

LECTURES AND TALKS

Delivered more than three hundred lecturers and talks at prominent college and universities as well as to members of Congress, cabinet officials, think tanks and special interest groups including:

Howard University Williams College University of California, Berkeley

Johns Hopkins University Open Society London School of Economics

Morgan State University Library of Congress Yale Law School

Aspen Institute University of Virginia Urban Institute

University of Witwatersrand NAACP UNCF Special Programs

NIA Willow Claremont Graduate University

Bowie State University CDC Federal Bureau of Prisons

Middlebury College Occidental College University of Cambridge

Ninth Circuit First AME Church University of Southern California

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UCLA Stanford University Cerritos College

University of Oxford Middlebury College Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris

KJLH Front Page El Camino College University of California, Irvine

Pomona College Scripps College CNN

Rust College MSNBC NPR

National Urban League Metropolitan AME Church Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

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