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In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Center for Gender Equity, UCSF Campus Police, & Community Government Relations department, welcome our community partners to attend a community forum with:

Restoring Our Communities with Sunny Schwartz

Date:                Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time:                10am to 12pm
Location:          Parnassus Campus, Nursing Building Room N-217 (see map)

Parking will be available in Milberry Union Garage, though space is limited (see driving and public transportation directions).

Join us in gathering UCSF’s community partners to share ideas, resources and information.  Sunny will share the work she is doing in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, her remarkably successful Resolve to Stop Violence Program (RSVP), and give a reading from her best-selling book Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All. 

Note to community partners:
Please bring your agency brochures and materials to share!

Sunny Schwartz is a nationally recognized expert in Criminal Justice reform. She has pioneered new policy initiatives for custody-based and reentry programs, as well as alternatives to incarceration. Ms. Schwartz has worked in criminal justice for over 25 years. She was admitted to the California State Bar in 1985. In 1990 Sheriff Michael Hennessey appointed Ms. Schwartz as the Program Administrator for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. Ms. Schwartz has directed the design and operation of prisoner programs in the San Francisco county jails.  We are honored and delighted to have her join us and share her successes, and look forward to hearing yours.

For more information please contact Mijiza Sanchez at 415-476-5223 or mijiza.sanchez@ucsf.edu or Young Lam at 415-502-9396 or ylam@police.ucsf.edu.