CARES Group Presents: Two Guest Speakers Sunday, October 30 & November 13 @ 7:00 CST Zoom link: |
Danica Hubbard, Ph.D. Danica Hubbard, Ph.D., has taught for over 25 years as an English Professor at a community college.
She is a current Board Member of Prison Families Alliance and facilitates PFA monthly support groups including “Coping with Loss” and She has also designed curriculum with the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice and Justice Studies Program at College of DuPage. Dr. Hubbard's book, Sex Offender: My Father’s Secrets, My Secret Shame is a multi-layered memoir and valuable resource reflecting on the relationship with her father while he was serving time and eventually died in a Wisconsin state prison hospice. The book has universal appeal, helping families and friends who have incarcerated loved ones navigate the criminal justice system, sharing our private pain to encourage hope and understanding. |
Sunday, November 13 Julie Anderson Julie Anderson is Restore Justice’s Outreach Director. She helps guide Restore Justice’s work to reduce extreme prison sentences for young people and to improve prison conditions. Julie is the founder and coordinator of CRIIC, Communities & Relatives of Illinois Incarcerated Children. CRIIC members have family and friends sentenced as young people to life without parole. They support each other and provide encouragement while working to eliminate juvenile life without parole sentences. Before joining the Restore Justice staff, Julie served as a founding member of the Restore Justice Illinois board. She is also on the board of the Juvenile Justice Initiative and the Steering Committee for the National Family Network for the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. |