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Education during Incarceration
John Jay' s Prisoner Reentry Institute and the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center recently published From the Classroom to the Community: Exploring the Role of Educations during Incarceration and Reentry. It is the first resource to comprehensively address correctional education through the prisoner reentry lens. It includes: recent statistics on the state of correctional education in the United States; a summary of research findings on the effects education has on the incarceration and reentry experience; and a discussion of the various challenges and opportunities associated with providing education to this population during and after incarceration. The report synthesizes information and ideas that were shared at the Reentry Roundtable on Education convened at the College in spring 2008. The Roundtable was sponsored by the Achelis and Bodman Foundations, the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education of the U.S. Department of Education, Susan Reese, the late Louis Reese, and Jim Grenon. The event brought together experts in the fields of education and corrections to examine the current state of education during incarceration and reentry as well as identify promising programmatic and policy directions. To request a hard copy of the report, contact Anna Crayton, Deputy Director of Research, Prisoner Reentry Institute at 646.557.4534 or acrayton@jjay.cuny.edu. To read the full report online, click here.
Alan Siegel, CEO of Siegel+Gale, Joins the John Jay Foundation Board
As founder and CEO of Siegel+Gale, Alan Siegel created one of the world's premier strategic branding companies. His plain language movement has applied the art and science of simplicity to create programs that have benefited many of the world's best known organizations like 3M, American Express, AARP, the Legal Aid Society, and many others. He is the author of an extensive series of personal guides for The Wall Street Journal, including the bestseller, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets and Writing Contracts in Plain English. Siegel also serves on the boards of numerous business and cultural organizations including the Museum of Arts and Design and the American Theater Wing, where he is a Tony Awards voter. One of the world's foremost collectors of fine photographs, he is the author of One Man's Eye: Photographs from the Alan Siegel Collection and Step Right This Way: The Photographs of Edward J. Kelty. President Jeremy Travis noted that, "Alan's genius is his ability to distill the essence of an organization into its own distinctive ' voice ' that then translates into every medium - powerfully, clearly and simply. His wealth of knowledge and expertise will be invaluable as we develop our strategic plan for the future growth of John Jay." Upon his appointment to the John Jay College Foundation Board, Siegel said, "John Jay is an impressive institution that has enormous appeal to young people who want to build careers as public servants in justice and social services. Jeremy Travis has grown the College to an impressive stature, and there is no stopping him. I very much look forward to supporting and helping to accelerate the College's upward trajectory."
Anti-Gun Trafficking Legislation Announced
New York's junior U.S. Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representative Carolyn McCarthy chose John Jay College as the podium from which to announce the introduction of federal legislation that would crack down on illegal gun traffickers and their interstate criminal network. Also on hand for the November 24 press conference were President Jeremy Travis, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, City Council member Gail Brewer and leaders of local and national anti-gun violence groups. The Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009 would make it illegal to traffic or assist in the trafficking of a firearm, focusing on straw purchasers, corrupt gun dealers and those who conspire with and organize gun trafficking rings. Bloomberg noted that local government cannot solve the illegal-gun problem alone. "Gun trafficking is a very serious crime and the federal government has not been treating it as such," he asserted. Travis commended Gillibrand and McCarthy who authored the bill "for recognizing the enormous harm caused by gun trafficking and for designing federal legislation that will provide new tools for disrupting the flow of crime guns into our communities.
Exciting Service Opportunities for Alumni 55+
Are you a retired or semi-retired professional age 55 or older, looking to put your lifetime skills and passions to good use? If so, consider contacting ReServe, a small, innovative non-profit that connects retired professionals from all walks of life -- lawyers, business people, journalists, accountants, graphic designers, teachers, social workers and many more -- with part-time service opportunities in local non-profits and public agencies. Through ReServe, retired professionals can choose to "give back" to their community in the areas of education, advocacy, the arts, social services, environmental causes, criminal justice and health care, and earn a stipend of $10/hour while they do so. Since its inception in 2005, ReServe has placed over 1,000 retired professionals in part-time positions with stipends where they are helping to make New York City a more vibrant, just and livable city.
At any given time, ReServe has many socially worthwhile opportunities suitable for retired John Jay alumni. These opportunities run the gamut from college application mentor to security systems analyst, job developer, career advisor, after-school tutor, data base developer, event planner, financial counselor, publicist, and many more. If you'd like to use your lifetime of skills in a meaningful way and earn a modest stipend at the same time, learn more by going to ReServe's website, www.reserveinc.org. ReServe looks forward to hearing from you!
What's Going On?
Would you like to share your recent career and/or personal achievements with your fellow alums and the John Jay community? Let us know what you're doing these days. Your submissions will be considered for inclusion in the alumni class notes section of the upcoming spring edition of the John Jay Magazine. Just click here and fill in the information.
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Continuing Education Open Houses
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| Monday, January 11, 2010 |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Monday, January 25, 2010
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5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| Monday, February 1, 2010 |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
The Office of Continuing and Professional Studies would like to introduce you to the wide variety of courses being offered this spring – courses that are designed to meet you professional needs, personal development and enjoyment. Offerings range from in-depth issues in criminal justice and career development to personal growth. Come, enjoy some refreshments, and meet the faculty who are internationally known experts in their fields.
John Jay alumni receive a 10% discount. For more information, click here, call 212.237.8663, or email cep@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
BMW Building
555 West 57thh Street, Room 613B
New York City
Alumni Open House in New York City
Friday, January 22, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS '74, JD), Alumni Association President; and the Alumni Board cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part of the continuing series to Connect & Reconnect at John Jay. Dean of Graduate Studies Jannette Domingo will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served.
To RSVP, please confirm your attendance by phone, 212.237.8964 or email to jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu. Please be sure to include your full name, degree(s) and graduation year(s), email address, and the date of the event you will attend. For more information, contact Alumni Relations at 212.237.8547.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City
Alumni Open House in Staten Island
Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS '74, JD), Alumni Association President; and James Brito (BS '05), Staten Island Coordinator; cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part of the continuing series to Connect & Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Abby Stein will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served.
To RSVP, please confirm your attendance by phone, 212.237.8964 or email to jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu. Please be sure to include your full name, degree(s) and graduation year(s), email address, and the date of the event you will attend. For more information, contact Alumni Relations at 212.237.8547.
Ruddy & Dean Restaurant
44 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
8th Annual Lou DeMartino Memorial Baseball Dinner
Friday, January 29, 2010 6:30 PM Cocktails 7:00 PM Dinner
Coach Dan Palumbo and the John Jay College Baseball Bloodhounds cordially invite you to the 8th Annual Lou DeMartino Memorial Baseball Dinner. This year the dinner will honor Billy Blitzer, Scout for the Chicago Cubs, with the Lou DeMartino Lifetime Achievement Award and Rick Hubert, John Jay Baseball 1974-78, with the Distinguished Baseball Alumni Award.
Tickets are $75 per person; all but $30 is tax deductible. Please make checks payable to John Jay College Baseball and send to Coach Dan Palumbo, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, Suite 421T, New York, NY 10019. For more information, call 212.237.8369.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Auxiliary Gymnasium, 4th Floor
New York City
5th Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Conference on Crime and Justice in America: What Works? What Doesn't? What Don't We Know?
| Monday, February 1, 2010 |
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday, February 2, 2010 |
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
The John Jay Center on Media, Crime and Justice is pleased to host this two-day conference that brings together journalists, academicians, practitioners and legislators from around the country for wide-ranging discussions on criminal justice issues facing the United States, and to promote informed debate through the media on those issues. Speakers will include Bernard Melekian, the incoming Director of the COPS program, Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson, National Council on Crime and Delinquency President Barry Krisberg, newly elected Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, and former NYC Corrections Commissioner Martin Horn. The event will also feature the presentation of the College's fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting.
For an agenda and to register click here. For more information, call 212.484.1175 or email cmcj@jjay.cuny.edu. Please note; the deadline to register is January 27, 2009. (Breakout sessions on February 2 are workshops for journalism fellows; however, we have reserved 30 spaces for Guggenheim attendees. Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.)
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, February 1, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's speaker, and host of the series, Visiting Professor of Economics Michael Meeropol, will kick off the series with a talk on "The 1950s Nobody Knows."
For more information, contact Peter Li at 646.557.4857 or peli@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, February 8, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "The Changing Concept of Freedom in the United States: 1945 - 1960" by Eric Foner, PhD.
For more information, contact Peter Li at 646.557.4857 or peli@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Alumni Open House in Brooklyn
Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
President Jeremy Travis; Michael McCann (BS '74, JD), Alumni Association President; and Executive Board Member Teri Coaxum (BA '93, MPA '08) cordially invite all alumni to attend this open house as part of the continuing series to Connect and Reconnect at John Jay. Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served.
To RSVP, please confirm your attendance by phone, 212.237.8964 or email to jkemp@jjay.cuny.edu. Please be sure to include your full name, degree(s) and graduation year(s), email address, and the date of the event you will attend. For more information, contact Alumni Relations at 212.237.8547.
Office of the District Attorney, Kings' County
350 Jay Street, Brooklyn New York
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "Eisenhower: A Divided Legacy of Liberalism & Anti-Communism" by Distinguished Professor of History Blanche Cook.
For more information, contact Peter Li at 646.557.4857 or peli@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Lecture Series:
Justice and Injustice in 1950s America
Monday, February 22, 2010 7:00 PM
This series features some of the most distinguished artists and historians working in America today to explore the various efforts to achieve justice in the United States during the 1950s. The evening's lecture will be "Lesson of McCarthyism" by Victor Navasky.
For more information, contact Peter Li at 646.557.4857 or peli@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
63rd Professional Security Management Course
Mondays, February 22 to May 10, 2010 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
This course of 11 sessions is designed for individuals already in and those seeking a career in Security Management. It is structured around the testing areas outlined by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Professional Certification Board. The course covers the ten mandatory CPP Examination areas: Emergency Planning, Physical Security, Investigations, Protection of Sensitive Information, Legal Aspects of Security, Security Management, Personnel Security, Substance Abuse, Loss Prevention, and Liaison. Presentations will also be offered on: Bomb Threats, Terrorism, Labor Relations, and Security Technology. This program is useful for those preparing for the Certified Protection Professional Examination.
The cost of the program is $500 for advanced paid registration. At the door, the cost is $525. The fee includes workbook and resource materials. John Jay alumni receive a 10% discount. Group discounts are available.
For more information and to register, contact the Criminal Justice Center, Security Management Institute, 555 West 57th Street, Room 603B, New York, NY 10019, phone 212.237.8638, fax 212.237.8637 or email cjcsmitr@jjay.cuny.edu.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 211T
New York City
"As a young man Jonah Triebwasser (BS '72) was interested in police work. His father said, "That's nice, but you have to go to college first." So in the mid-1960s he transferred to what was a relatively new college called John Jay College of Criminal Justice located on the fifth floor of the NYPD police academy. For Triebwasser it was "the best of both worlds." As a student, he made a name for himself as the quick- witted editor of the student newspaper, LEX. After graduation he went to work for a few years as a special investigator for the NYS Office of the Special Prosecutor that investigated corruption in the criminal justice system. He then went on to get his law degree from New York Law School, where, not surprisingly, he also became editor of the student newspaper. Having moved upstate, he had a stint with the Office of Court Administration followed by eight years with the New York City Corporation Counsel at its upstate office handling litigation involving the reservoir system. He spent the next 20 years working for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation prosecuting environmental crimes like illegal dumping, poorly run facilities, and organized crime. On the civilian side, he was involved with permit hearings involving gravel mining in the Hudson Valley. After he retired, he ran for the office of Town and Village Justice in Red Hook, NY where he currently serves. With amusement, he refers to himself as "Judge Jonah." He handles vehicular traffic issues, drunk-driving prosecutions, minor crimes and small claims. He says, "I get to perform a lot of weddings, which is the fun part of the job."
He still uses the knowledge he gained at John Jay. "In my criminal justice career, what I learned at John Jay has been invaluable. I had some outstanding professors like the late Leo Loughrey, Jack Sulger and Lloyd Sealy. These guys were giants in their field. In those days our professors, by and large, came off careers in the police department. They had been on the street and they knew what they were talking about. They gave me an invaluable background that I still apply on the bench today."
A career in criminal justice, however, is not his only professional endeavor. In fact, if you have watched Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, 30 Rock, Mercy, and Damages; you've probably seen him -- if only for an instant. He often works as an extra. His work as an extra is an outgrowth of Triebwasser's involvement in community theatre where he has performed over 30 roles. One role for which he is known is that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One of the plays he was in was Sunrise at Campobello, a play about the late president's struggle with polio. Since then he has performed the role for the History Channel and for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. "Inside every litigator," he muses, "there is a frustrated actor."
Answering Their Country's Call 
With the largest student veteran population of any CUNY campus, John Jay commemorated Veterans Day on November 10 with the screening of a new video, "The Oath: Veterans at John Jay." The video highlights John Jay students who have served in the military discussing such issues as the factors that prompted them to enlist, the friendships they made along the way, the highs and lows of their service, and their struggles to readjust to civilian life. Timothy Ledwith, a 13-year Marine Corps veteran, said of serving his country: "Our forefathers did it for 200 and some odd years. Of course I'm gonna do it." Other activities surrounding the event included the Treats for Troops collection drive for military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to Declan Walsh, Director of Community Outreach, the drive exceeded expectations. "By the last day of the collection drive, we had collected about $3,500 and were able to fill 100 boxes." He added that the first care packages reached their intended recipients in Iraq exactly on Veterans Day. The month of November also witnessed the opening of the Veteran Resource Center. The Center is affiliated with the Project for Return and Opportunity in Veterans Education, an initiative created in 2007 by the Hunter College School of Social work to support veterans with their transition to student life.
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