Media Advisory: Joint Reentry Council to Meet Wednesday in Raleigh

WHAT: Bi-monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.
 
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 10 a.m. – Noon

WHERE: Wake Technical Community College – Southern Wake Campus, Building L, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 

WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers and a chance for public comment

AGENDA
10 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions:  Tammera Hill, NCDAC Chief Operating Officer.
10:15 — Strategic Planning Update:  Maggie Brewer, NCDAC Chief Deputy Secretary for Rehabilitative and Correctional Services; George Pettigrew, NCDAC Deputy Secretary of the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.
10:30 — Strengthening Communities Through Reentry: Local Reentry Councils Across North Carolina: Monica Artis, Transition Services Manager, NCDAC Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.    
11:15 — The Need for M.O.R.E.: Bonita Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, Tried by Fire, Inc.
11:45 — Public comments
11:55 — Closing remarks: Deputy Secretary Pettigrew.