The First Annual CAP Alliance Summit
Dave Bates and Andrea Andrade, lead sponsor from JPMorgan Chase, kicked off the summit with a welcome message and outline of the JPMorgan Chase commitment to second chance hiring and “banning the box” to help ensure that qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds receive the same consideration as any other applicant when their record has no bearing on job requirements. In the words of Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, “If you paid your debt to society, you should be allowed to work.”
It was the first-of-its-kind gathering with trailblazers, CAP Alliance Chairs, survivors, and friends in the reentry field doing amazing work and sharing ideas for the future.
Keynote Speakers and Panelists included:
Linda Denly, Criminal Justice Consultant, Owsley & Denly Consultants
Sunny Schwartz, Founder, Five Keys
Margaret diZerega, Managing Director of Initiatives, Vera
Danny Murillo, Co-founder and Associate Director, UC Berkeley Underground Scholars
Vanessa Martin, Former Director of Reentry, Los Angeles County
Susan Bustamante, Reentry Coach, Five Keys Home Free
Joel Jacinto, Long-time Advocate for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities, AADAP
Eleanor Miller, Criminal Justice Consultant, Owsley & Denly Consulting
Karren Lane, Deputy Mayor for the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety in Los Angeles
Topics included:
Innovative Practices and Programs
Building a Coordinated and Community-Based Reentry Services System in LA County
Partnerships and Collaborations
Empowering Reentry Through Education
Empowering Reentry through Workforce Development and Employment
Navigating Life After Looking at Life
CAP Reflections
Attending Organizations included:
Absolute Recovery Therapeutic Solutions
Amity Foundation
Asian American Drug Abuse Program
Butte County Office of Education (BCOE)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
Center for Living and Learning
City of Long Beach
City of Los Angeles
CLM Restoration Services
College of the Canyons
Community Action Partners Alliance (CAP) Chairs and Co-Chairs Dream Live Hope Foundation (DLH)
El Concillio
First To Serve
Five Keys Schools and Programs
Glendale Community College
Human Works Foundation
Impact Justice
Jewish Vocational Services (Southern California)
JPMorgan Chase
L.A. CADA
LA Mission
Lives in San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A. CADA)
Los Angeles Christian Health Centers
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Los Angeles County Probation
Los Angeles Mission
Loyola Law School
Made New Foundation
Mass Liberation
PATH (formerly Program for Appropriate Technology in Health)
RAMP LA
Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement (RAMP) Los Angeles
Southern California Health & Rehabilitation Program
Tarzana Treatment Centers
Ten Toes In
The Absolute Recovery Therapeutic Solutions (A.R.T.S.) Outpatient Treatment Center
Tarzana Treatment Center
Underground Scholars
Vera Institute
Over 120 attendees felt this event was one of the best events ever held where true collaboration and discovering new solutions for reentry has finally begun and are looking forward to the 2nd annual event in 2025. If you would like to participate in next year’s event, please contact claudiat@fivekeys.org. For Sponsorships, contact sheilav@fivekeys.org.
