When:
April 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
2025-04-27T10:00:00-04:00
2025-04-27T11:00:00-04:00

Sunday, April 27, 10 a.m., “A Call for Compassion: Second Chances in the First State,” Guest Speaker Dr. Tanya Whittle: Learn about the challenges facing those who re-enter society after incarceration. What actions can people take when confronting issues with the criminal legal system? Dr. Whittle will discuss the problems with mass incarceration, systemic reform, and the challenges of meeting probation terms.

Tanya Whittle, Ph.D., is a sociolegal scholar and criminal justice reform advocate who focuses on deviance and control, punishment and corrections, social institutions and street-level bureaucrats, inequality, social psychology, perceptions of justice, and criminal justice policy. In addition to being the Director of Policy at the Delaware Center for Justice, Dr. Whittle facilitates Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program courses within Delaware correctional facilities on behalf of the University of Delaware’s Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice.  

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  • Mask wearing is encouraged but not required.