 Provided policy analysis and advice on issues including criminal justice, voting rights, education, healthcare, and economic development.  Drafted legislation, floor statements, committee testimony, and policy briefs.  Organized Congressional briefings, hearings, and town hall meetings.  Managed interns and coordinated constituent casework.  Liaised with Executive Branch agencies, advocacy groups, and other Members of Congress. Legislative Director:  Managed legislative staff and operations for a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus.  Developed and implemented legislative strategy across a range of domestic policy issues. 

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Curriculum Vitae
BERNARD MOORE
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AM ER ICAN / JUD ICIAL / BLACK POLITICS
Ph.D. in Political Science ~ Political Strategist ~ Senior Policy Advisorto U.S. Congressman Danny K.
Davis ~ Principal Policy Fellow to the Congressional Black Caucus ~ Recognized Authority on the inner
workings of U.S. Congress: Budget Process, Committee Procedures & Appropriations Process ~
Legislative History and Statutory Research ~ Political Science Professor ~ Published in Policy
Congressional Committee Reports ~ Numerous Presentations ~ Qualitative & Quantitative Research.
Academic researcher with executive role at recognized public policy research organization on Capitol Hill.
Educationalapproach includesacquiring a knowledge base to expand awarenessand understanding of the political
spectrumwhile developing inquiry-based critical-thinking skills. Focuson legislative affairs, disparitiesin criminal
justice,votingrights,HIV/AIDS,massincarceration,offenderreentry:reducingrecidivismandthe SecondChance
Act of 2007. Adheresto the philosophy that communication, relationship building, and mentoring communication
are key student motivators in quest for knowledge. Expert at providing criminal justice solutions to defense
attorneys, inmates and court systems throughout the country.
Academic Appointments:
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Department of Political Science
 W. Ford Schuman Assistant Professor, 2008 - 2010
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Department of Political Science
 Teaching Associate, Department of Political Science, 2004 - 2009
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
St. Peter’s College, Summer Seminars
 Guest Lecturer, American Political Development, Summer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Research Awards & Honors include:
 Visitors Program, University of Oxford, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2007
 Scholar-In-Residence, Library of Congress, 2007 - 2009
 Bram Fischer Visitors Program, University of Witwatersrand, 2006
 Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2005 - 2006

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RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Confronting the Perpetual Punishment of Mass Incarceration: Social Intervention the Works.
 Offender Reentry – Correctional Statistics, reintegration in to the community and reducing recidivism
through evidence-based reentry practices:
 Examine the cost and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration experience.
 Identifying policy obstacles inhibiting reform of the reentry process.
 Faith-based programs and how they relate to reentry & the Second Chance Act.
 Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965;
 Creating and implementation of strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with felony
disenfranchisement;
HIGHLIGHT OF ACCOM PLISHM EN TS
PASSAGE OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007
 Spearheaded, wrote and progressed Second Chance Act of 2007 through the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate to the signing into law on April 9, 2008 by President George W.
Bush.
 Gained 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors of H.R.1593 and 247 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 Utilized creative ability refocusing discussions on offender reentry and for concerns of public safety.
 Worked in a bi-partisan effort to appropriate funding of the Second Chance Act for FY10 DOJoffender
reentry programs, including $109 million for reentry initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and
$300 million for the Second Chance Act grant program.
 In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of
Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs.
 In FY10, worked to secure $109,493,000 in appropriation for reentry programs for the Department of
Labor, including $15 million for a transition jobs grant programs.
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND SPECIAL PROGRAMS (UNCFSP)
 Worked collaboratively to develop and implement a pilot program to addressboard concernsof fairness
in the criminal justice system and strategies for prisoner reintegration, prevent recidivism, improve
public safety, and strengthen families and communities.
 Organized and hosted a series of symposia to address social justice and reintegration topic on Capitol
Hill and HBCUS.
 Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) throughout design and implementation of visibility to national
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ED UCATION
YALE LAW SCHOOL, GRADUATE PROGRAMS, New Haven, Connecticut
Post-Doctoral Research: Visiting Scholar & Researcher 2009 – 2010
 Research focus on offender reentry: Second chance Act of 2007.
 Research of strategies of remove barriers to voting for persons with felony disenfranchisement.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Washington, D.C.
Ph.D. Degree in Political Science emphasis American Politics, Public Law and Black Politics.
May 2009
 Dissertation: “America’s Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color”
 Dissertation Committee: Lorenzo Morris, Ph.D., Howard University
Maurice Woodward, Ph.D., Howard University
Michael Frazier, Ph.D., Howard University
Donn Davis, Ph.D., Howard University
Representative Danny K. Davis, Ph.D., Member of Congress
Representative Diane E. Watson, Ph.D., Member of Congress
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, New College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Diploma in International Human Rights Law, 2006
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California
Master of Arts in American Politics, 2004
 Thesis: “The Philosophical Premises of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Assessment Whether
the Federal Criminal Justice System Achieved the Goals of Sentencing Reform”
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, California
Mathematics & History, 1978
ACAD EM IC D EVELOPM EN T
YALE LAW SCHOOL, New Haven, Connecticut
Visiting Scholar and Researcher, 2009 – 2010
Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.
Ph.D. Oral Defense, March 2009
“America’s Race to Incarcerate: Locking Up Communities of Color”
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, UK
Human Rights in Social Context, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2006
The Intersection of Rights and Regulation, Law and Society Summer Institute, St. Catherine’s College, 2005
UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND, Johannesburg, South Africa
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TEACHIN G EXPER IEN CE
WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Williamstown, Massachusetts 2008 - 2010
A top-ranked undergraduate institution.
W. Ford Schuman Assistant Professor, 2008 – 2010
 Coordinated Williams on the Hill Summer Internship Program, which placed more than 30 students at
the Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Senate,
U.S. House of Representatives and the White House.
 Taught: American Politics, Race & Criminal Justice, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Judicial
Process and Summer Internship Coordinator.
 Taught undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment.
 Coordinated arrangements for undergraduate Moot Court at Williams College with presiding federal
judges that included: Hon. Jeffrey R. Howard,Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit, Hon. William K. Sessions, III, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District
of Vermont (then Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission), Hon. Consuelo Marshall, Judge of the
United States District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Victor Marrero, Judge,
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Team coach included: David V.
Kirby, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont/former Law Clerk to the Hon. John
Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States and Barbara O’Connor, Attorney, Former
Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California and First Assistant
Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont. April 2009.
http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases/1791/
 Coordinated and arrange for “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus”:Race in
the New Congress a moderated roundtable discussion by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS News,60
Minutes. The Roundtable will include Members of Congress: Rep. James Clyburn, Democratic
Leadership the Majority Whip; Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary; Rep.
Charles Rangel, Chairman, Ways & Means Committee; Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman, Homeland
Security; Rep. Danny Davis; Rep. John Lewis; Rep. Robert Scott; Rep. Diane Watson; Rep. Hank
Johnson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Yvette Clarke. November 2008
www.flickr.com/photos/61972548@N05/sets/72157628484713495
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdl8b5Fm1E
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2009
A comprehensive research university.
Teaching Associate, Black Politics, Constitutional Law, Introduction to Political Science, Judicial
Process, National Government, Science of Public Policy
Pre-Law Advisor
 Taught: Black Politics, National Government, Science of Public Policy, Constitutional Law and
Judicial Process.
 Teach undergraduate courses in a stimulating Capitol Hill environment.
 Coordinate arrangement for each of 35 students to shadow Congressional members at committee
hearings, meetings, and voting for one week; assignment reports and presentations of experience.
 Organized meetings with various Senators and members of Congressional Black Caucus, including
then SenatorsJohnKerry,Hillary Rodham Clinton, BarackObama,ChristopherJ.Dodd,PatrickJ.Leahy,
and Joseph R. Biden; and included Rep. Danny K. Davis, Diane E. Watson, Elijah Cummings, Chaka

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Fattah,Sheila Jackson-Lee,Stephanie TubbsJones,KendrickB.meek,Donald M.Payne,BobbyC. Scott,
Maxine Waters, Bennie Thompson, Keith Ellison, and Charles B. Rangel in January to March 2007.
 Coordinated student meetings with members of the Supreme Court of the United States that included:
Hon. Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice, Hon.Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice,Hon. Sandra Day
O’Connor, Associate Justice and Hon. Stephen Breyer. 2004 – 2009.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, St. Peters College Summer 2005, 2006, 2007
A world-renowned university.
Guest Lecturer, American Political Development
 Responsible for preparation and delivery of lectures to 35 undergraduate students.
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California 2002 - 2004
An independent research institution devoted entirely to graduate study.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Legal Research Methods and Constitutional Law I & II
 Worked collaboratively with professor teaching graduate-level courses.
CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Norwalk, California 2003
A public comprehensive community college serving southeastern LosAngeles County.
Guest Lecturer, American Government and Constitutional Law
 Prepared and delivered lectures on Judicial Politics and federal judiciary.
PR OFESSION AL WOR KSHOPS
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA
Annual Meeting & Exhibition. September 2015
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C.
Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2010
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION,Toronto, Canada
Annual Meeting & Exhibition. August 2009
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION,Baltimore, MD
Teaching & Leaning Conference. February 2009
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE,Dakar,Senegal
Teaching & Learning Conference. July 2008
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL,Washington, D.C.
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow/Workshops, 2004 - 2007
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY,Claremont, California
Preparing Future Faculty, Professional Development Practicum(12 workshops), 2003 - 2004
TEACHIN G AN D ACAD EM IC SER VICE
 Contributed to higher education through the understanding of the barriers facing women, domestic
minorities, students with disabilities, and other members of groups underrepresented in higher
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 Attended a minority serving institution.
 Ability to articulate the barriers facing women, ethnic minorities and other groups in fields
where they are underrepresented.
 Participated in higher education pipeline programs such as Summer Research Opportunity
Programs and Preparing Future Faculty.
 A recordof academic service to advance equitable accesstohigher education for women, racial
minorities and other groups in fields where they’re underrepresented.
 A record of leadership or significant experience teaching and mentoring students from groups
that have been historically underrepresented in higher education.
 Proven record of significant academic achievement by overcoming barriers such as economic,
social or educational disadvantage; and
 A recordof leadership or significant experience performing public service addressing the needs
of our increasingly diverse society.
R ESEAR CH GOALS
 The potential to bring to academic research the critical perspective that comes from understanding the
experiences of groups historically misunderstood and underrepresented in higher education or
underserved by academic research generally.
 Research interests focusing on underserved populations and understanding issues of racial, gender, or
sexual orientation inequalities:
 Research that addresses issues as race,gender,diversity, ex-offenders.
 Research that addresses topics such as health disparities, educational access,and
achievement, political engagement, economic justice, social mobility, civil and human rights
and other questions of interest to historically underrepresented groups.
 Artistic expression and cultural production that reflects culturally diverse communities or voices not
well represented in the arts and humanities.
PR OFESSION AL EXPER IEN CE
Equal Access,Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles 2009 – Present
A Criminal Justice Consulting Firm (www.equalaccess.solutions)
Mitigation Strategist & Policy Advocate
Consulting:
 Provide criminal justice solutions to defense attorneys,defendants, inmates and court systems in 68 of
the 94 federal districts throughout the country.
 Assists defense counsel and prepared defendants for sentencing in federal courts.
 Develops personal and professional background information and materials highlighting client’s
character for submission to the probation officers interviews.
 Research specific sentencing guidelines questions and developing specific sentencing guideline
arguments, including arguments for downward departure from the sentencing guidelines range.
 Conducts disparity analysis of sentences imposed upon similarly situated offenders in federal courts
using United States Sentencing Commission data.
 Reviews, analyzing and assessing the draft Pre-Sentence Report (PRS). Assisted in preparing formal
response to the PSR.
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 Develops community-based sentencing alternatives, and prepare materials for the court outlining our
specific sentencing proposal with supporting documentation.
 Prepare Bail Reports, Mitigating Factors/Report,Pre-Custody Consultation, Release Plans, and Social
profiles.
 Prepare Bail Reports, Mitigating Factors/Report,Pre-Custody Consultation, Release Plans, and Social
profiles.
Advocacy:
 Developed and managed annual plan in alignment with organizational strategy, that shapes the
litigative, policy and programmatic agenda around criminal and juvenile justice reforms.
 Conceptualized grassroots projects and campaigns to support advocacy around issues of
disproportionate representation of African American and other populations of color at all levels of the
criminal and juvenile justice system.
 Established strategic relationships atboth the national and local level with other entities working within
the criminal justice reform field, aligned with the Equal Access’ interest, in order to advance Equal
Access’ policy agenda around criminal and juvenile justice issues.
 Managed the development and implementation of project concepts and descriptions, and budgets
relating Equal Access’ criminal justice reform efforts.
 Maintained and developed close working relationship with partnersand expend Equal Access’network
of contacts among academic and other advocacy organizations; which partnered with organizations
from civil rights, voting rights and faith-based communities, formerly incarcerated persons,
policymakers, and community leaders.
U.S. CONGRESSMAN DANNY K. DAVIS (7th
-IL),Washington, D.C. 2004 - 2010
A member of the U.S. House of Representativessince 1996.
Senior Fellow/Policy Advisor
 Served as a Senior Advisor to Rep. Danny K. Davis on legislative and policy issues on offenders’
reentry, criminal justice reforms, voting rights, HIV/AIDS,drug policy and international human rights.
 Worked with various house congressional committees on the congressman’s behalf, the House
Committees on Way & Means,Judiciary, Oversight & Government Reform and House Subcommittee
on the District of Columbia.
 Worked on the Congressman’s behalf to build relationships, coalitions and consensus on legislative
issues with the House Leadership, House Democratic & Republican Caucuses,and both Democratic &
Republican National Committees.
 Lead in planning meetings and briefing sessions with members of Congress and the House Democratic
& Republican Leadership to develop policy solutions on Reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act
of 2007.
 Met with Senior Cabinet Officials in the Departments of Justice, Labor, Health & Human Services and
Departmentof Urban and Housing on policy issues relevant to the Second Chance Act and other reentry
initiatives.
 Served as liaison to externalorganizations relevant to the Second Chance Act legislation (e.g.,research
organizations, congressional staff, and executive agencies).
 Developed and managed legislative strategies for the Congressman's policy proposals and coordination
of the advisory role to other members of Congress on crime and sentencing policy.
 Identified and tracked relevant bills through the legislative process, responding to the Department of
Justice, and keeping the U.S. Sentencing Commission and senior staff informed of congressional and
other statutory and regulatory development on Capitol Hill.
 Analyzed and prepared summaries of relevant legislation, drafting legislative updates and advising
members of Congress and senior staff of legislative issues which potentially affect criminal justice
issues, including introduction of bills, hearings, and other legislative actions of Congress.
 Advised members of Congress, Department of Justice, Sentencing Commission, senior staff on major
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 Drafted congressional testimony and conducted briefings and meetings with members of Congress,
their staffs, the Department of Justice, other governmental agencies, and relevant interest groups.
 Advised members of the Congressional Black Caucus regarding crime policy agenda.
 Managed the Congressman's public affairs activities such as responding to inquiries and requests for
information from the public, attorneys, the criminal justice community, Congress, the media, and
government agencies.
 Served as a key liaison and point of contact concerning Congressional staff inquires. Coordinated the
Congressman’s response to such inquiries by providing legislative drafts or empirical data.
 Served as a resource for staff concerning implementation of new legislation to facilitate the resolution
of legislative issues as they arise, provide guidance, and follow up with congressional liaison on
legislative activities.
 Provided analysis and reviewed legislation in various forms developing and presenting substantive
information to various audiences, including federal judges, U.S. Sentencing Commissioners, senior
staff, and other interested parties.
 Developed and maintained a network of contacts to foster effective ongoing communication between
U.S. Sentencing Commission and members of Congress by making regular outreach to federal
judiciary, including conducting periodic briefings.
 Drafted correspondence to Congress, Congressional testimony, and memoranda relating to legislation.
 Drafted, edited, assisted with speeches, scholarly articles, op-eds, and other writing for members of
Congress and staff aimed at publicly disseminating to drive legislation.
 Helped to develop and implement strategies for communication with the press and outside groups.
 Spearheaded and lead discrete projects in the areas of legislative and public affairs (and in other areas
as appropriate) that further the mission of the legislative goals.
 Participated on, and when appropriate, lead policy teams’ staff working groups that focused on new
legislation, guideline amendments or other sentencing issues.
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION,Washington, D.C. 2005– 2006
A non-partisan public policy, research and educational institute.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Policy Fellow
 Provided expert research that met ongoing Congressional policy-making and oversight needs related to
finance (including public finance, tax policy, financial regulation, and macroeconomic policy) and
government affairs (including functions, effectiveness, and operational relationships across the
legislative, executive, and judicial branches; intergovernmental relations; and legislative relevance, or
budgetary procedures).
 Engaged in implementation of the Foundation’s research agenda for issues within the Policy Fellow
Program areas of responsibility, including approaches,frameworks, and methodologies for addressing
policy and legislative issues.This included demonstrating personal intellectual leadership in monitoring
congressional needs in the policy areas which required direct research management responsibility and
assuring access to the intellectual capacity needs to meet the current and changing demands of the
United States Congress at a sustained level of excellence.
 Ensured that the research and analytical activities of the Foundation were aligned with the legislative
needs of Congress and with the priorities, goals, and policies of members of the Congressional Black
Caucus.
 Served as a principal policy advisor to members of the Congressional Black Caucus, advising on all
aspects of the research management and recommending specific policy solutions.
 Prepared a variety of analytical reports, memoranda, and written materials on public policy issues in
criminal justice and offender reentry areas of professional knowledge to support policymakers’
decision-making.
 Through personal consultation, assisted congressional committees, members of Congress, and
professional staff with consideration on legislative issues by providing information and analysis, and
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 Prepared a variety of descriptive and background reports, memoranda, written materials on subjects or
public policy issues within professional knowledge in criminal justice and offender reentry.
 Ensured all research and analysis produced by the Foundation was of the highest quality and, meets
and standards of objectivity, nonpartisanship, balance, timeliness, legislative relevance,
authoritativeness, and accessibility.
 Counsels members of Congress and professional staff on matters relating to the research activities,
operations, and mission on legislative goals.
 Served as a principal representative to members of Congress and congressional committees other
legislative agencies and Library of Congress, executive departments and agencies, professional
organizations, universities, other researchorganizations on the broadest mattersrelated research,policy
and organization.
SECOND CHANCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, Washington, D.C. 2007 - 2009
A think tank devoted to research and crafting of innovative policy solutions to issues of social equity.
Research Fellow
 Developed research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for national and state offender
reentry initiatives for members of Congress.
 Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post-incarceration
experience.
 Researched interventions and programs that work to reduce recidivism by addressing obstacles to
reentry.
 Researched empirical data on what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not.
 Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in federal and state reentry programs.
 Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables discussions other events associated with
offender reentry initiatives.
 Lead collaborative effort with United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) to implement
pilot reentry program in conjunction with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
 Organized symposia and conferences to raise awareness and drive public policy and reform.
 Provided training in Civil Addict Program (legal basis, objectives, program logistics) to State and local
criminal justice agencies.
U.S. CONGRESSMAN JULIAN DIXON (35th
-CA), Los Angeles, California 1993-1995, 2000 – 2002
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives1979 -2002
District Fellow
 Constituent services related to Department of Justice, Social Security and Department of Human &
Health Service.
 Community event planning and other related community advocacy.
 Served as liaison to external organizations relevant to community outreach.
LEAD ERS HIP EXP ERIEN C E
Williams College, Williamstown, MA October 2009
A Night With a Legend: Jim Brown
Coordinated jointly with the College Athletic Department, a lecturer with Jim Brown in his own
words. Founder and CEO of the Amer-I-Can Program, an event attended by faculty and student
body a Williams College.
http://athletics.williams.edu/sport/General_News_Items/1030_A-DAY-and_with-Jim_Brown_at-
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Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. October 2009
Community Re-Investment Taskforce
Coordinated congressional briefing on the Amer-I-Can Program with Jim Brown former NFL
Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame Football Player. Remarks given by Rep. Danny K. Davis and
Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. John Lewis,
Rep. Sheila Jackson, (then) Rep. Diane Watson and Rep. Andre Carson.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4607758
United States District Court October 2009
Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
Passport to Reentry: Reducing Recidivism through Evidence-Base Reentry Practices
Developed and coordinated, two day symposium on reducing recidivism through evidence-based
reentry practices. Participants included Eric Holder, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice,
Rep. Danny K. Davis, (then) Rep. Diane E. Watson, Mayor Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa;
Hon. Andrey Collins, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon.
Carol Jackson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; Hon. Terry
Hatter, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Hon. J. Spencer
Letts, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Hon. Otis Wright,
II, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. http://web-
app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/65/event/870207-
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. October 2009
Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change – University of Memphis
Developed and coordinated lecturer with Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, Former Executive Director of
NAACP. http://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/lectureseries.php
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2009
39th Annual Legislative Conference “An Evening Without Politics HIV/AIDS” – Grand Hyatt
Developed and coordinated “An Evening Without Politics” with the National Minority AIDS
Council fundraiser on HIV/AIDS Awareness. Participates included Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of
the House, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Roland Burris, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep.
Bennie Thompson, Rep. Conyers, Jr., Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Adolphus Towns, Rep. Danny
K. Davis, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Donna Edwards, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep.
Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, (then) Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Maxine Waters,
Sidney Rideau, Howard University, Kenneth Chennault, American Express, Whoopi Goldberg,
ABC The View, Al Sharpton, MSNBC, Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, Daniel Snyder,
Washington Redskins, Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College, Debra Lee, BET Andrew Young,
Martin Luther King, III, Gen. Colin Powell, Kenneth Cole, Louis Stokes, Billy Martin, Rev. Floyd
Flake, Hazel O’Leary, Fisk University, Julian Bond, NAACP, and Alexis Herman.
http://www.eveningwiththoutpolititics.org/
http://www.examiner.com/article/an-evening-without-politics-is-an-evening-with-promise
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/cbc-hosts-an-evening-without-politics-
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Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. June 2009
Community Re-Investment Taskforce/Charles Hamilton for Race & Justice Harvard Law
School
Developed and coordinated “Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the
Sentencing Reform Act,” Keynotes: Hon. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of
the United States, Eric Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Charles Ogletree,
Jr., Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law
School, Kate Stith, Acting Dean, Yale Law School, Craig Watkins, Dallas County District
Attorney. Panelists included: Hon. Nancy Gartner, Judge, United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts, Hon. J. Spencer Letts, Senior Judge, United States, District Court for
the Central District of California, Hon. Reggie B. Walton, Judge, United States District Court for
the District of Columbia, Hon. Ann Aiken, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the
District of Oregon, David Kirby, Former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont,
Loretta S. martin, Chief Probation Officer for the Central District of California, A.J. Kramer,
Federal Defender for the District of Columbia, Harley G. Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau
of Prisons, Eric Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Marc Mauer, Executive
Director, Sentencing Project, Margaret Love, Former Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of
Justice, and Jane Browning, Executive Director, International Community Corrections
Association.http://www.davis.house.gov/index.php?option=119&Itemid=1
http://www.fedcure.org/documents/CBC-Symposium-240-FedCURE_Panel-4.pdf
National Minority AIDS Council, Washington, D.C. March 2009
Second Chance Act of 2007 and HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry
Developed and coordinated with the Office of Congressman Danny K. Davis a symposium on
HIV/AIDS on Offender Reentry and the Second Chance Act of 2007. Participants: Rep. Danny K.
Davis, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Barbara Lee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Dr. Beny Primm, Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, Ravinia Hayes-
Cozier, Director, Government Relations and Public Policy, National Minority AIDS Council, C.
Virginia Field, CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.
Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. February 2009
Black History Month Celebration
Organized a symposium on honoring Black members of Congress during the Reconstruction
Period 1870-1901 and current and past Congressional Black Caucus members. Participants
included Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep.
John Lewis, Sen Roland Burris and late Sen. Edward Brooke.
Williams College, Williamstown, MA November 2008
An Evening with Members of Congressional Black Caucus
Organized and coordinated “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus” Race
in the New Congress, a roundtable discussion moderated by Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, CBS
News, 60 Minutes. Roundtable participants included members of Congress, Rep. James Clyburn,
Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Robert Scott, Rep. Hank
Johnson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Yvette Clarke and Gov. Deval
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Kappa Alpha Psi, Washington, D.C. April 2008
National Day on Capitol Hill
Developed a Criminal Justice Forum on racial disparities in criminal justice. Participants included:
Rep. John Conyers, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Rep. Danny K. Davis, Wilmer
Leon, Talk Show Host, XM Satellite Radio, Professor Gregory Carr, Howard University, Rashida
Mims, District of Columbia Pretrial Services and Nesa Chappelle, National Education Association.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C. April 2008
Reentry Institute
Organized a symposium: Impact of Reentry from Local Jails at the Library of Congress. Presenters
included community stakeholders, (late) Sen. Arlen Specter, (then) Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep.
James Sensenbrenner, Rep. Bobby Scott, (late) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and (then) Rep. Diane
E. Watson.
Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008
An Evening with the Congressional Black Caucus
Organized “An Evening with Members of the Congressional Black Caucus” and Howard
University Students. Participants included Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby
Scott, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Donna Christensen, (late) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Rep.
Laura Richardson, Rep. Keith Ellison and Rep. Hank Johnson. Moderator: Dr. Lorenzo Morris,
Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Howard University.
CNN/CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS INSTITUTE,Myrtle Beach,South Carolina
Democratic Presidential Primary Debate January 2008
Helped to coordinator the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Democratic Presidential Primary
Debate. Worked with CNN Moderator Wolf Blitzer and Response Panel: Suzanne Malveaux and Joe
Johns in the development of the debate with the Democratic National Committee and the Congressional
Black Caucus Institute.
Howard University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. February 2008
“Driving While Black” Racial Profiling
Coordinated a symposium on “Driving While Black” on racial profiling. Presenters:Gregory Carr, Howard
University, Garrine Laney, Analyst, Congressional research Service, Hon. Alexander Williams, Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Wilmer Leon, Talk Show Host, XM Satellite
Radio. Congressional participants: Rep. Danny K Davis, Rep. Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep.
Maxine Waters,Rep. Barbara Lee,Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep.
Yvette Clarke, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Donna Christensen, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Elijah
Cummings, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Rep. Laura Richardson, Moderator: Lorenzo Morris, Chair,
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY on Capitol Hill, Department of Political Science, Washington, D.C.
Impact of Racial Disparities, Mandatory Minimum and Reentry October 2007
Coordinated a Symposium on the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R.1593) on offender reentry initiatives.
Participates: Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Danny K. Davis,Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Donna
Christensen and Rep. Maxine Waters. Several students from Professor Bernard Moore’s National
Government class at Howard University served as panelist giving mock testimony to members of the
Congressional Black Caucus as a class project.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. March 2006
Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
(Major Network Television Coverage)
Organized and coordinated arrangementsforthe Congressional Black CaucusFoundation, Centerfor Policy
Analysis and Research Emerging Leaders Series Policy a Symposium on securing renewal of the
Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Participants: included: Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Barbara
Boxer,Sen. Chris Dobb, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. BarackObama,Sen. Russell Feingold, Sen. HarryReid,
Sen. Arlen Specter, and Sen. Ken Salazar. House members included: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Danny K.
Davis, Rep. Diane Watson, Rep. Major Owens, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep.
James Clyburn, Rep. Artur Davis and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
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Howard University, Washington, D.C. March 2006
Reception on the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Coordinated arrangementsfor a reception on the reauthorization of the Voting Rights. Keynote Sen. Barack
Obama and Rep. Chaka Fattah. Participants included Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson,
Rep. Diane E. Watson, Rep. William Jefferson, and Rep. Linda Sanchez. Attended by Howard University
Faculty and Student body.
U.S. House of RepresentativesHouse Committee on Government Reform
Symposium onSecond Chance Act of 2005 H.R.1704,Prison Reentry to the Community
Organized & Hosted,(BlackHistory Month), Rep. Danny K. Davis, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Stephanie
Tubes Jones,and Rep. Maxine Waters.
U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY,Washington, D.C. March 2006
Congressional Briefing
Organized briefing with Rep.Bobby Scott, Rep. Randy Forbes, Rep. Danny K.Davis Criminal Justice Responses
to Offenders with Mental Illness.
Congressional Briefing
America’s Race to Incarcerate:Locking up Communitiesof Color April 2006
Coordinated a congressional briefing on the behalf of Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Danny K. Davis and Rep.
Sheila Jackson Lee. Presenters: Angela Jordan Davis, Professor at American University’s Washington
College of Law; Devon Brown, Director of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections; and Marc
Mauer, author of Race to Incarcerate and Executive Director, Sentencing Project.

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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2006
Annual Legislation Conference – National Job Fair for Ex-Offenders
Developed and coordinated corporate participants that included BP America, Sodexho, Home
Depot, Clark Construction, Exxon/Mobil, Walgreens, U.S. Air, U.S. Department of Labor,
Raytheon, CSX, Giant Foods, Dell, Safeway, Altria Corporation, McDonald Corporation and 30
other corporations. More than 2,000 attendees at the Ex-Offender Job Fair.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C. September 2005
Annual Legislation Conference – Issue Forum on Reentry
Organized an issue forum on Rethinking Reentry and the Second Chance Act. Presenters: Harley
Lappin, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Diane Williams, President, Safer Foundation,
Stanley Richards, Chief Operation Officer, The Fortune Society.
Millions More Movement March, Washington, D.C. October 2005
National Mall
Congressional Liaison and coordinator for the Million More Movement March on the National
Mall. Worked to coordinate speakers with rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Late Dorothy Height, Julianne
Malveaux, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Al Sharpton, Conrad Worrall, (late) Ronald Walters, Russell
Simmons and Minister Louis Farrakhan. More than one million attendees on the National Mall.
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LEGISLATIVE D EVELOPM EN T
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Congressional Research Service Seminars, Washington, D.C., 2005
- 2009
 Federal Law Update
 Legal Research Seminars
 Fundamentals of Federal Legal Research: Using books and the Internet to Locate Laws,
Regulations, and Court Decisions
 Legislative History and Statutory Research: Using Electronic Sources
 The Advanced Legislative Process Institute Series
 Amending Measures
 Amending Process: A Case Study from the Congressional Record
 Considering Measures
 Committee Procedures
 House Special Rules
 Resolving Differences Between the Chambers
 Senate Unanimous Consent Agreements
 The Other Chamber
 Budget Process Institutes
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 Budget Resolutions and Reconciliation
 The President and the Budget
R ESEAR CH M AN AGM EN T
Conducted three types of research: 1) exploratory research on issues of interest to the
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization, a
government partner; 2) evaluations of innovative programs, including public policy reports; and
3) applied research that contributes to knowledge while enhancing justice system policy and
practices.
 Engaged intellectually with the range of subjects of policy issues and with the role of research
in the practical reform of criminal justice; HIV/AIDS Education and Offender Reentry
Initiatives.
 Extensive experience designing, carrying out being the principal investigator on research
project.
 Lead research initiatives in offender reentry, criminal justice reforms and health care.
 Demonstrated ability to create international and national research work.
 Developed skills in leading, managing, contributing to and encouraging the growth of Social
Science research, whether within a university, a government agency, or an independent
institution.
 Proven record of success winning, managing, and fulfilling government and fulfilling
government and philanthropic research grants and contracts.
 Ability to maintain a non-partisan and respectful collaboration with public officials,
community groups, funders, and government partners in the U.S. and across the globe.
 Proven record of scholarship in policy reports and recommendations to members of Congress.
 Commitment to staining a diverse, stimulating, and respectful in criminal justice reforms and
reentry initiatives.
Conducted evaluations and assessments on major component of the criminal justice, a series of
options in how to reduce racial disparities in doctoral dissertation research. The agencies or
organizations responsible for implementing the recommendations were:
 Law Enforcement
 Respectful Policing Practices (2006 – 2007)
New York City Police Department
South Bronx Precincts
 Pretrial
 Pretrial Risk Validation Study (2006 – 2007)
Minnesota Fourth Judicial District, Minneapolis, MN
 Prosecution
 Challenged Disproportionate Representation in the Jury Pool (2007 – 2008)
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 Defense
 Reducing Racial Profiling in Police Stops (2008 – 2009)
Gloucester County, Office of the Public Defender
 Judiciary
 Enhancing Positive Public Perception of the Judiciary (2006 -2007)
Maryland Court of Appeals, Annapolis, MD
 Prison
 Erasing Disparities Practicum in the Ohio Prison System (2006)
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation Correction
 Parole and Reentry
 African American Reentry Program (2009)
Multnomah County Adult Community Justice, Portland, OR
 Legislative
 Connecticut Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the
Criminal Justice (2009)
Connecticut General Assembly, Hartford, CT
COM M UN ITY OUTR EACH IN ITIATIVES
Proven track record of successful issued-based advocacy campaigns at federal and state levels.
 Voting Rights Initiatives
 Created and implemented strategies to remove barriers to voting for persons with
felony disenfranchisement.
 Conducted research and produce reports, policy papers, fact sheets and other
educational materials, including community-focused resources, on existing and efforts
at the federal, state and local level to restrict voting rights, including voter-ID,
elimination of same day registration voting rights, felon disenfranchisement and other
such burdens.
 Worked closely with members of Congress in developing high impact strategies – using
both domestic and human rights frames – to repeal and thwart attempts to restrict voting
rights.
 Assisted in cultivating strategic partnerships and coalitions at the national levels to
advance and protect voting rights and eliminate barriers to voting.
 Collaborated with civil rights organizations stakeholders in implementing strategies.
 As necessary, represented at the Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative
Conference in public forums including congressional hearings, community meetings,
town halls and symposia.
 Health Education (HIV) Outreach
 Coordinated with members of Congress the implementation of HIV appropriations,
grants programs with the Center for Disease Control and Prevent, MAC AIDS Fund
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 Elevated the best practices that faith leaders are implementing to address the HIV
epidemic in the Black Community at regional conferences, Leadership 500,
Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference, and with Historically
Black College and Universities.
 Coordinated mailings, conference calls, and logistics related to conferences, symposia,
or other HIV trainings and education sessions (community wide training and faith
leader training).
 Provide administrative and outreach support for HIV education programs for members
of Congress and members of the faith community.
 Coordinated communications with health partners and other partners associated with
projects.
 Assisted in outreach to the National Minority AIDS Council, Black AIDS Institute,
World AIDS Conferences.
 Assisted in the development of health articles, op-eds and other written documents for
publication.
 Performed other such advocates issues related duties as assigned or delegated by
members of Congress and/ National Minority AIDS Council.
CONG RESSION AL COLLAB ORAT IO N
Passage of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (H.R. 1593)
Collaborated with members of Congress, the House and Senate bi-partisan leadership that also
included more than 200 organizations that supported the passage and endorsed funding of the
Second Chance Act. The collaboration in the passage of the Act included conception, design,
development, overview and the execution of major research and policy projects focusing on
national, state and local trends and policy solutions with a special focus on reducing recidivism
through evidence-based reentry practices and the complex issues affecting public safety.
Conceptualized projects and conducted research, drafted summaries of findings, drafted paper
content, helped review and edit papers, and co-authored position papers emanating from policy
initiatives on reentry in the passage of the Second Chance Act.
Helped plan stakeholder meetings, webinars, briefings, and large public events as needed. Served
as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups.
Met with Senior Cabinet officials in the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Health & Human
Services, Labor and White House officials including President George W. Bush on policy issues
relevant to the Second Chance Act and reentry initiatives.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
 Helped develop, implement, and oversaw short and long term policy in the development of the
Second Chance Act as provided:
 Spearheaded, wrote major sections and progressed the passage of the Second Chance Act
through the U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. Senate, and the President signing
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 Helped to acquire 92 bi-partisan co-sponsors and 247 votes in the U.S. House of
Representatives for the Second Chance Act.
 Helped develop research concepts, policy questions, and worked on plans for large-scale
national, state and regional papers and reports with a special focus on the confluence of
innovation and development of the Second Chance Act.
 Co-authored policy reports for the House Committee on the Judiciary and with selected
members of Congress.
 Identified and analyzed key costs and consequences of failing to improve the post-
incarceration experience.
 Provided general research assistance on various short-term research projects.
 Created presentations for research projects on whether sufficient funding is appropriated
for the programs and activities that are authorized by the Second Chance Act.
 Helped edit and review policy papers and manuscripts to be published.
 Identified empirical trends and policy implications on specific topics as assigned indicating
what works to reduce recidivism, and what does not, to be incorporated into working papers
and published materials.
 Monitored, managed, and communicated frequently the process and progress of projects to
members of Congress.
 Oversaw the work of policy advisors, research assistants and outside partners on selected
projects.
 Worked to communicate the findings of projects or policy solutions in multiple media and
through multiple channels.
 Served as external research liaison to outside scholars and constituency groups.
 Served as congressional liaison to outside academics, scholars, and practitioners who are
advisors or partners in projects; worked with outside authors, vendors, decision-makers,
constituency groups regularly;
 Worked to help construct, deepen, expand, and engage strong external networks of
stakeholders in support of reentry initiatives work on the passage of the Second Chance
Act;
 Helped present findings to audiences in town hall meetings, policy briefings, symposia and
via media;
 Actively, participated in planning meetings and listening sessions with policymakers and
stakeholders to develop policy solutions and report theme on reentry initiatives;
 Represented Congressman Danny K. Davis and members of the Congress of the
Congressional Black Caucus at selected outside meetings and conferences on offender
reentry and the Second Chance Act;
 Met with and briefed relevant external contacts on current federal grant programs on the
Second Chance Act and other initiatives reentry; and
 Co-authored several op-eds with members of Congress on the Second Chance Act.
 Helped plan policy meetings and public event as needed:
 Carried out substance-related logistics for policy roundtables and other events associated
with project proposals on reentry initiatives and the Second Chance Act; and
 Illustrated how criminal justice stakeholders collaborate in the Second Chance Act.
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 Managed fund and grant management assignments for various donor programs from
inception through implementation to closure;
 Lead and manage fund management teams including grants, finance, procurement and
administrative staff;
 Liaise effectively with program and technical terms and manage input from technical
experts on wider program management assignments;
 Established and maintained effective working relationships with donors and
clients/constituency group and representation in key program meetings during the passage
of the Second Chance Act;
 Proven history of excellent proposals and winning bids for offender reentry initiatives, the
Second Chance Act and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights of 1965;
 Developed new approaches and continuous development and innovation in grant/project
management processes and systems; and
 Ability to effectively manage and lead a team.
N ATION AL M IN OR ITY AID S COUN CIL/CBC HIV/AID S
Collaborated with members of Congress in the Congressional Black Caucus focusing on the urgent
issue of HIV/AIDS in the African American community. The Brain-trust developed a
comprehensive response to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to guide CDC’s
efforts to increase and strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention activities directed toward
African Americans. The Brain-trust engage in a wide range of activities to involve community
leaders in the African American community and to decrease the incidence of HIV/AIDS in blacks.
For example, as a Policy Advisor for members of Congress:
 Evaluated rapid HIV testing at historically Black colleges and universities as well as projects
to improve the effectiveness of HIV testing among black women and MSM.
 Conducted policy research focused on blacks, including:
 Brothers Y Hermanos, a study of Black and Latino MSM conducted in Los Angeles, New
York, and Philadelphia that aims to identify and understand risk-promoting and risk-
reducing sexual behaviors; and
 Women’s study, a study of Black and Hispanic women in the Southeastern United States
that examined relationship dynamic and the cultural, psychosocial, and behavioral factors
associated with HIV infection.
 Evaluated, through the Minority AIDS Initiative, the health disparities experienced in the
communities of minority races and ethnicities at high risk for HIV infection. Examined the
high-priority HIV prevention needs in such communities, including funding community-based
organizations (CBOs) to provide services to African Americans. Examples of the programs
CBOs carry out the congressional funding are:
 A program in Washington, D.C., that provides information to, and conducts HIV
prevention activities for, MSM who do not identify themselves as homosexual. The
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that included risk-risk-reduction workshops, condom distribution, and training barbers to
be peer educators;
 A program in Chicago that provided social support to help difficult-to-reach African
American men reduce high-risk behaviors. This program also provided women at high risk
for HIV infection with culturally appropriate, gender-specific prevention and risk-
reduction messages; and
 A program in South Carolina that is focused on changing the behaviors of adolescents to
reduce their risk of contracting HIV infection and other STDs.
 Created social marketing campaigns, including those focused on HIV testing, perinatal HIV
transmission, and the reduction of HIV transmission to partners.
 Disseminated scientifically based interventions, included:
 SISTA (Sisters Informing Sisters About Topics on AIDS), a social-skills training
intervention in which peer facilitation for gay men of color that addressed cultural and
social norms, sexual relationship dynamics, and the social influences of racism and
homophobia;
 POL (Popular Opinion Leader), which identifies, and trains key opinion leaders to
encourage safer sexual norms and behaviors with their social networks POL has been
adapted for African American MSM and show to be effective in that population;
AWAR D S & HON OR S
Rust College Certificate of Appreciation, 2016
Visiting Scholar & Researcher, Yale Law School, 2009 – 2010
Congressional Leadership Award, National Minority AIDS Council, 2009
Visitors Program, University of Oxford, The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, 2007
Scholar-In-Residence, Library of Congress, 2005 - 20010
Bram Fischer Visitors Program, University of Witwatersrand, 2006
Fellow, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2005 - 2006
Graduate Fellow, Howard University, 2004 - 2006
Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty, 2004 - 2006
Law & Society Fellow, University of Oxford, Summer 2006
Inducted, Pi Sigma Alpha (Gamma Kappa Chapter), 2005
PR OFESSION OR GAN IZATION S
Member, Howard University, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, 2009 – Present
Member, Howard University, General Alumni, 2009 - Present
Member, American Society of Criminologists, 2006 – Present
Member, NAACP, 1976 – Present
Member, Yale Law School Alumni, 2010 - Present
Criminal Justice Associate, National Bar Association, 2006 - Present
Member, Law & Society, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, 2004 - Present
Member, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, 2004 - Present
Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004 - Present
Member, Supreme Court Historical Society, 2004 - Present
Alumnus, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, 2004 - Present

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Member, International Political Science Association, 2002 - Present
Justice Associate, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2002 - Present
Member, American Political Science Association, 2002 - Present
Criminal Justice Associate, American Bar Association, 1997 - Present
OTHER AFFILIATION S
Member, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2004 - Present
Member, First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1958 - Present
PUBLICATION S
America’s Race to Incarcerate: Looking Up Communities of Color (Under Submission)
Stolen Time: From the Ashes of an Ex-Offender to the Highest to Corridors of Power on Capitol Hill.
A Memoir of Dr. Bernard Moore (Under Submission)
After Prison: Barriers to Reentry
The Impact of Voter Disenfranchisement Laws on the African American Community,
(Under submission to the American Political Science Association Journal)
WOR KIN G PAPER S & PR OJECTS
Everyone Deserve A Second Chance: Mass Incarceration, Reintegration into
the Community, and Recidivism (Policy Paper)
Collateral Consequences of Caging America: Risk and Dangers of Mass Incarceration (Policy Paper)
Sounding the Alarm on Mass Incarceration: Moving Beyond the Problem and Toward
Solutions (Policy Papers)
The Cost of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Policy Paper)
On the Second Chance Act of 2005 (H.R.1704) entered in the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and
Homeland Security House Committee on Judiciary (Position Paper)
Crime and Punishment: The Politics of Federal Criminal Justices Sanctions
Establishing an Equal Playing Field for Criminal Defendants in the Aftermath of United States vs. Singleton
“Oh My Darling Clemency”: Existing or Possible Limitationsin the U.S. of the Presidential Pardon Power
The Ban on Welfare for Felony Drug Offenses: Giving New Meaning to “Life Sentence”
An Exploration of the BroaderImplicationsof the Mission Statementsand Student Enrollment Patterns of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities of Mississippi: Serving Black vs. Diverse Student
Population (Joint Project)

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PR ESEN TATION S
Guest Lecturer “Criminal Offenders Re-Entry” The Ida B. Wells/Roy Wilkins Lecture
Series: A Criminal Justice Discussion at Rust College, November 2016.
Faith-basedReentry Symposium3rd
AnnualFaith-basedReentry Coalitionsand CommunityOrganizations
Conference. Let’s Build Los Angeles Together: Giving Voice to the Silent Partners in the City/County
of Los Angeles. Presented by Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches at California Endowment Health
Center. May 2016.
National Minority AIDS Council, Offender Reentry: HIV and the Second Chance Act. Congressional
Black Caucus Foundation, Annual Legislation Conference, Remarks, September 2009.
Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy 25th
Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act. Congressional
Black Caucus, Community re-Investment Taskforce/Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton
Houston Institute for Race & Justice. Remarks. June2009.
Testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission Hearing on Retroactivity of the Crack
Cocaine Guideline Amendment. Presented at Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C., 2007.
Sentencing in South Africa: Lessons from the United States. Presented at University of Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007. (Panelist)
Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System. Presented at Institute d’Etudes Politiques de
Paris, Paris, France, 2007. (Panelist)
Collateral consequences of minimum mandatory sentencing. Presented at The Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2007. (Panelist)
Confronting Perpetual Punishment: The Second Chance of Act of 2005.Presented at Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C.,
2006. (Panelist)
Can Democracy Stand Up to Terrorism? Preserving National Security and the Rule of Law While
Safeguarding American Civil Liberties. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Fellows Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist)
How to Revamp Section 5:Suggestionsfor the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Process After Georgia,
Bossier II, and the DOJ Debacles. Presented at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellows
Colloquium, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Washington, D.C., 2006. (Panelist)
Schools and Prisons: Fifty Years after Brown vs. Board of Education. Presented at Law & Society
Summer Institute Seminar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford on Oxford, United
Kingdom, 2005. (Conference Panelist)
Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Departures & Sentences Outside the Range under 3353(a). Hosted by
U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Bar Association, San Francisco, California, 2005.
(Conference Discussant)
War on Drug: Race and Ethnicity in Federal Mandatory Sentencing. Presented at Claremont McKenna
College, Claremont, California, 2004.
The Constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing Imposed underthe Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 After
Mistretta vs. United States. Presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2004.

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Where Gender Fit: Federal Criminal Justice. Literature Review presented at Claremont Graduate
University, Claremont, California, 2003.
Congressional Committee Research. Presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2003. (Panelist)
Substantial Assistance: An Empirical Yardstick Gauging Equity in Current Federal Policy and Practice.
Research paper presented at Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002.
California’s Proposition 21: A Case of Juvenile Injustice that Further Degrades a Flawed System.
Research paper presented at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2002.
Congress and Ideology. Presented at American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts,
2002. (Panelist & Discussant)
1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the Political of Memories. Presented at Tulsa Race Riot Commission, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, 2002.
LECTURES AND TALKS
Delivered more than three hundred lecturers and talks at prominent college and universities as well
as to members of Congress, cabinet officials, think tanks and special interest groups including:
Howard University Williams College University of California, Berkeley
Johns Hopkins University Open Society London School of Economics
Morgan State University Library of Congress Yale Law School
Aspen Institute University of Virginia Urban Institute
University of Witwatersrand NAACP UNCF Special Programs
NIA Willow Claremont Graduate University
Bowie State University CDC Federal Bureau of Prisons
Middlebury College Occidental College University of Cambridge
Ninth Circuit First AME Church University of Southern California
UCLA Stanford University Cerritos College
University of Oxford Middlebury College Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
KJLH Front Page El Camino College University of California, Irvine
Pomona College Scripps College CNN
Rust College MSNBC NPR
National Urban League Metropolitan AME Church Congressional Black Caucus Foundation