7:30 pm Havdalah
7:45 – 9:15 pm Welcome Reception
8:15 – 10:00 am Polarization: The Tools You Need 2016 Frank Fellows Session
9:30 – 10:00 am Welcome to JCPA2017! New Delegates Orientation
10:30 – 11:00 am Welcome
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Criminal Justice Reform: Reengaging the Jewish Community in Civil Rights
Moderator: Magda Schaler-Haynes Speakers: Glenn E. Martin, Rabbi Jonah Pesner
12:15 – 1:15 pm Criminal Justice Reform Breakouts
1:30 – 2:30 pm Meet and Eat: Networking Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 pm Development Committee Meeting
Committee members only
2:45 – 3:10 pm Albert D. Chernin Award Presentation
Presentation by Judith Lichtman, 2013 Chernin Awardee
Recipient: Marcia Greenberger, National Women’s Law Center
3:10 – 4:10 pm Challenges of 2017: Advocacy and the New Administration
Moderator: Marcia Greenberger, National Women’s Law Center Speakers: Wajahat Ali, Affinis Labs; E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post; Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post
4:30 – 5:15 pm Jewish Communal Priorities: Engaging the New Administration
5:30 – 6:00 pm Leadership Appeal Reception
6:30 – 7:30 pm JCPA Chair’s Award Program
Honoring Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference and William Daroff, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington Office of The Jewish Federations of North America.
7:30 – 10:00 pm Chair’s Award Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 am General Breakfast
7:15 – 8:15 am JCRC Chairs and Directors Breakfast
8:45 – 9:45 am 50 Years After the Six Day War – Is Peace Possible?
Moderator: Ron Halber Speakers: Aaron David Miller, Tamara Cofman Wittes
10:15 – 11:30 am Israel Workshops
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Israel Workshops (repeated)
1:00 – 2:30 pm Lunch on Own
1:00 – 2:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting
Committee members only
2:45 – 4:00 pm Leveraging the Power of the Network
Speakers: Seth Cohen, Gidi Grinstein
4:15 – 5:30 pm Domestic Workshops
5:45 – 7:30 pm Plenum Resolutions Session
7:30 pm Dinner on own
9:30 pm Late Night Showing: 13th
7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast
7:45 – 9:15 am Board of Directors Meeting
Board members only
9:30 – 10:30 am Civil Rights in the New Millennium: A Conversation
Speakers: Cornell Brooks, Yavilah McCoy
10:45 – 11:45 am Hearing from our Congressional Leadership
12:00 – 1:00 pm The Path Forward: A Call to Action
Lunch will be served
Moderator: David Bernstein Speakers: Jeremy Burton, Nancy Kaufman, Abby Porth
1:00 – 1:15 pm Closing Charges
1:30 – 2:30 pm Criminal Justice TF Meeting
4:00 JCRC Directors Association Meeting