Sunday, April 28, 2024, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
at the University of California, Irvine
Amplifying the Voices of Second Chances
Keynote Speaker
Franky Carrillo
Franky Carrillo
Exonerated after being wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Franky Carrillo is a father, a community leader, and a justice advocate fighting to reform the broken systems that are failing regular people in our neighborhoods. He is also Chief Policy Advisor for the Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State L.A.
LWOP & Lifers, “From the Streets to Degrees: The Transformative Power of Higher Education.”
Steven Green Dara Yin Allen Burnett Raymond Sheppard
“Second Chances” Photography
Cynthia “MIA” Wilkerson was formerly incarcerated in a women’s California penitentiary. She was released after 12 years and discovered solace and redemption through the power of art. Photography became her therapeutic tool which allows her to capture her world and the beauty that lies within the struggle of hardships and adversity. Currently a student at CalState University majoring in Psychology she plans to take her degree into Law School. She is an advocate of education and second chances.
