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20 Crim. Just. Sec. Newsl. 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.aba/cjsnw0020 and id is 1 raw text is: The Racial Justice Improvement Project / Building Community Trust Initiative 201tSOC E~iT~iOU RD E~i iN The Racia/Justice Improvement Project / Building Communit Trust Initiative is the proud recipient of the American Bar Association 2011 Section Officers Conference (SOC) Meritorious Service Award. The Award recognizes commendable service on behalf of the legal profession. It was given for the Criminal Justice Section's outstanding commitment and work on this project/initiative. The Criminal Justice Section led the Building Community Trust Initiative, in partnership with the ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities and the ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, funded by an ABA Board of Governors Enterprise Grant. In collaboration with this project, the Section also initiated the Racial Justice Improvement Project, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Project/Initiative has made valuable contributions to the Association, criminal justice systems nationwide, and the overall legal profession. During the past year, and following through the current Association year, the Criminal Justice Section, through the project/initiative has encouraged cultural competency and sponsored events, directed workshops and trainings, and published resources to achieve racial justice goals and reduce or eliminate the disparate racial impacts in the criminal justice system. A Model Curriculum & Instructional Manual was developed by the Criminal Justice Section staff and consultant Catherine Beane. The curriculum provides leaders of judicial, prosecutorial, and defense agencies with information, resources, and training tools to support educational efforts in cultural competency. The dissemination of the curriculum began in late summer 2010 when the Section hosted a two-day training conference. Forty-two individuals with racial justice expertise from all over the nation attended this complimentary workshop to initiate and encourage cultural competency. Each attendee was provided with the printed curriculum and designated preparatory conference reading materials. Moreover, Senior Policy Advisor of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Kim Ball, offered each participant on-going and free technical assistance to support and incorporate the attendee's new- found knowledge in their local jurisdiction. Michigan, Wisconsin, and West Virginia are just a few states that took advantage of the BJA funding opportunity for continued training. Pictured: Jack Hanna, Criminal Justice Section Director; Kim Ball, Bureau of Justice Assistance Policy Advisor; Cynthia Jones, Racial Justice Improvement Project Director; and Salma S. Safiedine, Racial Justice Improvement Project Associate Director. Just recently the curriculum was the basis for a training of the Section's Council members at their 2011 Spring Conference Meeting in Miami, Florida and subsequently, another complimentary in-house training of the curriculum was conducted at the ABA office in Washington D.C. for criminal justice system agency-representatives from Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Cultural competency training was not only targeted at criminal justice agencies; workshops were also conducted at local law schools. On August 9' training on cultural competency for the District of Columbia Law School's incoming class of 2014 was a giant success. Moving forward, the District of Columbia Law School has demonstrated an interest in doing training on cultural Continued on page 5

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