NAPD Racial Justice Conference 2026

Alice Fontier has been a practicing criminal defense attorney for over twenty years after graduating from NYU School of Law. She is now a Legal and Management consultant. She currently serves as a Project Managing Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York. She has been the Managing... Read More →

Anana Harris Parris is a visionary entrepreneur, author, and consultant dedicated to advancing strategic self-care as a vital form of social justice. She is the founder and CEO of the Self Care Agency, LLC, the founder of the SisterCARE Alliance, and the co-founder of the Wellness... Read More →

Fareed Nassor Hayat is a Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law (SHU). He teaches constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure, and trial advocacy. Prior to joining the law faculty at SHU, Hayat was the Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, an Associate... Read More →

Porsha-Shaf’on Venable, Esq. is the Deputy Director of The Juror Project, where she supports programming, strategy, and partnerships aimed at increasing civic participation and dismantling exclusion in the jury system.

A licensed attorney and social worker based in the Bronx, she brings a background in public defense, forensic social work, and legal education. She also currently works with The Bronx Defenders and previously served with the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, where she held

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William C. Snowden is the Director of The Juror Project and a professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. His work is grounded in a simple truth: exclusion is not accidental.

As a former public defender in New Orleans, he represented people forced to stand trial in courtrooms designed to convict them. He later served as Executive Director of the Vera Institute of Justice in Louisiana, where he advanced efforts to eliminate money bail, reduce jail populations

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