ACJRca Conference – Spring 2019

Conference Schedule:  The initial program will be soon. Once it is posted, NOTE that minor additions and changes occur with some frequency, so BE SURE TO “REFRESH” THIS PAGE BEFORE PROCEEDING.  A .pdf version of the program can be found on the Publications page of the Information Exchange menu. It will be updated periodically but the version in Publications may not have all the minor changes listed below. Click Here to go to the Conference Schedule.

Student Poster Session: There are two guidelines: use the required posterboard (a picture can be found in the Student Information section of the Information Exchange menu) and prepared a 2 minute overview for those who pass by.  Refer all questions to the Poster Session coordinator, Aris Rodriguez at arodriguez@apu.edu.

Tickets: The registration procedure is the same as last Spring and involves selecting “tickets.” Click on the conference option that applies to you. Add the Lunch ticket (for Per Session registrants and Students) or Business Dinner ticket (Board members and guests) if needed/desired. Note that registration for the FULL conference INCLUDES THURSDAY LUNCH.  Tickets prices reflect Early Bird fees.  EARLY BIRD FEES WILL END MARCH 14^TH. This also is the deadline for cancellation refunds. Click Here to go to the registration/ticket area.

If you are registering for more than one person, select the number of tickets desired in each category. You will be asked to fill out information for each registrant. Note the required fields (None or N/A is acceptable). Member fees only apply to members, not to additional non-member registrants. Students registering for the full conference and paying for Thursday lunch may have their lunch fee refunded if scholarship money is available. These refunds (if any) will be awarded in order of reservation date.

Persons paying on a credit card OTHER THAN THAT OF THE INITIAL REGISTRANT (such as an agency card) are asked to note that in the section provided AND, once in PayPal, record the registrants names in the section “Instructions to Merchant.”

Membership: If you wish to take advantage of the reduced Member Fees or want to renew your membership, note that this is a SEPARATE PROCESS (including separate payment) and needs to be completed BEFORE registering for the conference.  Go to the Join/Renew Form page under Membership. Click Here to go to the Membership Application.

Hotel and Conference Center: The conference will be held at the California Endowment’s Conference Center while the conference hotel is the Waterfront Hotel (new this year). Here is information on these venues.

Hotel Information

Conference attendees receive a discounted rate of $239/night at the Waterfront Hotel, located at 10 Washington Street, Oakland.  Reservations should be made directly with the hotel by February 20 to receive the discount rate.  Call 1-888-842-5333 and mention “Association for Criminal Justice” when making your reservation. Valet parking is $32.

Transportation from hotel to conference center

A shuttle bus is being arranged from the conference center to the hotel Thursday evening and from the hotel to the conference center Friday morning. There also is a free bus that runs up Broadway from the Jack London Square (hotel and Business Dinner restaurant) to a block from the conference center (the B Broadway bus).  Click here to view the route map (note: the map displays sideways.  You can download it to Acrobat and then rotate the image).

To “shuttle” from Oakland Airport:

To the Conference Center – take the little train, purchase a RT BART ticket, go down to the BART tracks and take the Richmond Train (every 20 minutes).  Get off at 19th street.  Conference facility is one block east.

To the conference Hotel – Take the Richmond BART train (as above) and get off at 13th Street, cross Broadway and take the Free B bus (route map pdf file in Publications) to Jack London Square. The Waterfront Hotel is at the right on the Square.

Driving Directions to the California Endowment Conference Center

TCE’s Center for Healthy Communities – Oakland is located at 2000 Franklin Street, Oakland 94612.  This is the right corner of 20th & Franklin Street (next to Wells Fargo Bank).

Web information can be found at  www.calendow.org/the-center-for-healthy-communities.

From Sacramento

1. Take I-80 W to San Francisco, then the I-580 E towards Downtown Oakland.
2. Merge onto I-980 W towards Downtown Oakland, and then take the 18^th/14^th Street exit.
3. Turn left on 17th Street. Follow 17th Street to Franklin Street and turn left on Franklin Street.

From San Francisco/Bay Bridge

1. Take the Bay Bridge/Oakland to I-80 E and merge onto I-980 W towards Downtown Oakland.
2. Take the 18th/14th Street exit, turn left on 17th Street to Franklin Street and turn left.

From Oakland International Airport

1. Take 880 North to the Broadway exit in Downtown Oakland.
2. Turn right at the first light onto Broadway.
3. Turn right onto 17th Street. Follow 17th Street to Franklin Street and turn left.

Parking

The Conference Center does not have its own lot.  Here are four nearby lots with the most reasonable rates (rates subject to change):

Telegraph Plaza Public Parking          Address: 2100 Telegraph Avenue Oakland 94612  Entrance: 21st & Telegraph Ave.

Hours: M-F 6:00am- 6:00pm  Rate: $1.00/20 min, $12.00/ Daily Max, $8.00/ Early Bird (in before 9:30am), $4.00/ Overnight, $20.00/Lost Coin Fee

Douglas Parking/ California Bank &Trust     Address: 2003 Franklin Street Oakland 94612   Entrance: 20th & Franklin, on Franklin

Hours: 24 hours/ 7 days a week Rate: $3.00/30 min (*or fraction thereof), $12.00 / All Day

 Douglas Parking      Address: 450 21st Street Oakland 94612  Entrance: 21st Street, Between Broadway/Telegraph

Hours: 24 hours/ 7 days a week  Rate: $10.00 / Daily Parking

 Franklin Plaza Garage         Address: 1719 Franklin Street Oakland 94612  Entrance: 411 19th Street, off Franklin

Hours: M-F 7:00am- 8:00pm  Rate: $1.00/20 min, $18.00/ Daily Max, $10.00/ Early Bird (in before 9:30am), $4.00/ Evening (4-8pm), $20.00/Lost Coin Fee

TO REGISTER BY MAIL:

There is a pdf version of the registration form that can be printed, completed and mailed with a check.  The access this form, click here.

You can also print a membership application and include it with the membership dues in your registration mailing.  The application can be found on page 9 of the current newsletter.

If you have any questions or run into problems regarding online registration, email website coordinator Mike Stefanko at: mikesacjrca@gmail.com.

For GENERAL CONFERENCE QUESTIONS, including registrations, contact our Executive Officer, Ann Goolsby at agoolsby@berkeley.edu.

SPRING CONFERENCE PROGRAM

DELVING INTO PRETRIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Program Chair: Cory Woods, Administrative Analyst, Nevada County Probation Department

Friday March 22, 2018