Courting Justice Ohio: Discussion Guide
The Courting Justice Ohio Discussion Guide was developed to encourage dialogue on the nuances of the issues that create the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor and to generate solutions that could be used to drive policy change.
This guide provides insight on what resources are needed to conduct a successful dialogue, a sample agenda, guidelines for discussion facilitators, and video clips from the televised forum with accompanying prompts to generate dialogue.
A template for documenting the dialogue is also included.
Further Community Conversations
Throughout the year, ideastream will be partnering with other community organizations and stakeholders involved in criminal justice to get their perspective on the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor. Scroll below for video documents of those conversations. We will post them here as they become available.
Law Students Forum at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
This forum took place Thursday, March 23rd 2017 in the Moot Court Room at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. More information on this forum and the participants can be found here.
Northeast Ohio Municipal Judges Forum
This forum took place Friday, April 7th 2017 at The Idea Center at Playhouse Square. More information on this forum and the participants can be found here.
Forum at the Centers for Families and Children
This forum took place on Wednesday, April 12th 2017 at the East Office of The Centers for Families and Children. More information on this forum can be found here.
Forum with Stakeholders of the Ohio Tranformation Fund
This forum took place on Monday, May 15th 2017 at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's Richard Sering Center. More information about the forum and the participants can be found here.