Are you interested in serving as a regional chairperson? Regional chairpeople would be responsible for:

- moderating the discussions in the online regional group,

- helping to post thought provoking questions and conversations topics for the group,

- providing a brief update for this quarterly newsletter that share recent highligths in your region, and/or

- sharing regional events and helping to schedule webinars.

Please contact our Navigator for more information!

Since 1985, The Association for Justice-involved Females and Organizations (AJFO) Conference has co-hosted a conference in an effort to educate correctional systems, programs and communities on how to effectively address accountability, competency development and the gender specific needs of women and girls who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Conference attendees represent a diverse array of corrections officers, practitioners, state administrators, policy makers, program directors, women with lived experience, advocates, researchers, and program developers. The conference has traditionally been attended by more than 500 professionals from federal, state and local correctional systems, as well as treatment providers and researchers from the United States, Canada and other countries. This is the longest-running and one of the few national professional conference that is exclusively focused on women and girls involved with the justice system. The goal is to provide professionals with resources that support women, strengthen families, and empower communities who are affected by the justice system.

The AJFO conference planning committee is co-chaired by the AJFO Planners, two board members tasked with oversight of conference planning and activities. If you want to learn more about co-hosting the conference, submission requirements, and deadlines, download the application here!