Innovation Day

INNOVATION DAY 2025 – The Silent Epidemic: Research & Policy on Families Affected by Criminal Justice & Child Welfare was held January 14, 2025 at the University of Washington, School of Social Work.

PANEL 1: Researcher & Community Collaboration

Topic: Progress to date on what works and what does not and where we should head in the future: Research, Practice, and Policy Gaps and Solutions.

Moderator & Panelist: Tamarie Willis, University of Washington

Speakers:

  • Kimberly Mays, Parent Representation Program Social Service Worker and Statewide Incarcerated Parent Liaison, Contracted w/Washington State Office of Public Defense
  • Mark Eddy, University of Texas at Austin
  • Ebony Underwood, Founder, We Got Us Now
  • Pajarita Charles, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PANEL 2: Research-to-Policy/Policy-to-Research Feedback Loop

Topic: Strategies for achieving an action using a research-to-policy; policy-to-research feedback loop.

Moderator: Angelique Day, University of Washington

Speakers:

  • Rebecca Goodwin, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
  • Santos Marino, Legislative Aid, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal’s Office
  • Jennifer Pokempner, National Youth Law Center
  • Carrie Pettus, Wellbeing & Equity Innovations

– This event was supported by a generous grant from Arnold Ventures –