i am mona lisa johnson. we are a national organization. because my daughter is incarcerated. i started it totally out of my pain because i realize that society has a stigma towards parents who have children in prison and jail. we basically look at each other and judge each other and tear each other down and assume that there is something wrong in the family. .hen in reality, , there is pain in the heart of a parent when they are still in the system. emotionally, financially, anyway you can think of. we decided we would create the resources needed for the family, in particular the parents, to be able to function and make it through this journey with grace and ease. that isave a child incarcerated, the first thing i want you to do is stand up and not be ashamed, not hide, not protect or defend it. i want you to stand up and be proud of the fact that you did the best that you could do, if you did the best you could do, and know in your heart of hearts that they will hopefully come out, hopefully, and when they come back if you stand by them a

[applause] >> mona lisa johnson, founder of parents with incarcerated children. [applause] >> and the one and only honorable william h. billy murphy, jr., senior and founding of murphy&murphy. dr. tony alan, reputation global marketing and corporate affairs of bank of america. [cheers and applause] >> let's give all our panelists a big hand. [applause] >> all right. you may be seated. let's start off by each one of you taking one minute and i do mean one. [laughter] >> by giving us an introduction of what you do and where you are generally on this issue of how we deal with from a criminal justice reform point of view saving our cities. let's go around one minute each. >> good morning, my name is erika, i'm the president and ceo of the urban league of greater new orleans. of course, we work -- we are the only urban affiliate in the state of louisiana so we work very closely with all of our law enforcement agencies throughout this state. we also work in the area of economic development and education which we know are so critically and vitally connect today what is

[applause] mona lisa johnson, founder of parents with incarcerated children.plause] and the one and only honorable ,illiam h william burley junior founder of murphy falcon and murphy. [applause] dr. tony allen, managing director, corporate reputation global marketing and corporate affairs of bank of america. [applause] let's give all our panelists a big hand. [applause] all right. you may be seated. start off by each one of you taking one minutes -- and i giving us an- i introduction of what you do and where you are generally on this issue of how we deal with -- from a criminal justice reform point of view -- saving our cities. >erica: good morning. with only thework urban league affiliated with the state of louisiana. we work closely with all of our law enforcement agencies throughout the state. the area of in economic development and education, which we know are so critically and connected to criminal justice reform. so we were deeply in communities throughout the state from a direct service perspective and a policy perspective. we havell >> the largest sing