Eastern Shore Fatherhood and Reentry Conference
The Inaugural Eastern Shore Fatherhood and Reentry Conference will be held at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Intergenerational Center, Cambridge, Maryland on Saturday, October 17, 2026. The Conference Reception will be at The Packing House, Cambridge, MD on the evening of Friday, October 16, 2026.
Schedule - Saturday, October 17
Time
Activity
Location
8:am – 1:45pm
Registration Open
Lobby Area
8:15 – 10:00am
Continental Breakfast
Dining Room
8:45
Opening Welcome & Comments: Corey Pack,
Mayor Lajan Cephas-Bey,
Dorchester County Rep.
Dining Room
9:15
Introduction of Keynote Speaker:
Dining Room
9:20 – 9:50am
Instructions & Agenda: Tonet Cuffee
Dining Room
10:00 – 11:00am
SESSION A
Reengaging Individual through Successful Employment
with Glen W. Anders, DHS
R.I.S.E
Boardroom
The Father Factor, Why Family is the Foundation of Successful Reentry
with Dr. Ja’Tyra Smith
Senior Room
Connecting For Success, Targeted Reentry
with Mindy Black-Kelly
Media Room
Men’s Health in Maryland Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement
with Laurencia Hutton
Sunroom
11:10 – 12:10am
SESSION B
We Dare to Love: Healing Centered Mentorship as a Framework for Fatherhood and Reentry
with Anthony C. Martin
Boardroom
Relationship Education as Prevention and Intervention in Youth and Reentry contexts
with Alexander Chan
Senior Room
The Invisible Fence, community advocacy to lower recidivism, allocate resources to impoverished neighborhoods
with Doniell Davis
Media Room
Building A Strong Financial Foundation, the essential knowledge and skills needed to navigate personal finance confidently.
with Philip Ndzeka
Sunroom
12:30 – 1:30pm
Lunch
Dining Room
Door Prize: Tyneshia Heath
Peer Support Panel,
Moderator: Dr. Dena Barnwell, Morgan State
1:45pm – 2:45pm
SESSION C
Tales From the Hood, maturing process boyhood to manhood, husband-hood to fatherhood
with Marvin Jenkins
Boardroom
The Case Management Playbook, from Barriers to Breakthroughs
with Kia Marie Holder
Senior Room
Dad, You Matter Too, Supporting Paternal Matter Health on the Fatherhood Journey
with Rony Ngamliya-Ndam
Media Room
New Day New Start
with Shawn Hart
Sunroom
2:55pm – 3:55pm
SESSION D
Before He Became Dad, the emotional lessons boys carry into fatherhood from survival and responsibility to emotional presence
with Kashira Brooks, LMSW
Senior Room
His Hope Ministries, community shelter programming
with Stefanie Johnson
Boardroom
Reengaging Individual through Successful Employment
with Glenn W. Anders, DHS
R.I.S.E
Sunroom
4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Media Room
Corey Pack
Door Prize -Tyneshia Heath
If you have any questions contact Corey Pack at responsiblefathers@outlook.com or Tonet Cuffee at tonet@dcsdct.org