2024 People’s Convening on Fines & Fees

Friday, May 31

9:00 – 9:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast

9:45 – 9:55 AM | Welcome to NC Central University 

9:55 - 10:10 AM | Opening Remarks & Initial Framing

10:10 – 10:30 AM | Performance 

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Setting the Scene: NC Court Fines and Fees 

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Lunch & Break to view exhibits, story booth

12:45 – 1:45 PM | ACTIVITY: Fines & Fees Roulette Simulation Activity & Reflection

1:45 – 2:45 PM | Voices of Impacted Persons

2:45 – 3:00 PM | Afternoon Break 

3:00 – 4:00 PM | Breakout Labs: 

  • Moving to Action: Courtwatching and other ways to get involved as a community member

  • Ability to Pay Workshop

  • Ending Debt Based Driver’s License Suspensions in NC 

Transition time (15 mins)

4:15 – 5:00 PM | Community Convening I (By region) 

5:00 PM | Closing remarks

Day programming adjourns

6:30pm Free Networking Dinner for speakers and participants

Saturday, June 1

8:30 – 9:15 AM | Breakfast, Exhibits, and Check in

9:15 – 9:20 AM | Opening remarks 

9:20 – 10:30 AM | Highlighting Local Practices 

Transition time (15 mins)

10:45 – 11:45 AM | Breakout Labs: 

  • Moving to Action: Courtwatching and other ways to get involved as a community member

  • Ability to Pay Workshop

  • Ending Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspensions in NC 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch, Exhibits, and Story booth

1:00 – 2:15 PM | When court-related fees turn civil: the harms of civil judgments and the NC Drug Tax

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Community Convening II (By region)

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Share out time

3:15 PM | Close-out

Convening Adjourns