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Director’s Dialogue

ARC, Inc.'s Executive Director, Liz Vartkessian, will answer questions and speak about our work and how mitigation investigation not only changes the lives of individuals, but can also transform the entire criminal legal system for the better.


  • June 9, 2023
  • 3:00 pm EDT
  • Elizabeth Vartkessian

  • Free Admission

Join us for our first Director’s Dialogue on Friday to learn more about what mitigation investigation is and how it is changing the criminal legal system. Mitigation is the heart of Advancing Real Change’s work and a driver of change in the criminal legal system, not just in capital cases. Executive Director Liz Vartkessian will answer questions and speak about our work and how mitigation investigation not only changes the lives of individuals, but can also transform the entire criminal legal system for the better.

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