JusticeWorks Community's Commemorative Event
Celebrating 18 years of public education, advocacy and organizing
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
NYU Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South
New York, New York 10012
Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States
A show by historian and curator, Rickie Solinger
Interrupted Life is a traveling public art exhibition that has been touring the country for two years. It has never been shown in New York City. Incarcerated mothers, their children and professional artists have created the artwork for these large installations.
Presentation by Rickie Solinger
Celebration of JusticeWorks' Accomplishments
over almost two decades
Conferring of the Tenth Annual
Rev. Dr. Constance M. Baugh Achievement Award
For more information, call 718.499.6704, ext. 203
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JusticeWorks
Community, a nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn, New
York, was founded in 1992 by criminal justice experts, exprisoners,
and religious leaders in response to the social crisis triggered by
the tripling of the female prison population in one decade. The mission of JusticeWorks is to educate, organize and mobilize a partnership of concerned citizens and community residents and organizations to advocate for just, humane and effective criminal justice policies, emphasizing alternatives to incarceration for women with children.
We
accomplish this by:
- Developing citizen involvement through education and community organizing,
- Fostering public policies that will redirect the vast sums now spent on prison construction and incarceration toward more effective and less expensive alternatives, and
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Recognizing strengths and providing opportunities for formerly incarcerated women to participate in the public debate about issues affecting their lives.
Our
national strategy is to develop strong communities of activists
in targeted states to put pressure on key policy makers to change
current sentencing laws. Our methods include both public education
and community organizing for legislative change.
Through our national grassroots organizing campaign, Mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis, our Seven Neighborhood Action Partnership, and our Women of Substance initiative, we bring the mainstream community into direct dialogue with formerly incarcerated women and their families and thereby organize for change.
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