Parole Justice is Gender Justice:
Dear RAPP family,
On March 9, the People's Campaign for Parole Justice will hold its second annual Parole Justice is Gender Justice (Virtual) Advocacy Day and we’re asking EVERYBODY to come. The advocacy day will be virtual and take place from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm via Zoom and features world-renowned feminist, abolitionist, and scholar, Dr. Angela Davis! We hope you can join us for the entire day but even if you can only attend part, please RSVP today using this link (or https://bit.ly/ParoleJusticeMarch9) – and forward this email to 5 to 10 friends asking them to do the same!
On this advocacy day, we will highlight the continued harm women, transgender people and gender non-conforming (GNC) people face from systems designed to operate through violent policy, structure, and culture to oppress and criminalize Black and brown women, trans people, GNC people, families and communities. Surveys show the vast majority are survivors of trauma and abuse before entering prison, and a majority experience abuse by staff while behind bars. We also know that women and GNC New Yorkers disproportionately bear the enormous financial and emotional toll of supporting an incarcerated loved one, which new research shows actually shortens a person’s lifespan.
On the heels of a difficult year, when we learned that a person dies in NY prisons every three days — and when we came so close to passing the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills to help end this crisis – we need our biggest showing yet. Can you help bring our loved ones home by joining us on March. 9? Can you forward this email to at least five (5) people and ask them to RSVP, too?
RSVP today using this link and promote the day on social media.