Saturday, October 19th

 Hello ENJAN members,

Attached is the official flyer for the 2024 ENJAN gathering! 

On Saturday, October 19th, we'll be meeting at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Library (43 Gill Street, Kingston). We'll also be live-streaming the gathering through Zoom. The program starts at noon and goes until 5pm, and ENJAN-Kingston will be providing lunch. 

There's a QR code on the flyer to register, but you can also do so through this link:

https://forms.gle/w8dMPBvPTcfTms9z5

This year's theme is Decriminalizing Mental Illness, so we'll have speakers on:

• Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program
• Natural Helpers Peer-to-Peer program
• Treatment Not Jail and Daniel's Law legislation
• Panel Discussion providing inside perspectives on Mental Illness and Incarceration

There will also be musical entertainment provided by Callie Jayne Mackenzie and Stephen R Johnson.

We hope you join us!

Democracy During Detention Act

 

We want to spread the word about another important New York State Bill that ENJAN is supporting. The bill is called the "Democracy During Detention Act" (Senate bill S6875 / Assembly bill A9612). The bill is also known as the "Voting in Jails Bill". The proposed new law is written to ensure that incarcerated individuals who have a right to vote have a clear path to register to vote and to vote in elections. Any incarcerated individual, who is not incarcerated for a felony conviction, has the right to vote. The law makes it explicit that local Boards of Elections are to be tasked with ensuring the people who are eligible to vote, but who are detained in jails, can register and vote.

If you are interested in learning more about this bill and how you can help get the bill passed, you can watch this advocacy training video: Let New York Vote Training Session

We have also attached two other documents that may be of interest:

1) A Summary of the Voting in Jails (Democracy During Detention) Bill

2) Election Protection Partner Document

We encourage everyone to reach out to your local legislators to tell them that you support passage of this bill. Thank you.

The ENJAN Curators