School To Prison Pipeline
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Please bring your friends and share widely.
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SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Thursday, March 16, 2017
6-8pm @ Mid-Hudson Heritage Center
6-8pm @ Mid-Hudson Heritage Center
317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
Join the End the New Jim Crow Action Network (ENJAN) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Lower Hudson Valley Chapter for a community discussion and workshop to:
• Identify concerns and share statistics about area high schools
• Discuss the impacts of the school-to-prison pipeline on students, families and communities
• Propose strategies, programs and policy solutions
• Provide training about knowing your rights with police in schools and knowing your rights when facing suspension
• Discuss the impacts of the school-to-prison pipeline on students, families and communities
• Propose strategies, programs and policy solutions
• Provide training about knowing your rights with police in schools and knowing your rights when facing suspension
PANELISTS:
Paul Donnelly, teacher
Paul Donnelly, teacher
Jocelyn Johnson-Kearney, community organizer
Geri Willmott, educator/activist
Geri Willmott, educator/activist
Shannon Wong, NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley
SPONSORS:
ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) Poughkeepsie
NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) Lower Hudson Valley Chapter
www.ENJAN.org | enjanhv@gmail.com | https://www.facebook.com/enjanpok/
NYCLU: 914-997-7479 | lowerhudsonvalley@nyclu.org
ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) Poughkeepsie
NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) Lower Hudson Valley Chapter
www.ENJAN.org | enjanhv@gmail.com | https://www.facebook.com/enjanpok/
NYCLU: 914-997-7479 | lowerhudsonvalley@nyclu.org
Focus on First Ladies, and Women Who Created Black Lives Matter
SOUTHERN DUTCHESS NAACP ANNUAL
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
7 p.m. Saturday, March 25th
Screening documentary film, THE LEGACY OF MICHELLE OBAMA
A musical commemoration of the 90th birthday of Leontyne Price, renowned lyric-dramatic soprano who starred as Cleopatra in the 1966 opening of the then-new Metropolitan Opera House.
Presented by Goldee Greene
Tribute to a game-changing trio of women who created Black Lives Matter: Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza.
Led by Tracy Givens Hunter.
Led by Tracy Givens Hunter.
Suggested donation: $5 Refreshments served.
Special thanks to Aaron Verdile/EXT Productions for technical support
Michael Sussman and ENJAN
Michael Sussman is scheduled to introduce the Court Watching Program at ENJAN Kingston on Monday, March 13, at 6 to 8 pm at New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St. Kingston 12401. The public is invited.
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Michael Sussman at ENJAN Poughkeesie April 12. Details below.
Ending Mass Incarceration will require dedication, focus and your time. If you are ready and want to learn how to "Court Watch" to "monitor" (gather data from) local criminal courts in Dutchess County. We have confirmed a Date Time and Place with Attorney Michael Sussman.
Sussman is coordinating with, and helping to train court watch groups in several Counties.
Our initial meeting will be held at ENJAN - POK meeting on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 6:30pm at the Sadie Delaney Peterson African Roots Library, 29 North Hamilton Street. Suite 218. Poughkeepsie, New York 12601.
Please forward this information to your respective groups. Thank you and Best!
- - Jen Brown, Tracy Givens-Hunter, Jeffrey Schneider
members ENJAN Poughkeepsie
Film at Beacon Prison Action
Ava DuVernay's powrful and important film, 13th, wil be showing Monday, March 13, 8 pm at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon
"One of the Best Films of 2016"
97% on Rotton Tomatoes
"An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality."
Beacon Prison Action will present briefly before the film.
"One of the Best Films of 2016"
97% on Rotton Tomatoes
"An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality."
Beacon Prison Action will present briefly before the film.
Ending Mass Incarceration, April 12 event
Ending Mass Incarceration will require dedication, focus and your time. If you are ready and want to learn how to "Court Watch" to "monitor" (gather data from) local criminal courts in Dutchess County. We have confirmed a Date Time and Place with Attorney Michael Sussman.
Sussman is coordinating with, and helping to train court watch groups in several Counties.
Our initial meeting will be held at ENJAN - POK meeting on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 6:30pm at the Sadie Delaney Peterson African Roots Library, 29 North Hamilton Street. Suite 218. Poughkeepsie, New York 12601.
Please forward this information to your respective groups. Thank you and Best!
- - Jen Brown, Tracy Givens-Hunter, Jeffrey Schneider
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