Mariel Fiori, co-founder/managing editor of "La Voz"
Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:
GUEST: Mariel Fiori, a professional journalist from Argentina and co-founder/managing editor of "La Voz," a Spanish magazine distributed in the Hudson Valley, talks about the needs and rights of the Latinx community in an age of heightened racism against immigrants.
https://mailchi.mp/bard/what-your-gift-to-la-voz-can-do-974622?e=6a1f3b6ff8
Activist Radio can be heard: Thursdays 5-6 pm on WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Thursdays from 9-10 pm on WBDY 99.5 FM at The Bundy in Binghamton, NY; Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm on WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. Past programs are available as a podcast, or anytime on the web at https://ClassWars.org
Less Is More Act
As of today, March 1, 2022, many of the transformative provisions of the Less Is More Act are in effect! The Less Is More Act has already had an impact in the fight for justice: nearly 1,500 people have been released from jails and prisons across the state since it was signed into law. Today, the #LessIsMoreNY Coalition released a new report and press release on the implementation of the bill thus far. The remaining provisions—the recalculation of time assessments (sanctions of incarceration) and the earned-time credits provisions— will take effect in the late summer and early fall. We are calling on the Governor to implement these provisions immediately. When fully enacted, the law will put New York at the forefront of shifting parole from being overly punitive to being supportive and will help keep communities safe.
Ant-Racism and Community
Calling all community stakeholders who are champions of change and want to work together to dismantle racism in Poughkeepsie!
We cordially invite you to please join Vassar's Anti-Racism, Equity and Justice (AREJ) organization to break down silos and analyze anti-racism activities in our respective communities in order to build up collaborative relationships and dismantle racism.
We are convening on Wednesday March 30, 2022 from 4pm-8pm in the Villard Room at Vassar College located at 124 Raymond Ave. Poughkeepsie, NY 12604.
We will be providing dinner and entertainment as well!
Please register here ASAP as this is an in person event and space is limited!
Help us spread the word! This is an event that you will not want to miss!
-Isis Benitez
Adaner Usmani, assistant professor of sociology at Harvard, talks about mass incarceration
Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:
GUEST: Adaner Usmani, assistant professor of sociology at Harvard University, and editorial board member of the Catalyst Journal of Theory and Strategy, talks about mass incarceration and the false narrative of its creation.
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/did-liberals-give-us-mass-incarceration
Activist Radio can be heard: Thursdays 5-6 pm on WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Thursdays from 9-10 pm on WBDY 99.5 FM at The Bundy in Binghamton, NY; Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm on WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. Past programs are available as a podcast, or anytime on the web at https://ClassWars.org
Clean Slate NY
Then, join us on Tuesday, March 8 for a virtual #CleanSlateNY Advocacy Day. RSVP here. During the advocacy day, we'll have a (virtual) press conference, rally, and dozens of meetings with lawmakers. Graphic attached.
Together, we can ensure that all 2.3 million New Yorkers shackled by their old conviction records can access the jobs, housing and education that all of us need to thrive. Together, we can win #CleanSlateNY.
Virtual Advocacy Day on March 9th
Parole Justice is Gender Justice:
Join Our Next Virtual Advocacy Day on March 9th
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.
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