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RESTORING JUSTICE - The Crisis of Incarceration and the Journey of Re-Entry: The Faith Community Responds

by David Guard, October 27, 2006, 08:54am
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LEARN ABOUT THE CRISIS, HOPEFUL POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE and WHAT YOU and YOUR CONGREGATION CAN DO!! Opening Speaker: Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister of The Riverside Church Additional Key Presenters (list not complete): Dr. Robert McCrie: Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Mr. Anthony Simpson: Church of Gethsemane Ms. Rima Vesely-Flad: Director, Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE) Ms. JoAnne Page: President and CEO, The Fortune Society WHEN: Saturday, October 28 2006 9 am – 3 pm (A light breakfast and full lunch will be served.) 9 - 9:30 Breakfast/Registration 9:30 Conference begins WHERE: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 445 West 59th Street (Northeast corner of West 59th & 10th Avenue). There is no charge for this event. RSVP/Information: Annie Rawlings, Presbytery of NYC, tel: 212-870-2221, socialwitness@presbynyc.org Did you know . . . • The US imprisons a higher percentage of its population than any other nation – including long sentences for nonviolent crimes and for nonviolent parole violations. • People who leave prison after their sentences have ended are re-arrrested at an astonishing rate: 67% within 3 years. • The incarceration rate is nearly four times greater for African-Americans and 50% greater for Hispanics than for Caucasians and Asians. Sponsored by: The Presbytery of New York City and The Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE)
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