In neighborhoods across the city and state, teams of volunteers will go out into their communities to educate the public about Drop the Rock’s campaign to reduce incarceration in New York. Teams will register voters and gather signatures on Drop the Rock’s new petition calling for prison closures, reforms of policies like work release, parole, and merit time, full repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and reinvestment in communities. Volunteers will be petitioning in supermarkets, public housing lobbies, and street corners. Help us kick off our new campaign in your neighborhood! To get involved please contact Caitlin Dunklee directly at 212-254-5700 (x339) or [email protected]. Empowerment Day will be the first event of the expanded Drop the Rock Campaign. We decided to hold this action during the holiday season to call attention to the impact which incarceration has on people in prison and their families and communities.