a NYC event: From Prison to Empowerment: Women Advocates Take on the Criminal Justice System
Wed, 01/07/2009 - 17:49 — vikki
note: this is most likely NOT an abolitionist based discussion, but is still worth checking out to see how women's incarceration is being discussed in the public policy arena.
From Prison to Empowerment: Women Advocates Take on the Criminal Justice
System
The number of women under correctional supervision has skyrocketed over the
past 30 years, yet women's voices and experiences are often marginalized in
the discussion and formulations of criminal justice policies and policies.
This panel will highlight how formerly incarcerated women are advocating to
influence and guide public policies that directly affect their lives.
Date: January 28, 2009
Time: 6:30 to 8:30
Location: Rudin Forum, 295 Lafayette St , 2nd Fl, NYC
Food and Refreshments will be served.
RSVP at: www.wagner.nyu. edu/events
Sponsored by: NYU Students for Criminal Justice Reform, Women's Prison Association, Women of Color Policy Network, NYU Wagner Women's Caucus, Women On The Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), and the Women in Prison Project of the Correctional Association of New York.