SATURDAY, October 21, 5:30-9:00 pm • Citizens Against Recidivism Awards Dinner • the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center, 3940 Broadway, Manhattan
WEDNESDAY, November 1, 6:00-8:15 pm • NY RAPP Coalition meeting • 22 Cortlandt St, 33rd Fl, Manhattan (Correctional Assoc. of NY) • pizza and discussion • all are welcome!
SATURDAY, November 4, 9:00 pm-1:00 am • 9th Annual Freedom Dance honoring the elder Black political prisoners & celebrating the freedom of Assata Shakur • National Black Theater, Fifth Avenue & 125th St., Harlem • more info: 917.415.5653
THURSDAY, December 7 • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid will receive an award from Citizens Action at their gala • Details to come soon
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Past events:
SATURDAY, September 23, Noon-2:00 pm • Meeting of Challenging Incarceration Coalition • The Fortune Castle Gardens, 625 W. 140th St, Manhattan
WEDNESDAY, September 20, 8:00 pm EST (5:00 pm PST) • Urgent Action Call in support of Herman Bell, 69-year-old grandfather assaulted by prison guards in Comstock, NY • register for the call: bit.ly/hermanbellcall; text “Herman” to 91990 for updates • sponsored by The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
WEDNESDAY, September 20, 9:00 am/10:00 am • Press Conference and NY City Council Hearing on the CARE Act (Compassion & Assistance for Reentering Seniors) • Steps of NY City Hall (press conference)/City Hall Park, NY 10007 Click to see some photos
TUESDAY, September 19, 6:00-8:00 pm • “Prison Abolition & the Fight for Justice: screening/discussion of ‘Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex'” • Free event • Brooklyn Public Library, Eastern Parkway Branch, 1044 Eastern Pkwy. at Schenectady Ave (2/3/4/5 trains to Utica stop) • sponsored by Challenging Incarceration, Critical Resistance, and RAPP
SUNDAY, September 17, 1:00 pm• Harlem’s 48th Annual African American Day Parade, Freedom Fighters Contingent • Assemble at 112th St. & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd; march to 136th St.
THURSDAY, September 14, 1:00-1:50 pm • RAPP on panel, “Access to Justice Issues Arising During and After Incarceration” • Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 55 Fifth Avenue, NY 100003 • This panel is part of a conference, “Redeeming the Pledge…And Justice for All,” sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Rights • conference runs from 8:45 am-5:00 pm; preparation materials
WEDNESDAY, September 13 • Albany • Rally for Human Rights and Against Abuse in NYS Prisons and Jails • 5:00-7:00 pm • West Capitol Park (State and South Swan Streets) • sponsored by the March for Justice
SATURDAY, September 9, 11:00 am-5:00 pm • Bronx, NYC • Block Party, Mott Haven Reformed Church • 350 East 146th St., Bronx, NY 10451 • For further information please contact Pastor Patricia Sealy at 718-585-3636 or email patsealy@verizon.net
SUNDAY, September 3, 6:00-7:30 pm • Film, “Strength of a Woman,” and discussion of Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 S Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 • part of the March for Justice
FRIDAY, September 1, 7:00 pm • 1st Presbyterian Church, Cold Spring, NY • Teach In to HALT Solitary Confinement in NYS Prisons • a stop on the March for Justice
SATURDAY, August 26, 9:00 am-12:30 pm • Kickoff Rally for March for Justice • National Black Theater, 5th Avenue at 126th St, Harlem
SATURDAY, August 19, 2017, DC • 11:00 am-5:00 pm • Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March on Washington • Gather at 14th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW; march at 11:30 am to Lafayette Park (across from the White House) Images/interview
MONDAY, August 14, 4:30 pm • Rally to Support Rasmea Odeh • Union Square Park, NYC • more information on Rasmea Odeh
SATURDAY, August 5, 2:00-4:00 and 5:00-8:00 pm • “39 Years Too Long; Free the Move 9” • House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY • 2:00-4:00, MOVE Art Exhibit/Fundraiser featuring art by Sophia Dawson; 5:00-8:00 pm, Program of Speakers, Cultural Presentations (free)
FRIDAY, August 4, 3:30-6:00 pm • Brooklyn, NY • Memorial in Loving Memory of John MacKenzie • The Commons Café, 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY • RSVP
WEDNESDAY, August 2, 11:00 am • Detroit, MI • “A Matter of Time: Building a Movement to Challenge Long Prison Terms” • RAPP and Urban Justice Institute • at the Soros Justice Fellowships Conference, The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, 1114 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI • information: christina.voight@opensocietyfoundations.org
SATURDAY, July 22, 3:00-6:00 pm • Harrisonburg/Rockingham VA RAPP, MDRAPP, and RIHD (Resource, Information, Help for the Disadvantaged and Disenfranchised) host “Virginia’s Aging People in Prison; Creating New Pathways for Release and Re-Integration to Family, Community, and Society” • The Church of the Incarnation, 292 N. Liberty Street. Harrisonburg, VA 22802, Town Hall and Membership Drive; For details contact: harrisonburgrockinghamrapp@gmail.com
WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2:15-3:30 pm • Philadelphia, PA • “Our Elders Behind Bars: The Fight to Bring Aging People in Prison Home” workshop at Beyond the Walls: Prison Healthcare and Reentry Summit , 8:00 am-5:00 pm • Pennsylvania Convention Center (13th and Arch Streets on the NW corner) • Philadelphia FIGHT
SATURDAY, June 17, 2:00-5:00 pm • 1st Annual West Baltimore African American Children’s READFair • Coppin State Health and Human Services Building • contact MDRAPPCampaign@gmail.com
TUESDAY, June 13, 2017 • 11:00 am-5:00 pm, Albany, NY • Press Conference & Advocacy Day by RAPP and NY Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement • PHOTO
FRIDAY, May 26, 2017 • 2:00-4:00 pm • Harry S. Truman Building, Room 1105 • U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC: DC RAPP testifies at a Discussion regarding priorities for the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council • hosted by The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Department, The International Organizations Affairs Bureau
SATURDAY, May 20, 11:00 am-6:30 pm • Resilient New York: A Forum to Advance Grassroots Organizing • Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, NYC (register/RSVP)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 • Challenging Incarceration in New York advocacy day • Albany, NY • Urging state policy makers to take steps to 1) End Mass Incarceration; 2) Promote Community Empowerment; 3) End State Violence and Torture; and 4) End Structural Racism and all Intersectional Identity-Based Oppression • PHOTOS
MAY 5-7, Philadelphia • A Conference Presented by the MOVE Organization • Universal Audenreid Charter High School, 3301 Tasker Street, Philadelphia, PA • MDRAPP will exhibit/table
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2017, 6:00-8:15 pm • NY RAPP Coalition meeting • Columbia School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue (at 122nd St.), Manhattan, 8th Floor • Pizza, soda and meeting
SATURDAY, APRIL 29 • MD RAPP and Richmond RAPP Workshop: “The Black Family After 500 Years of Trauma; Re-Constructing a Paradigm of Human Rights, Freedom, and Healing” • part of a conference, An African Centered Approach to Trauma Informed Care: Pulling Together and Navigating Systems, sponsored by Richmond Association of Black Social Workers • L. Douglas Wilder Building, Virginia State University (VSU), Petersburg, VA
SUNDAY, April 23, 12:15-1:45 pm • Richmond, VA • “A Quest for Justice and Humanity; Art as Confession” • ART 180, 114 W Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23220 • workshop presented by MD RAPP and VA RAPP during ROOTS Weekend, Richmond, VA: Creating a World Without Prisons
THURSDAY, April 20, 6:30-9:00 pm • Mass Incarceration & Parole Reform: A Matter of Life & Death • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid and others speak at Columbia University Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Rm. 102B, 435 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027 • sponsored by the Justice Forum, Center for Justice at Columbia University
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2:00-3:30 pm • RAPP & Osborne Association panel, The Graying of New York State Prisons:What Happens to Elders after They’re Released? at “Social Work in the City: Challenges, Uncertainty, and New Opportunities” • National Association of Social Workers conference (paid registration necessary; conference goes from 8:00 am-5:30 pm)
MONDAY, April 17, 6:30-8:30 pm • How Parole Justice Promotes Decarceration: A Teach-In with RAPP, sponsored by Showing Up For Racial Justice/SURJ-NYC • Columbia School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, Room C06 Concourse (in the basement)
THURSDAY, March 30, 10:00 am-1:00 pm • Symposium: Housing and Health/Issues and Challenges for Formerly Incarcerated Elders • Mary Pinckett Lecture Hall Rm. 212, Medgar Evers College CUNY, S-Building, 1637 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (corner of Crown St.)
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 6:30-8:30 pm • DC • Letter Writing in Solidarity with Aging Prisoners • the Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20009 • sponsored by DC Stampede Photos
SATURDAY, March 25, 4:00-8:00 pm • Futures Without Walls: Welcome Home Maliki Shakur Latine (recently release after 33 years in NYS prison) • MayDay Space, 3rd Fl., 176 St. Nicholas Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn (please note: location is not wheelchair accessible)
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, March 10-11 • Illinois • “Mass Incarceration: Increasing Awareness, Determining Next Steps” • A Denominational Meeting of the Reformed Church in America • Hilton Garden Inn O’Hare, 2930 South River Road, Des Plaines, IL • RAPP member Colby Thompson is a presenter
FRIDAY, March 10, 9:00 am-5:00 pm • Washington, DC • First Annual DC Prisoner & Reentry Symposium: The State of Our Union • UDC David Clarke School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC 20008 • Sponsored by Corrections Information Council & D.C. Public Defender Service (DC RAPP will have table)
SUNDAY, March 5 • Beyond the Bars conference, Transcending the Punishment Paradigm • Center for Justice at Columbia University • RAPP will be part of Challenging Incarceration workshop from 1:45-3:15 pm (Banding Together: Uniting Community and Challenging Incarceration and Punishment in New York)
SATURDAY, March 4, 3:00-7:00 pm • NYC • 21st Annual Dinner Tribute to Political Prisoners & Their Families: 800 Years of Legacy, Commitment & Sacrifice: Honoring our captive Black Freedom Fighters • Harlem State Office Building, 163 W. 125th St. @ Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., 3rd Fl., New York, NY • Tickets $40 in advance, $45 at the door
FRIDAY, March 3, 7:00 pm • Beyond the Bars opening plenary, Columbia University Center for Justice, NYC • PHOTOS
THURSDAY, March 2, 7:00 pm • MD RAPP Teach-In • The Last Vestige of Slavery: Prisons and the Punishment Paradigm; a Challenge to Humanity • Art Sociology Building; 1st Floor, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
SUNDAY, February 26, 12:00-2:00 pm • Rally at the steps of New York City Hall to oppose Governor Cuomo’s proposed cutbacks on visiting for people incarcerated in maximum security prisons • rally & press conference organized by elected officials, advocacy organizations and community members (Photos here)
THURSDAY, February 9, 6:30-8:00 pm • “Locked in Solidarity” • Mott Haven Reformed Church community event for awareness and action on mass incarceration • 350 E. 146th Street, Bronx, NY 10451 (between 3rd Ave. and College Ave.)
THURSDAY, February 9, 12:00-3:00 pm • Virginia • “Reforming the Criminal Justice system and Reducing Incarceration” • Film: “Rocktown Justice” • Trinity Presbyterian Church, 725 South High Street, Harrisonburg VA • Valley Justice Coalition and MDRAPP co-sponsoring
THURSDAY, February 9, 2:00 pm • Webinar on new Sentencing Project report, “Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Prospects for Parole on Life Sentences” • Presenters: Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., The Sentencing Project; Mujahid Farid, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP (NY); Barbara Levine, Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending (MI); Heidi Rummel, University of Southern California Gould School of Law • Listen to webinar recording
WEDNESDAY, January 25, 2017, 5:00-8:00 pm • Symposium: Real Women, Real Voices • “Where the People Meet the Policy” • National Council for Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls • NYU Law School, 40 Washington Sq. South, NYC (check Council FB page for photos)
SUNDAY, January 22, 1:00-3:00 pm • Washington, DC • Meeting with co-founders of Millions for Prisoners March (see August 19, below) to discuss and plan the march. Open to all. Lamond-Riggs Library, 5401 South Dakota Avenue, NE Wash. DC 20011; about two blocks from Fort Totten Metro
SATURDAY, January 21, 6:00-9:00 pm • Baltimore, MD • Meeting with co-founders of Millions for Prisoners March (see August 19, below) to discuss and plan the march. Open to all. Coppin State University (for further details email mdrappcampaign@gmail.com)
WEDNESDAY, January 18, 12:00-2:00 pm, DC • “How Can We Respond to Police Violence as a Public Health Crisis?” George Washington Milken School of Public Health (Lecture Hall B on the B1 level), 950 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20052
SATURDAY, January 14, 10:00am-2:00 pm • “A Faith Call to End Mass Incarceration” • Mott Haven Reformed Church, 350 E. 146th St., Bronx, New York 10451
SATURDAY, January 14, 12:00-4:30 pm • “Transformation from the Inside Out: an event to honor the leadership and resilience of women on both sides of the walls and celebrate the transformation of Bayview (formerly a women’s prison) into the Women’s Building • See the beautiful, powerful photos
SATURDAY, January 7, 2017, 3:00-7:00 pm • Baltimore • Maryland Justice Project, MDRAPP, the Eraina Pretty Project, and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls present the First Honoring of Chaplain Lettie Carr • at The Answer Inc., 1212 E. 25th Street Baltimore, Md 21213
TUESDAY, December 13, 12:00 pm • NYC City Hall Steps • Rally and Press Conference to launch the platform, Challenging Incarceration/Struggling for Justice in New York State • Contact: Aaron Talley, 347-261-4891 Storify coverage and Photo
SATURDAY, December 10, 5:00-8:00 pm* DC • Candlelight Vigil at the White House as part of Human Rights Week • Indigenous Rights and Clemency for Leonard Peltier
SATURDAY, December 10, 7:30-10:30 pm • “Cultural Night for International Human Rights Day” • 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (b/n Hoyt and Bond Streets; the Commons) • Northeast Political Prisoner/POW Coalition (which includes RAPP)
FRIDAY, December 9, 3:00 (street rally) and 6:00 (indoor event) • Philadelphia, PA • “Don’t Let Them Kill Mumia” (link includes instructions for buses from NY)
DECEMBER 4-10, DC • Human Rights Week • Indigenous Rights and Clemency for Leonard Peltier • 12/10 8am Conference at Washington College of Law, American University, Tenley Campus, 4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Yuma Building, Claudio Grossman Hall, Washington, DC 20016 • 12/10 5:00-8:00 pm, Candlelight Vigil at the White House
MONDAY, December 5, 2:00-3:30 pm • Baltimore, MD • RAPP workshop, “Growing Up in the System: From Juvenile to Aging Prisoners,” at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice Conference (registration required)
SATURDAY, December 3 • 12:00-2:30 pm • Challenging Incarceration: Struggling for Justice in New York State, multi-policy organizing meeting, open to all • Castle Gardens Community Room, 625 W 140th St, NYC 10031 • RSVP
MONDAY, November 28 • 3:30-5:00 pm • Zuccotti Park, NYC (Liberty Street & Broadway, NY Rally for Rasmea Odeh, who goes to court on 11/29 in Detroit to fight deportation. Read about Rasmea’s case
THURSDAY, November 17, 7:00-9:30 pm • 3rd Annual Parole Preparation Project Fundraiser and Welcome Home Party • NYU Law School, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, NYC 10012
WEDNESDAY, November 16, 12:30-1:30 pm • Standout for Clemency for Women • Washington, DC • in front of the White House • Demand clemency for all eligible women in the federal prison system • sponsored by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Can-Do Clemency
SATURDAY, November 12, 7:00-11:00 pm • Launch Party for Certain Days/Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar (proceeds benefit RAPP & other groups) • Interference Archive, 131 8th St. #4, Brooklyn, NY 11215
SATURDAY, November 12, 11:00 am-4:00 pm • “The Black Panther Party and 21st Century Matters of Social Justice” • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid will be on panel, “Mass Incarceration & Reentry,” 12:15-1:15 pm • The ARC XVI of Central Harlem, 120 W. 140th St., Manhattan (Part of the Black Panther Party 50th Anniversary, NYC, November 11 to 13)
WEDNESDAY, November 9, 4:30-6:00 pm • Alternatives to Incarceration/Making a Different Road • Fordham University School of Law, Lincoln Center Campus, 150 West 62nd St., Rm. 3-02
SATURDAY, November 5, 9:00 pm-1:00 am • 8th Annual Freedom Dance • National Black Theater, 2031 Fifth Avenue, Harlem, NY (at 125th St.) • Celebrate the freedom of Assata Shakur, support political prisoners
FRIDAY, November 4, 4:00-6:00 pm • MD RAPP on “Social Change and Public Health” panel discussion/teach-in • George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, 2400 Eye Street NW, Washington DC
WEDNESDAY, November 2, 8:30-10:30 am • RAPP receives a New York Nonprofit Media Cause Award • The Capital Grille, 120 Broadway, NYC 10271 (photo below)
THURSDAY, October 27 • 8:30 am-4:30 pm • Excluded: Dialogue on Safe, Supportive and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involvement • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Student Dining Hall, 524 West 59th Street, NYC 10019 (Free; register here)
TUESDAY, October 25, 5:30-8:30 pm, Arlington, VA • “Revitalizing Vulnerable Communities: A Networking Session and Eco-Café” • DC RAPP • Career fair, poster session, exhibits and resource vendors • gather information, meet other experts in your field and share information. Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202
MONDAY, October 24, 11:30 am, DC • UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Press Conference, preliminary observations (RAPP has testified to the Working Group) • United Nations Information Center, 1775 K Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
SATURDAY, October 22, 6:00 pm • Citizens Against Recidivism 10th Annual Awards Celebration • Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, 3940 Broadway, Manhattan • for tickets, journal ads, and sponsorship: info@citizensinc.org Here are some photos of the event, thanks to awardee Dinah Ortiz
WEDNESDAY, October 19, 11:00 am-8:00 pm • Common Time including presentations by RAPP at 2:00 pm • CUNY Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work, 119th Street and Third Avenue, NYC
FRIDAY, October 14 • 1:00-3:00 pm • Baltimore • Workgroup on Collateral Consequences of Convictions Stakeholders Meeting • MDRAPP testimony • the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum, Founders Room, 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
WEDNESDAY, October 12, 7:00 pm-8:30pm • Baltimore, MD • MD RAPP Coalition Meeting (Coppin State Criminal Justice Department, 2500 W. North Avenue) For details, email MDRAPPCampaign@gmail.com. (MDRAPP meets on the second Wednesday of every month.)
TUESDAY, October 11, 6:00 pm – RAPP presenting on panel to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Washington, DC
SUNDAY, October 9, 12:00 Noon • Lafayette Park, Washington, DC • Rally for the freedom of Oscar Lopez Rivera, elder and political prisoner • “President Obama: 35 Years is Enough!” Article, photos here
SUNDAY, October 9, 10:45 am-12:15 pm • DC • RAPP panel, “Transcending Historical Oppression and Injustice through Agents of Change and Imagination from Palestine to Colin Kapernick to American University,” at the 2016 Public Anthropology Conference, American University, Mary Graydon Center, Butler Boardroom
WEDNESDAY, October 5 • 7:00-9:00 pm • “Survival Crimes: From Mumia Abu-Jamal to the Bronx 120” • National Black Theater, 2031 Fifth Avenue, NYC
WEDNESDAY, September 28, 6:30-8:30 pm • DC • “Solidarity With Aging Prisoners” • DC Stampede and DC Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP sponsor an evening to write letters to older people behind bars • The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20009
SATURDAY, September 24 • NYC • 2:00 pm • March and Rally to Close Rikers • March from Queens Plaza to the Rikers Bridge; Rally at 19th Avenue and Hazen at 5:00 pm
FRIDAY, September 23 2016 • 4:00-5:30 pm, DC • DC RAPP College Coalition Meeting • University of Maryland College Park, Student Stamp Center
WEDNESDAY, September 21 • 12:30-3:00 pm • “The New York State Parole Board: Denial after Denial, Enough is Enough!” Community Service Society of New York (CSS), 633 Third Avenue (40th/41st Streets), 10th Floor • Lunch at 12:30, program at 1:00 pm • panel includes RAPP, NY Prisoner Justice Network, National Lawyer’s Guild Parole Preparation Project • RSVP: ghairston@cssny.org; 212-614-5405
SATURDAY, September 17 • Philadelphia, PA • 8:00 am (regional meeting); 5:30-7:30 pm (Tribunal); 7:30 pm (Dinner and Closing) • US Human Rights Network • RAPP chapters from NY, Baltimore, and DC will present testimony at the tribunal • FACTS Charter School, 1023 Callowhill St., Philadelphia, PA 19123
SATURDAY, September 17 • Bronx, NYC • Block Party, Mott Haven Reformed Church • 350 East 146th St., Bronx, NY • for more information or to join as a vendor: 718-585-5001; Motthavenchurch350@verizon.net
SATURDAY, September 17 • 7:00pm • Mt. Kisco, NY (home of Gov. Cuomo) • Candles for Clemency Rally & Vigil • Information: Allen Roskoff, Jim Owles Democractic Club, jimowles@gmail.com, 917-553-7180
FRIDAY, September 16 • 6:00 pm • Profiles in Abolition: The Hard Road to Abolition/Strategies to Win • The New School Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., NYC 10011 • Mujahid Farid with Ruthie Gilmore, and Mariame Kaba, moderated by Abraham Paulos • a fundraiser for Critical Resistance
FRIDAY, September 16 6:00-9:00 pm • National Day of Action to Free Imam Jamil Al-Amin, an elder and political prisoner incarcerated in the federal system • Harlem State Office Building,
THURSDAY, September 15, 10am-3pm each day • College Park, MD • DC RAPP at the First Look Fair at University of Maryland College Park
THURSDAY, September 15, 1:00-3:00 pm • DC • DC RAPP will present at the UPR (Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review) Working Group 5 hearing on recommendations related to immigration, trafficking, labor, and children • U.S. Department of Labor’s Francis Perkins Building at 200 Constitution Avenue., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210
THURSDAY, September 15 • 3:30-5:30 pm • NYC • Memorial for John MacKenzie • National Black Theater, 2031 5th Ave, NY 10035 (at 126th Street)
SATURDAY, September 10 • 2:00-5:00 pm • Jessup, MD • Protest and Noise Demonstration at (MCI) Jessup in Support of National Prison Strike • Women’s Maryland Correctional Institute , 7943 Brock Bridge Rd, Jessup, MD 20794 • carpools will be arranged (see Facebook event page for details)
FRIDAY/SATURDAY, September 9-10 • Oakland, CA • Conference, Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People and Families Movement • RAPP on panel, “Political Prisoners: Connecting Generations of Struggle” (Friday, 2:45-4:00 pm). Saturday night: meeting, National Council for Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls
THURSDAY, September 8 • NYC • Close Attica rally • 12:30 pm • Governor Cuomo’s office, 633 3rd Avenue at 41st Street
WEDNESDAY, August 24 • 6:00 pm • Visions of Confinement, Film and Panel: Rosalie Comes Home • Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2180 Third Avenue, NYC (at 119th Street), Rm. SB 115/116 (next to the gallery)
SATURDAY, August 20 • 4:00-8:00 pm • Basketball Tournament to Build A Winning Team Against Mass Incarceration • Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr., Manhattan • Free, with food/drinks/panel/prizes! Check out some photos from the b-ball tournament
MONDAY, August 8 • 5:30 pm • Albany & NYC • Protest the death of John MacKenzie at the hands of the Parole Board • Albany: Office of New York State Board of Parole, 97 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206 • NYC: Lincoln Corr. Ctr., 31 W. 110th St, Harlem (just west of 5th Avenue) • Hold the Board responsible for the death of John MacKenzie, who took his own life after commissioners denied him release for the 10th time—despite a standing order of contempt against the board for repeating their baseless denials. Village Voice coverage by Victoria Law
SATURDAY, July 16 * NYC * 12:00 to 3:00 pm • Challenging Incarceration, Building Empowered Communities • Castle Gardens Community Room, 625 West 140th St., NYC, NY 10031 NYC • Please RSVP
FRIDAY, July 15 • NYC • 6:30 pm • Imprisoned Resistance: Politics of Incarceration in Palestine and the US • Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center, 3940 Broadway (at 165th St.), NYC • cosponsored by RAPP
SATURDAY, July 9 • 9:00 am-3:00 pm • Queens, NYC • “Elders in Prison: Bringing Them Home & Rebuilding Our Communities” • Workshops, networking, community-building by Queens Community Board 12 & RAPP • Queens Educational Opportunity Center • 158-29 Archer Ave, Jamaica, NY • WATCH the video of the opening session here (thanks to Dan Vea)
SATURDAY, June 18 • 12:00-2:00 pm • NYC • “Challenging Incarceration: Struggling for Justice in NY State” • Castle Gardens Community Room, 625 West 140th St., NYC, NY 10031
SATURDAY, June 12 • 3:00 pm • Baltimore, MD • Re-Intergration Workshops: Aging Women in/out of Prison (By invitation only) These workshops will assist in reconnecting the aging woman in/out of prison to self, family, and community. Any aging woman in/out of prison interested in attending can email mdrappcampaign@gmail.com. Workshops are held every 2nd Saturday of the month at Coppin State University/Criminal Justice Department, 2500 W. North Avenue, 5th Floor.
SATURDAY, June 4 • Albany, NY • 8:00 am-12:00 pm (tentative schedule) • “The Womb to the Tomb: The Containment of Black Life” at Justice Studies Association Conference, University at Albany, SUNY • A panel will discuss the historical continuum of the confinement, containment, and imprisonment of Black lives and the impact on family, community, and society • Sponsored by MD RAPP, with Tomiko Shine and other MD RAPP speakers, and René Valdez (NY RAPP)
WEDNESDAY, May 25 • 7:00-9:00 pm • NYC • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid in conversation with Jean Trounstine on her new book, “Boy With a Knife: The Need for Youth Prison Reform.” Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St., New York, NY 10002
SUNDAY, May 22 • 3:40-5:40 pm • NYC • “Free Them All! Political Prisoners and POW’s in the US” • RAPP members Mujahid Farid and Laura Whitehorn join a panel at the Left Forum, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th St., NY, Room 1.82 (register)
THURSDAY, May 19 • 6:30-8:00 pm • Queens, NY • As exemplified in the Life of Al-Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X), everyone deserves a second chance! Presentation on the Fair Chance Act • Islamic Circle of North America (Al-Markaaz) • 166-26 89th Avenue, 2nd Floor (F train to 168th St.; walk 2 blocks to 89th Avenue), Jamaica, NY 11432 • Further information: 347-806-7998 • All are welcome • The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) with the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the South East Queens Muslim Collective (SEQMC) and Release Aging People In Prison/RAPP
TUESDAY, May 3 • Washington, DC • 11:45 am-2:25 pm • DC RAPP’s Alexandra Warren at American University Senior Anthropology Majors’ Capstone Presentation, presenting “The Willingness To Maintain the Struggle No Matter What: Elder Incarceration in the United States”
THURSDAY, April 28 • 7:00-8:30 pm • “Life Outside: Rosalie Comes Home” screening & panel including RAPP’s Mujahid Farid • Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, 74 Morningside Drive (Enter on 116th Street) New York, NY 10027
WEDNESDAY, April 27 • 4:00-6:00 pm • DC RAPP • “Aging Prisoners Dying To Be Free: A Public Health Crisis” panel discussion • George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, 2400 Eye Street NW, Washington DC
MONDAY, April 25 • 7:00 pm • Washington, DC • Beyond our Criminal Justice System: A Panel on Prison Abolition and Drug Reform, with DCRAPP’s Nathan Brandli & speakers from MD RAPP • #0102 Tydings Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
SATURDAY, April 23 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Baltimore • William Gardner of MD RAPP on a panel UPP_ReturningCitizensFlyer-MDRAPP • Coppin State University, Health & Human Services Building (HHSB 103)
WEDNESDAY, March 9 • 7:00-9:00pm • Aging, Health, & Incarceration •
The Faculty House at Columbia University, 64 Morningside Drive, NYC • Speakers: RAPP’s Mujahid Farid and Jack Beck of the Correctional Association of NY
FRIDAY, March 4 • 7:30pm • Columbia University • Kick-off for Beyond the Bars, Connecting the Struggles (doors open at 6:45)
SATURDAY and SUNDAY, March 5 and 6 • NYC • 10:00am-5:00pm • Beyond the Bars Conference: “Connecting the Struggles” • Center for Justice, Columbia University (including RAPP speakers at plenaries & panels) Saturday/Sunday events: Columbia School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Ave. at 121/122 Streets, NYC
SATURDAY, February 20 • 7:00 pm • Washington, DC • Aging in Prison, Mass Incarceration, and the Legacy of COINTELPRO (FBI Counterintelligence Program) • La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant NW, Washington, DC • Sponsored by DCRAPP; RAPP speakers include Tomiko Shine and Alexandra Warren of DC and MD RAPP.
WEDNESDAY, February 10 • 7:00 pm to 8:30pm • Baltimore • Meeting of MDRAPP (Coppin State Criminal Justice Department, 2500 W. North Avenue) For details, email MDRAPPCampaign@gmail.com. (MDRAPP meets on the second Wednesday of every month.)
SATURDAY, February 13, 2016 • 2:00-3:15 pm • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid was an invited panelist on Incarceration & Health, hosted by Senator Gustavo Rivera during the NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators’ conference (photos available soon)
SATURDAY, January 30, 2016 • 8pm-11pm • DCRAPP celebrated the homecoming of returning citizen Abdus-Shahid Ali, released after serving 50 years in prison. Sadly, Bro. Ali was too ill to attend, and he passed on March 3rd. Bro. Ali’s funeral was held on Monday, March 7 at Islamic Heritage Foundation, 3765 I Street SE Washington, DC; he is buried at Al-Firdaus Memorial Gardens, Frederick, MD. All RAPP chapters mourn his loss. In his memory, we will work harder than ever to release aging people in a timely manner.
FRIDAY, January 16, 2016 • 12:00 to 2:00 pm • Washington, DC • DC Prisoners Matter Rally • US Parole Board Commission, 90 K Street NE, Washington DC. Check out the PHOTOS of the rally. For background, read “DC’s Forgotten Residents” and “Visitation Slights: How Two Policies Stack the Deck Against D.C. Inmates”
WEDNESDAY, January 13, 2016 • 7:00 pm • Baltimore • Meeting of MDRAPP (Coppin State Criminal Justice Department, 2500 W. North Avenue) For details, email MDRAPPCampaign@gmail.com. MDRAPP meets every other Wednesday.
SUNDAY, January 10, 2016 • 1:30 pm • RAPP at Fabrengen (joyous gathering of friends) • Union Temple of Brooklyn, 17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 11238 (RAPP presentation, with section on Parole Reform NY, 2:30 to 3:30 pm)
THURSDAY, November 19 • 7:00 pm • Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: “Locking Up Dissenters and the Poor: Understanding the Roots of Mass Incarceration in the U.S.” with Eddie Conway, Johanna Fernandez, & Laura Whitehorn of RAPP • sponsored by Difference and Media Project, Center for Civic Engagement, & student groups
MONDAY, November 16 • Tufts University • Amnesty International Hosts Discussion of Solitary Confinement, with Al Tony Simon of RAPP
Friday, October 30 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Panel, Conditions of Confinement: Mass Incarceration and Access to Information
The New School, 66 West 12th St, NYC, Rm. A510 Conference Rm. Read a report here by the sponsoring group Social Justice Special Interest Group
Tuesday, October 27 • 6:00-8:30 pm • Parole Preparation Basics • NYU Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Room 210, 40 Washington Square South (Presenters include RAPP’s Mujahid Farid) • RSVP
sponsored by the National Lawyer’s Guild-NY Parole Preparation Project
Snacks at 6:00, program starts promptly at 6:30
Saturday, October 24 • 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. • Rise Up to Stop Police Terror & Murder • Rally, Washington Square Park • Police unions not only defend brutality but also block parole & release of incarcerated elders
Friday, October 16 • 7:00 p.m. • “RAPP & the Struggle for Decarceration” • Solidarity Center, 147 W. 24th Street, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10011 (b/n 5th & 6th Ave) • RAPP speakers Al “Tony” Simon & Anita Rosenblithe WATCH
Saturday, October 3 • 12:30-2:00 pm • American University, Washington, DC • RAPP’s René Valdez spoke on “America’s Aging Prisoners: The Imprisonment of Black Life” at the Public Anthropology Conference on “Shifting Climates” • MGC200 (directions to Mary Graydon Center #200)
Saturday, October 3 • 2:30-4:15 pm • RAPP on “The Aging Incarcerated Population” • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Friday, October 2 • 9:00 am-12:30 pm • Decarceration & NY Medicaid Waiver Funds • Panel including RAPP • BronxWorks Betances Community Center, 547 East 146th Street, Bronx NY
Register online; contact for more info
Saturday, September 26, 2015 • 7:00 pm • Candles for Clemency vigil at home of NY Gov. Cuomo in Mt. Kisco (BUSES LEAVE NYC AT 5:00 SHARP)
(buses from NYC leave from: Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall St., lower Manhattan) and Riverside Church (120th St. and Claremont Avenue) To reserve a free spot on the bus with RAPP, email rappcampaign@gmail.com
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 2:00-3:00pm • RAPP on MNN-TV
RAPP will be on Both Sides of the Bars, MNN-TV (TWC channel 34 & 1995; FIOS channel 33; RCN channel 82)
Saturday, September 12, 2015: 11:00 am-5:00pm • Community Block Party/The Mix on 146
Mott Haven Reformed Church, 350 E. 146th St., Bronx, NY 10451 Music, dancing, face-painting. RAPP & other groups will have info tables contact: 718-585-3636, Pastor Patricia Sealy
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 • 5:00-6:00 pm • RAPP on MNN-TV
RAPP on The Gilchrist Experience, MNN-TV (TWC channel 34 & 1995; FIOS channel 33; RCN channel 82) WATCH the show
Saturday, August 8, 2015, 8:00 am-4:00 pm • FACES NY Reentry Summit, “Take Away the Stone: Reducing Post-Incarceration Barriers”
Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture, 155 Lenox Ave, NY 10037 (co-sponsored by RAPP)
Sunday, June 7 • 4:00 pm • “The Nature of the Crime” Syracuse, NY (Artrage, 505 Hawley Avenue)
Sponsored by Parole Justice Now! Campaign
Co-sponsored by Center for Community Alternatives, Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse, and Syracuse Peace Council
Saturday, April 25 • the Oscar-nominated film, “Prison Terminal” by Edgar Barens • Two showings: 12:30 to 2:00 and 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) Pope Auditorium, 113 West 6oth St.
sponsored by Be the Evidence Project
Friday, March 20 • 7:00-9:00 pm
Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Black Resistance and the Roots of Mass Incarceration
Intergenerational discussion between former political prisoners and Black Lives Matter activists
Malcolm X. and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center, 3940 Broadway (165th St.), Manhattan
Friday, March 6; Saturday, March 7; Sunday, March 8, 2015
Beyond the Bars: Transforming (In)Justice conference at Columbia University
Broadway at 116th Street, NYC
Check Twitter hashtag #BeyondTheBars2015 for thoughts, news
Saturday, Feb. 1 • 7:00 pm, and Sunday, February 2 • 11:00 am –
Mujahid Farid talks about RAPP and parole on Eldridge & Co.
CUNY-TV (Time Warner and Cablevision/Optimum Brooklyn, Ch. 75; RCN/ Ch. 77; and Verizon/ Ch. 30) Or watch this terrific half-hour show online
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 • 6:00-8:30 pm •
Mujahid Farid spoke on parole in NY State • NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, Rm 214
PAROLE PREP BASICS: How advocates & attorneys can change New York’s unjust parole system. With presentation by Mujahid Farid, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP • For more information, click HERE
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 • 7:00 pm •
RAPP celebrates Maya Schenwar’s important new book: “Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better” • Bluestockings Bookstore, Café, & Activist Center, 172 Allen St., NYC
Monday, November 17, 2014 • 10:30 am to 12:00 pm • New Orleans • RAPP Presentation at the American Public Health Association conference
Thursday, November 13, 2014 • 7:00 pm • “Steps Toward Prison Abolition: A Strategic Conversation” • part of “Self-Determination Inside/Out” at Interference Archive •
131 8th St., Brooklyn (R/F/G trains to 4th Avenue/9th St. stop)
RAPP will join organizers from Milk Not Jails, Decarcerate PA, Books Through Bars, & other projects for an informal discussion on how our work works, or doesn’t, to change the prison system
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 • 7:00 to 9:00 pm • From Slavery to Sing Sing: The U.S. Prison System’s Inhumanity to the Family • with Mujahid Farid on the need to release aging people in prison • National Black Theater, 2013 Fifth Avenue (b/n 125-126th Streets)
Free Admission • Doors open at 6:30 pm
Sunday, September 14, 2014 • 2:00 to 4:00 pm • Brooklyn
Panel: What’s Age Got to Do with It? Incarcerating Children and the Elderly
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn, NY 11238 • Sponsored by the Correctional Association of NY and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
Sunday, September 7, 2014 • 2:00 to 7:00 pm • Brooklyn • “Running Down the Walls” 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Bike benefit for political prisoners and RAPP • Info here
Saturday, September 6, 2014 • 7:00 pm • Mt. Kisco, NY
Candlelight vigil for Clemency at home of Gov. Andrew Cuomo • Organized by the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club • Check out these PHOTOS
Thursday, August 7, 2014 • 7:00 pm • Political Candidates Forum on Criminal Justice
Moderated by Dean Meminger of NY1 TV • NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St., Manhattan • Sponsored by Communities for Criminal Justice Awareness and the NY Society for Ethical Culture
Saturday, July 12, 2014 • 10:00 am to 1:00 pm • RAPP Outreach & Town Hall • Harlem State Office Bldg., 163 W. 125th St., corner of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd. • Outreach: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm • Town Hall on solitary confinement: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, 8th Floor
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 3-4, 2014
A Public Health Approach to Incarceration: Opportunities for Action • Columbia University Mailman School for Public Health, NYC • Including a panel on Using Evidence for Action in Public Health Practice, with Mujahid Farid, Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP • Conference attendees agreed on a draft statement of purpose that resolves “to work collectively to introduce incarceration in our curricula and research, to raise awareness and concern, and to inspire and support our fellow scholars.”
Saturday, June 21, 2014 • 6:30 to 9:00 pm • 166 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Hts, NY • RAPP presentation at Rise Up For Maroon (Russell Maroon Shoatz)
Monday, May 5, 2014 • 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm • Rally and March: New York State Against Prison Injustice • Stop Solitary/Reform Parole/Release Elders
Albany, NY – East Capitol Park • Keynote Speaker, Cornel West • Check out photos on our facebook page and on twitter @RAPPCampaign
Saturday, April 12, 2014 • 3:00 pm • “The State of Our Prisons: Where Are We, Where Do We Need To Be?” • Sheraton Hotel, 833 7th Ave. (53rd St.), Metropolitan Room West, 2nd Floor ª Panel hosted by Victor Pate, National Action Network NYC Chapter Second Chance Program, with Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP
Moderator: Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin, Women’s Prison Association
Panel: Tyrell Muhammad, Prison Visiting Project, Correctional Association Of NY
Eddie Rosario, Prison Visiting Project, Correctional Association Of NY
Laura Whitehorn, Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign
Judith Brink, Prison Action Network, Building Bridges
Barbara Inniss, Sparkles Of Joy Ministries
Rosa Soldana, Health Care Solution Specialist
Friday, March 28, 2014 • Symposium• 10:00 am to 5:15 pm • Reducing Incarceration: Endless Punishment, Long-Term Sentences, & Aging in Prison…OR Release & Reentry
Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W. 168th St., 8th Fl., Manhattan (A/C/1 to 168th St.)
NEW: Video of this event
Saturday, March 8, 2014 · 4:00 to 5:30 pm • RAPP Panel at Beyond the Bars Conference: OUR ELDERS BEHIND BARS, OUR FAMILIES DIVIDED
Columbia University School of Social Work • 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan (between120 & 121st St) • The number of incarcerated elders in New York and nationally continues to rise as people with long sentences age. Yet incarcerated elders pose the lowest risk to public safety and could contribute mightily to bettering our communities. • How does continued incarceration and perpetual punishment affect elders, their families, friends and communities? AND: How can we win their release and heal our families and communities? Speakers include: Larry White, formerly incarcerated • Barbara Inniss, family member • Dequi Kioni-Sadiki, family member • Tyrrell Muhammad, formerly incarcerated • Ariane Davisson, Columbia grad student • Moderator: Laura Whitehorn, formerly incarcerated; RAPP organizer • Watch the video at March 8, 2014: Our Elders Behind Bars
Friday-Saturday, October 4-5, 2013 • Religion, Abolition, and Mass Incarceration
Cornell University • Two-day conference featuring papers by professors of religion from around the country; keynote plenary panel on activism included Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP; Prisoners Are People Too/PRP2; Decarcerate PA; Ithaca Catholic Workers