Beyond the Bars: Connecting the Struggles (doors open at 6:45) • Columbia University
Friday, March 4, 2016 • 7:30pm • Kick-off for Beyond the BarsRead More
Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, 2016 • NYC • 10:00am-5:00pm • Beyond the Bars Conference
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, 2016 • 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 DC RAPP; RAPP speakers include Tomiko Shine and Alexandra Warren of DC and MD RAPP.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 • 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. (MD RAPP meets on the second Wednesday of every month.)
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 • 7:00 pm to 8:30pm • Baltimore • Meeting of MDRAPPRead More
Saturday, February 13, 2016 • 2:00-3:15 pm • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid was an invited panelist on Incarceration & Health
Panel on Incarceration & Health, hosted by Senator Gustavo Rivera during the NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators’ conference.
Saturday, January 30, 2016 • 8pm-11pm • DC RAPP celebrated the homecoming of returning citizen Abdus-Shahid Ali, released after serving 50 years in prison
Sadly, Brother 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. • For background, read “Visitation Slights: How Two Policies Stack the Deck Against D.C. Inmates”
FRIDAY, January 16, 2016 • 12:00 to 2:00 pm • Washington, DC • DC Prisoners Matter RallyRead More
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.
WEDNESDAY, January 13, 2016 • 7:00 pm • Baltimore • Meeting of MDRAPPRead More
Saturday, 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)
Saturday, January 10, 2016 • 1:30 pm • RAPP at Fabrengen (joyous gathering of friends)Read More
THURSDAY, November 19, 2015 • 7:00 pm • “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
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY • Sponsored by Difference and Media Project, Center for Civic Engagement, & student groups
MONDAY, November 16, 2015 • Amnesty International Discussion on Solitary Confinement
Tufts University • Amnesty International Hosts Discussion of Solitary Confinement, with Al Tony Simon of RAPP
MONDAY, November 16, 2015 • Amnesty International Discussion on Solitary ConfinementRead More
SATURDAY, November 7, 2015 • 8:00 am-3:00 pm • Faith Based Initiatives and the Crisis of Mass Incarceration
Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, Manhattan (at 121st St.) • RAPP will be on a panel at 10:45 am and 1:15 pm (in MLK 414) • info: <Jacqueline1943@aol.com> or 201-960-2205
Friday, October 30, 2015 • 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
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 • 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 here. Sponsored by the National Lawyer’s Guild-NY Parole Preparation Project • Snacks at 6:00, program starts promptly at 6:30
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 • 6:00-8:30 pm • Parole Preparation BasicsRead More
Saturday, October 24, 2015 • 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. • Rally: 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