Saturday April 25, 2015 • the Oscar-nominated film, “Prison Terminal” by Edgar Barens
Two showings: 12:30 to 2:00 and 6:30 to 9:00 pmFordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) Pope Auditorium, 113 West 60th St.• Sponsored by Be the Evidence Project
Friday, March 20, 2015 • 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 activistsMalcolm 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, NYCCheck Twitter hashtag #BeyondTheBars2015 for thoughts and 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, …
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. More information here
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 …
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 • 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
Saturday, September 6, 2014 • 7:00 pm • Candlelight vigil for Clemency at home of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Mt. Kisco, NY. Organized by the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
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 …
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 …
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 …
Saturday, May 31, 2014 • 2:00 to 6:00 pm • Community Resource Fair – RAPP Campaign Presentation
East Ward Missionary Baptist Church, 2011 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029 (between 103/104 Streets)
Saturday, June 21, 2014 • 6:30 to 9:00 pm • RAPP presentation at Rise Up For Maroon (Russell Maroon Shoatz)
166 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Hts, NY. Facebook event page.
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 EldersAlbany, 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 Panel hosted by Victor Pate, National Action Network NYC Chapter Second Chance Program, with Release Aging People in …
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.)
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 …
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; …