Past Events

Sunday, December 27, 2020, 7:00 pm • Jazz for Justice concert to raise funds to free incarcerated freedom fighters • WATCH recorded concert here

Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 5:30 pm • Home for the Holidays Long Island: Clemency NOW! Rally • Mineola Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, North Side Entrance, Mineola, LI 11501 • Press release and recording  HERE

Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 6:00 pm • We’re Not Asking: Cuomo, Let Them Go! We Demand #ClemencyNow #FreeThemAll • rally at Cuomo’s NYC office, 633 Third Ave. (40/41st St) • Press release and recording HERE

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:30 pm • NY State’s Mandate to End Mass Incarceration • Virtual Town Hall • Join Assembly Members Demond Meeks, Carmen De La Rosa, formerly incarcerated and directly impacted advocates and community leaders • watch recorded facebook livestream

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:00 pm • Long Island’s First RAPP Open Membership Meeting 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 6:00 pm • First Westchester/Hudson Valley Regional RAPP Open Membership Meeting • ZOOM link here 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 5:00-6:30 pm EST • “Public Money and Racial Justice,” online Haymarket Books event • Tickets HERE (free event; donations benefit RAPP)

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FRIDAY, December 20, 2019, 6:30-8:30 pm • Baldwin, LI • Town Hall on long sentences and solitary confinement • Second Baptist Church, 2050 Grand Avenue, Baldwin 11510 • sponsored by RAPP and #HALTSolitary

THURSDAY, December 19, 2019, 5-8 pm • Albany, NY • Town Hall on how mass incarceration affects the Capitol Region and why we must #FreeOurElders and #HALTSolitary • Howe Library; 105 Schuyler St, Albany, NY 12202 • sponsored by RAPP, Vocal-NY, and NYCAIC

WEDNESDAY, December 18, 2019, Noon • Rally: Home for the Holidays •  Tell Governor Cuomo: Grant clemencies and commutations to reunite families and communities! • Gov. Cuomo’s office, 633 Third Ave.

SATURDAY, December 14, 2019, 6:00 pm • Justice for Rodney Reed and Abolish the Death Penalty! • The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, Manhattan (8th/9th Avenues) • RAPP’s Jose Saldana will speak on abolishing life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences, “the other death penalty”

SATURDAY, December 14, 2019 • 3:00-5:00pm • The Work to Promote Parole Justice and End Death By Incarceration • the Village Zendo, 588 Broadway, Suite 1108, Manhattan (one block south of Houston) • free event

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019, 6:00-8:00 pm • Human Rights Day Harlem Town Hall to #HALTSolitary and #FreeOurElders • Raw Space Gallery, 2031 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd. (between 121st and 122nd Streets), Harlem

SATURDAY, December 7, 2019, doors open 5:00pm • Remembering Our Political Prisoners • 90-40 160th St., Jamaica, NY, Harvest Room at Jamaica Market • panel includes: Kairi Al-Amin, Mauri Saalakhan, Ramzi Kassem, Mark Shervington of RAPP, Aisha Al-Adawiya

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THURSDAY, December 13, 2018, 6:00-8:00 pm • Dismantling Injustice and Challenging Incarceration: A Multi-Issue Forum on Criminal Justice • National Action Network House of Justice, 106 W. 145th St. (just west of Malcolm X Blvd.), Harlem

SATURDAY, December 8, 2018, 7:00 pm • Candles for Clemency rally at Governor Cuomo’s home, intersection Crow Hill & Millwood Rd (Rte 133), Mt. Kisco, NY •

THURSDAY, December 6, 2018, 6:00 pm, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive (at 120th St) Assembly Hall Harlem • “Justice Long Overdue: Lessons Learned from the Successful Release of People Serving Life in Prison in Maryland and New York – and Why More People Must Come Home” • with RAPP, the Osborne Association, the Justice Policy Institute, Columbia Justice Lab and Center for Justice, and the Riverside Church

TUESDAY, December 4, 2018, 9:00-11:30 am, Washington, DC • Campaign to End Life Imprisonment Launch event • Public Welfare Foundation Inc, 1200 U St. NW, Washington, DC 20009 • sponsored by The Sentencing Project and Public Welfare Foundation • Jose Saldana of RAPP will speak • LIVESTREAM starting at 9:30 am

TUESDAY, November 27, 2018, 10:00 am -4:00 pm • “Public Hearing on NYS Parole Hearings, Structure of Parole Board and Data Indicating Systematic Bias in the Parole Board’s Decision-Making” • Sponsored by NYS Senator Luis Sepulveda and Gustavo Rivera, Ranking Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Crime, Crime Victims, and Corrections, & the Senate Health Committee • 250 Broadway, 19th fl, Senate Hearing Room, NYC

THURSDAY, November 15, 2018, 7:00 pm • Parole Preparation Project 5th Annual Welcome Home Party and Fundraiser • Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, 439 W 127th St, New York, NY 10027 • purchase tickets here

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SATURDAY, December 9 • 7:30-11:00 pm • Look For Me in the Whirlwind/Human Rights Day Celebrating Political Prisoners • An evening of cultural performances and more from the Northeast Political Prisoner Coalition • The Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

THURSDAY, December 7 • 6:00  pm • Citizen Action 2017 Progressive Leadership Awards • RAPP’s Mujahid Farid will be honored • District Council 1707 AFSCME • 420 West 45th Street, 4th Floor, NY 10036

WEDNESDAY, November 29, 7:00 pm (doors open at 7:00; program begins promptly at 7:30) • The Criminalization of Home: Organizing to Protect Communities from NYC to Palestine • Speakers from Addameer, Adalah-NYC, Black Youth Project 100, and RAPP • Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201 • This event honors the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

THURSDAY, November 16, 7:00-9:30 pm • 4th Annual Fundraiser & Welcome Home Party, Parole Preparation Project • WeWork Dumbo, 81 Prospect St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

TUESDAY, November 14, 6:30-8:30 pm • NYC Council Speaker Criminal Justice Forum • Teachers College, 3040 Broadway, Manhattan • the 8 candidates for speaker of City Council speak on issues of justice

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, 2031 Fifth Avenue (125th St.), Harlem • 917.415.5653

FRIDAY, November 3, 11:00 am • Memorial Service for the late Charles (Chas) Ransom, dear friend and member of RAPP • Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 231 West 142nd Street, Harlem

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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)

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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 RAPPSATURDAY, November 7 • 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 • 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

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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 RAPPSATURDAY, November 7 • 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 • 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

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