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Events: 2014

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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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.”

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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 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

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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

Saturday, March 8, 2014·4:00 to 5:30 pm • RAPP Panel at Beyond the Bars Conference: OUR ELDERS BEHIND BARS, OUR FAMILIES DIVIDEDRead More