Break the Chains: Dismantling the pipeline to prison - A community dialogue for former inmates, friends & family of inmates & others impacted by incarceration.
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What can we as former inmates, friends and family of inmates, community
activists & others do to keep our people out of prison and jail?
What alternatives to
criminalization/imprisonment/supervision/re-imprisonment can we build
from the ground up that makes us stronger collectively and keeps families
& communities safe?
Break the Chains!
Dismantling the pipeline to prison
A community dialogue for former inmates, friends & family of inmates &
others impacted by incarceration.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
La Plata County Fairgrounds
Light lunch provided
Artwork by Calvin Levato, 2011
We will be joined by Lenny Foster, Native American human rights activist;
Director of the Navajo Nation Corrections Project; co-author of
legislation in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado allowing Native American
spiritual practice in prison resulting in significant reductions in prison
returns; American Indian Movement activist; recipient of city of Phoenix
Dr. Martin Luther King Human Rights Award.
This community dialogue is hosted and facilitated by members of See It. Stop
It. Community Rising Project (for people with disabilities, elders and
caregivers), See It. Stop It. on Native Lands Parent Leadership Project and
lots of freedom-loving people seeking long lasting solutions to violence in
our communities. For more information call 247-2935.
