VOCAL-NY, Mission and Social Justice Ministries of the Riverside Church at the 91 Claremont Street entrance (between W. 120th and W. 122nd) Meet at media table inside. Press conference calling for parolee voting rights and an end to illegal marijuana arrests that have targeted people of color.
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Rally Against Mass Incarceration - the New Jim Crow
VOCAL-NY, Mission and Social Justice Ministries of the Riverside Church at the 91 Claremont Street entrance (between W. 120th and W. 122nd) Meet at media table inside. Press conference calling for parolee voting rights and an end to illegal marijuana arrests that have targeted people of color.
VOCAL-NY, Mission and Social Justice Ministries of the Riverside Church at the 91 Claremont Street entrance (between W. 120th and W. 122nd) Meet at media table inside. Press conference calling for parolee voting rights and an end to illegal marijuana arrests that have targeted people of color.
– The New Jim Crow WHEN: Saturday, May 21st at 11:00am WHERE: The Riverside Church at the 91 Claremont Street entrance (between W. 120th & W. 122nd). Meet at media table inside. (SUBWAY: 1 to 116th St. - OR - A, B, C, D to 125th St.) WHAT: Press conference calling for parolee voting rights and an end to illegal marijuana arrests that have targeted people of color. SPEAKERS: • Michelle Alexander, author The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness • Elected Officials • Joseph “Jazz” Hayden • Gabriel Sayegh, Drug Policy Alliance • VOCAL-NY leaders Sponsored by: VOCAL-NY, Mission and Social Justice Ministries of the Riverside Church, Campaign To End The New Jim Crow & Drug Policy Alliance. Contact Alfredo Carrasquillo at alfredo@vocal-ny.org or (718) 415-9254.