Unity Brunch: Prison Pipeline

(image courtesy of Childrens Defense Fund: cdf.childrensdefense.org)

On October 25th, 2009, the New York chapter hosted a monthly Unity Brunch community forum on the Prison Pipeline and Youth Incarceration.

Speakers Included:

• Tanisha Douglas- Worked with Children’s Defense Fund as well as on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign.
• Omawale Adewale- Executive Director of Grassroots Artists MovEment (G.A.M.E.). Has developed Alternatives To Incarceration (ATI) Programs.
• Rukia Lumumba- Worked with Public Defenders office in DC. Currently the Director of ATI programs at Center for Community Alternatives.�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

Listen to the program here:

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MXGM understands that the collective institutions of white-supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism have been at the root of our people’s oppression. We also understand that without community control and without the power to determine our own lives, we will continue to fall victim to genocide.
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