Pioneer Valley Criminal Justice Meet and Greet
Event Info
Please come to a meet and greet event for criminal justice-focused organizations and advocates in the pioneer valley, organized by the Prison Policy Initiative and the Prison Birth Project. Lots of local folks are doing great work to end mass incarceration, and we'd like to create a space where we can connect with each other and strengthen our work.
When: Tuesday, February 11th 2014 from 6-7:30 PM
Where: Peace Development Fund Office, 44 N. Prospect St. Amherst, MA
What: Pizza, conversation, and 1-minute introductions from each organization
Please RSVP below so we can order pizza, arrange childcare, print name tags, and create a participant list that we can share with the other attendees.
Attendees will come from organizations including:
- American Friends Service Committee
- ARISE
- Baystate Health
- Bring Mumia Home Campaign
- Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program
- Communities for Restorative Justice
- EPOCA
- Free Press
- Hampshire Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI)
- Justice for Ayyub
- Justice for Pioneer Valley
- Just Schools Project
- Mount Holyoke College Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI)
- Out Now
- The Performance Project
- Prison Birth Project
- Prison Legal News
- Prison Policy Initiative
- Proteus Fund
- Real Cost of Prisons Project
- Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps
- Rosenberg Fund for Children
- Springfield Institute
- Tranzmission Prison Project
- UMass Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI)
- Western Mass. Jobs with Justice
- Western Mass Recovering Learning Community
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