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Announcement :: Prisons |
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Our Kids and the Juvenile Justice System: A Public Dialogue |
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by Lawrence ABC
Email: abclawrence (nospam) riseup.net (verified)
Address: PO Box 1483 Lawrence, KS. 66044 |
02 Oct 2005
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Anyone who cares about youth in our community should attend this
presentation by Jessica Cook and Laura Ramberg.
It will take place on MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 in the Lawrence Public Library
Gallery. (The Lawrence Pulic Library is located at 707 Vermont Street.) |
Anyone who cares about youth in our community should attend this
presentation by Jessica Cook and Laura Ramberg.
It will take place on MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 in the Lawrence Public Library
Gallery. (The Lawrence Pulic Library is located at 707 Vermont Street.)
Doors open at 6:45 pm, and the presentation will begin promptly at 7 pm.
The evening will start with "System Failure," a documentary film which
exposes the horrific conditions and human rights violations endemic of the
California Youth Authority, one of the largest youth correctional agencies
in the USA.
Laura and Jessica will use the film as a springboard to talk about issues
in the juvenile justice system in general, but also closer to home in
Kansas and in Douglas County.
Laura Ramberg is the art teacher at Douglas County Youth Services and has
worked in this position since 1998. She is a local artist who has lived
in this area for 30 years and has worked with young people through the Van
Go JAMS (Jobs in the Arts Make Sense) program. She will speak about her
experience working in the juvenile justice system.
Jessica Cook is a KU senior who was a public policy and international
affairs fellow at the Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University
this summer. The program focused on the disproportionate minority contact
in the New Jersey juvenile justice system. Jessica learned about the
juvenile justice system, visited youth facilities and a juvenile court,
and met judges and people doing community projects. For its final
project, her group made a set of policy recommendations for the New Jersey
Attorney General and Director of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice
Commission and gave a formal presentation on recommendations to reduce
disproportionate minority contact and the ever-growing number of young
people in jail.
Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at
cajungal (at) mutualaid.org
Best wishes,
Chantel |
See also:
http://www.anarchistblackcross.org
http://www.prisonsucks.com
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