WGXC-90.7 FM
Sprouts: A New Way of Life: Re-Entry After Prison
Sep 20, 2016: 3pm - 3:30 pm
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Carnegie Room, Catskill Library | Catskill, NY
Produced by Sprouts.
Featuring: Susan Burton, founder and director of A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project in Los Angeles, a residential program for women returning home from prisons and jails, offering shelter, safety, leadership, and support to those seeking to rebuild their lives; and Michelle Alexander, acclaimed author The New Jim Crow, the best-selling study of the U.S. system of mass incarceration. Alexander points to Susan Burton's reentry program as a model for the kind of bold initiative needed to build what she calls a "new underground railroad" – a network of families, faith communities, and organizations dedicated to providing desperately needed support and love to people at risk of incarceration, families with loved ones behind bars, and people returning home from prison. Also included are the voices of five residents of A New Way of Life. Produced by Sprouts.