Two Dwight Hall Civic Allyship Initiative Workshops |
Death, Conviction and Exoneration: 30 Years of Policing and Prosecuting in New HavenSaturday, October 31, 2020 5:00 pm (EDT) Jewu Richardson, a New Haven native and community organizer with the CT Bail Fund, will explore the stories of exonerated community members and currently incarcerated people awaiting exoneration. He will present alongside Jackie James, a New Haven native with deep connections to local public service, who currently works as the Director of Public Relations for Retreat Behavior Health. Jackie and Jewu will also focus on the widespread allegations of corruption that characterized arrests in New Haven’s police department in the 1990s. ______________________________________________________________________ Social Justice & Advocacy for Incarcerated FamiliesSaturday, November 7, 2020 5:00 pm (EST) This workshop will focus on social justice work as it relates to prisons, criminal systems, and police abuse of power. The presenters will discuss measures to improve the social well-being of incarcerated families through mental and emotional support around issues of disparity in police contact. They will also examine the history of the movement to Stop Solitary Confinement, shut down Northern supermax facility, and transform prison culture in the Connecticut DOC. Speakers will also examine the victory in passage of the recent Police Accountability bill which a duty to intervene for both police and correctional officers. Both speakers will also discuss the many ways families and community advocates can get involved in social justice work utilizing the stories and experiences of incarcerated people and their families. Barbara Fair is a long-time social justice activist born, raised, and educated in New Haven. Before her membership with the steering Committee for Stop Solitary CT she founded an organization, My Brother’s Keeper in 2007 and prior to that an organizer for People Against Injustice for 13 years. Barbara is currently a member of the New Haven chapter of ACLU. Her decades of social advocacy began as a teen and has remained as a part of her life since. Much of her work has been focused on improving prison conditions and addressing racial injustices inherent within the criminal legal system in CT and across this nation. She has spent decades advocating for change through educating the public, coalition building, organizing public protests and through legislative actions. Patrice Collins is doctoral candidate in the department of Sociology at Yale University. Before joining the doctoral program, Patrice worked as a preschool teacher, early education lab instructor, family consumer science lecturer, and early childhood consultant in child development and social policy research. Her current dissertation research is based on ethnographic research with families of the incarcerated. The overall project highlights and centers the experiences, perspectives, and voices of Black families with incarcerated loved ones. Collins has been working with incarcerated families for the past ten years, and most recently helped to form a grassroots advocacy community organization for families with incarcerated loved ones in CT. The Civic Allyship Initiative is a program of Dwight Hall, Yale’s Center for Social Justice and Public Service. In committing to Dwight Hall’s position that New Haven is not Yale’s playground, the program seeks to elevate the existing work and leadership of community organizers. Learn more here. |
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New Haven Public Schools |
Special Education Tutors and ParaprofessionalsNew Haven Public Schools is hiring part-time (19.5 hours/wk) Special Education Tutors and Paraprofessionals. For more information about the positions please contact: Typhanie Jackson, Director of Student Services, Office of Special Education, Feel free to share this information with your networks. |
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