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LARRP Monthly Newsletter: MAY 2019 BECOME A LARRP MEMBER TODAY! Support our work and gain access to our "Member's Only" page, with inside info on grants and more... Membership Restoring People! Rebuilding Community! Reshaping the Nation! SPOTLIGHT May is here, w hich means the “Shaking up Reentry: A Collaborative Approach to Reentry in LA County” conference is upon us! As many of you know , LARRP has been supporting the LA Department of Probation to develop the first ever Reentry Symposium in LA County. We are excited about the robust agenda for the day and hope you w ill be joining us for the full day at Quiet Cannon: 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello 90640. Below w e share some agenda teasers, be sure to review the full agenda. Impact and Impacted Keynote Address! LA County is proud to host Ms. Tonier Cain-Muldrow , CEO and Founder of Tonier Cain International, as the keynote speaker. With 83 arrests, 66 convictions, and nearly tw o decades struggling w ith drug addiction, Ms. Cain-Muldrow is a trauma survivor and internationally recognized trauma informed care expert. Her w ork has focused on heightening aw areness of the characteristics and effects of trauma and improving the performance of service providers government agencies, and others w ho interact w ith people w ho have survived trauma. Additionally, Ms Cain-Muldrow has produced, advised, or been featured in numerous films, including “Healing Neen” and “Walking Thru Bullets.” Where else will you get to see all the bosses in one place? The Chief’s Panel w ill feature the chief executives of all LA County departments that w ork w ith current and formerly incarcerated people, including DA Jackie Lacey, Probation Chief Terri McDonald, Public Defender Ricardo Garcia, Sheriff Alex Villanueva, DPSS Director Antonia Jimenez, our ow n LARRP Exec. Director Troy Vaughn, and MORE! These execs w ill outline their vision for reentry in LA County and take your questions. Register NOW! Come hungry! Breakf ast and Lunch w ill be provided. May 30, 2019 A Symposium on Redefining Reentry: Developing an Innovative Reentry Vision for Los Angeles County May 30, 2019 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Quiet Cannon, 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello, CA 90640 Registration Break-out Bonanza! With over a dozen fascinating and in formative breakout sessions, you are going to have a hard time selecting the tw o you w ant to attend. From Respecting Gender, to Engaging Employers, to Contracting and Capacitation,
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LARRP Monthly Newsletter: MAY 2019BECOME A LARRP MEMBER
TODAY!
Support our work and gain accessto our "Member's Only" page, withinside info on grants and more...
Membership
Restoring People! Rebuilding Community! Reshaping the Nation!
SPOTLIGHTMay is here, w hich means the “Shaking up Reentry: A Collaborative Approach to Reentry in LA County” conference isupon us! As many of you know , LARRP has been supporting the LA Department of Probation to develop the f irst everReentry Symposium in LA County. We are excited about the robust agenda for the day and hope you w ill be joining usfor the full day at Quiet Cannon: 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello 90640. Below w e share some agenda teasers, besure to review the full agenda.
Impact and Impacted Keynote Address!LA County is proud to host Ms. Tonier Cain-Muldrow ,CEO and Founder of Tonier Cain International, as thekeynote speaker. With 83 arrests, 66 convictions, andnearly tw o decades struggling w ith drug addiction, Ms.Cain-Muldrow is a trauma survivor and internationallyrecognized trauma informed care expert. Her w ork hasfocused on heightening aw areness of thecharacteristics and effects of trauma and improving theperformance of service providers governmentagencies, and others w ho interact w ith people w hohave survived trauma. Additionally, Ms Cain-Muldrowhas produced, advised, or been featured in numerousfilms, including “Healing Neen” and “Walking ThruBullets.”
Where else w ill you get to see all the bosses inone place? The Chief’s Panel w ill feature the chief executives of allLA County departments that w ork w ith current andformerly incarcerated people, including DA JackieLacey, Probation Chief Terri McDonald, Public DefenderRicardo Garcia, Sherif f Alex Villanueva, DPSS DirectorAntonia Jimenez, our ow n LARRP Exec. Director TroyVaughn, and MORE! These execs w ill outline their visionfor reentry in LA County and take your questions.
Register NOW!
Come hungry! Breakfast and Lunch w ill be provided.
May 30, 2019A Symposium on Redefining
Reentry:Developing an Innovative Reentry
Vision for Los Angeles County
May 30, 20198:00 am - 5:00 pmQuiet Cannon, 901 Via San Clemente,Montebello, CA 90640
Registration
Break-out Bonanza!With over a dozen fascinating and in formative breakoutsessions, you are going to have a hard time selectingthe tw o you w ant to attend. From Respecting Gender,to Engaging Employers, to Contracting and Capacitation,
the Break-Out Sessions w ill be packed w ith criticalinformation, insights and discussions. And everysession includes one or more impacted people. Startthinking about w hat sessions you w ant to be at byreview ing the topics and speakers here.
LARRP MEETINGS and EVENTS
Next LARRP General MeetingMAY 9, 20199:30 AM – 12:00 PMAmity Foundation3750 S. Grand Ave, LA
LARRP's next General Meeting w ill be addressingsome of the most current issues surrounding thereentry population!
LARRP Life Experiences LARRP Executive Directors's Report LARRP 2019 State Legislation PrioritiesOverview Alternatives to Incarceration WorkgroupOverview Unity Conference: future Federal Legislation
Register!
Employment Committee MeetingThursday, June 27th9am-11am
Goodwill Industries/North East Worksource342 N. San Fernando RdLA, CA 90031
Catherine Lozano from Shields for Familiesand Jose Osuna from The MeaningFoundation will give a special presentation ontheir services and best practices in reentryemployment services including employerengagement.
Please join us for this special presentationand conversation on "lessons learned". Wewill have short committee meeting after thepresentation.
Plenty of free parking in the lot directly acrossthe street!
Don't Miss this GrantWebinar Workshop!
5/2/20192-4 PM May 2ndThe Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnershippresents
California CommunityReinvestment GrantWorkshopw ith The LARRP Policy Training InstituteLARRP OFFICE742 N. La Brea Ave.,Inglew ood CA, 90302 The w orkshop w ill consist of a robust presentationand Q&A session on the application requirements:eligibility criteria, timelines, evaluation process w ithscoring. The LARRP Prop 64 CRG w orkshop is opento LARRP members at no cost and $25.oo for non-LARRP members. Light refreshments w ill beprovided.
Register
LARRP's FREE Legal ClinicFirst Saturday of Every Month
Housing Committee MeetingMAY 16, 20191:30pm-3:00pm HOPICS5715 S. Broadw ay, LA 90037
The LARRP Housing Committee Meetings arerecurring on Every Other 3rd Thursday (Oddnumbered months)
May 4, 10AM -1PM Amity Foundation 3750 S. Grand Ave. LA, CA 90007
If you have a criminal record of any kind and youneed help getting it removed, reduced, or expungedthen register for these free expungement clinics.Attorneys and paralegals from the Los AngelesCounty Public Defenders Off ice w ill be onsiteproviding FREE post-conviction relief in the City ofLos Angeles. Job recruiters and other serviceproviders w ill be on site as w ell.
Register
Please note: LARRP General Meetings and other events are open to the public. By attending, you consent to having your
voice and likeness recorded, photographed, posted on LARRP's website and social media, and included in LARRP's
materials and publications for noncommercial purposes. If you don't want to be photographed or recorded, please let the
facilitator know so you can be seated accordingly.
ACTION ITEM
LA County BOS Launches FairChance Hiring CampaignOn Tues April 20, 2019, Supervisors Hilda Solis and MarkRidley-Thomas introduced a motion to commit toimplementation of the Fair Chance Hiring Law. Themotion opens with critical statistics: "Federal and localstatistics suggest that 1 in 3 working-age Americans has afelony criminal record; and up to 75% of individualsreleased from prison/jail are unemployed after a year."
The motion directs:(1) Workforce Development and others to report within 30days with a plan to increase hiring of justice-involvedindividuals by private sector businesses, associations andcommunity-based organizations(2) Implement a Countywide Fair Chance Hiring Pledgeand education and media outreach campaign: Clickhere to read the motion
*“Fair Chance” means inquiry into criminal history onlyafter the employer has made an offer of employment, andthen retraction of the offer only if a conviction is relatedto the job." (definition by LARRP Steering Committeemember Joe Maizlish)
Keep up w ith the Board of Supervisors meetings,motions and resources at LARRP Steering Committeemember, Joseph Maizlish’s site
LA County CJ Resources
Cannabis Social Equity in LosAngeles is in Crisis!
Since the passage of Proposition 64 and Measure M,the residents of Los Angeles w ho have been impactedby the War on Drugs have been w aiting to see equity,justice, and repair.
We deserve a FULLY funded Social Equity Program tobegin to address the harms to our communities. Thisfunding w ill provide technical assistance, education,loans, and other services to qualif ied applicants w how ant to ow n businesses in the cannabis industry.
The City of LA has yet to fund the program.
Sign the Petition
Read the Cannabis Social Equity Report, Repairingthe Harms, Creating the Future: CreatingCannabis Social & Health Equity in Los Angeles(2019) for more in depth information.
PARTNER EVENTS
SAVE THE DATEGang Prevention &Intervention
ConferenceMon, May 13, 2019,9:00 AM – Tue, May14, 2019, 4:30 PMHilton Long Beach 701West Ocean Boulevard,Long Beach, CA 90831more infoBuy Tickets
05/20/201906/04/2019HealingThroughWritingWith New York TimesBest Selling Authors Susan Burton - 4/16 - Executive Director of A New Wayof LifeShaka Senghor - 5/20 - Executive Director of Anti-Recidivism CoalitionFather Gregory Boyle - 6/4 - Founder of HomeboyIndustries Central Library, Los Angeles Public Library Meeting Room A 630 W. Fifth St., LA
MAY 14,201910am-3pmAnchor of Hope InternationalMinistries RE-ENTRY CONFERENCE
City of Refuge14527 San Pedro St.,Gardena, CA, 90248
Contact:310-516-1433 or 323-509-4897
NEWS
Featured News Story
Featured this month, is an important NYTimes featureexploring the concept of Prison Abolition!
We are also featuring several articles about w hat LosAngeles could be doing about the linked problems ofHomelessness, mental health and jail overcrow ding.
Also, check out our NEWS page, w here w e areconstantly posting the latest new s pertaining to thisspace.
Visit the LARRP News Page
Is PrisonNecessary?
Ruth WilsonGilmore MightChange YourMind
NYTimes Feature, April
More News Stories
OVERCORRECTIONCalifornia Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now CountyJails Are More Deadly.ProPublica April 24,by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and RyanGabrielson, ProPublica
In a 48-hour stretch during January 2018, three menw ere booked into the Fresno County Jail. One w asbeaten into a coma. Tw o died soon afterw ard. Theircases kicked off a nightmarish year in a local jail w hereproblems trace back to California’s sw eeping 2011prison dow nsizing and criminal justice reforms. Read more
THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT
Who Begs To Go To Prison?
17, 2019By Rachel Kushner
In three decades of advocating for prison abolition, theactivist and scholar has helped transform how peoplethink about criminal justice.Read more
L.A. Countycan safelyrelease andtreatthousands ofmentally ill inmates. So do itBy The Times Editorial Board, Apr 22, 2019 Read the editorial
Mentally ill homeless people keepgoing to jail. But a study says L.A.County can fix thatLA Times, APR 22, 2019By DOUG SMITHread more
How close is L.A. to building10,000 houses for homelesspeople? Here’s a breakdow n
By DOUG SMITHLA Times, APR 22, 2019
Read more
An Ex-Prisoner of America’s DrugWar Speaks Out: It’s Not Over YetThe Crime Report | April 17, 2019By Anthony PapaRead more
California Jail InmatesEffort to cut prison overcrow ding puts some jails incrisis.
The Marshall Project, 04.23.2019By ABBIE VANSICKLE and MANUEL VILLARead more
LA Sherif f Watchdog: The FirstAmendment Shouldn't ShieldDeputy Cliques, Tattoos FromScrutinyThe laist BY FRANK STOLTZE IN NEWS ON APRIL 23,2019Read more
Bernie Sanders Is Right: WeShould Let the Boston MarathonBomber VoteReason, by JOE SETYON | 4.23.2019
Incarcerated people are already paying their debt tosociety. What good does it do the rest of the populationto take aw ay their right to have a say?Read more
21 more studies showing racialdisparities in the criminal justicesystemThe Washington Post, April 9By Radley Balko, Opinion w riterRead more
First major drug distributioncompany, former executives,criminally charged in opioid crisisNBC New s, April 23, 2019By Tom Winter and Elisha Fieldstadt
Read more
REPORTS
Featured Report More Reports
First major drug distributioncompany, former executives,criminally charged in opioid crisisNBC New s, April 23, 2019By Tom Winter and Elisha Fieldstadt
Read more and watch the video
Cannabis Social Equity ReportRepairing the Harms, Creating theFuture
CANNABIS - APRIL 16, 2019published by UFCW 770, Equity First Alliance LosAngeles and the Social Impact Center in Los Angeles
The new Repairing the Harms, Creating theFuture: Creating Cannabis Social & HealthEquity in Los Angeles (2019) report compilesextensive research that show s the City of Los Angeles’promising programs meant to repair the w ar on drugsneed a more comprehensive approach – and immediatefunding – to succeed.
Read the report
LARRP also has an amazing resource of Reports on thew ebsite
Reports Archive
Where ‘Returning Citizens’ FindHousing After PrisonSTATELINE ARTICLE, April 23, 2019By: Teresa Wiltz
For those w ho’ve been locked up in prison for years,f inding a home on the outside can be rough. Parolerestrictions may limit w here former inmates can live.Public housing and housing vouchers may be off-limits,and many landlords are reluctant to rent to formeroffenders.
The result, criminal justice experts say, is a housingcrisis among the formerly incarcerated, particularlyamong those recently released from prison.
Read the articleRead the report
