Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
February 2019. APP-HRC and NJ-AFSC/Prison Watch. Day 1- Townhall/Forum; "The Impact of Generational Incarceration"
Day 2- Trauma/Healing Community Workshop- " Healing the Wounds of Generational Incarceration". Trenton, New Jersey.
Saturday, December 29, 2018 1-3:30pm. PHILLYAPP-HRC Community/Coalition Meeting. Lehigh Library; Philadelphia, PA.
Thursday, December 20, 2018 6-8pm. MARYLAND JUSTICE PROJECT. "Invest in Women: PreRelease Advocacy Tour". Baltimore County Library; Owings Mills Branch. Owings Mills, MD. https://www.facebook.com/events/781460935545003/
Monday, November 26, 2018 7-8:30pm. SHENVALLEYAPP-HRC Monthly Meeting and Letter Writing Night.Kingsway Prison and Family Outreach. Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Saturday, November 3, 2018. 10am-12:30pm. SHENVAPP-HRC & RichmondAPP-HRC 10am-12:30pm. Amnesty for Virginia's Aging Inmates Workshop . Featuring Attorney Steve Northup, chaplain Richard Jackson, Social worker Lashawnda Singleton, founder of Institute for Reform and Solutions Nancy Insco, and former inmates. Houff Student Center, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyerscave, VA.
Friday-Sunday, November 1-3rd 2018. USHRNetwork FIHRE Fellowship(African Descent), Georgia.
Monday, October 15, 2018- 6-8pm. SHENVAPP-HRC participating in Criminal Justice Reform Walk and Meeting. High and Market Street. Harrisonburg, VA.
Thursday-Saturday, September 13-15, 2018-2nd Annual Gathering; Formerly Incarcerated Convicted and Peoples Movement. Quest for Democracy. Orlando, Florida. https://www.ficpfm.org/
Thursday, August 23, 2018- 5:30-7pm. MDAPP-HRC. "The American Criminal Justice System is BROKEN! How Do we Fix It". Metropolitan United Methodist Church. 1121 W. Lanvale Street. Baltimore MD.
Sunday, August 5th 2018- PhilAPP-HRC participating in 40 Years of MOVE9 incarceration. Philadelphia, PA. . http://onamove.com/day-of-resistance-august-8-2018/.August 8th is Day of Resistance for the MOVE 9 in Philadelphia.
Wednesday, August 1st 2018- DCAPP-HRC and DC Letters to Prison Host Letter Writing Night to Aging Prisoners 6-8pm. Potters House/DC Letters to Prisoners . Washington DC. https://www.facebook.com/DC-Letters-to-Prison-154440441891132/
Saturday, July 21, 2018 2-5pm- MDAPP-HRC participating in the Ending Incarceration for Women and Girls; How We Get There. Maryland Justice Project. Impact Hub. Baltimore MD. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ending-incarceration-for-women-and-girls-how-we-get-there-tickets-47889175814.
Tuesday-Thursday, July 17-19th 2018- APP-HRC speaking at 2018 Spirit of Peace Conference. " Prisoners of Geography; Constructing New Geo-Political Narratives through Human Resources and Sustainable Development Goals" African Burial Ground National Monument. New York, New York. https://www.africanviews.org/events/spirit-of-peace-conference.
Saturday, July 14, 2018- 10am-1pm. PHILAPP-HRC presenting at Philadelphia Black Social Workers Meeting. "Philadelphia a City of Trauma; Healing Families from the Effects of Generational Incarceration".1924 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Friday-Monday, June 15-18th 2018- APP-HRC speaking at International Conference on Penal Abolition 2018. Abolitionist Futures: Building Social Justice Not Criminal Justice. "Black Bodies Incarcerated and Industries of Oppression". Bierbeck University of London, London (UK). https://icopa2018.com/.
Thursday, June 14th 2018.- PAWAPP-HRC speaking at Community Education Forum; House Bill No. 135 & Senate Bill 942, Parole Eligibility for Life-Sentences. Criminal Justice Reform for Lifers. Allentown, PA. https://www.facebook.com/Sharon-Wiggins-and-The-Women-Lifers-Resume-Project-of-PA-116006545258924/
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28th 2018- MDAPP-HRC, VAAPP-HRC, VSU Psychology Department, and Richmond Association of Black Social Workers is co-hosting: "399 Years of Trauma , Creating a Paradigm of Healing and Well-Being for the Black Family" at Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6-8pm. Prisoner Letter Writing Night- Solidarity with Aging Prisoners. https://www.facebook.com/dcstampede/. DC Letters to Prisoners. Potter's House, Washington DC.
Saturday, April 21, 2018- 9:30-2pm. PA (Women's Lifers) APP-HRC speaking at Catholic Peace Annual Fellowship Retreat; Restorative Justice. "Women and Mercy". Philadelphia Pennsylvania. https://www.facebook.com/Sharon-Wiggins-116006545258924/.
Saturday, April 21, 2018- DCAPP-HRC co-hosting with AU Students Against Human Trafficking conference; "Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery". American University, Washington DC.
Saturday, April 7, 2018- DCAPP-HRC, MDAPP-HRC and Prison Resistance Project; "Prison Resistance Project Annual Summit: Restorative Justice and Alternatives to Prisons" UMD College Park, College Park, MD.
Friday-Sunday, April 6-8, 2018- LAAPP-HRC, presenting at "Beyond Incarceration Summit". New Orleans, LA. https://www.facebook.com/TheGraduates2000/photos/a.1673077153008634.1073741829.1616380255344991/1950673031915710/?type=3&theater
Tuesday, March 27, 2018-PAWAPP-HRC-Senator Sharif Street to host SB 942 Redemption Rally & Press Conference on March 27th at 11:30 am in the Main Rotunda located in the Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA. http://www.passsb942.com/.
All life sentences in Pennsylvania are imposed without the possibility of parole. This means that individuals sentenced to life imprisonment may not be considered for parole, no matter how much they have reformed themselves and no matter how unlikely they are to re-offend. Join us as we rally for change.
Monday, March 26, 2018-ShenValley APP-HRC will present on "Aging People in Prison: A U.S. Social and Moral Crisis", at 7:00pm, Mary Baldwin University. Staunton, Virginia.
Monday, March 26, 2018- ShenValley APP-HRC will present on panel at 12pm "The 5th through 8th Amendments" Federalist Society, Washington and Lee University School of Law. Lexington, Virginia.
Friday- Sunday, March 16-18 2018- PAWAPP-HRC and MDAPP-HRC will host panel; "Aging People in Prison: A Grassroots Approach to Justice and Human Rights" at Advancing Real Change annual mediation training; Baltimore MD. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baltimore-mitigation-training-series-tickets-42359634808