Join Tools for Tomorrow Webinar: Supporting the Formerly Incarcerated (12/14)
Join the Tools For Tomorrow panel discussion on helping formerly incarcerated individuals find work. The program is free and open to all. Cheryl Walker-Robertson will host Judge Renée Hughes (ret), CEO of Philadelphia OIC, Atif Bostic, Executive Director of UpLift Solutions, and Brandon Flood, Secretary of the Board of Pardons of Pennsylvania in a discussion on career development advice for formerly incarcerated people. The link to join is in the flier, and attached here.
Philadelphia Bail Fund is Looking to Hire New Executive Director! (1/9/22)
Who We Are: Founded in 2017, the Philadelphia Bail Fund (“PBF”) combats mass incarceration by working to end cash bail and pretrial punishment in Philadelphia. Until that day, we seek to prevent the harms of wealth-based detention by paying bail for our neighbors in need at the earliest possible moment after arrest. Every year, thousands of Philadelphians, overwhelmingly poor and Black, have a price set on their freedom. Our work stems from the belief that this practice is un
Learn How to Dismantle Structural Racism with Why Not Prosper (1/18/22)
For more information, please send an email to whynotprosper@aol.com To register, click here.
Need Your Record Expunged? ORP and PLSE Host an Expungement Event! (12/21)
Need more information? Contact Khalil Morrison at khalil.morrison@phila.gov. To sign up, please complete the form by clicking here.
Penn Medicine is Hiring Community Health Workers
Penn Medicine’s Penn Center for Community Health Workers is currently hiring full-time community health workers (CHWs) to do life-changing work in the community. CHWs are people who come from the communities they serve. They act as caring neighbors to help people address the social, medical and community problems that lead to poor health. Penn Medicine is looking for CHWs to support their patients in dealing with the issues that keep them from staying healthy, help with the t
Points of Triangulation, By Mural Arts, Asks Us to Change How We Perceive Incarcerated People
AL DìA: Andrew Kolba | December 2, 2021 With a recently unveiled mural — Points of Triangulation — Mural Arts Philadelphia is asking for viewers and residents to change how they perceive incarcerated people. The mural was first unveiled in October, during this past Mural Arts Month. Mural Arts Philadelphia is posing the question by depicting two separate yet similar murals that face one another. The intention is to ask viewers to make a choice. One mural is headlined with, “o
YSRP is Looking to Hire a Reentry Coordinator and Program Coordinator
YSRP is excited to share that they are growing! YSRP is looking for skilled professionals to support their core work. The two individuals will work directly with YSRP client-partners to mitigate harm during interactions with the court and carceral systems and to walk alongside client-partners as they return to their communities. A summary of the two open positions is below. The Reentry Coordinator will work in partnership with youth who have been charged in the adult criminal
De-carceration Fund is Planning to Invest in Businesses Working to Dismantle the Justice System
The Philadelphia Citizen: Jessica Blatt Press | November 30, 2021 Chris Bentley comes from a long line of pioneers. There’s his mother, who was chair of the math and computer science department at Cheyney University, at a time when women were still the minority in both academia and math and science fields. She’d always been a role model to young Bentley, and not just because he loved visiting campus, where John Chaney was coaching basketball (before he went on to Temple); he
The Community Resource Corps is Recruiting Members!
The Community Resource Corps is excited to be expanding the new CRC AmeriCorps Program. This program is designed to connect residents to high-priority resources, like: income-based assistance programs housing support digital-access programs anti-hunger programs, and more! They are now accepting applications for Corps Members who will work about 30 hours a week! CRC welcomes Corps Members with diverse experiences and identities. They are often trusted community leaders that ar
4 Coalition Members Awarded PCCD Funding
YSRP, CEO, FREE and Why Not Prosper all received violence prevention grants from Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). “Gun violence is a scourge that cuts right to the heart of our communities. We must do more to prevent violence in our commonwealth and stop the trauma of violence from blighting our future,” said Gov. Wolf. “These grants will provide communities and local organizations with necessary resources to disrupt violence, promote healing and make