Please join us this Social Work Month for the
2020 Diversity & Inclusion Series
THEME: The Impact of Incarceration
Life After Incarceration: Overcoming Structural Barriers
Date: Wednesday, March 4th from 4:30pm-6pm
Location: Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room, 326 Penn Street Camden, NJ 08102
Parking: Free parking at the Camden County College Parking Garage, 622-698 Penn St., Camden, NJ.
Join us for a discussion around the challenges of reentry, such as housing and employment access in addition to stigma and collateral consequences of having a criminal record. Topics to be discussed include:
· How difficult it is to clear a criminal record (i.e. expungement) and how society shuts out returning citizens from being able to participate in their community
· Inefficiency of reentry programs when many formerly incarcerated individuals continue to be unable to secure employment after release, and the ultimate taxpayer waste that comes from these practices
· The importance of incorporating mental health and skills trainings inside jails and prisons to properly equip individuals for life upon release
Speakers:
Dameon Stackhouse - MSW Student from Rutgers University
Ronald Pierce - Democracy and Justice Fellow, NJ Institute for Social Justice
Assata Thomas - Director of the Institute for Community Justice, a Program of Philadelphia Fight
Hosted in partnership with the Rutgers University School of Social Work
