State and local policies can either help returning citizens succeed post incarceration or put obstacles in their way that impede reintegration.
Learn what policy proposals advocates in Michigan are pushing for to expand reentry support and remove obstacles and learn how you can help make them a success. Connect with other reentry service providers, advocacy leaders, and stakeholders to learn how you can help remove barriers and improve supports as people come home from prison.
Hear from state and national leaders on topics such as:
Zip tying children. Deportations without due process. Inhumane detention conditions. Local law enforcement engaging in federal immigration enforcement.
These abusive practices are scary on their own. Even ore troubling is the risk that they will spill over to non-immigration law enforcement, jail, and prison practices.
When Shameka Layton was fourteen, she left a dysfunctional household and never returned. She met a fellow runaway named Walter who had left a group home in search of his parents and siblings. Walter soon began drinking and selling drugs, which resulted in him becoming abusive towards Shameka.
You will leave this training with the basic tools you need to put your group’s goals and demands into an editorial for digital and print media outlets. We’ll cover how to stay on message, the necessity of being clear about goals and demands, who has the power to deliver them, and moving the public to support your campaign.
