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HEY, NEW YORK! This is an EXCELLENT week to call your assembly reps and tell them to vote YES on the #PLANAct, which helps level the field in professional licensing for people with conviction histories.

More info: www.womenscja.org/ny_prelimina...

Find your rep:
nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
A pile of button badges. Each shows the state of New York on a black background, accompanied by a check mark and the text, "Pass the #PLAN Act"
March 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Join us this Thursday 3/20 for a virtual conversation with @hughryan.bsky.social and Rev. Dr. Sharon White-Harrigan about the past and present of women's incarceration in NYC and bold visions for abolition and reform!

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A flier that reads: The Past and Present of Women's Mass Incarceration in NYC: A Virtual Conversation with Rev. Dr. Sharon White-Harrigan and Author Hugh Ryan
March 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Join us on March 1 from 2-5 PM at Weeksville Heritage Center for a day of healing for women and gender-expansive people!

Performances, care stations, and workshops; food and childcare provided!

bit.ly/rpmp-weeksville-healing
A flier for a day of healing for women and gender-expansive people on March 1 from 2-5 PM, presented by Rikers Public Memory Project and the Women's Community Justice Association. Weeksville Heritage Center 158 Buffalo Ave. Brooklyn, NY All other info in post.
February 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Join us TONIGHT for this year's first Justice4Women Task Force meeting and get to know WCJA's legislative priorities with Director of Advocacy and LGBTQ+ Initiatives @edidin.bsky.social! 6 PM EST; scan QR code or join meeting at www.google.com/url?q=https:...
A flier for the Justice 4 Women Task Force Meeting tonight at 6 PM EST on Zoom
February 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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WCJA - Women's Community Justice Association (1 of 2) We are appalled to see the Federal Bureau of Prisons rushing to comply with Trump's transphobic executive orders by preparing to transfer trans women to men's facilities. Trans women--at any stages of medical transition--are women; and in men's facilities they face documentedly increased risk of harassment, abuse, and assault. We stand by our trans sisters and applaud those who have chosen to challenge this unfair and unsafe policy in court. WCJA - Women's Community Justice Association (2 of 2) This is a vivid reminder, too, of the fact that inequality and discrimination are almost always amplified behind bars, where an already vulnerable population has little in the way of resources, respite, or power to challenge unjust authority. As you fight for your rights outside, don't forget to listen to and advocate with our siblings in jails and prisons.
January 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Today and every day, we are proud to stand with the thousands of survivors of sex abuse in prisons and jails who spoke up under the Adult Survivors Act; and to hold space with any who are still finding their voices. #SurvivorsDemandJustice #BeyondRosies
A photograph of a rally. A speaker stands at a podium; members of the crowd hold signs reading “survivors demand justice” and “stop sex abuse in prisons” in English and Spanish.
November 13, 2024 at 6:29 PM