VA: Free Advocacy & Workshops
Start: Saturday, October 08, 2016• 2:00 PM
Partnering for Powerful Citizenship
Organizing for Just, Safe & Caring
Communities and Congregations
FREE Advocacy & Voting Workshops
for Returning Citizens (Ex-offenders)
& Caring Neighbors
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016, 2-5 PM
Lake Anne Community Center Gallery
1609-A Washington Pl, Reston, VA 20190
• Apply for re-enfranchisement and register to vote, for absentee ballots and get VOTER
PHOTO IDS.
• Learn about the needs of returning citizens, volunteer opportunities and how to work in
solidarity for everyone’s well-being.
• Reduce recidivism with Ban the Box for more employment opportunities.
• Stop mass incarceration by raising our state’s Felony Threshold (lowest in the country) and sentencing reform.
• Learn how to advocate for humane reforms like curtailing shackling and solitary confinement with:
WORKSHOP PARTNERS INCLUDE: OAR of Fairfax; RIHD.org Mobile
Justice Tour; NAACP-PAC; Social Action Leading Together (SALT); VA CURE; Virginia Alliance Against Mass Incarceration; and Bridging the Gap in Virginia.org.
For more information: see IPJ on Facebook; call 703/860-1203
or email us at interfaithpartnersforjustice@gmail.com