During a Re-Entry Resources and Health Fair on June 15, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove presented Turning Point AOD with $900,000 for housing and all the supportive services necessary to empower formerly incarcerated women.
Turning Point presents “Spring Into Action – Gala Community Impact Luncheon” on Sunday, April 28, at 11 a.m., at 4391 West Mount Vernon Drive in the View Park district of Los Angeles.
On Dec. 7, the Black Equity Collective (BEC) held a Fireside Chat featuring hip hop artist, actor and philanthropist Common at the Blackbird House in Culver City. The program was moderated by Kaci Patterson, founder and chief architect of the BEC, which launched in 2021.
On Sunday, Dec. 3, LA activist and influential leader of the criminal justice reform movement, Susan Burton celebrated the 25th anniversary of her non-profit organization, A New Way of Life (ANWOL). ANWOL provides housing, and other services for women who are transitioning from incarceration back into the community.
Trying to gain traction with her struggling campaign, LA City Council District 10 Candidate Grace Yoo has attacked the major voter registration project that her opponent, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, created to increase the number of Black voters over the last 20 years.
In response to public outcry about the safety of low-level offenders during this Coronavirus pandemic, thousands of men and women are being released and re-entering our communities from prisons and jails. They face all of the traditional barriers to re-entry and are forced to navigate a world devastated by COVID-19.
The Los Angeles African American Women Political Action Committee (LAAAWPAC) will salute eight dynamic L.A.-area women at their inaugural awards gala. The theme is “Honoring Black Excellence.”
In March 2018, the Los Angeles Sentinel covered the story of 72-year-old Geneva Cooley, who was serving life without parole at Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka, Alabama for trafficking heroin hydromorphone and failure to affix tax stamps.
Congresswoman Karen Bass on July 13, led a group of panelists who are members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime in a hearing on criminal justice reform at the FAME Renaissance Center in Los Angeles. Hundreds of witnesses gathered at the center to hear about problems individuals face inside and outside the prison system and also to hear viable solutions. Special guests included John Harriel, a facilitator of reentry program, 2nd Call, Susan Burton, co-founder of A New Way of Life, and Stanley Bailey, who served 36 years in prison under California’s old Three Strikes law, all giving testimony about their experiences within the criminal justice system.
Described as a one-stop shop, the facility houses community and county service providers to assist clients with a second chance to change the trajectory of their life.
It took six visits to prison before Susan Burton found the support she needed to break the incarceration cycle. Determined to help other women like herself, she founded A New Way of Life Reentry Project in South Los Angeles in the late 1990s.
L.A. agency marks 20th anniversary of helping women rebuild lives after prison
“Building Justice,” a film by Ultan Guilfoyle about architect Frank Gehry’s work with students studying the inhumanity of prison design, and “The Real Background Check,” an animated short by ANWOL co-director Tiffany Johnson, will also make their debuts at the film festival.
70-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Life for Drugs
The Sentencing Project, a research and advocacy center based in Washington, D.C., estimates that nearly 6 million Americans are ineligible to vote because of laws targeting those with previous criminal convictions.