Empowerment Day: December 19th
On Saturday, December 19 from 11am-3pm, in neighborhoods across the city and state, teams of volunteers will go out into their communities to educate the public about Drop the Rock’s campaign to reduce incarceration in New York.
Teams will register voters and gather signatures on Drop the Rock’s new petition calling for prison closures, reforms of policies like work release, parole, and merit time, full repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and reinvestment in communities. Volunteers will be petitioning in supermarkets, public housing lobbies, and street corners.
Download this flyer to spread the word about Empowerment Day in your community.
Help us kick off our new campaign in your neighborhood! To get involved please contact Caitlin Dunklee directly at 212-254-5700 x 339 or cdunklee@correctionalassociation.org.
Empowerment Day will be the first event of the expanded Drop the Rock Campaign. We decided to hold this action during the holiday season to call attention to the impact which incarceration has on people in prison and their families and communities.
A training will be held for neighborhood team captains on Thursday, December 10th at 6pm at the Correctional Association.
