Correctional System Reform Groups
Provider: ELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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The organization is a human rights group that is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Services include correctional system reform groups and human rights groups. There are no geographic restrictions.
The Center has four campaigns which promote alternatives to violence and incarceration. They are Books Not Bars, Soul of the City, Green Collar Jobs Campaign and Heal the Streets.
The Books Not Bars works to close California's current youth prison system and replace it with effective rehabilitative alternatives and community-based centers.
The Green Collar Jobs Campaign addresses the lack of work opportunities for at-risk youth and the formerly incarcerated. The campaign brings about workforce opportunities in the green economy creating dignified jobs for low income families.
The Ella Baker Center is focusing on reducing the country's incarceration rate by 50 per cent over the next 10 years. The aim is to 1.) Close the three remaining youth prisons in California and continue to demand that decision-makers invest in education and opportunities for youth. 2.) Launch a new national Books Not Bars affiliate program that engages communities and organizations across the country to reduce incarceration. 3.) Expose and challenge the political special interests who block critical criminal justice reforms by putting their economic gains over safe and thriving communities for youth and families.
The organization is a human rights group that is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Services include correctional system reform groups and human rights groups. There are no geographic restrictions.
The Center has four campaigns which promote alternatives to violence and incarceration. They are Books Not Bars, Soul of the City, Green Collar Jobs Campaign and Heal the Streets.
The Books Not Bars works to close California's current youth prison system and replace it with effective rehabilitative alternatives and community-based centers.
The Green Collar Jobs Campaign addresses the lack of work opportunities for at-risk youth and the formerly incarcerated. The campaign brings about workforce opportunities in the green economy creating dignified jobs for low income families.
The Ella Baker Center is focusing on reducing the country's incarceration rate by 50 per cent over the next 10 years. The aim is to 1.) Close the three remaining youth prisons in California and continue to demand that decision-makers invest in education and opportunities for youth. 2.) Launch a new national Books Not Bars affiliate program that engages communities and organizations across the country to reduce incarceration. 3.) Expose and challenge the political special interests who block critical criminal justice reforms by putting their economic gains over safe and thriving communities for youth and families.
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Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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+15104283940
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