Black Community losing power: Counting inmates in the wrong place Community forum
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 05:15 pm to 07:45 pm
Organized by
Hosts: The Center for Church and Prison, The New Democracy Coalition, Prison Policy Initiative, Mass Black Empowerment Coalition, Demos, Road to Redemption, The Love Movement, The Cultural Cafe Collective
Prison-Based Gerrymandering is the Counting of Inmates as Residents of Their Incarcerated Communities in the Census rather than their Original Communities
| For: | Youth, Youth Workers |
| Ages: | Adults |
| Type of Event: | Lecture / Forum |
Please contact any host organizations or the Mattapan Public Library for more information.
Details
In Massachusetts, Five Districts are able to meet the Federal Minimum Population Requirement because they have jails/prisons in their Districts.July 1, 2010 Incarceration Report By Race in Massachusetts
White 4,263 (41.5%), Black 2,892 (28%), Hispanic 2,872 (28%),
BLACKS ARE 6-7% OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
Implications for Minority Communities:
Punishing the inmate and his/her Community
Increase in Impoverishment and Crime- The Shifting of Political and Economic Power
NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PANELISTS
Mr. Peter Wagner, Esq.
Director: Prison Policy Initiative
Senator Stanley Rosenberg
Massachusetts Senate President Pro Tem and Co-Chair of The Massachusetts Redistricting Committee
Representative Michael Moran
Co-Chair Massachusetts Redistricting Committee
Brenda Wright, Esq, Director: Democracy Program
Rev. William Dickerson: Pastor: Greater Love Tabernacle
Mr. Michael Curry, Esq. President: NAACP Boston
Mr. Haywood Fennell: Director: Stanley Jones Clean Slate Project
Moderator
Rev. George Walters-Sleyon: Director: The Center for Church and Prison
HOSTS: The Center for Church and Prison, The New Democracy Coalition, Prison Policy Initiative, Mass Black Empowerment Coalition, Demos, Road to Redemption, The Love Movement, The Cultural Cafe Collective, etc,
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