LEARN ABOUT THE CRISIS, HOPEFUL POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE and
WHAT YOU and YOUR CONGREGATION CAN DO!!

Opening Speaker: Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister of The Riverside Church

Additional Key Presenters (list not complete):

Dr. Robert McCrie: Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Mr. Anthony Simpson: Church of Gethsemane
Ms. Rima Vesely-Flad: Director, Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE)
Ms. JoAnne Page: President and CEO, The Fortune Society

WHEN: Saturday, October 28 2006 9 am – 3 pm (A light breakfast and full lunch will be served.)

9 - 9:30 Breakfast/Registration
9:30 Conference begins

WHERE: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 445 West 59th Street (Northeast corner of West 59th & 10th Avenue). There is no charge for this event.

RSVP/Information: Annie Rawlings, Presbytery of NYC, tel: 212-870-2221, socialwitness@presbynyc.org

Did you know . . .

• The US imprisons a higher percentage of its population than any other nation – including long sentences for nonviolent crimes and for nonviolent parole violations.
• People who leave prison after their sentences have ended are re-arrrested at an astonishing rate: 67% within 3 years.
• The incarceration rate is nearly four times greater for African-Americans and 50% greater for Hispanics than for Caucasians and Asians.

Sponsored by: The Presbytery of New York City and The Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE)