
<p> Mass Incarceration Outreach Opportunities Compiled for Equipping the Saints, January 21, 2017</p><p>The devastating effects of mass incarceration (over-incarceration) can be addressed on several fronts: + pre-incarceration: providing tutoring and mentoring for children and teens to help them avoid getting caught up in crime and jail time. + incarceration: providing tutoring for men and women in prison so they can increase their chances of succeeding upon release from prison. + post-incarceration: helping men and women find jobs, housing and support upon their release from prison. Below is a list of organizations already engaged in these 3 areas. We are encouraging people to connect with one of these organizations and then recruit others to join you in the volunteer opportunities listed below: PRE-INCARCERATION: Men for H.O.P.E. 966 Broad Street, Trenton Menforhope.org, Patrick Hall, Director, 609.610.1897, [email protected] Tutoring youth in all core subjects 6 p.m. Monday evenings. Sat. & Sun. admin. help (i.e. recreating intake forms, in-putting information, creating a better brochure, sending out thank-you letters).</p><p>Urban Promise 801 West State Street, Trenton Urbanpromisetrenton.org, Georgia Koenig, volunteer coordinator, 609.566.4673, [email protected] Homework helper, Tutoring, Recreational aide, Resource person, Handyman, Photographer, Videographer</p><p>Isles Youth Institute 10 Wood Street, Trenton Isles.org, Craig Bell, Deputy Director of Isles Youth Institute, 609.341.4780, [email protected] Mentoring or tutoring youth</p><p>Westminster Presbyterian Church 1140 Greenwood Ave., Trenton, 609.498.7419 Get SET program: after school program for K-8, M-F 3-5:45 p.m.; homework help, mentoring, crafts.</p><p>1 INCARCERATION:</p><p>Petey Greene Program 9 Mercer Street, Princeton Peteygreene.org Contact: Nicole Simet, 201.953.5343, [email protected] GED tutoring at Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility or Garden State Youth Correction Weekly time commitment of 7:30-10:30 a.m. or 12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays door-to-door from Princeton University campus.</p><p>Letter-writing to inmates: Writeaprisoner.org</p><p>POST-INCARCERATION: Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K.) 72 Escher Street, Trenton Contact: Kelly Hansen, 609.695.5456, x.107, [email protected] Need volunteers to teach in their Adult Education Program; flexible hours and flexibility on subjects taught. New Jersey Association on Correction (NJAC) 986 South Broad Street, Trenton Angel Perez, Executive Director, 609.396.8900, x.16, [email protected] Clinton House, a pre-release halfway house under the purview of NJAC 21 N. Clinton Ave., Trenton Volunteer options: offer G.E.D. tutoring, resume writing, and/or tax preparation for working, male returning citizens. We would need to devise what we want to offer and be vetted through NJAC and the Dept. of Corrections.</p><p>Westminster Presbyterian Church 1140 Greenwood Ave., Trenton, 609.498.7419 ESL program, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays</p><p>Other organizations engaged in Mass Incarceration Outreach Efforts:</p><p>Campaign to End the New Jim Crow – Trenton/Princeton Chapter http://endnewjimcrownj.org/</p><p>New Brunswick Presbytery Mass Incarceration Task Force Contact/chair: Bill Wakefield. 609.306.5299. [email protected]</p><p>“You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance. You have to get close.” Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</p><p>2</p>
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