Second Chance Lobby Day
North Carolina Legislature-16 West Jones St. Raleigh, NC 27601
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 9am-3pm
Theme: I’m for Second Chances
Community Success Initiative, along with the North Carolina Second Chance Alliance and our North Carolina Reentry Support Partners are very excited to have secured Tuesday, April 26, 2011 for the very first Second Chance Lobby Day—Theme: I’m for Second Chances –at the North Carolina Legislature (16 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601) which will allow formerly incarcerated persons along with organizations and individuals who work with these individuals to gather for a day long (9am-3pm) series of training, press conference, advocacy (walking the halls of their legislature, etc) and relationship building.
Several bills have emerged (and are still emerging) at the NC Legislature from the recent Reentry Studies of the Joint Select Reentry Study Committee, Governor Purdue’s StreetSafe Task Force, and the Justice Reinvestment Study. Although we are still working on the strategy on where exactly to place our advocacy efforts, we are excited just to be “at the table” given the long road of talking about the barriers that impact formerly incarcerated individuals in our state around the areas of jobs, housing, education and human services. North Carolina Legislature Reentry bills, click here
Although we are still working out the details (stay on the lookout for ongoing updates/details) for this historic event, we wanted you to get it on your calendar, and begin to build momentum (carpools, buses, vanpooling, getting the word out, etc) for being at the North Carolina Legislature on Tuesday, April 26th
As you can imagine, this event will have lots of ‘moving parts” to make it a success. Food, packets, posters, media, advertising, sound systems, tents, etc will be needed. We will need all “hands on deck” as well as all resources as well to pull this off. Your generosity helps to continue the work of Community Success Initiative/ Second Chance Lobby Day. You can use your debit or credit card to make a tax-deductible donation today, at www.communitysuccess.org or you can still mail your check payable to Community Success Initiative to our address below. Please contact us with other suggestions you may have to support this effort
Dennis
Community Success Initiative
PO Box 61114
Raleigh, NC 27661
Dennis W. Gaddy
Executive Director
Community Success Initiative
PO Box 61114
Raleigh, NC 27661
919-834-7626 ext.11
