ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Alternatives to Violence Project is an experiential program that helps incarcerated persons to build self esteem and trust; to develop listening skills and assertive, nonviolent methods of expression; to collaborate and avoid competitive conflict; and to engage in creative conflict resolution. AVP workshops inside prison are co-led by incarcerated persons and facilitators from the outside community. Visit: avpusa.org

Correctional Association of New York is an independent organization authorized by NYS law to monitor prisons and report its findings to the legislature and broader public. This is carried out through onsite prison visits and confidential communications with incarcerated persons. Correctional Association access enables people inside prison to participate in and shape public debate. Visit: correctionalassociation.org

Hour Children supports women and their children, both during a mother’s incarceration and upon a mother’s release. Hour Children provides a range of services inside and outside prison. Some of these include: a residential nursery inside BHCF; transportation for children for visits with their mothers, while staying with local host families; parenting education and advocacy for incarcerated women; and supportive housing, job training, and childcare support on re-entry. Women who receive support from Hour Children’s programs are five times less likely to return to prison.

Visit: hourchildren.org

NY Campaign for Alternatives to

Isolated

Confinement (NYCAIC) advocates sweeping reform of NY’s use of solitary confinement and other forms of extreme isolation in state prisons and local jails. NYCAIC works through public education, community organizing and support of the Humane Alternative to Long-Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act.

Visit: www.nycaic.org

Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) uses the transformative power of the arts to help people in prison develop skills to unlock their potential and to succeed in the larger community upon release. RTA operates arts programs in NYS prisons in the Hudson Valley, serving over 200 incarcerated men and women. More than 800 prisoners have participated in RTA since it began, and hundreds have been released. Fewer than 5% of RTA participants have returned to prison within three years of release.

Visit: rta-arts.org

Release Aging Persons in Prison (RAPP) works to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice through the release from prison of older and aging people and those serving long and life sentences.

Visit: rappcampaign.com

NY State Poor People’s Campaign

There are at least 140 million people in the country who are impacted by the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, Militarism and the false narrative of Christian nationalism. The Poor People’s Campaign believes that nonviolent struggle has the power to end these injustices, shift the narrative from individual shame or blame to systemic root causes and transform our society. Visit: nysppc.org

The 2023 live, in-person premiere of Got My Wings is presented by Creative Alliance Project (CAP), a Katonah-based non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating deep connections; working toward equity and social justice through creativity in all its forms. CAP encourages broad community involvement through its programming and engagement to under-resourced and marginalized residents—weaving individuals, civic organizations, local government and cultural institutions together.

Visit: creativeallianceproject.org