Directly Impacted Youth, Parents, and Activists Work to End Practices that Harm Children and Families
Panel Will Highlight the Essential Role of Father Figures and
Honor Incarcerated Dads
Directly Impacted Youth, Parents, and Activists Work to
End Practices that Harm Children and Families
WHO:
Unfinished Journey Founder and CEO Monica Banks
Youth Advocate Asia Carter
#Cut50 National Organizer Louis L. Reed
We Got Us Now Founder and CEO Ebony Underwood.
Hosted by LOHM Founder and Executive Director Topeka K. Sam
WHERE: Facebook
WHEN: Sunday, June 21, 2:00 PM EDT
WHAT: This Father’s Day, The LOHM will host #CelebratingFatherFigures, a virtual panel to discuss parental incarceration. Among the more than 800,000 incarcerated parents in federal and state prisons, 92 percent are fathers. On any given day, approximately 2.7 million children have a parent in prison. Most of these children deeply miss and need a relationship with their parents. Our panelists will share their own experiences and discuss policies about the experience of having a parent in prison, how people parent from behind bars, and how families navigate reentry.
“Incarceration creates tremendous barriers to family unity,” said Topeka K. Sam, founder and executive director of The Ladies of Hope Ministries. “The stress, heartbreak, and physical separation that comes with having an incarcerated family member takes an economic and emotional toll.”
In addition to Topeka K. Sam, the following panelists are available to interview:
Monica Banks is the Founder and CEO of Unfinished Journey, an agency that will replace traditional recruiting with digital tools to help individuals impacted by the criminal justice system gain meaningful employment.
Asia Carter is a 13-year-old who testified in support of the First Step and Pretrial Diversion Acts.
Louis L. Reed is a life coach and the national organizer for #Cut50.
Ebony Underwood is the Founder & CEO of We Got Us Now, a national organization and movement built by, led by, and about children and young adults impacted by parental incarceration.
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#CelebratingFatherFigures is the first installment of The 5th with The LOHM series. Each month, LOHM will host events that highlight our three interrelated Core Mission Program Areas: Direct Services & Sustainability, Empowerment & Edification, and Policy and Advocacy. On July 5th, 2020, the LOHM will formally introduce Hope House NOLA.
About Us: The LOHM create alternatives to incarceration, decarceration, and post incarceration opportunities by providing access to resources for education, entrepreneurship and sustainability through advocacy. ###