Free Her Conference August 4 & 5, 2015 - Families for Justice as Healing

Free Her Conference 2022

Discussion with Family Members fighting to bring their loved ones home and the work that's grown out of their struggle. 

Moderator - Danielle Metz - The National Council
Miquelle West - Free Michelle West
Dolores Canales - the Bail Project
Cindy Shank  - The Sentence

[I missed Miquelle's initial speech so it comes in with Cindy speaking]

The Family

Discussion about policies and legislation to help us toward ending incarceration of women and girls.  Note - Recording starts a bit late with Kassandra speaking. 
Recorded at the Free Her conference in Detroit - Friday September 30, 2022

Moderator: Louellyn Lambros - The National Council
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Kassandra Frederique - Drug Policy Alliance
https://drugpolicy.org

Morgan Godvin - Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Council
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/funds-from-oregons-voter-approved-drug-decriminalization-law-are-now-available-for-counties-to-support-treatment-and-other-services/

Jose Saldana -Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)
Laura Whitehorn - Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)
https://rappcampaign.com/aging-in-prison-reducing-elder-incarceration-and-promoting-public-safety/

Lisa Sangoi and Ashley Albert - Movement for Family Power
https://www.repealasfa.org/who-we-are

Gina Clayton - Essie Justice Group
https://essiejusticegroup.org/

Dawn Harrington - Free Hearts & The National Council Primary Caretaker https://freeheartsorg.com/about/

Policy Discussion at Free Her 2022

Andrea Ritchie - Interrupting Criminalization

Beyond Criminal Courts is a Digital Resource Hub for organizers, advocates and community members working together to build the organizing-power we need to defund, divest, and ultimately to dismantle criminal courts for good.

https://beyondcourts.org/en

This was recorded in Detroit at the 5th Annual Free Her Conference hosted by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/
https://millionexperiments.com/
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Andrea Ritchie - Abolishing the Courts

Discussion with formerly incarcerated people who are telling their stories through documentaries

Moderator - Andrea Muffin Hudson

Big Fifty - Big Fifty:The DelRhona Hood Story https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/878460-american-gangster-presents-big-fifty-the-delronda-hood-story?language=en-US

Fox and Rob: Oscar nominated - Time https://www.foxandrob.com/

Cindy Shank - The Sentence
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/judy-putnam/2018/10/11/hbo-documentary-sentence-drugs/1588979002/

Jahmil and Carole Eady: The bond
https://www.develupmedia.com/the-bond

Recorded at the Free Her conference in Detroit - Friday September 30,2022
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Documenting Our Stories

Closing Jails and Prisons: A discussion about the tactics used and challenges overcome. Recorded on October 1, 2022 in Detroit at the FreeHer Conference.  Note: The volume was a little all over the place - panelists had a wide range of speaking levels. 

Moderator- Frances Clarke - The National Council  https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Mallory Hanora - Families for Justice as Healing https://www.justiceashealing.org/ & The National Council (Shout Out PNP) 

Rueben Jones - Close the Creek
https://jlusa.org/campaign/closethecreek/

Helen Jones -Dignity and Power Now
https://dignityandpowernow.org/

Jordan Martinez Mazurek and Denise Daquigan - The National Council
https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Closing Jails and Prisons Free Her 2022

Remission: Relief from the Financial Life Sentence

Remission is a box you can check on Federal Clemency applications asking for forgiveness of restitution. 

Recorded at the Free Her Conference 2022 in Detroit https://www.nationalcouncil.us/

Moderator - Charlana McFarland
https://www.candoclemency.com/chalana-mcfarland/

Sue Mason - What's Next Washington
https://jlusa.org/leader/susan-mason/

Judith Negron - The Freedom Glow LLC
https://dream.org/initiative/empathy-network-advocacy-cohort/

Avalon Betts-Gaston  - Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice
https://www.ilarj.org/about

Remission Free Her 2022

ReImagining Communities What Different Looks Like Discussion
This was recorded at the Free Her Conference in Detroit on October 1, 2022. 

Panel opens with6 D's Until She's Free Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwwJ3iH_ULM

Moderator: Joneisha "Sashi" James - National Council and Families for Justice as Healing

Queen Cheyenne Wade - Alternatives to Policing
https://www.traprock.org/media/traprock-in-the-media/activist-shares-heart-vision-for-alternative-to-police/

Yvonne Douglas - Basic Income Guarantee - The National Council
https://f4gi.org/pilot/community-love-fund/

Armond Coleman - Restorative/Transformative Justice - 
Transformational Justice Project
https://www.transformprison.org/team.html

Stacey Borden - New Beginnings Reentry Services
https://www.newbeginningsreentryservices.org/

Reimaging Communities  Free Her 2022

Performances

Convoafterbeyondborders

Cedar's artist talk 11.23.24

June.2015 Opening keynote at 5th National Conference on Community and Restorative Justice in Ft. Lauderdale - About 17 minutes in there was a slide show and the question/answers are included. 

Dominic Barter on Restorative Circles in Brazil

@ the National Association for Restorative Justice Conference in Fort Lauderdale - June 2, 2015

sujatha baliga, Restorative Justice Project Director, Impact Justice, Azim Khamisa, Author, Speaker, and Founder of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, CA, Kate and Andy Grosmaire, Founders of the Ann Grosmaire Be the Change Fund, FL

Recording starts a couple minutes into sujatha's introduction.


Interfaith Panel on Forgiveness at Restorative Justice Conference

Deborah Small speaks on the opening panel of the Free Her Conference at Harvard Law School on August 4, 2015.  The Free Her Conference is presented by Families for Justice as Healing. 

Deborah Small @ Free Her Conference

August 4, 2015, Jasmine Barclay participates in the Youth Panel opening night of the Free Her conference speaking about her experience growing up with a father who was in prison, becoming a filmmaker with DC TV and working with Echoes of Incarceration. 

More info at Echoesofincarceration.org and justiceashealing.org

Jasmine Barclay speaking at Free Her Conference

August 4, 2015, Ayana Aubourg from Youth Against Mass Incarceration speaks at the opening panel of the Free Her Conference. Introduced by Andrea James, Ayana lifts up the mothers and all the courageous women fighting for justice and a new world. 

More info search @bostonyami and justiceashealing.org

Ayana Aubourg speaks at Free Her Conference

August 4, 2015, Kayla Bowyer from Pittsburgh, PA speaks about the Amachi Ambassadors on the opening panel of the Free Her conference. Andrea James introduces Kayla. 

More info search justiceashealing.org & justiceashealing.org

Kayla Bowyer speaks at the Free Her Conference

August 4, 2015 - Traveling from Iowa with her young daughter, Alicia Jefferson, author of 'A Child With Parents in Prison' speaks on the Youth panel about growing up with both parents incarcerated and her current work with children who have a parent locked up. 

Alicia Jefferson speaks on Youth Panel at Free Her Conference

Mujahid Farid talks about the 5 point platform of the organization Release Aging People from Prison and  the condition of NY State's broken parole system. Interview recorded  9.24.15

more info: http://rappcampaign.com/
new report about aging prisoners: http://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/files/2015/10/AgingInPrison_FINAL_web.pdf

If the Risk is Low Let them Go - Interview with Mujahid Farid

February 7, 2016 - Ashanti Alston, Black Panther, Soldier of the Black Liberation Army and Political Prisoner speaks about the impact of Russell Maroon Shoatz, Anarchism, organizing as a teenager with the Black Panthers, the Black Lives Matter convening in Cleveland, the importance and preciousness of relationships, studying in prison, escape attempts, all that you risk when you engage in the struggle and all that you love when you are committed to justice. 

Biko and Yasmine were kind enough to share their dad with us! You will hear them in the background. You'll also hear Ashanti emphasizing his points by tapping on the table. 

To read Maroon's writing that Ashanti mentions check out - https://russellmaroonshoats.wordpress.com/writings-interviews/

The Jericho Movement - http://www.thejerichomovement.com/

Thanks for the interview Ashanti!!

Ashanti Alston - Black Panther on Political Prisoners, Anarchism and Black Lives Matter

Friday June 17, 2016, darsheel kaur speaks on the value and impact of friend Marshawn McCarrel.  This story was told on the last day of the Restorative Justice in Motion Conference that took place in Harrisonburg, Virgina. 

Link to story about Marshawn: http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/24/marshawn_mccarrel_remembering_the_black_lives

Link to the conference:
http://zehr-institute.org/event/restorative-justice-in-motion-building-movement/

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