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Category Archives: Actions
EEOC Accepting Public Input on the Issue of Criminal Background Checks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will publicly consider developing a policy on Arrest and Conviction Records as a barrier to employment. They will take testimony via Commissionmeetingcomments@eeoc.gov DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 9:30 A.M. Eastern Time PLACE: … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Legislation
Tagged background check, Ban the Box, BCI, Business, Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination, Eastern Time Zone, Employment, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, hearing, hiring, Housing, NCIC, New Orleans, regulations, Title VII, United States, United States Department of Labor
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Registration Now Open for FICPM National Conference- Nov. 2nd
The Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement (FICPM) will host its inaugural national conference on November 2nd, 2011 in Los Angeles, with the primary task of ratifying a national agenda that illustrates the Full Restoration of Civil and Human Rights … Continue reading
Harlem Riverside Church hosts discussion on “The New Jim Crow”
In a sign that one prominent faith organization is confronting the Incarceration Nation dilemma, Harlem Riverside Church will be hosting a roundtable with Michelle Alexander, Tina Reynolds (Women on the Rise Telling HerStory, and FIPCM Steering Committee member), and others. … Continue reading
Posted in Actions
Tagged civil rights, Drug Policy Alliance, Fortune Society, Harlem, Jim Crow, Jim Crow laws, Michelle Alexander, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, SUSAN ROSENBERG, The New Jim Crow:Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Tina Reynolds, United States, women on the rise telling herstory
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Petition Oprah: Make “The New Jim Crow” your Book of the Month!
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Color-Blindness” is the most important book affecting Black America since Alex Haley wrote “Roots.” The American Prison Industrial Complex, which would make the Ku Klux Klan blush, is not just … Continue reading
A Report on Torture and Racism in Pennsylvania Prison
The Human Rights Coalition of Pennsylvania is poised to release a scathing report regarding the use of torture in a state penitentiary. They are calling upon activists and citizens to speak out against likely retaliation directed upon the prisoners who … Continue reading
From Brooklyn to Oakland: April 23rd Events Stoke the Movement
Across the nation, activists and organizations are coordinating The Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement. This Saturday, April 23rd, there will be evenings of testimony, artistry, solidarity and movement building. Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) is collaborating with … Continue reading
Posted in Actions
Tagged Activism, All of Us or None, Brooklyn, California, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Linda Evans, New York City, Prison-Industrial Complex, San Francisco Bay Area, Tina Reynolds, United States
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A National Campaign to End Price Gouging on Prison Phone Rates
Nationwide Research Finds Excessive Prison Phone Rates Exploit Prisoners’ Families Brattleboro, VT – Prison Legal News (PLN), a monthly publication that covers criminal justice-related issues, released a report this past weekend at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, prison economics
Tagged campaign, Crime and Justice, Goldman Sachs, National Conference for Media Reform, New Hampshire, new mexico, phone rates, Political corruption, Prison, prison legal news, Prison-Industrial Complex, prisoners families, thousand kites, United States
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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Latest “Ban the Box” Battleground: RI on Tuesday.
At the Rhode Island Statehouse this Tuesday, civil rights and social justice advocates will be making a stand for an anti-discrimination trend that is sweeping the nation: “Ban the Box.” This box on job applications, asking if one has been … Continue reading

Dying for Human Rights: Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike Tomorrow
What exactly is a hunger strike? It is when someone, or a group of people, will choose death over their current living conditions. But not an unknown pointless death; instead, they will commit a long, grueling, public death designed to … Continue reading →