Calling all formerly incarcerated leaders!

If you have a project or innovative idea and are looking for an initial investment, be sure to apply for the Canary Impact Fund prize!

To apply: forms.gle/hDVFwzyJ2Wytkg…

Building Credible Messenger Programs Immersions are back! CMJC was pleased to welcome community/system teams from Dover, DE, Hartford, CT & Philadelphia, PA in NYC for two-days of hands-on learning & information sharing -- the national learning network grows stronger each day.

Check out all of the upcoming training and event opportunities for the CMJC!

So many exciting topics led by Credible Messenger for Credible Messengers.

More info:

cmjcenter.org/training-suppo…

Tomorrow: Join Credible Messengers throughout the country, sharing their transformative work and a presentation of the 2022 Credible Messenger Impact Awards where leaders will be recognized for the work that impacted communities & changed lives.​

Info: tinyurl.com/2xvpcvyk

We can’t fight crime by locking up more of our kids. Incarceration damages young people’s physical and mental health, impedes their educational and career success, & often exposes them to abuse.

Read more from The Sentencing Project: sentencingproject.org/reports/why-yo…

About 65-70% of youth involved with the #youthjustice system have a disability. Check out this new report from NCLD to learn more, including policy recommendations to create safe and healthy environments where young people with disabilities can thrive: ncld.co/3F0hDJq

A new study by the @UrbanInstitute highlights the promise of credible messenger programming and the need to center lived experience in service delivery and policy making. medium.com/nyc-opportunit… 1/4

Thank you NYC Opportunity for uplifting the credible messenger work!

Hot off the presses! Important new research on the promise of credible messenger programming...
#TrustedRelationships Credible Messenger Justice Center

Grateful to have contributed to a new study from NYC Opportunity, conducted by @UrbanInstitute, highlighting the promise of credible messenger programming and the need to center lived experience in service delivery and policy making.  #TrustedRelationships medium.com/nyc-opportunit…

Calling all Credible Messengers!

We want our feed to embody the work happening everywhere!

If you have action shots of credible messengers doing dope work, please send us the photo, a brief caption of what the photo embodies, and the social media handles of the people to tag!

Homeward NYC BRONX (@homewardnyc) supportive housing is now accepting applications.

For more information, please contact Mina Chauhan (Program Director) at:
📧 [email protected]
📞 917-801-4950 Ext 11.

Join us on our Positive Youth Development training!

🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/positive-you…

Don’t miss our Credible Messenger Mentoring 101 training next Monday! 🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/credible-mes…

'To meaningfully address mass incarceration, steps must be taken to counter the anti-Blackness that dominates the nation’s criminal legal system.'— Nicole D. Porter (she/her) in the July 2022 issue of Sojourners bit.ly/3ySlWnb

People in state prisons suffer disproportionately from asthma, hepatitis C, HIV, and substance use disorder.

Findings from Prison Policy Init. report:

prisonpolicy.org/reports/chroni…

Better policy solutions for justice impacted students means including their voices in the debate. The Education Trust’s #JusticeFellows program was started to do just that. Now recruiting for their 2nd cohort – check out the requirements & apply edtru.st/JusticeFellows…

From Al Jazeera PR: “Even though Almeer Nance didn’t pull the trigger, he was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to a minimum of 51 years in prison.” He was 16 at the time of his sentencing. aljazeera.com/program/fault-… #YouthJustice

What does your vision for true #MentalHealth investment for youth look like? Click the link and image below to see just one pathway from crisis to support from @NJJNetwork. #YouthJustice njjn.org/our-work/menta…

This week is #ChildrensWeek2022 . Learn more about just several of the many organizations and advocacy groups that urge Congress to make sure the needs of children and youth are included in our policies via First Focus on Children firstfocus.org/blog/childrens…