NYAPRS Note: The New York City Justice Peer Initiative (JPI) will be hosting a statewide conference, Building the Justice Peer Community in New York: Pushing Policy & Progress Forward, next Friday (6/30) at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. We are excited to participate in this event which will highlight the need to build the peer community for the justice impacted. There will be discussions about how to best support people with mental health challenges in the criminal justice system as well as needed policy changes. Register for the event using this link. See below for more information.
A FULL-DAY CONFERENCE JAM-PACKED FULL OF COLLECTIVE POLICY-MAKING, LEARNING, HEALING, & ADVOCACY FOR US BY US! WORKSHOPS WILL FOCUS ON BUILDING THE JUSTICE PEER MOVEMENT – STRENGTHENING THE CRIMINO-LEGAL SYSTEM PEER WORKFORCE COMMUNITY. WE WILL PROMOTE OUR VOICES AS THE “SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS” IN THE ROOM. WE WILL SOLIDIFY OUR SEATS AT THE TABLE THAT BELONGS TO US! OUR KEYNOTE WILL BE THE DYNAMIC DR. MASICA JORDAN OF JORDAN PEER RECOVERY – COME HEAR HER SPEAK ABOUT BUILDING A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEER SUPPORT WORKFORCE – COME HEAR OUR EVENT SPONSOR – HELEN ‘SKIP’ SKIPPER – THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NYC JUSTICE PEER INITIATIVE TALK ABOUT BEING “UNAPOLOGETICALLY PEER” – COME LEARN HOW WE CAN, AS A COMMUNITY CRAFT POLICY & ADVOCACY – COME HEAR HOW WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN TABLE – CREATING SEATS FOR OUR CHANGE AGENTS – OUR HOPE DEALERS! COME HEAR HOW WE CAN USE OUR LIVED EXPERIENCES TO PUSH FURTHER, FASTER, AND BETTER AS WE PROGRESS FORWARD!
