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  March 08, 2023 City Limits

  Opinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars

  “We witness firsthand the challenges that our older participants face when they come to us, usually because they no longer have family to turn to after such long periods of incarceration: physical health issues that might be less severe if treated properly sooner; unaddressed trauma, greatly exacerbated by incarceration; lack of financial resources; and homelessness.”

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  February 23, 2023 Princeton University

  Princeton’s ‘Felon: An American Washi Tale’ theater project explores contemporary injustices

  Alone in solitary confinement as a teenager, Reginald Dwayne Betts called out to the other men being held in solitary: “Somebody, send me a book!” Moments later, Dudley Randall’s “The Black Poets” slid under his cell door.

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  February 15, 2023 The Fortune Society

  NEW YORK FAITH LEADERS RALLY TO URGE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING ACT

  FAITH LEADERS TO MAYOR ADAMS: ENDING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE

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  February 07, 2023 The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society’s Statement on the Recent Death on Rikers Island

  The Fortune Society mourns the death of 65-year-old Marvin Pines.

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  January 30, 2023 The Fortune Society

  TESTIMONY OF THE FORTUNE SOCIETY: THE COMMITTEES ON AGING, CONTRACTS, AND YOUTH SERVICES OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL

  To discuss the need to establish prevailing wage requirements for city-contracted human services workers.

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