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Parenting Beyond Bars with Chesa Boudin

April 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

This event will be moderated by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who grew up visiting his incarcerated parents in New York prisons and recently published “Across Prison Walls, I Felt My Parents’ Love” in the Nation.  He will be joined in conversation with California families impacted by incarceration to discuss how incarcerated people parent their children and the critical need for visiting, which will be promoted by AB 990.

Register here: bit.ly/ParentingBB-RSVP.

Speakers:

  • San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin
  • Willard “Ali” Birts (All of Us or None) and his daughter Angela Hedlins (Place4Grace)
  • Karen McDaniel (Place 4 Grace Executive Director) and her son James
  • Lisa Gregory (One Family program in San Francisco Jail, run by Community Works West)
  • Angela James (PolicyLink/Alliance of Boys and Men of Color) and his son Eric
  • Norma Cumpian (Anti Recidivism Coalition)
  • Ivana Gonzales (Coalition for Family Unity; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children)

Register here:  bit.ly/ParentingBB-RSVP.

The event will also be live streamed on Facebook: @CoalitionForFamilyUnity.

Support Coalition for Family Unity and help us make #AB990 law:
Sign up here:  bit.ly/JoinCFU.
Follow us on social media:  https://linktr.ee/CoalitionForFamilyUnity
Learn more about CFU:  https://prisonerswithchildren.org/family/

Details

Date:
April 8, 2021
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Website:
bit.ly/ParentingBB-RSVP