The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens is partnering with the Council for Court Excellence and the Vera Institute of Justice to examine and re-envision the state of jails and justice here in the city. Please join us in an open and imaginative discussion on the criminal justice system in DC.
For information or to RSVP, contact Jarnese Harris at [email protected] or 202-584-1000.
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens is partnering with the Council for Court Excellence and the Vera Institute of Justice to examine and re-envision the state of jails and justice here in the city. Please join us in an open and imaginative discussion on the criminal justice system in DC.
For information or to RSVP, contact Jarnese Harris at [email protected] or 202-584-1000.
Interested in applying for Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG) grant funding? Attend a free grant application training on April 25, 2019.
In commemoration of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019, Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC) invites you to the kick-off event for a pop-up exhibit featuring Honoring Our Past, Creating Hope for the Future: An Interactive Timeline, a community-created installation for the public, advocates, and survivors. This year's NCVRW theme - Honoring Our Past.
Learn about the Legal Services Program: Presentation: Know Your Rights during encounters with Law Enforcement and immigration agents, U Visa elegibility for victims of crime in the US, schedule a legal consultation, among other things. Presentations will be in English and Spanish.
Learn about CARECEN’s Legal Services Program: Presentation: Know Your Rights during encounters with Law Enforcement and immigration agents, U Visa eligibility for victims of crime in the US, schedule a legal consultation, among other things. Presentations will be in English and Spanish
"Honoring Our Past, Creating Hope for the Future:" An Interactive Timeline will be a community-created exhibit for the public, advocates, and survivors. Part art, part history, and part letters of hope for the future, this installation will celebrate milestones in DC's crime victims' rights, honor community and individual losses and trauma, and allows partners and participants to discuss innovative approaches for survivor-defined justice that are being piloted or could be explored in the coming year.
Specific ways to participate:
Join us to learn about the results of an evaluation of the DC Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program followed by a community discussion on available services for survivors of sexual assault. The event includes a panel discussion featuring NVRDC, DCFNE, & DCRCC leadership; and Choice Research Associates, moderated by Karen Mulhauser.
Free, confidential support for survivors and loved ones of traumatic injury as a result of an event such as a car accident, gunshot wound or fall. Light snacks provided.
Book Bash, sponsored by Community Family Life Services, is one big party for families in the DC community meant to encourage literacy and a love of reading among children and families without the resources to buy new books.! This year superheroes, Black Panther and Spiderman, will be on hand to teach children some karate moves and tell them about their adventures. There will also be free face painting, crafts and games, food, prize giveaways for parents and kids, DJ dance party, and of course lots of free books for all ages.
