DC RAN (Reentry Action Network) Meeting
Regular meeting of the DC RAN (Reentry Action Network).The public is invited to RAN meetings for the first part of every meeting; however, the RAN meetings close for members only after a certain point so membership can discuss internal matters.
Regular meeting of the DC RAN (Reentry Action Network).The public is invited to RAN meetings for the first part of every meeting; however, the RAN meetings close for members only after a certain point so membership can discuss internal matters.
Regular meeting of the DC RAN (Reentry Action Network).The public is invited to RAN meetings for the first part of every meeting; however, the RAN meetings close for members only after a certain point so membership can discuss internal matters.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Team Rayceen and the DC Anti-Violence Project are presenting a panel discussion about domestic violence in the LGBTQ community. Members of the community are invited to attend, listen, learn, and share their stories.
Attendees are invited to start arriving at 6pm. The discussion will start promptly at 7pm.
The program will be moderated by Rayceen Pendarvis
Scheduled panelists include
June Crenshaw
Jessica Raven
Sarah D. Lawson
Light refreshments will be provided.
Latino Agencies United to Stop Violence Against Women hold their the annual Vigil and March in the Greater Washington DC Metro area for the Latinx community. Come support and help us make noise to educate and create awareness about domestic violence in our Latinx immigrant community.
Join the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC) for a free annual event in which survivors of all types of crime are invited to use artistic expression to share their stories and celebrate strength and resiliency in their recovery. Here, words do not have to be the primary medium; color, texture, and visual expression will capture what words cannot.
Make a fashion statement that really says something: wear something purple on Thursday, October 18th to honor victims and support survivors of domestic violence! This year marks the 10th annual observance of Purple Thursday, the awareness day launched by the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence that’s now gone national.
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Join My Sister’s Place for an open-air art exhibition of t-shirts created by survivors and their children that tell the stories of how they overcame abuse with courage and hope. Come out for music, food, art and more! Bring your friends and help break the silence.
Join artist Marta Perez-Garcia for the unveiling of Si te cojo…:Cuerpo, mujer y rotura, a public art installation, developed with survivors that reflects on how gender-based violence impacts women and society. Listen to speeches from the artist and local domestic violence agencies, and
join the community reflection.
The Corrections Information Council (CIC) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) invite you to the 2018 DC Prisoner and Reentry Symposium: Envisioning a New Jail. The purpose of this symposium is to provide information to the community and criminal justice stakeholders who will later be actively engaged in the discussion and planning around a new jail for the District of Columbia.
