A Mother’s Journey from Incarceration, to Activism and Higher Education

SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 10:30 a.m.

at

Ethical Culture Society of Westchester

7 Saxon Woods Rd., White Plains, NY 10605

(914)948-1120

 

“A Mother’s Journey from Incarceration, to Activism and Higher Education”

 

                        After giving birth behind bars, Tina Tinen became active in the anti-shacking movement when she returned to society in 2012. NOW awarded her its Susan B. Anthony Award for her work. She is a former David Rockefeller Fund fellow and received a Human Services Associates Degree Phi Beta Kappa from the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She is now in her senior year at Hunter College, part of CUNY. College and Community Fellowship (CCF), an organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated women continue their education, has been instrumental in her college career.

 

                        Tina is a member of the Incarcerated Mothers’ Committee of the Coalition of Women Prisoners. She is also working with Women and Justice to transform the former Bayview Correctional Facility on 20^th Street and 11^th Avenue into a space dedicated to equality, liberation and justice for girls and women everywhere. It will be a hub for re-entry programs and leadership training as well.

 

There will be opportunity for Q&A

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OFFERED AFTER THE PROGRAM

 

For more details, email Phyllis at [email protected]