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November 06, 2009
NY: Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide
Allied Sister and Brothers!!
I really hope you can come out and support! And, remember - if you can't attend the event, you can still help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 to distribute this unique Survival Guide!
Imagine learning that someone you love has just been sentenced to prison – where do you turn? What should you expect? How do you keep yourself and your family together?
Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide, on November 14, 2009 - a unique reference created BY and FOR people with incarcerated loved ones. And now YOU have an OPPORTUNITY to make sure that information gets into the hands of those who need it most! Don’t miss this exciting event!
FREE! IS RAISING $5,000 TO DISTRIBUTE OUR "SURVIVAL GUIDE" FOR FAMILIES AND WE NEED YOUR HELP! IF 100 PEOPLE DONATE JUST $50 EACH WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL QUICKLY! ALL DONATIONS OF $25 OR MORE WILL RECEIVE ONE TICKET TO OUR SURVIVAL GUIDE LAUNCH PARTY AND YOUR OWN COPY OF OUR SURVIVAL GUIDE! (You can request that your copy be sent to a family member of your choice, or to a low-income member of FREE!)
The Survival Guide Launch Party will be held November 14th, 2009, from 4-7pm, at La Pregunta Arts Cafe, 1528 Amsterdam Avenue, Harlem, NY (btw 135th/136th Streets).
Featuring live entertainment, a Prison Art Auction by Inside Out Art, Inc., this event is also an opportunity to announce leadership transitions as our Founder and Acting Director, Kym Clark, steps aside, and we welcome Marion Rodriguez back into the Organizer position, and other members step forward to carry various torches of our work! Bid farewell to Kym, Happy Birthday to Cheri, Kym and Denise, and make your very first donation to Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment - FREE!
Go to: www.freefamilies.us and click on the CHIPIN widget to donate, or to http://survivalguide.chipin.com/free-survival-guide-launch-party. BE SURE TO INDICATE THE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE LAUNCH PARTY TICKET AND GUIDE when you donate!
DON’T WANT TO DONATE ONLINE? Make checks payable to our Fiscal Sponsor, "Brecht Forum", and write "FREE Families Rally" in the memo section.
Mail to: Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment
c/o Fortune Society
Long Island City, NY 11101
Please drop us an email at prisonfamz@gmail.com or leave a phone message so we can look out for your donation. 718-706-0195.
The Survival Guide was made possible in part by the North Star Fund, and the New York Foundation, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Posted by lois at November 6, 2009 07:08 PM