FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Barbara
Richards, Director, Project 180
850-445-5682
or: Adam Tebrugge
adam@tebruggelegal.com
Van
Jones to Speak About US Criminal Justice System Reform
Sarasota,
FL (January 13, 2016) – On
Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 7:30 PM, the Hermann & Sally Boxser
Diversity Initiative and Project 180 will present Van Jones, nationally
acclaimed CNN political analyst and leader in the movement for criminal justice
reform, at Sainer Hall on the New College campus.
As the head of #cut50, a national
bipartisan initiative, Jones advocates a safe and smart reduction of the
incarcerated population in the US by 50 percent over the next ten years,
contending that “Reliance on excessively long sentences and the incarceration
of low-level offenders is both morally indefensible and economically
unjustifiable.” At a time when families
are homeless and schoolchildren go hungry, America spends $80 billion every year
on the incarceration industry—an expense that has a devastating impact on
individuals, communities and society as a whole.
Barbara Richards, Executive Director
of Project 180, applauds the work of Van Jones and says, “Our current criminal
justice system negatively impacts the life course of offenders and their
families, strains public budgets and has limited resources to provide the
whole-life rehabilitative services offenders need to succeed.”
The evening’s proceeds will benefit
Project 180 and the Boxser Diversity Initiative. For tickets and more
information see https://goo.gl/qY4uCr or contact Barbara Richards at 941-677-2281.
The Boxser Diversity Initiative,
based in Sarasota, promotes diversity programs throughout Southwest Florida by
partnering with like-minded organizations in the presentation of speakers and
programs promoting diversity and inclusion.
Project 180 (www.project180reentry.org), a Sarasota-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a prisoner
reentry program. Project 180 seeks to reintegrate former offenders into
community life by providing practical educational programs in Gulf Coast
prisons and jails and by offering an annual lecture series on reentry for the
public.
Event Details:
Who:
Van Jones
What:
Presentation about the Need for US Criminal Justice System Reform
Where:
New College Sainer Art & Music Pavilion
5313 Bay Shore Rd Sarasota FL 34243
When:
Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm.
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