The Osborne Association, Fortune Society, and Hour Children are co-sponsoring a webinar on the diverse challenges, needs, and strengths of older people returning to New York City. Speakers will highlight effective models that promote healing, community, contribution, public safety, and positive cross-generational outcomes.
Speakers are:
- Andre Ward, Associate Vice President of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, The Fortune Society
- Christine Green, Program Director Marcus Garvey Supportive Housing, Osborne Association
- Judy Clark, Community Justice Advocate, Hour Children
- Roslyn Smith, Program Manager, Beyond Incarceration
- Moderated by: Wendell Walters, Osborne Center for Justice Across Generations
Learn more and register here.
This webinar is the first in a 3-part series that will examine the challenges and the opportunities to enact solutions that attend to the needs of older people inside New York’s prisons and jails, support their reentry, and bring them home. Future webinars are:
- “Advancing Age-Aware Correctional Practices” (July 19th)
- “Bring them Home!: Policy and Legislation” (August 9th)