| May 22, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
The Walk to Freedom for CORI Reform
*5.22.08 (click to download flier)*
Thursday, May 22nd @ 10am
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown
Orange Line T-Stop: “Community College”
Last Friday, college students gathered on Boston Common with megaphones and chalkboard signs, in a fledgling attempt to form a statewide student movement advocating reform of Massachusetts’ Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system.
Students from a dozen area schools and universities demonstrated for Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reform on Friday, April 11th at the brewer fountain outside of Park Street station.
An Open Letter from Students for CORI Reform
www.CORIspondence.org
Video by Students for CORI Reform. Visit www.CORIspondence.org
Commemorating 40 years since Dr. King’s assassination, BWA members attended the Dream Reborn Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Hosted by Green For All, BWA members joined activists and organizers from across the country to build strategies to leverage new jobs for people of color in the burgeoning green economy.
Thought Piece by BWA Staff, Aaron Tanaka in PeaceWork Magazine
Seeking Work and Dignity King’s “Second Phase”
“America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube.” (Dr. King, 1967)
CORI HEARING REPORT BACK
On Tuesday, March 18, the Judiciary Committee Chaired by Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty and Sen. Robert Creedon held a Public Hearing on Deval Patrick’s CORI Reform Bill #4476. Over 400 people overflowed the hearing room, representing dozens of organizations and thousands of concerned citizens.
BWA held its first Appreciation Benefit at the Youth Development Center in the Carver Den in Dorchester. Over 120 people joined the BWA for a hearty meal and evening of poetry and dancing. BWA recognized our “First Supporters,” giving awards to the Mass Law Reform Institute, Dorchester People for Peace and the District 7 Roundtable.
Patrick announces bill, order to reform CORI
By Yawu Miller
January 17, 2007 — Vol. 43, No. 23
Gov. Deval Patrick last week announced a bill and an executive order, both aimed at stemming what some have called excesses in the state’s Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) law.
Thank you for staying informed and supporting our efforts during this last year. We have made unprecedented progress in our movement for jobs and CORI reform. Let us increase our resolve to win dignity and economic justice in 2008.
