From Justice Involved to Creating Food Justice in Harlem

Recently, our newest cohort of Harlem Justice Corps Members began their service term. The Justice Corps is part of a larger initiative support by the New York City Young Men's Initiative and the Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College. The Harlem Justice Corps is a bridge program helping justice-involved youth 18 to 24 to connect to further vocational training, employment and educational advancement. It does this through soft skills training, youth development activities and civic engagement. Each corps member is provided a life coach...

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Congratulations Raising My Voice Graduates!

Graduates with Linda Steele (left), Strategic Coordinator for Circle of Support & Raising My Voice lead trainer. Last night while it was stormy outside, there was a storm of love inside the Church of the Heavenly Rest. For the past twelve weeks a group of formerly incarcerated persons, supported by volunteers from the Church, participated in a presentation skills training called Raising My Voice. Raising My Voice was started to...

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Growing with Justice Plus: Eight Young Adults Graduate!

A lush oasis in the middle of Harlem’s urban landscape, Harlem Grown is a community farm that provides a unique respite for children and adults in the neighborhood. This was certainly the case for friends and family of our eight Justice Plus graduates, who celebrated their successful completion of the Harlem Community Justice Center program on June 30, 2016. Justice Plus is a collaboration between the Harlem Community Justice Center, the Department...

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"Getting Snatched Back": The Fight for Expungement Laws in NY

  Sponsored by Assemblywoman Annette Robinson, and hosted by the Community Service Society, a Reentry Roundtable on June 22, 2016 focused on the expungement of criminal records in New York State. The rich discussion at this roundtable emphasized the urgency of creating laws that allow formerly incarcerated people in New York State a second chance at a full life. The conference kicked off with a welcoming speech by Assemblywoman Robinson...

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Neighborhood Stat Meeting for Queens and Staten Island

On June 8, 2016, representatives from the Harlem Community Justice Center attended the action-packed annual “NeighborhoodStat” meeting hosted at 1 Police Plaza, hosted by Elizabeth Glazer, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and Amy Sananman, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP). MAP is a new collaborative effort to reduce violence in public housing developments with high...

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