Where Will Your Mayor be Tomorrow?
Hopefully in NYC to address the issue of prisoner reentry…
U.S. Mayors to Tackle Prisoner Reentry and Employment at Urban Summit
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — U.S. Conference of Mayors President Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and other U.S. mayors will gather in New York for the biggest-ever national summit to tackle the crisis of mass incarceration and prisoner relapse that is crippling urban neighborhoods.
The Mayors Summit on Reentry and Employment brings together mayors, policymakers, leading academics, foundations and practitioners to share information, practices and strategies for helping former inmates find steady jobs after their release — and avoid going back to prison.
With 1 in 31 American adults in prison, jail, on parole or probation, the US prison system is in crisis. Hundreds of prisons nationwide are overcrowded to the breaking point, and high recidivism rates are largely to blame: 39 percent of prisoners have served three or more sentences.
This cycling in and out of prisons is taking a devastating economic toll on already-vulnerable urban communities. At this critical moment, policymakers and experts are determined to come together and develop concrete solutions to making sure that people who leave prison do not reoffend and go back.
A report focusing on strategies that cities can use to tackle these problems will be released in the weeks following the summit.
WHO: The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service The City of New York
WHAT: From Options to Action: The Mayors’ Summit on Reentry and Employment
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES: Trenton (NJ) Mayor Douglas H. Palmer, USCM President New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Philadelphia (PA) Mayor Michael Nutter, USCM, Memphis (TN) Mayor Willie Herenton, USCM Ex-Offender Reentry Task Force Co-Chair, New Haven (CT) Mayor John DeStefano, USCM Elizabeth (NJ) Mayor Chris Bollwage, USCM Brownfields Task Force Co-Chair Baltimore Deputy Mayor Salima Siler Marriott Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode, Sr. P/PV President Fred Davie Wagner School of Public Service Dean Ellen Schall
PRESS Q&A/ KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Mayor Palmer & Mayor Bloomberg 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM, Thursday, February 28th
WHERE: Twenty Four Fifth 24 5th Avenue, New York City
** Please also consider joining us on the evening of Wednesday, February 27th, at 6pm for a cocktail reception at the Torch Club (18 Waverly Place, New York City), followed by a screening of the reentry documentary Hard Road Home (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hardroadhome/) at 7:15pm at New York University’s Cantor Film Center (36 East 8 Street).
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. The primary roles of the Conference of Mayors are to promote the development of effective national urban/suburban policy; strengthen federal-city relationships; ensure that federal policy meets urban needs; provide mayors with leadership and management tools; and create a forum in which mayors can share ideas and information. More information about the Conference is available at usmayors.org.
Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. In carrying out this mission, P/PV works with philanthropies, the public and business sectors, and nonprofit organizations.
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