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Big Town Going Green features The Fortune Society’s Environmental Remediation Training. Another effort on Fortune’s behalf to provide opportunities, skills and hope to formerly incarcerated men and women. View the article after the jump.
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Please join us for our weekly Wednesday cooking demonstrations at Castle Gardens. Details after the jump.
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The Fortune Society’s JoAnne Page is interviewed by BlackBook Mag online. Read the article after the jump.
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Fortune raised over $50,000, and over one hundred and fifty attendees enjoyed cocktails, outstanding music thanks to John Forte and DJ Layela, and an exciting array of silent auction items. Photo gallery after the jump.
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“…a spokesman for the Fortune Society, a New York-based nonprofit advocacy group for ex-offenders, hailed EEOC’s action as a welcome step forward. The labor market is “a totally different place” in terms of technology and employer access to personal background information than in 1990, when EEOC last issued guidance, said Glenn Martin, the organization’s vice president of public policy. As more small and medium-sized employers obtain criminal background information, they need guidance on how to “make the right decision” on using that information, Martin told BNA. EEOC’s updated guidance not only helps build “a level playing field” for ex-offenders seeking employment but also will expand the labor pool of qualified workers for employers that follow the guidance, Martin said.” Click the link above to read the full story!
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On March 19, 2012 Josue Ramos, Community Organizer with The Fortune Society, submitted testimony before the New York City Council Budget Hearing Committees. Read more after the jump.
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The Fortune Society’s JoAnne Page discusses prison reentry programs, and criminal law attorney Gabe Tapalaga talks about the latest criminal justice issues. Podcast link after the jump.
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Glenn E. Martin, Vice President of Development and Public Affairs for the Fortune Society, and Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy has written an Op-Ed in support of a bill to open up more employment opportunities for the formerly incarcerated. Read more after the jump.
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Experts Vote Fortune Society #1 in Positive Impact in Criminal Justice System!
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Toolkits titled, Employing Your Mission: Building Cultural Competence in Reentry Service Agencies and In Our Backyard: Overcoming Community Resistance to Rentry Housing, outline how to successfully employ men and women with criminal histories is now available. This is the product of a joint effort by The Fortune Society in partnership with the Prisoner Reentry Institute…
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Please join us for our weekly Wednesday cooking demonstrations at Castle Gardens. Details after the jump.
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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer invites you to attend “Moving Beyond Stop and Frisk: A Dialogue on Alternatives that Work.” Glenn E. Martin, Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, is one of the featured panelists.
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You’re Invited!! Join hundreds of young philanthropists as they come together for an evening of live music, cocktails and great food in support of The Fortune Society, one of the nation’s most respected nonprofit organizations offering services to formerly incarcerated men and women. The Second Annual Spring Soiree takes place on May 16th, 2012, at 9pm at the Trump SoHo in Manhattan. Click the link above to learn more and purchase your tickets today!
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Please join The Fortune Society and The Sentencing Project on June 4th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Castle Gardens, The Fortune Society’s mixed-use, green affordable housing development located at 625 West 140th Street in West Harlem, for a panel discussion about the Sentencing Project’s recent publication, “To Build a Better Criminal Justice System: 25 Experts Envision the Next 25 Years of Reform.”
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The Castle II is already proving to be a popular successor to the long-running off-Broadway play The Castle I, and your next chance to see this incredible performance is right around the corner! More details after the jump.
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Join us Sunday, February 5th, at 3:00PM to hear four powerful stories from individuals whose journeys have gone from prison to becoming successful, responsible members of New York City society. For tickets or for more information please contact David Rothenberg at 212-255-4834.
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There are plenty of opportunities coming up to see the new Castle II performed.
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Fall Benefit is a Rousing Success
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“Both Sides of the Bars” airs July 31st, with a rebroadcast on August 3rd, via local cable stations
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Join us for the second of two sessions to learn more about the powerful and dynamic relationship between the Chief Executive and the Board Chair. We will hear from pairs of Executive Directors and Board Chairs from three organizations with different types of partnerships: (1) The Executive Director and Chair of The Fortune Society have worked as a team for several years; (2) The Executive Director and Chair of Goddard Riverside Community Center have worked together for a while, but the Chair is beginning her term in 2011; and (3) The Chair and Interim Executive Director of Civitella Ranieri Foundation, represent a different type of partnership limited in time and focused on transition.