Boots on the Ground Roundtable Meeting
LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Roundtable (BOTGR) is a virtual, supportive, solution-driven space for direct aging service professionals and others to obtain and share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to stay connected and work collaboratively to continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.
Date: Friday, October 27, 2023
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Self-Care Exercise: Emily Janssen, Director of Learning & Engagement, StoryCorps
Topic: We're Older New Yorkers, Too: Aging and Incarceration in New York State
Speakers:
Wendell Walters, Manager for Policy & Advocacy at the Osborne Association’s Center for Justice Across Generations
Christina Green, Director of Supportive Housing, Osborne Association
Judy Clark, Community Justice Advocate, Hour Children
Description: Join us for a discussion on the experiences of older adults in prisons and the challenges that come with reentry (sometimes after many decades away). Subjects to be covered include: prison conditions and aging inside; healthcare; reentry housing; technology challenges; and the parole reform movement to bring older people home.
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