Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N Bluemound Dr, Appleton
Meeting will be held in Room HS114 A/B. Use Entrance 16.
Rep. Evan Goyke (18th District - Milwaukee) will be joined by formerly incarcerated individuals to talk about the financial and human costs—including being shipped out of state—of over-incarceration in Wisconsin. Goyke is the author of a plan (“Inmate 501”) and legislative package to convert Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools from juvenile corrections centers to AODA facilities for adults. (The plan was first presented publicly on November 29, 2017, more than a month before Governor Walker spoke about a similar approach.)
You can find Rep. Goyke’s analysis and plan here. A video of the November 29 presentation may be found here.
Click here to find WISDOM's extensive report on Crimeless Revocations.
Click here to download the Executive Summary.
Click here to download personal stories by victims of Wisconsin's unjust revocations policy.
Appleton Sanctuary Outreach Ministry, 1331 E Wisconsin Ave, Appleton
Rudy Bankston’s presentation, originally scheduled for April 14, 2018, was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The presentation has been rescheduled, and will occur at 3 pm on Saturday, May 5.
Adjunct professor at Edgewood College and full-time Restorative Justice Coach Roderick “Rudy” Bankston was wrongly convicted and handed a life sentence in his youth. Deeply wounded and experiencing a severe identity crisis, he turned his prison cell into a classroom. Today he is an educator, activist, and published author. His powerful story about his experience as a survivor of the school-to-prison pipeline offers key insights into the paradox of resiliency fueled by systemic injustice.
Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by ESTHER, EXPO and Appleton Sanctuary Outreach Ministry.
At this forum, WISDOM leaders from around the state will be asking gubernatorial candidates very specific questions about their intentions in the areas of criminal justice reform (including parole, crimeless revocations, treatment alternatives to incarceration, Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility, solitary confinement), public transportation, childhood poverty, health care, immigration, education, mining.
Confirmed candidates so far include:
Matt Flynn
Andy Gronik
Mike McCabe
Mahlon Mitchell
Kelda Roys
Kathleen Vinehout
Dana Wachs
Candidates unable to attend, expressing regrets: Tony Evers, Paul Soglin
Also invited, awaiting response: Scott Walker
Hosted by the WISDOM network.
Car-pooling from Northeast Wisconsin is being arranged, including reimbursement of cost of gasoline for those who drive. Contact ESTHER by phone (920-843-8083) or email (office@esther-foxvalley.org) to make arrangements.
EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing, a project of WISDOM), under the leadership of previously imprisoned women and men, works to end mass incarceration, eliminate all forms of structural discrimination against formerly incarcerated people, and restore formerly incarcerated people to full participation in the life of our communities.
Melissa Ludin is the new EXPO organizer in the Fox Cities. She works closely with ESTHER and its Prison Reform Task Force, as well as providing state-wide support. Here is how Melissa describes herself and her work:
I have been a leader and a board member of the organization since May 2016. As a formerly incarcerated woman, I lead with an unrelenting passion for criminal justice reform and reentry peer support…. My goal is to build trust and provide support, a mission I am still pursuing.
Fox Valley Technical College, Room E130 (Entrance 10), Appleton
Join us to watch Milwaukee 53206, a powerful documentary that chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America's most incarcerated city. This film tells the story of people from Milwaukee and across the United States who live with the daily effects of mass incarceration. There is no charge to attend.
Immediately following the screening, there will be a panel discussion chaired by Dr. Sylvia Carey Butler, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence, UW-Oshkosh. The panel features people with personal or professional experience in the harmful effects of Wisconsin’s over-use of jails and prisons and expertise in alternatives.
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 140 South Green Bay Road, Neenah
Join us for this special event during the ESTHER-Fox Valley Prison Reform Task force meeting that will include a presentation on Columbia University Justice Lab’s paper on mass supervision in Wisconsin.
Following the presentation, a panel discussion will take place featuring people who have been directly impacted by Wisconsin’s horrific, racist system of mass supervision.
NOTE: Childcare will be provided.
Read more about the Justice Lab’s research and conclusions here.
The forum is sponsored by JOSHUA, ESTHER, and EXPO.
Help spread the word: Download and share the attached flyer!
Presentation by Mandy Suthers, DarJune Recovery Communith Center.
Meeting will be held in Room HS114 A/B. Use Entrance 16.
Adjunct professor at Edgewood College and full-time Restorative Justice Coach Roderick “Rudy” Bankston was wrongly convicted and handed a life sentence in his youth. Deeply wounded and experiencing a severe identity crisis, he turned his prison cell into a classroom. Today he is an educator, activist, and published author. His powerful story about his experience as a survivor of the school-to-prison pipeline offers key insights into the paradox of resiliency fueled by systemic injustice.
EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing, a project of WISDOM), under the leadership of previously imprisoned women and men, works to end mass incarceration, eliminate all forms of structural discrimination against formerly incarcerated people, and restore formerly incarcerated people to full participation in the life of our communities.
Here is how Melissa describes herself and her work:
Join us to watch 
Join us for this special event during the ESTHER-Fox Valley Prison Reform Task force meeting that will include a presentation on Columbia University Justice Lab’s paper on mass supervision in Wisconsin.
