CUNY Academic Commons | Meredith Powers | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/maypowers/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Meredith Powers is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 ba6576c1e7f966dbfce92932cb125700 Rachel Jones started the topic PLSN & METRO @ Abolitionist Futures 2026 Kickoff Event in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/plsn-metro-abolitionist-futures-2026-kickoff-event/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:15:23 -0500 REGISTER HERE. Monday, March 9, 7:00-8:30 pm ET, Online, Free & Open to the Public

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join us! The Prison Library Support Network, in collaboration with METRO, hosts PLSN Presents: Abolitionist…[Read more]

]]> f491a27354b3b790bec2aff46377a88c Rachel Jones started the topic Books4Rikers fundraiser! January 15 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/books4rikers-fundraiser-january-15/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:42:13 -0500 Please join us for our first Books4Rikers fundraiser! Our goal is to raise money for reading materials for the 7,500 people incarcerated on Rikers Island. We will be crafting, drinking, and hanging out from 6-10 pm 🙂

When: Jan 15 from 6pm to 10pm EST

Where: BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar, 1157 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Books for Rikers…[Read more]

]]> 4529f902eb6346efc758f8120bc04506 Rachel Jones started the topic Book Donations in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/book-donations/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:25:54 -0500 At our recent Books4Rikers presentation, a question came up about where to donate books in NYC for prison libraries. The best known group is Books Beyond Bars. Guidelines for donations are here: https://booksthroughbarsnyc.org/donate-books/

Another group is Saxapahaw Prison Books. Information about their prison book program is here:…[Read more]

]]> 8c1c6a8f33a99eeba8052741688b219f Rachel Jones started the topic Abolitionist Futures Discussion Series - December 8 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolitionist-futures-discussion-series-december-8/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:15:26 -0500 Abolitionist Futures | Monday, December 8, 2025, 7-8:30 pm ET

Featured topic: Challenges to Our Movements: Self-Accountability as Building Blocks for Change

Featured speaker: Shannon Perez-Darby, founding member of the Accountable Communities Consortium

Accountability is a human skill, not something that happens to bad people. How many times…[Read more]

]]> 76943f677653e129f0b8e4472ed4db22 Rachel Jones started the topic Books4Rikers presentation 1 pm Friday Dec 5 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/books4rikers-presentation-1-pm-friday-dec-5/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:19:47 -0500 Please join the Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable for an informative session about the grassroots group Books4Rikers.

Library workers with Books4Rikers will give a presentation about their project on December 5, 1:00-2:30pm, with time for Q/A.

Topic: Books4Rikers presentation
Time: Dec 5, 2025 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join…[Read more]

]]> aca950683f5a742efd87d6ca44ff68cb Rachel Jones started the topic Abolition and Archives event hosted by PLSN + METRO, Nov. 6 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolition-and-archives-event-hosted-by-plsn-metro-nov-6/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:46:23 -0400 Join the Prison Library Support Network (PLSN) and METRO for a conversation with Alison Clemens and Jessica Farrell on their recent publication Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration.

Register here: Eventbrite – Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures
This event will take place from 6:30pm-8:00…[Read more]

]]> f814e443b140b28a0644be593d3f07cc Rachel Jones started the topic Virtual Meeting of Librarians and Information Workers for Incarcerated People in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/virtual-meeting-of-librarians-and-information-workers-for-incarcerated-people/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:37:17 -0400 Virtual Meeting of Librarians and Information Workers for Incarcerated People and People in the Process of Reentry
Friday, October 10, 2025

1 PM Eastern / 12 PM Central / 11 AM Mountain / 10 AM Pacific

Join librarians and information workers as we discuss our work with incarcerated people and people in the process of reentry. This meeting takes…[Read more]

]]> c5c8571d0a6adbe520d35440f96c3615 Rachel Jones started the topic New ALA Trainings: Using the Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/new-ala-trainings-using-the-standards-for-library-services-for-the-incarcerated/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:34:20 -0400 ALA has released two virtual trainings related to the Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Detained.

The training at this link features Eldon Ray James, a retired librarian and researcher, ALA member, and formerly incarcerated person. This training introduces the Standards and describes their content.

The training at this link…[Read more]

]]> 3a84a89b676b7b41da36e1ba85a018ba Rachel Jones started the topic Abolitionist Futures September 5th virtual discussion group in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolitionist-futures-september-5th-virtual-discussion-group/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:25:44 -0400 Please join Prison Library Support Network (PLSN) on Monday, September 5th for another virtual Abolitionist Futures discussion group. We are thrilled to be discussing the recently published book We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition (Haymarket Press). We will be guided through this conversation by the book’s editors Kim Wilson and…[Read more]

]]> 6d7eafcab586071e71a9ba0ff1870a9a Rachel Jones started the topic Library Freedom Project ICE Response Protocols for Higher Education Workers in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/library-freedom-project-ice-response-protocols-for-higher-education-workers/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:27:11 -0400 The Library Freedom Project is sharing out this resource, which is focused on response protocols to ICE and includes both proactive, and in-the moment responses for academic library workers.

Here is a link to the resource:
https://libraryfreedom.org/wp-<wbr />content/uploads/2025/07/Anti-I<wbr />CE-Resources-Academic-Library-<wbr…[Read more]

]]> 789c5940efdd14e4296404b4889c8897 Rachel Jones started the topic New ALA report spotlights prison libraries’ strategic role in reentry in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/new-ala-report-spotlights-prison-libraries-strategic-role-in-reentry/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:58:33 -0400 A new report released by the American Library Association explores the essential role of prison libraries in lowering recidivism by better preparing incarcerated people for their release and why further investments in prison libraries are essential to reducing the social and economic impacts of incarceration. Investing in Prison Libraries: A…[Read more]

]]> c251214c04f0cb78174ad890eea488b7 Rachel Jones started the topic Interrupting Criminalization 2025 Communiversity in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/interrupting-criminalization-2025-communiversity/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:34:38 -0400 Hello everyone,
Interrupting Criminalization and Women Building Up have partnered to bring you our 2025 anti-criminalization Communiversity taking place from August to November. There are a ton of wonderful offerings facilitated by community members and one full day devoted to youth programming.
The course catalog and course registration are now a…[Read more]

]]> 0f92f7e436a0b95a558ca712aa2ec7f3 Rachel Jones started the topic American Prison Newspapers from JSTOR in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/american-prison-newspapers-from-jstor/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:17:11 -0400 From NYS Library:

“The NYS Library has provided JSTOR with access to rare prison newspapers from our holdings. JSTOR has digitized those newspapers and made them freely available to the public as part of their collection, American Prison Newspapers, 1800s-present: Voices from the Inside.

Supported by a Mellon Foundation grant, this collection…[Read more]

]]> 1c81819f0b4f5b3dc6a915e60eed79dc Rachel Jones started the topic Do folks want to retire this Roundtable? in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/do-folks-want-to-retire-this-roundtable/ Thu, 15 May 2025 18:38:30 -0400 Hello, just wanted to check in with people about this roundtable. I know we are all fighting various battles on many fronts right now.

My time at City Tech is also coming to a close, and I’m not sure of my future with CUNY. Does anyone want to take over this roundtable? Or should we wind it down at the end of this semester? Thank you! Rachel Jones

 

]]> 3b2b40de3fd8180109595f9b750bf365 Rachel Jones started the topic Prison Library Support Network Virtual Training May 10 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/prison-library-support-network-virtual-training-may-10/ Mon, 05 May 2025 17:34:34 -0400 PLSN is offering a virtual reference training this coming weekend.

WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2025, 2-4pm ET (11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT)

JOIN HERE: Registration Link

About our Reference Trainings:

Letters are being mailed to us daily, and we need more volunteer help than ever!! After attending a reference training, you will be able to remotely…[Read more]

]]> b23f9ef6fbabd912bbf649ce146c6090 Ian McDermott started the topic Rikers Public Memory Project - Friday April 25th in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/rikers-public-memory-project-friday-april-25th/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:50:41 -0400 I’m sharing the event that my colleague Thomas Cleary, Institutional Archivist, is involved with. It’s an in-person event at LaGuardia and looks excellent.
All best, Ian McDermott

Hi All,

 

As part of the Oral History Seminar (with the final funding coming from the College) we would like to invite everyone to attend a presentation by Andrea…[Read more]

]]> 4959d30142b1ae83949d2b0000b2c1f0 Rachel Jones started the topic NYC Public Library Action Network's People's Assembly in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/nyc-public-library-action-networks-peoples-assembly/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:51:34 -0400 A People’s Assembly (PA) is a facilitated gathering where community members discuss key community issues and collectively problem-solve and decide how to address them. The NYC Public Library Action Network (NYC PLAN) invites New Yorkers to join us on May 17 to discuss library funding and to share our visions for our local libraries. Come spend a…[Read more]

]]> 64b741bafe89cd6dc3ab16a63cfc9ae6 Rachel Jones started the topic Arrested at the Library and Criminalizing Librarians in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/arrested-at-the-library-and-criminalizing-librarians/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:18:34 -0400 Mariame Kabe just released two new publications. Both are free to download.
Arrested at the Library: interruptingcriminalization.<wbr />com/resources-all/arrested-at-<wbr />the-library
Criminalizing Librarians: interruptingcriminalization.<wbr />com/resources-all/<wbr />criminalizing-librarians

]]> 292ef3d478dc1e51fd54ab14e44eb691 Rachel Jones started the topic Criminalization 202 for Info Workers on 3/2 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/criminalization-202-for-info-workers-on-3-2/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:25:03 -0400 Hello everyone,

Please Join For The People Leftist Library Project (FTP) and Interrupting Criminalization (IC) for a workshop building off of our 2023 Criminalization 101 for Information Workers workshop.

We’ll focus on three main topics: resisting and disrupting ICE in library and information work and workplaces, de-escalation in library spac…[Read more]

]]> 5a6aa38603bf5b843260eae8b80293e8 Rachel Jones started the topic Prison Policy Initiative's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie (2025 edition) in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/prison-policy-initiatives-mass-incarceration-the-whole-pie-2025-edition/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:58:11 -0400 The Prison Policy Initiative just released the 2025 edition of its flagship report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie. The report offers the most comprehensive view of the nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S., showing what types of facilities they are in and why. It also serves as a primer on the size and scope of the criminal legal…[Read more]

]]> a3469d02c2ed6380992e6e77ab2201e4 Rachel Jones started the topic Job Opening: NYPL Managing Librarian, Jail and Prison Services in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/job-opening-nypl-managing-librarian-jail-and-prison-services/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:11:53 -0500 The New York Public Library fulfills a mandate to serve populations including incarcerated New Yorkers, homeless populations, people with special needs, veterans and older adults. The Managing Librarian of the Jail and Prison Services Department manages book loan service at New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities, programming at…[Read more]

]]> 0770d44977286c79b67ad7ef7afbd457 Rachel Jones started the topic Torchlight Talk with Mariame Kaba: Let This Radicalize You! in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/torchlight-talk-with-mariame-kaba-let-this-radicalize-you/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:58:51 -0500 Saturday, February 22 · 1 – 2:30pm EST
Weeksville Heritage Center
158 Buffalo Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213

As part of Weeksville’s Black History Month Celebration, we invite you to an afternoon of radical imagination, organizing wisdom, and transformative dialogue. Organizer, archivist and author Mariame Kaba and a panel of movement leaders will…[Read more]

]]> 0a967f0576ad9a4017b05eee4c181d3f Rachel Jones started the topic Center for the Humanities: Plotting Abolition, Conversation & Screening in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/center-for-the-humanities-plotting-abolition-conversation-screening/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:02:34 -0500 Please join us for “Plotting Abolition” featuring a film screening of Calls From Home followed by a discussion of multi-scalar abolitionist struggles to close prisons and jails, stop the construction of cop cities, and build life-affirming infrastructures from Letcher County, Kentucky to New York City. Join the director of Calls from Home Sylvia Ry…[Read more]

]]> 4a8dbb34df5c164ef9beab193b7ade37 Rachel Jones started the topic METRO & PLSN Abolitionist Futures event March 10 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/metro-plsn-abolitionist-futures-event-march-10/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:30:18 -0500 Please come to our quarterly Abolitionist Futures series on March 10 @ 7:00–8:30 pm ET for a screening of Before Time/After Time, followed by a discussion with the creative team and ensemble members.

Join Abolitionist Futures for our first meeting of the year featuring special guests from the Arts Justice Safety Coalition. On March 10, we will ho…[Read more]

]]> dd332f8cb5e7f7d657a1d58102961b74 Rachel Jones started the topic Library Journal article on PLSN in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/library-journal-article-on-plsn/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:08:39 -0500 Prison Library Support Network Volunteers Meet Incarcerated Information Needs with Grassroots Reference by Mail Service

“People who are incarcerated can’t check social media, read any book they want, look up the latest basketball game score, surf the web to look for new shoes, or use online search engines to research a legal question. T…[Read more]

]]> fd3a7a2e2ef6f924fe03169e9311d01f Rachel Jones started the topic Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/archivist-actions-abolitionist-futures-reimagining-archival-practice/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:19:18 -0500 Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration

This collection of brief essays challenges long-held principles of archival practice by addressing the carceral underpinnings of the cultural professions. Contributors explore how complicity with carceral systems and the Prison Industrial Complex…[Read more]

]]> 196489daa9ec7aa71c147541fc23a197 Rachel Jones started the topic Radical Book Buzz December 8 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/radical-book-buzz-december-8/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:10:40 -0500 On December 8th, from 5-8 pm, Library Freedom Project, Library Futures, and METRO are co-sponsoring a Radical Book Buzz with your favorite left and indie publishers. Publishers will take turns sharing about upcoming titles, and will also have advanced reader copies and other swag to share. We’ll also have snacks from Ayat NYC, drinks, door prizes,…[Read more]

]]> 6a832b442b469bec027949af73baeb51 Rachel Jones started the topic Abolitionist Futures event with Dean Spade | December 9 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolitionist-futures-event-with-dean-spade-december-9/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:18:41 -0500 You’re invited to PLSN’s final Abolitionist Futures discussion of the year – featuring a virtual (and free!) discussion led by the incredible DEAN SPADE!

WHEN: Monday, December 9, 7:30-9pm (EDT)
REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/<wbr />meeting/register/<wbr />tZEpcuChrD8tGdLMvuVc1PgryYHfdw<wbr…[Read more]

]]> c39aaa03ed8139579a7a2a198b44ca08 Rachel Jones started the topic Good News re: Banned Books in Prisons in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/good-news-re-banned-books-in-prisons/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:25:00 -0400 This past banned books week in September, senators called on Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide a full list of banned books.

Washington (October 2, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and their colleagues, in conjunction with Banned Books Week and the bicameral Congressional…[Read more]

]]> 133c30abbb412f2f7ff6ca1781803da5 Rachel Jones started the topic Prison Library Support Network Fundraiser on Sunday, November 3 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/prison-library-support-network-fundraiser-on-sunday-november-3/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:49:50 -0400 PLSN’s 2nd fundraiser event will be next Sunday, November 3rd! Register now to explore Prospect Park’s waterways, followed by drinks and raffle prize drawings at Lunita Loft!. [Rachel Jones will be attending FYI if anyone from LACUNY is interested in joining!]
If you aren’t able to attend the Prospect Park walk, you can still join us at the Lof…[Read more]

]]> 2a6a2e099410ea137033dbd38ac611a3 Rachel Jones started the topic New Collection of Best Practices: Successful Initiatives From Prison Libraries in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/new-collection-of-best-practices-successful-initiatives-from-prison-libraries/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:33:27 -0400 The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched an online collection of innovative practices in prison education at the Montreal International Conference on Education in Prison. The collection features 16 case studies highlighting successful initiatives from prison libraries that champion the right to lifelong learning for inca…[Read more]

]]> 82ec4c6c2b91987509f386161abd50fa Rachel Jones started the topic Abolitionist University Studies: a provocation in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolitionist-university-studies-a-provocation/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 20:12:16 -0400 Abolitionist University Studies: a provocation by Conor ‘Coco’ Tomás Reed in the latest issue of Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education.

 

]]> e36fbd45ba3b4195734e4afdc2d932a7 Rachel Jones started the topic Prison Library Support Network October Newsletter in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/prison-library-support-network-october-newsletter/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:23:59 -0400 Prison Library Support Network recently did a lot of organizational work to make sure we are accountable to each other and our patrons. As a result, our Network is flourishing. There are lots of way to become involved. Check out the October Newsletter!

Hello and happy October!

CLICK ON THIS LINK to read our October newsletter. This issue is d…[Read more]

]]> b346d3beca7219fb2fb5f91382960c37 Rachel Jones started the topic Justice Initiatives Picnic in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/justice-initiatives-picnic/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:49:11 -0400 Join Brooklyn Public Library’s Justice Initiatives for a picnic to celebrate the TeleStory and Welcome Home programs.

Saturday, October 5th, 1-4pm, Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park, 452 Flatbush Avenue.

Delicious food from JustSoul Catering/ Fun Children’s Activities/ Giveaways/ Music/ BPL Resources / Tour of Lefferts Historic House

For…[Read more]

]]> d9ca91a71ecd1c67953502e94b92fdb2 Rachel Jones started the topic Prison Banned Books Week 2024 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/prison-banned-books-week-2024/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:00:03 -0400 We are in the middle of Prison Banned Books Week 2024 (September 15-21). Here are some stories for the week:

o   The free reading content on tablets is awful by Ken Meyers, incarcerated in Pennsylvania;

o   Prison tablet catalogs are like Borges’ Infinite Library–Maddeningly inaccessible, in Library Journal

o   Prison Health News and Priso…[Read more]

]]> 7ea7f817fc66e48ed1c08bd3c7529051 Rachel Jones started the topic This Technology Was Supposed to Help People in Prison in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/this-technology-was-supposed-to-help-people-in-prison/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:15:06 -0400 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/prison-censorship-tablets-book-bans.html

]]> 63804b91621475a83b577ec765e148cd Rachel Jones started the topic Fall semester 2024 in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/fall-semester-2024/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:06:05 -0400 Hello Roundtable members! Apologies for not checking in sooner, I’ve been fighting to stay employed by CUNY. Seems like it is working out.

I was thinking that it might be interesting to invite Ellen Sexton at John Jay to talk to the Roundtable, maybe a short Zoom session? I’m curious if librarians at John Jay have opportunities to support…[Read more]

]]> 1a4b440d571db780366e869d02e044b8 Rachel Jones started the topic Abolitionist Futures Presents: A Book Discussion on the Attica Prison Uprising in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/abolitionist-futures-presents-a-book-discussion-on-the-attica-prison-uprising/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:08:48 -0400 You’re invited to PLSN’s third Abolitionist Futures <wbr />discussion of the year – featuring a virtual book discussion led by guest hosts Joseph Morris and Mia Vasquez. We hope you register today, and start your reading soon!
Abolitionist Futures Presents: A Book Discussion on the Attica Prison Uprising
WHEN: Monday, September 16, 7:30-8:30pm (E…[Read more]

]]> b2ba5be85d515df2b5edf9c3d4c9de14 Rachel Jones started the topic Call for Volunteers from the Prison Activist Resource Center in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/call-for-volunteers-from-the-prison-activist-resource-center/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:29:13 -0400 Are you looking for a way to flex your information worker muscles and support incarcerated people? The Prison Activist Resource Center is looking for volunteers (located anywhere!) to help update the awesome resource directory that they send to incarcerated people. From Taeva at PARC:

The Prison Activist Resource Center is an abolitionist…[Read more]

]]> 5611d6dc5d7c82b8f9317ae1f310ad99 Rachel Jones started the topic America’s unseen book bans: the long history of censorship in prisons in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/americas-unseen-book-bans-the-long-history-of-censorship-in-prisons/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:04:15 -0400 Good article from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/prison-book-bans

“Education opportunities in prison are a key tool in reducing recidivism…The more [schooling] you have, the more your recidivism drops. By the time you get to a bachelor’s degree the chances of you going back to prison are basically zero. T…[Read more]

]]> cc50f8d9e74b26e55c9d3fe8f0f8b763 Rachel Jones replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=168122 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:59:42 -0400 Hey folks,

Let’s postpone meeting for now. Maybe after the LILAC conference is over, we’ll have more bandwidth. It is also June and I know folks are going on annual leave. The issues of concern to this roundtable aren’t going anywhere, unfortunately!

Have a great summer,

Rachel

]]> 76e666e5ba17e6a56f7968db80a1f2ba Rachel Jones replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167949 Thu, 23 May 2024 14:31:19 -0400 I wanted to rephrase my proposal. My concern is that any meeting open to LACUNY members, as our meetings are, will have folks with different ideas/politics etc. For example, my POV is abolition-oriented, so I’m very concerned about the after-effects of arrest and conviction for our students and coworkers. I’d like to be able to say that without…[Read more]

]]> 4e923d5d53b1d067eedbf36a24555746 Rachel Jones started the topic Strategic Security Corp. at CUNY in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/strategic-security-corp-at-cuny/ Tue, 21 May 2024 15:17:55 -0400 CUNY Gave $4 Million Contract to Security Firm That Claims Protesters Are Using ‘Guerrilla Warfare Tactics’

]]> 910f1777668f7fcbe46870c2a608b7f6 Rachel Jones replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167875 Tue, 21 May 2024 15:06:25 -0400 Yes. You can pick whatever time is is best for you, I’m working from home that day.

I’m thinking maybe an information sharing/debriefing around the arrests made of CUNY students and faculty? With time for sharing but not debate (ie no crosstalk). How does that sound?

]]> ae017412eafa995d136585e3e6f9f710 Ian McDermott replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167874 Tue, 21 May 2024 15:01:33 -0400 I’m down with Zoom on Wed, June 5. Does the 1pm-4pm window work for you?

]]> d46ec68392258063c14f1d7691e38cb8 Rachel Jones replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167756 Fri, 17 May 2024 18:54:20 -0400 Maybe Zoom on Wednesday June 5? (Since the in-person LILAC conference is that Friday?)

I’m completely flex as to time.

]]> 9b3d585d9d25454340d22742a1b14935 Ian McDermott replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167753 Fri, 17 May 2024 16:23:11 -0400 If you want to go ahead and schedule for June 4 or 5, I’m available anytime except 4-5 on June 4. The morning is preferable but I prefer to you. Happy to work together on an announcement.

]]> 1f50efec5fed93e062f29bd631605d7e Rachel Jones replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167515 Tue, 14 May 2024 16:30:51 -0400 Absolutely. June 4th or June 5th works too.

]]> f7b550276496f232b86498d8b0a6c5ab Ian McDermott replied to the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167514 Tue, 14 May 2024 16:12:58 -0400 I’d love to meet. I’m away the week of May 28… are people open to meeting on June 4 or 5?
Ian

]]> bff8551e50be475bd46f520b9abd95f2 Rachel Jones started the topic Roundtable meeting in the forum LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-services-for-incarcerated-people-roundtable/forum/topic/roundtable-meeting-2/ Tue, 14 May 2024 15:39:57 -0400 Hi folks,

I’d like to have one meeting before the end of the semester. Perhaps it could be an opportunity for us to talk about recent events — ie a group of our students and colleagues being arrested and charged with felonies.

I know Fridays are too busy. How about Tuesday May 28 or Wednesday May 29?

We can met on Zoom, or we could meet in…[Read more]

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