Institute for Justice and Opportunity

Part 1: Credible Messenger Mentoring
2017-10-17 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Overview
What It Is and How It Works: Credible Messenger Mentors in the Workplace
Please join us at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tuesday, October 17th, from 12:00pm-5:00pm, for a conversation on Credible Messengers. Credible messenger mentoring is a transformative group mentoring intervention for young adults in the justice system. At its heart, men and women who were themselves justice-involved are hired to engage young people in structured and intentional relationships. Transformative mentoring relies on the hiring of credible messengers as paid mentors. Because mentors share — and have overcome —similar experiences, including involvement in the justice system, young people find them trustworthy. Transformative mentoring with credible messengers has been able to successfully reach young people who were disconnected from education and employment and not otherwise inclined to participate in positive youth programming. At its best, it helps young people change their attitudes and behaviors and ultimately go on to help others, becoming mentors themselves.
This discussion will be held in the 2nd Floor Dining Hall at 524 West 59th Street (between 10th and 11th avenues). Lunch will be served at 11:30am. Speakers will begin promptly at 12:00pm.
This symposium is generously sponsored by the Pinkerton Foundation and organized by the Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative at John Jay College.
Keynote Speakers

Clinton Lacey was appointed Director of the District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS), DC’s cabinet-level juvenile justice agency, in 2015. Before joining DYRS, Clinton served as Deputy Commissioner at the New York City Department of Probation; Director of the Youth Justice Program at Vera Institute of Justice; and Assoc. Exec. Dir. of Friends of Island Academy. He has more than 25 years of experience working with youth and families and travels throughout the USA and abroad speaking on such issues as racial and ethnic disparity, comprehensive re-entry services, and overall youth and human development. Clinton has a B.A. in Latin American and Caribbean History from Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY) and is a graduate of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at Columbia University. Clinton is married and the father of two sons and a daughter.

Ed DeJesus has served as the National Director of Workforce Development Programs and Policy at Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) since 2014. Prior to joining YAP, he served Executive Director at STRIVE-DC and as Director at National Youth Employment Coalition prior to that. Over the past 30 years, Ed has provided technical assistance and training services to more than 100 organizations. He received his BA from Fordham University and an MS in Urban Policy Analysis from the New School for Social Research. As a Kellogg National Fellow, he focused on international youth development.

Featured Panelists
Rev. Rubén Austria, Community Connections for Youth
Sharon “Ife” Charles, CCI Save Our Streets Bronx
Eric Cumberbatch, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Tyree Hicks, Institute for Transformative Mentoring
Abdul Malik, Families United for Social & Educational Development
Elizabeth Walker, Good Shepherd Services
Carl Johnson, The Children’s Village
W. Cyrus Garrett, New York City’s Young Men’s Initiative
(more speakers to be announced)
Agenda
Registration & lunch
Opening Remarks
Featured Speaker & Q&A: Clinton Lacey, Director of the District of Columbia Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS)
Ice Breaker facilitated by Credible Messenger Mentors
Panel 1 and Q&A: A conversation with young people about Why Credible Messenger Mentoring Works
Panel 2 and Q&A: Managing for Transformation: Credible Messenger Mentors in the Workplace, Opportunities and Challenges
Featured Speaker: Edward DeJesus, Acting Vice-President Maryland-DC Region/National Director of Workforce Development Programs and Policy Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP)
Closing Remarks
Registration for this event is now closed.

The David Rockefeller Fund Fall 2017 Fellowship Presentation
2017-12-13 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Overview
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Pinkerton Fellowship Applications Due
2018-03-15 | Overview
The Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative (PFI) offers John Jay students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with leading New York City agencies committed to youth justice while engaging in complementary scholarship to contextualize their experiences.
PFI is open to eligible graduate and undergraduate students. Please submit your application online here.

Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative: Host Site Info Session
2018-03-19 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Westport Building, 500 W 56th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
The Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative (PFI) offers organizations opportunities to work with carefully selected students from John Jay College through meaningful internships that serve justice-involved youth. PFI bridges theory and practice by getting students out of the classroom and into the real world. Fellows apply their knowledge and skills to advance both the goals of host sites and the larger field of youth justice.
Join us for an information session on March 19 at Westport Building — Room 122 (map below) from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. to learn about the ins and outs of hosting a Pinkerton Fellow!
Register here to attend the session.

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Tow Fellowship Applications Due
2018-04-09
The Tow Policy Advocacy Fellowship (TPAF) provides John Jay College of Criminal Justice graduate students with hands-on internships working for successful policy advocacy organizations in New York City while they complete relevant coursework to deepen and enrich their field experiences.
TPAF is open to eligible graduate students. Please submit your application online here.

Pinkerton Symposium: Credible Messenger Mentoring
2018-04-19 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Overview
Join us at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the Pinkerton Youth Justice Symposium:
“The Intersections of Healing Justice and Credible Messenger Mentoring”
Healing Justice is a movement that is both inwardly focused on healing from the wounds inflicted from structural oppression and outwardly focused on social change. Structural issues such as poverty, unemployment, underfunded schools, incarceration, lack of access to quality health care and poor quality housing are understood as root causes of violence and trauma, which erode trusting relationships and severely constrain collective action and agency. There is growing recognition that hope and healing are critical to transformation and growth. This transformation requires us to address institutional causes of trauma while simultaneously building practices that promote well-being. Healing becomes a political action and well-being, a collective necessity.
This discussion will be held in the 2nd Floor Dining Hall at 524 West 59th Street (between 10th and 11th avenues).
Registration has closed.

Film Premiere: Unbecoming
2018-05-15 18:00 UTC | Screening Room L.63, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
The Prisoner Reentry Institute and The Prison Window Media Project invite you to the premiere of Unbecoming, a short narrative film produced by the incarcerated community at Otisville Correctional Facility and high school students from The High School of Art and Design.
The evening will be hosted by Malik Yoba.
Reception begins at 6 p.m.
Registration for this event is now closed.

Access to NYS Occupational License Guides Training
2018-05-18 08:30 - 12:00 UTC | Moot Court, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Moot Court, John Jay College (address below)
PRI will be hosting a training event with expert speakers for our new NYS occupational license access guide.
Registration for this event is closed.

Tow Policy Advocacy Fellowship - Host Site Info Session
2018-07-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Overview
Is your organization interested in helping PRI grow the next generation of change makers, policy advocates, and social justice leaders?
Join us for an information session with Sasha Graham, Director of Fellowships, to learn more about the benefits of hosting a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow.
Download the host site manual and application here.
Where
John Jay College
524 W 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Room location to be announced soon!
When
Friday, July 13, 2018
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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Fair Chance Housing: Stories that power action
2018-09-07 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | Moot Court, 524 W 59th St, 6th floor, 524 West 59th Street, 6th Floor, Room 9.63.24, New York, NY, 10019, United States
The first in a four-part advocacy training, led by How Our Lives Link Altogether (H.O.L.L.A.!).
This training is intended for anyone who has been denied housing because of their criminal record and who wants to learn how to powerfully understand and share their story to inform housing policy. It is a chance to talk honestly about housing issues and to learn from each other.
We want to do policy differently; we want policy change that is powered by real stories. The training will focus on individual transformation — placing people at the center of any policy, advocacy, or practice — as well as system accountability and community empowerment.
Date: Friday, September 7
Time: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: John Jay College, 524 W 59th St, 9th floor, room 9.63.24
The training is free; dinner and two-trip MetroCards will be provided.
To register, please fill our the form below:

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Grammar and Proofreading Workshop
2018-09-20 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | John Jay College, New Building, Room L.61, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Need to brush up on your writing skills? Join us for a grammar and proofreading workshop at PRI.
This workshop will review important grammatical structures in academic discourse and provide proofreading strategies with an emphasis on common grammatical errors.
What we’ll cover
Common verb errors (verb form, tense, and subject-verb agreement), sentence structure (comma splices, run-ons and fragments) and more!
Where and when
Thursday, September 20
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
John Jay College
New Building, Room L.61
524 W 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Save your spot now by registering below!

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Pinkerton Fellowship: Information Sessions
2018-10-29 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join us for an information session to learn more about applying to become a Pinkerton Fellow.
Monday, October 29 during community hour: NB 1.100
Monday, November 12 from 6:00-6:30 p.m.: WP-102W
Tuesday, November 27 during community hour: NB 1.100
Thursday, November 29 from 6:00-6:30 p.m.: WP-102W
Read more about the Pinkerton Fellowship here.
Register here:

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Writing and Reading Workshops
2018-11-06 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | 555 West 57th Street, Floor 6, 555 West 57th Street, Room 613, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Brush up on your writing and reading skills at our new Writing and Reading Workshops.
Workshops will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at PRI’s offices, at 555 West 57th Street, in room 609B. Students are welcome to come to one or all of the workshops.
Sign up below to reserve your spot.

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Just Prosecution: Redefining the Role of the 21st Century Prosecutor in Youth Justice Reform
2018-11-14 12:00 - 16:30 UTC | Student Dining Hall, John Jay College, 524 W 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Prosecutors are arguably the most important actors in the criminal justice system. They decide who to charge, what to charge, which cases will be diverted, which deals to offer and which cases proceed to trial. Yet, our conversations on mass incarceration and youth justice reform have largely centered on policing tactics and sentencing laws with limited attention drawn to the power of prosecutors to determine case outcomes in ways most other criminal justice actors cannot.
However, a recent wave of reform minded prosecutors taking office in cities like Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, New York City and elsewhere has ignited a national discussion on the critical role prosecutors can play in effectuating sustainable change that will make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer.
Join us to learn how progressive prosecutors are using evidence based strategies to advance innovative practices in the prosecution of young people and explore opportunities for collaboration between prosecutors and advocated work to reform youth justice.
Join us:
November 14, 2018
12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Student Dining Hall
524 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Registration is now closed.

Know Your Rights: Conviction Histories and Employment Discrimination
2021-10-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-10-25 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Virtually via Zoom
The workshops offer a wealth of information on employment discrimination and an opportunity to learn more about certificates and get support in understanding your RAP Sheet.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
