[Peace] Event: Locked Up and Locked Out / Friday, September 23, 2011 / Salem Baptist Church

[Karen Medina]

Event: Locked Up and Locked Out

Do you have a felony conviction?
Does someone in your family have a felony conviction?

Did you know that:
People with felony convictions can vote in Illinois
People with felony convictions are not banned from public housing.
But …people with felony convictions are unfairly denied many rights
and opportunities.

It is time for this to change.


Come to a film showing and discuss what can be done.

Films: Locked Up and Locked Out:
These two short films show how an organization of formerly
incarcerated people in California called All of Us or None has
successfully fought for job opportunities, expungement of charges from
their records, and removing the stigma of a criminal record.

Speakers: Urbana residents Aaron Ammons and James Kilgore will talk
about the problems their felony convictions have caused them and why
those with felony convictions need to come together to fight for their
rights.

Time and Date: 6 p.m.,  Friday, September 23rd
(Free food from 6 to 6:30 followed by the film. Come share a meal with
us and talk about this burning issue.)
Place: Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park St, Champaign

Join with other formerly incarcerated people to fight for our full rights.
See you on the 23rd!