Join FP author LAURA WHITEHORN at the 2012 Human Rights and Social Justice Lecture series: Women in Prison

Date & time: May 23, 2012 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, NYC

2012 HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LECTURE SERIES: WOMEN IN PRISON
WOMEN IN ISLAM, INC. TO HOST A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL
IMPACT OF THE RISE OF THE FEMALE PRISON POPULATION

MAY 23
6pm - 8pm
FREE
The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz
Memorial and Educational Center
3940 Broadway New York, NY 10032

GUESTS SPEAKERS:
Laura Whitehorn, Former political prisoner and Editor ofThe War Before

Kym Clark, Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment (FREE)

Ugoji A. Eze, Esq., Eng Aja Eze Foundation

Diana Ortiz, Exodus Transitional Community

Tina Reynolds, Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH)

“Women continue to constitute a very small proportion of the general prison population worldwide. However, not only are their numbers increasing in tandem with the rise in the overall prison population in many countries, but studies in some countries have shown that the number of female prisoners is increasing at a faster rate than that of male prisoners.” (Women and Imprisonment Handbook, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008)

Women In Islam, Inc, is an organization of professional and social activist Muslim women who are dedicated to the empowerment of women through knowledge and practice of Islam. Our mission is to advance the spiritual and intellectual development of women to empower them as dynamic participants in civil society and as advocates for human rights and social justice. For additional information, visit www.womeninislam.org and our blog www.muslimwomenhumanrights.wordpress.com

Check out: The War Before, Laura Whitehorn