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Rep. Alisha Morgan Hosts Town Hall About Challenges Facing Ex-Offenders

The purpose of the meeting is to educate the public about the challenges ex-offenders face when trying to reenter society.

State Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan (D-Austell), along with co-sponsors Destiny World Church, , Reentry Project, Inc., and the Rehoboth Family and Community Services, Inc., will hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, June 30 from 10 a.m. to noon at at 7400 Factory Shoals Road in Austell.

The purpose of the meeting is to educate the public about the challenges ex-offenders face when trying to reenter society. The meeting will also connect ex-offenders with resources that will help them reenter society and will help them become more productive members of society.

The event will feature expert panelists discussing the recent criminal justice reform law passed this legislative session, resources to aid ex-offenders, as well as personal testimonies.

 

Others who will also participate in the town hall meeting include: Sara Totonchi, Executive Director – Law Offices of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Dr. Brian McGregor, Behavioral Health Researcher/Community Voices Instructor – Morehouse School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry, Marissa McCall Dodson, Lead Coming Home Attorney/Staff Attorney - Georgia Justice Project, Kareem West, Assistant District Attorney - Cobb Judicial Circuit, Renee Snead, Director of Public Policy Advocacy - Central Outreach & Advocacy Center, Cynthia McGarity - Rehoboth Family and Community Services, Inc. and Jon Moses - Reentry Project, Inc.

 

 

Monica DeLancy June 26, 2012 at 08:26 pm
I will be there. Anticipating a great town hall meeting
Rev. Lionel R. Gantt June 30, 2012 at 01:42 pm
very funny, Alisha Morgan hosting a town meeting for Re-Entry, when It was myself and Rev Barker of Atlanta who started the fight for re-entry program and teaching of it use and need in our community. Iron Sharpen Iron is the organization who started this whole thing about stop the violence and incarceration, which Rev Dwight Grave introduced me to Rep. Morgan some three years ago. She hosted a meet and greet for all nonprofits to meet at the Cobb Police to talk about stop the violence, where I spoke out about the need for Re-Entry and Accountability for our children actions. How can we even talk about stop the violence or re-entry without talking to Cobb SCLC who is at the head of this movement nationwide? South Cobb news covered stories about it and everybody knows what we are doing. I was the first to pass out flyers and go door to door in south Cobb and reached out into the business community as well. The crime in south cob dropped and has not gone back up after we conducted our stop the violence campaign in that area. How soon we forget. We thank God for your South Cobb Patch and We thank Alisha Morgan for everything she do every day to help south Cobb, I will be there in support as the SCLC is always there in support, even if we are not give any thanks for what we do every day. Thank you very much Rep. Morgan for your support. You always have my support.

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