In New York, #cut50 is partnering with The Gathering for Justice and their criminal justice task force Justice League NYC to host a Town Hall-style event in NYC to champion the national Day of Empathy to generate empathy on a massive scale for millions of Americans impacted by the criminal justice system. The Gathering and Justice League have been committed to the Raise the Age campaign for years as you may recall, and so we have decided to focus the totality of our event on that issue.
Beginning at 11:00am, the Town Hall will include keynote speeches, performances, stories by formerly incarcerated youth, a “Raise the Age” panel discussion, a conversation with NY State elected officials moderated by Tamika Mallory, and a conversation with you and our colleague Angelo Pinto, the former Campaign Manager for Raise the Age NY with the Correctional Association of NY, and now a senior legal advisor with The Advancement Project.
