So so excited and honored to share that Living with Conviction is on the Instagram feed @EverydayInceration! Please follow along for the next week! https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQmWs-l2dA/
Webinar on Multimedia Storytelling and Legal Advocacy!
Our first webinar for the National Association for Public Defense, which “engages all public defense professionals into a clear and focused voice to address the systemic failure to provide the constitutional right to counsel, and to collaborate with diverse partners for solutions that bring meaningful access to justice for poor people.”
We are at Photoville in NYC!
If you are in New York this weekend or next, please stop by Photoville’s Container #58, where Living with Conviction is part of Blue Earth Alliance’s grouop exhibit!
Photoville Container #58, Blue Earth Alliance-sponsored projects, including Living with Conviction!
Vashon Gallery Walk and Conversation!
In partnership with Vashon community organizations Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and Backbone Campaign, and 14 local businesses, the storytelling and advocacy organization, Living with Conviction presents a Community Conversation with formerly incarcerated individuals on August 5, 2018 from 4:00 to 6:00pm at the Vashon Maury Land Trust, 10014 SW Bank Rd, Vashon, WA 98070. The Conversation focuses on “legal financial obligations” (LFOs) that courts impose on criminal defendants at the time of sentencing. Until recently, 12% interest has been accruing on this debt from the date of sentencing. Failure to make monthly payments can result in re-incarceration, without the assistance of counsel.
Leading up to this Conversation is a Community Gallery Walk from July 8 through August 5, 2018, showcasing 14 portraits and personal stories of formerly incarcerated individuals, hosted at 14 local businesses. The portraits and personal stories highlight fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and grandparents all struggling to survive and thrive, while also challenging the stereotype of what it means to be a “felon.”
Participating organizations and businesses include Vashon Public Library; SAW - Starving Artist Works; Pure Organic Kitchen & Juicery; Gravy Vashon; Vashon Print & Design; Giraffe; Vashon Bookshop; Gather Vashon; Treasure Island; Zamorana; Snapdragon; Raven's Nest; Rock It!; Vashon Island Baking Company.
In June 2018, Governor Inslee signed into law the removal of the 12% interest accrual on non-restitution-related LFOs – a tremendous improvement. But now, each of the thousands of individuals with accrued interest must petition the court for a waiver of that interest. In doing so, the Washington State legislature just increased the demand for free legal aid.