Join PWN-USA on Thursday, January 31, at 5pm EST/2pm PST for the Ending Criminalization webinar and register here.
Positive Women's Network - USA is thrilled to kick off the new year with the first installment of our 6-part webinar series on our new policy agenda.
The Ending Criminalization webinar will feature special guest panelists Magali Lerman (Reframe Health & Justice), Robert Suttle (SERO Project), and Monique Tula (Harm Reduction Coalition).
In the U.S., policing and criminal justice practices tend to reinforce societal inequity by targeting communities that are already marginalized and oppressed. In particular, Black people, non-Black people of color, queer and trans people, people who use drugs, sex workers and immigrants are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement and too often face violent interactions with police. These same communities are those most affected by the U.S. HIV epidemic.
Interactions with the criminal justice system can be especially dangerous for marginalized communities – causing risk of loss of employment, income, parental rights, isolation, dehumanization and interruptions in health care – and too frequently, even death at the hands of the State. Mass incarceration disrupts communities and families.
Join the webinar to learn more about the different types of criminalization, how they affect people living with HIV and our communities, and most importantly, what we can do as advocates to effect meaningful change and move toward liberation!
Join PWN-USA on Thursday, January 31, at 5pm EST/2pm PST for the Ending Criminalization webinar and register here.
