Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Prison Re-Entry Collaborative featured at Town Hall - Thursday

Grace Community Resource and Empowerment Center (GCREC), Inc. will be hosting an Informational Town Hall Meeting on June 30, 2011 at Grace Community U.M.C., 1213 
Central Avenue, Chester, PA., 7:00 p.m.  
This Town Hall Meeting is to inform the community of the Prison Re-Entry Collaborative (PREC) and the work that has finally begun. 
Richard "TUT" Carter, Operations Director of Call Center for the PREC, will be the Keynote speaker. The panelist - Seifudin Simpson, Eric Bayne and Sam Atchison will offer information and answer questions from the audience.  Stefan Roots, Delco Times "Chester City Blogger", will be Panel Moderator.  
"Learn how Chester helps those getting out."


Make sure you spread the word to those who are recently released, and family members of those pending release. 

GCREC plans to sponsor quarterly meetings through out Chester city at various locations.  


The Town Hall meetings will address important community concerns by providing relevant information, solutions and resources.  
Future Town Hall meeting topics will include: Violence and Public Safety, Education, etc.
For more information contact James Harper at - (302)588.2467 and/or jharper60@comcast.net.
Organization of the Chester Prison Re-Entry Collaboration include:





City of Chester
Human Rights Coalition-Chester
Chester Workforce Development Center
Delaware County CareerLink
Grace Community Empowerment & resource Center
Chester Diversified Apprenticeship Program 
Entrepreneur Works of Delaware County
Church of Overcomer
Islamic Study Group
Thresholds of Delaware County
S.M.A.R.T. (single mothers are really trying)
H.O.P.E. Commission
Brothers of Concern
Chester Anti violent network
Ryan Shaw, PA Parole & Probation
Fred Pickett, DELCO Probation

2 comments:

  1. Excellent, Stefan!

    I'm glad they are finally starting to recognize your supreme power ;-)

    - Melody

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  2. Supreme power? I don't know about all that, but tonight will be engaging. I am looking forward to it.

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