JOIN US! Tuesday night we have a double-header with two wonderful guests: Bernard paroled under SB 261 Youth Offender Parole just a few weeks ago, and Dominik Taylor is a staff attorney from Root and Rebound. Join us for the CARES for Youth Family and Friends Call on Tuesday, July 19th at 8PM Just call in to join! Everyone is welcome. Call: (641) 715-3670 Code: 817682#
Bernard paroled from prison on June 22nd.
Tuesday night we’ll welcome home Bernard, who did more than 25 years in prison. He had a Youth Offender Parole hearing because he was 22 years old at the time of his crime. Join us to hear the story of how, as a young man, he ended up on a path of destruction and in deep trouble with the law. Then learn how his hard work made parole possible. He became a leader in several prisoner-led groups, helping himself and many others. (For example, he facilitated the Victim Offender Education Group; Victim Offender Education- Next Step; Guiding Rage into Power; and Alliance for Change.)
Bernard has advice for you and your loved one about how to make Youth Offender Parole work for you. Also, he paroled to an out-of-state location, and can describe how that was possible.
Dominik Taylor is a staff attorney at Root and Rebound.
Dominik will tell us about Root & Rebound resources for the CARES community. He will also speak about an upcoming interactive toolkit that will make it possible for you and your loved one inside to work on a timeline of activities together and prepare for reentry. Prior to working for Root and Rebound, Dominik represented non-citizens in deportation hearings; interned at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York; the Federal Public Defender in Richmond, Virginia; and at the Supreme Court of Virginia. After graduating from law school, Dominik worked at the San Diego County Public Defender, where he represented people charged with misdemeanors, and was a Law Fellow at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, where he represented people on Alabama’s death row.
