Cleveland Reentry Week 2023
Amplifying Voices, Breaking Down Barriers
#CLEReentryWeek2023 is dedicated to raising awareness in our community about the many barriers that impede those who are justice-involved. At LMM, we are firm believers in reforming the criminal justice system and that returning citizens deserve second chances. Join us for Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry’s Reentry Week, April 23 – April 29, as we amplify voices of the reentry community and continue breaking down barriers. Scroll through the timeline below to view LMM’s Reentry Week activities!
People’s Reentry Assembly: Storytelling Workshop
Saturday, April 15th
10:00am – 2:00pm
Interested in learning how to tell your reentry story to advocate for change in your community? Join us for this Storytelling Workshop where we will practice telling our stories to increase community understanding to the experiences facing returning citizens upon release and work towards policy change.
Chopped4Change Cooking Competition
Tuesday, April 25
11:00am – 2:00pm
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Head-to-head, mystery basket after mystery basket, tune in for an exclusive cooking competition between Chopping for Change participants from Grafton and Northeast Reintegration Center, inspired by the hit TV series Chopped.
People’s Reentry Assembly: Community Conversation with Local Stakeholders
Wednesday, April 26
9:00am – 10:30am
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Participants of the 2023 People’s Reentry Assembly will explore paths to restoring their place in the community through conversations with local leaders. These conversations will emphasize the reentry experience, the trauma associated with returning, and policy solutions to lessen collateral sanctions. Doors open at 8:30am.
Charles R. See Forum on Reentry
Friday, April 28
11:30am – 1:00pm
The City Club of Cleveland
Tickets are now available for the third annual Charles R. See Forum on Reentry! Don’t miss this year’s conversation with Andre Ward, Associate Vice President of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society. The Friday, April 28, 2023 lunchtime forum will highlight the importance of lessening institutional and legal barriers to employment for returning citizens and how such changes can create stronger and more equitable communities.
Stay in the loop with #CLEReentryWeek2023 by clicking on the flyer below to check out the rest of the Reentry Week events happening at the end of April!
