FILM DISCUSSION GUIDE

Created for Youth Specialties by Amy Williams, aHopeDealer.org

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,

shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

The13thAmendmenttotheUSConstitution

except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

TheUnitedStatesishometo5%oftheworld’spopulation,but25%oftheworld’sprisoners.Thinkaboutthat.

—FormerPresidentBarackObama

Ourjusticesystemisahumanrightscatastropheandoneofthebiggestmoralcrisesofourtime.—VanJones

It’sintense.It’semotional.It’smind-blowing.Thisguidewillhelpyoudissectwhatyoulearn,anditwillallowyoutomoveatapacethatgivesyouspacetoprocessitemotionally,spirituallyandintellectually.Thisguideisaninvitationtodialogue—nottodebate.Thisguidewascreatedforthoseenteringthistimewithanopenspirit.Ourhopeisthatitwillsparkconversationsthatleadtoothersexpandingtheirworldviews,sharingtheirviewpoints,andactivelylistening.Therearetwomainwaystousethisguide:

1.Becauseoftheintensityofthedocumentary,thisguidebreaksthemovieintothreeparts(approximately35minutespersection)toallowspaceforviewerstoprocessitindividuallyandasagroup.2.Iftheviewerchoosestowatch13thinitsentiretywithnobreaks,therearefourquestionsintheSummaryDiscussionsectiontodiscussasagroup.

Thediscussionquestionsaremeanttoguidetheseconversationsratherthantodirectthem.Chooseonequestionorallofthem.Decidewhatworksbestforthegroup...orfeelfreetocreateyourown.STRONGRECOMMENDATION:Thisfilmhasthemostimpactwhenviewedatleasttwice.Usethisdiscussionguideandtheadditionalresourcesasanopportunitytosharetheexperienceandengagewithmembersofyourcommunity.

THISGUIDEINCLUDES:

About13thBeforeYouStartNotes(1)Discussion1 CheckingYourPulse JustWOW GroupDiscussionNotes(2)Discussion2 CheckingYourPulse JustWOW GroupDiscussionNotes(3)Discussion3 CheckingYourPulse JustWOW GroupDiscussionSummaryDiscussionBeforeIForgetJesusWasaPrisonerActionStepsAdditionalResources

ABOUT THE 13TH

FILMTHEMES(writtenbyinfluencefilmclub.com)AFRICANAMERICANSPORTRAYEDASCRIMINALSDatingbacktoD.W.Griffith’s1915BIRTHOFANATION,AfricanAmericanshavecontinuallybeenportrayedascriminalsinmanyformsofAmericanmedia.Throughthislens,thepublicatlargehascometounconsciouslybelievethatblackpeoplearemorelikelytobecomerapists,drugaddicts,murderersorthievespurelybecauseofthecoloroftheirskin.ThemoreoneseesimagesandhearsstoriesofAfricanAmericanscommittingcrimes,whetheritistrueornot,themorelikelyoneistobelievethatAfricanAmericansareindeedcriminals.MASSINCARCERATIONASREPLACEMENTFORSLAVERYAsAmendmentXIIIstates,“Neitherslaverynorinvoluntaryservitude,exceptasapunishmentforcrimewhereofthepartyshallhavebeendulyconvicted,shallexistwithintheUnitedStates,oranyplacesubjecttotheirjurisdiction.”Yet,countlesscorporationshaveprisonerswhohavebeenputtoworkwithoutpayaspartoftheirsentencing.Sincetheabolishmentofslavery,politicianshaveimplementedpoliciesthatfeedoffofthemedia-generatedfearofblackcriminals,disproportionatelyputtingAfricanAmericansbehindbarswheretheycanbeusedasfreelabor.CORPORATEINTERESTSSHAPEPRISONPOPULATIONTheAmericanLegislativeExchangeCouncil,betterknownasALEC,acoalitionofcorporateinterestslikeWalmartandVerizon,introducesfederalpolicieswhicharguablyresultinputtingAfricanAmericansandimmigrantsbehindbarsintheinterestofprofiteeringfromthesuccessofprivateprisons,surveillance,andprisonlabor.OneinfourUSlegislatorshavetiestoALEC,someofwhomhaveintroducedbillsandpolicieswithoutevenbotheringtoremoveALEC’sbrandingfromthembeforedispersingthemtocolleagues.THEDEHUMANIZATIONOFAFRICANAMERICANSByportrayingblackpeopleascriminals,deprivingtheircommunitiesoffinancialresourcesthatputthemonalevelplayingfieldtotheirwhitecompatriots,developingpublicpoliciesthataremorelikelytoseepeopleofcolorplacedbehindbars,andcreatingprisonsystemsthataremeanttopunishandbreakpeopleratherthanhelpthemrehabilitateandreentersociety,Americahasconsciously,orunconsciously,dehumanizeditsblackpopulation.

FILMDETAILSDIRECTOR: AvaDuVernayRELEASED: Oct7,2016 LENGTH: 1hour40minutesFEATURED: MichelleAlexander,AngelaDavis,Bryan

Stevenson,HenryLouisGates,Jr.,JelaniCobb,VanJones,MalkiaCyril,JamesKilgore

FILMSUMMARY: ChroniclingthehistoryofracialinequalityintheUnitedStates,the13thexamineshowourcountryhasproducedthehighestrateofincarcerationintheworld,withthemajorityofthoseimprisonedbeingAfrican-American.ThetitleofDuVernay’sextraordinaryandgalvanizingfilmreferstothe13thAmendmenttotheConstitution.TheprogressionfromthatsecondqualifyingclausetothehorrorsofmassincarcerationandtheprisonindustryintheU.S.islaidoutbyDuVernaywithbracinglucidity.DuVernayarguesthataprison-industrialcomplexwhichstatisticallyimprisonsblackmendisproportionatelyandallowsfortheirdisciplinaryservitude,hastakenadvantageofAmerica’sblackpopulationandbringsintoquestionifthissystemultimatelyactsasaformofmoderndayslavery.“Thisfilmwasmadeasananswertomyownquestionsabouthowandwhywehavebecomethemostincarceratednationintheworld,howandwhyweregardsomeofourcitizensasinnatelycriminal,andhowandwhygoodpeopleallowthisinjusticetohappengenerationaftergeneration,”saidDuVernayatherpremieratthe54thNewYorkFilmFestival.

BEFORE WE START

Open in Prayer

Checking Your Pulse Beforeyoubegintoviewthefilm,let’scheckyourpulse.Takeafewminutestoanswerthefollowingquestionsashonestlyasyoucan.Wewillcomebacktothesequestionslater.

Whyareyouinterestedinviewingthisdocumentary?

Whenyouhearthewordprisoner,whatimagesandtermscometomind?

Thisfilmaddressestheinjusticeofmassincarcerationandrace–thedisproportionateincarcerationofpoorpeopleofcolor,particularlyblackandbrownmen.Takeasecondtoexaminewhereyouareconcerningrace.Writedownacoupleofwordsdescribingyourstate(ex:sensitive,strugglingwithseeingracism,angry,etc).*Thiswillhelpyoutounderstandandpayattentiontothefilteryouwillbewatchingthefilmthrough.

Writedown1-2questionsyouhaveaboutmassincarceration,prisoners,theChurch’scalltotheprisoner,etc?

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TakeafewminutestoaskGodtoprepareyourheart,openyoureyes,andshowyouwhatHeneedsyoutoseeinordertotakeactionagainstinjustice.

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NOTES (1)

Usethispagetowritedownthingsthatchallengeyou,pointstoremember,thoughtsyouwanttodiscuss,etc.

DISCUSSION 1

1.Noticeyouremotions.Writewordsorphrasestodescribewhatyouarefeelingrightnow.2.Goaroundthegroupandshare2-3ofyourwordsorphrases.DONOTgointodetail.Thiswillallowparticipantstotakethetemperatureofthegroupbeforegoingintofurtherdiscussion.Beawareofandsensitivetowhatothersarefeeling,affirmthem,andrememberthisistheirlensatthemoment.

Historyisnotjuststuffthathappensbyaccident.Wearetheproductsofhistorythatourancestorschoose,ifwe’rewhite.Ifweareblack,wearetheproductsofthehistorythatourancestorsmostlikelydidnotchoose.Yetherewearealltogether,theproductsofthatsetofchoices.Andwehavetounderstandthatinordertoescapefromit.—KevinGannon,13th

Whatareyourthoughtsonthisquote?Doyouagreeordisagree?Whyorwhynot?

PresidentLyndonB.JohnsonusheredintheWaronCrime,NixonbeganafigurativeWaronDrugsthatbecamealiteralWaronDrugsintheReaganera.Wereyousurprisedtolearnabouttheracialunderpinningsoftheselegislativepolicies,andtheactiveroleofthestateincriminalizingandtargetingcommunitiesofcolor?Discussusingthequotationbelow.

TheNixoncampaignin1968,andtheNixonWhiteHouseafterthat,hadtwoenemies:theantiwarleftandblackpeople.YouunderstandwhatI’msaying?Weknewwecouldn’tmakeitillegaltobeeitheragainstthewarorblack,butbygettingthepublictoassociatethehippieswithmarijuanaandblackswithheroin,andthencriminalizingbothheavily,wecoulddisruptthosecommunities.Wecouldarresttheirleaders,raidtheirhomes,breakuptheirmeetings,andvilifythemnightafternightontheeveningnews.Didweknowwewerelyingaboutthedrugs?Ofcoursewedid.–JohnEhrlichman,NixonAdministrationAdvisor

CrackvsCocaine.Samedrug(onepowdered,onecooked)butusedindifferentracialcommunitiesandcarrydifferentsentencing.Shareyourthoughtsonhowthiscontributedtomassincarceration.

Checking Your Pulse 2-3minutes

2-3minutesJUST WOW! ListoneWOWmomentorfactfromthelastsegment:

Group Discussion 15minutes–Chooseoneortwotodiscuss.

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MOVIETIME:0:00–27:23minutes

NOTES (2)

Usethispagetowritedownthingsthatchallengeyou,pointstoremember,thoughtsyouwanttodiscuss,etc.

DISCUSSION 2

1.Noticeyouremotions.Writewordsorphrasestodescribewhatyouarefeelingrightnow.2.Goaroundthegroupandshare2-3ofyourwordsorphrases.DONOTgointodetail.Thiswillallowparticipantstotakethetemperatureofthegroupbeforegoingintofurtherdiscussion.Beawareandsensitivetowhatothersarefeeling,affirmthem,andrememberthisistheirlensatthemoment.

Checking Your Pulse 2-3minutes

2-3minutesJUST WOW! ListoneWOWmomentorfactfromthelastsegment:

Group Discussion 15minutes—Chooseoneortwotodiscuss.

Superpredator.Criminal.Thinkaboutthepowerofmediaandthepowerofwords.Discussmediaandhowwordsimpacttheperceptionandcriminalizationofpeopleofcolor,bothinthepastandthepresent(animalistic,violent,tobefeared,threattowhitepeople,criminals,etc.).Givemodern-dayexamples.Accordingtothedocumentary,PresidentClintonbuilttheinfrastructureformassincarceration:mandatoryminimums(takingthediscretionawayfromjudges),militarizationofpolice(SWATteams),three-strikeslaw,andtruth-in-sentencinglaws(mustserve85%ofsentence).Discusstheroleofpoliticsandcrimeandhowyouseeitimpactourcommunitiestoday(bothpastandcurrentadministrations).PRISONERSFORPROFIT.WereyouawareofthePrisonIndustrialComplexandhowcorporationsareprofitingfromincarceration?

• WereyousurprisedtoknowaboutALEC(AmericanLegislativeExchangeCouncil—acommitteeofpoliticiansandcorporationsinfluencinglawsthatbenefititscorporatefoundersandpushingforthpoliciestoincreasethenumberofpeopleinprisonandincreasesentences)?

• TalkaboutCCA(CorrectionsCorporationsofAmerica,leaderinprivateprisonsthatisrequiredtokeepprisonbedsfilled—theleadingcorporationresponsiblefortherapidincreaseincriminalization)andhowthatimpactsourcommunities.

ThefilmarguesthatthereisadirectlinkbetweenAmericanslaveryandthemodernAmericanprisonsystem.Whatisyourtakeonthisargument?

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MOVIETIME:27:23–1:09:20

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NOTES (3)

Usethispagetowritedownthingsthatchallengeyou,pointstoremember,thoughtsyouwanttodiscuss,etc.

DISCUSSION 3

1.Noticeyouremotions.Writewordsorphrasestodescribewhatyouarefeelingrightnow.2.Goaroundthegroupandshare2-3ofyourwordsorphrases.DONOTgointodetail.Thiswillallowparticipantstotakethetemperatureofthegroupbeforegoingintofurtherdiscussion.Beawareandsensitivetowhatothersarefeeling,affirmthem,andrememberthisistheirlensatthemoment.

Checking Your Pulse 2-3minutes

2-3minutesJUST WOW! ListoneWOWmomentorfactfromthelastsegment:

Group Discussion 15minutes—Chooseoneortwotodiscuss.

MOVIETIME:1:09:21–1:40:21

“Nooneinthehoodgoestotrial.”Discussyourunderstanding(orwhatyoulearned)aboutbail,pleabargains,andrefusingtosettleyourcase.HowdidthestoryofKaliefBrowderimpactyou?

“Youimmediatelybecomenumb.That’swhatjaildoestohumans,thatimmediatedehumanization,andsensorydeprivationthatnobodycanreallyunderstandunlesstheylivethroughit.”Discusstheimpactthishasonthosecurrentlyincarceratedandwhatthiscouldlooklikeuponrelease.“SomanyaspectsoftheoldJimCrowaresuddenlylegalagainonceyou’vebeenbrandedafelon.AndsoitseemsthatinAmericawehaven’tsomuchendedracialcaste,butsimplyredesignedit.”—MichelleAlexanderTheimpactofincarcerationdoesn’tendwhenonereturnstosociety.Asstated,thereareover40,000collateralconsequencesthatfollowthereturningcitizen.ThisdoesnotreflectourGod(repent,forgiven,forgotten,healed),butwecallourselvesa“Christiannation.”Discussyourthoughts.AngelaDavisstated,“Effortstocreatereforms,theyinevitablyleadtomorerepression.”Whatdoesthisstatementmeantoyou?Howdoyouseethisplayingouttoday?

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SUMMARY DISCUSSION

Afterwatchingthefulldocumentary,howwouldyousumupyourcurrentemotional/spiritualstate(helpless,inspired,challenged,angry,stirredtoaction,acombinationoffeelings)?Didyoulearnconceptsthatwerecontrarytowhatyouinitiallythoughtorbelieved?Howdidthisfilmshapeyourunderstandingoftheprisonsystem?Whatchallengedyourpre-existingview?

Howshouldthechurchberespondingtomassincarceration?HowcanthebodyoftheChristaddresssystemicinjusticesassociatedwithmassincarceration?

GobacktothesectionBeforeWeBegin:CheckingYourPulse.Rereadwhatyouwrote,andseeifyoufeelanydifferent.Wereyourquestionsanswered?Havetheimagesandtermsyouwrotedownforthewordprisonerchangedatall?

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Close in Prayer

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BEFORE I FORGET

MY TAKEAWAYS Listthreewaysthisdocumentaryhasimpactedyou.Whatdidyoulearn?Whatinsightsdiditprovide?Whatquestionsdoyoustillhave?

“People say all the time, ‘Well, I don’t understand how people could have tolerated slavery. How could they have made peace with that? How could people have gone to a lynching and participated in that? That’s so crazy. If I was living at that time I would never have tolerated anything like that.’ And the truth is we are living in this time, and we are tolerating it.”

-Bryan Stevenson

WrittenbyAmyWilliams(forCCDATheologicalReflectiononMassIncarceration)Whenwehearthewordprisoner,certainimagesimmediatelycomeacrossourminds:violent,angry,mentalissues,poor,throwaway,tonameafew.Ourunderstandingandexperiencewiththecriminaljusticesystem(probation/parole,prisoners,returningcitizens)andthoseinvolvedinitisverylimitedunlesswearedirectlyinvolvedorconnected...orsoonethinks.Thechurchismorecloselyconnectedtotheexperienceoftheprisoner,becausetheOneweworshipwasaprisonerhimself.ThestoryofJesus’sincarcerationparallelsthelifeoftoday’sinmates.Hewasseenbypoliticalleaders/powersthatbeas“lessthan,”alawbreaker(Mark9:3,Mark12:2,Mark12:10,Mark2:16).Hewasarrested(John18:3-12)andgivenanunfairtrial(John18:28-38).Thisisaprimeexampleofabrokencriminaljusticesystem.Jesuswasunjustlycondemned—“framed”—andsentencedbythecorrupt(“juryofpeers”)(John18:38b-40).Jesuswasgiventhedeathpenalty(Galatians3:1).Onceconvictedandlockedup,hewasallowedvisitorsandfondlyrememberstheimpactthathadonhistimeofincarceration:“Iwasnakedandyouclothedme,Iwassickandyouvisitedme,Iwasinprisonandyoucametome(Matthew25:36).Prisonerswhohavedonetheirtimeeventuallyreturntothecommunity(10,000aweek).CouldtheresurrectionofJesus(Mark16:5-6)beaparallelstoryforthereturningcitizen(Luke24:6-7)?Astoryofsecondchances.Astoryofarebirthofanewlifeandopportunities.Astoryofredemption.

EventheProdigalSonexperiencedthejoyofreturninghomeafter“payinghisdues.”WhenJesusreturned,HebecamefullyrecognizedastheSaviorandchangedtheworld.Returningcitizens—giventherightresources,supportandopportunities—can

becomecommunitychangersaswell.Theparallelscanbesummarizedasfollows:•Mustbedeliveredintothehandsofsinfulmen—criminaljusticesystem•Becrucified—sentenced,servedtheirtime,treatedinhumanly•Onthethirdday,beraisedagain—reentryintosociety•FULLYrecognizedasSavior,

changedtheworld—indigenousleaders,communitychangersAsweengagetheissueofmassincarceration,oneofthemosteffectivewaystoconnectwiththeincarceratedandreturningcitizensistoseethemthewayGodseesthem—asHischildren.WehavetorecognizeandacknowledgetheirinherentworthasGod'screation.

•Rememberthosewhoareinprison,asthoughinprisonwiththem,andthosewhoaremistreated,sinceyoualsoareinthebody(Hebrews13:3-5).•So,Godcreatedhumankindin(God's)image....Godsaweverythingthat(God)hadmade,andindeed,itwasverygood(Genesis1:27,31).

JESUS was a PRISONER

ACTION STEPS

KEEP LEARNING

AWARENESS

POLICY ADVOCACY

MINISTRY

• Continuegaininginformationandknowledgearoundmassincarceration,school-to-prisonpipeline,privatizationofprison,prisonindustrialcomplex,juvenilejustice,womeninprison,andmentalillness/incarceration.

• Watchotherdocumentaries,includingseriesonprisonlife.• Subscribetoemailliststostayuptodatewithissuesaroundmassincarcerationandjuvenilejustice.(Example:Campaign

forYouthJustice,EqualJusticeInitiative,JustLeadershipUSA,JuvenileJusticeInformationExchange,theSentencingProject,#cut50,theMarshallProject,theCenteronJuvenileandCriminalJustice,etc.).

• Hostadocumentaryviewingatyourchurchorinyourhome.• HoldabookclubtoreadanddiscussTheNewJimCrow:MassIncarcerationintheAgeofColorblindnessbyMichelle

Alexander.• Hostaneventatyourchurch.Inviteformerlyincarceratedindividuals,familymembersofcurrentlyincarcerated

individuals,advocates,attorneys,etc.,tosharetheirvoicesandexperiences.• Organize,tracklegislation,andwriteletters/makephonecallstoyourcongressmanaroundlocalandstatelawsthat

perpetuatemassincarceration.(Example:http://lac.org/toolkits/Introduction.htm)• Meetwithyourrepresentativeortheirstaffinperson.• Startamediacampaign,blog,etc.toorganizeandeducateothersonpoliciesandlegislationaroundprisonreform.

• Contactyourlocaljailorprisonfacilitychaplainandaskhowyourchurchcanhelp.TeachBiblestudies,tutor,volunteer,offershort-termprogramsyoucanteach,connectyourchurchyouthgroupwithajuvenilefacilityforasportsday,etc.

• Writetoinmates,sendthembooks,visitwiththem.• Supportfamilieswhohaveincarceratedlovedones.Examplesofsupportcouldbebusridestofacilitiesthatarehours

away,supportgroups,ridestoandfromcourt,etc.• Collectgiftsforchildrenofprisoners.LearnabouttheAngelTree.• Providesuppliesforageriatricprisonunit(similartoanursinghome).Checkwiththechaplainaboutspecificneeds.• Partnerwithotherchurchesandministrieswhoarealreadydoingtheministryofhelpinginmatesandtheirfamilies.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

DOCUMENTARIES

BOOKS

WEBSITES

• TheHouseILiveIn—www.TheHouseILiveIn.org• BrokenonAllSides:Race,MassIncarcerationandNewVisionsforCriminalJustice—www.brokenonallsides.com• Rikers:AnAmericanJail—rikersfilm.org

YOUTHFOCUS:• TIME:TheKaliefBrowderStory—seriesonNetflix• YoungKids,HardTime(45min.)—www.msnbc.com• ChildrenBehindBars:AmericanYouthViolence(46min.)—www.msnbc.com• ChildreninPrison:LockedUpforLife(55min.)—www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLrlajvhUaQ• Alone:TeensinSolitaryConfinement(22min.)—www.csgjuscecenter.org/youth/publications/alone-teens-in-solitary-

confinementWOMENFOCUS:

• “ANationofWomenBehindBars”20/20(30min.)—http://abc.go.com/shows/2020/listing/2015-02/27-2020-022715-a-nation-of-women-behind-bars-a-dianesawyer-hidden-america-special

• WomenBehindBars(30min.)—www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2013/09/women-behind-bars-201393010326721994.html

• TheNewJimCrow:MassIncarcerationintheAgeofColorblindness—Alexander,Michelle.2012.• JustMercy—Stevenson,Bryan.2014• ArePrisonsObsolete?—Davis,AngelaY.NewYork:SevenStories,2003.• TheGrowthofIncarcerationintheUnitedStates—CommitteeonCausesandConsequencesofHighRatesofIncarceration,etal.

NationalAcademicPress,2014.• TheCollapseofAmericanCriminalJustice—Stuntz,WilliamJ.2013.• ArrestedJusticeBlackWomen,Violence,andAmerica'sPrisonNation—Richie,Beth.2012.• TheJusticeImperative:HowHyper-incarcerationHasHijackedtheAmericanDream:ACollaborativeExaminationofConnecticut's

CriminalJusticeandCorrectionsSystem—Moran,BrianE,2014.• BuildingaMovementtoEndtheNewJimCrow:AnOrganizingGuide—Hunter,Daniel,andMichelleAlexander,VeteransofHope

Project,2015.• Monster—Myers,WalterDean.1999.(JuvenileFictionnovel)

• CampaignforYouthJustice:www.campaignforyouthjustice.org• TheSentencingProject:www.sentencingproject.org• JuvenileJusticeInformationExchange:www.jjie.org• FreeAmerica(JohnLegend’sOrg):www.letsfreeamerica.org• JustLeadershipUSA:www.justleadershipusa.org• JusticeFellowship:www.justicefellowship.org• JusticePolicyInstitute:www.justicepolicy.org• PrisonPolicyInitiative:www.prisonpolicy.org• EqualJusticeInitiative:www.eji.org• VeraInstituteofJustice:www.vera.org• OfficeofJuvenileJusticeandDelinquencyPrevention

www.ojjdp.gov

A23-yearyouthministryveteran,AMYL.WILLIAMSfollowsherpassiontoministertoteensinvolvedingangs,youthonprobation/parole,andthoselostinthecriminaljusticesystem—atthecoreofwhichlife-on-lifementoringisherkeystrategy.Asacertifiedganginterventionspecialist,sheheardGod’scalltomoveintoaLatinogangneighborhoodinChicago’sHumboldtParkcommunitytobea“hopedealer”tothedopedealer,doingstreetoutreachandwalkinglifewithyoungpeopleonherblock.Herareasofexpertiseandpassioninclude

• Youthandyoungadults• Ganginterventionandstrategies• Juvenilejustice• Massincarceration• School-to-prisonpipeline• Communitydevelopment• Mentoring(youthandyouthworkers)• Youthculture

Shecurrentlyservesasa(n)

• AdvisoryboardmemberfortheNationalInstituteforJuvenileJusticeMinistries(IJJM)• SteeringcommitteememberfortheCCDA(ChristianCommunityDevelopmentAssociation)Mass

IncarcerationTaskForce• AdvisoryboardmemberfortheNorthParkUniversityCenterforYouthMinistriesStudies(CYMS)

Amyisblessedtospeakandtrainformanyorganizationsincluding(butnotlimitedto)

• UrbanYouthWorkersInstitute(trainer)• YouthSpecialties• NationalCCDA(trainer)• DeVosUrbanLeadership(alumnaandtrainer)

Amymentorsotherleadersacrossthecountry,sharingherpassiontoreachasmanyyouthwiththemessageofHOPE.Sheischangingthe‘hoodonekidatatime!FindoutmoreinformationaboutAmyandconnectwithheronline:

http://www.AHopeDealer.org/

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YouthSpecialtieshashelpedChristianchurchesofeverydenominationleadstudentstofindandfollowJesusformorethan40years.Eachyearweservemorethan100,000youthworkersworldwidethroughourtrainingseminars,conventions,resourcesandonlinecommunities.Whetheryou’renewtoyouthministryoraveteran,we’reheretohelpyou.

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