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Feeding Cycle of Prisoners: What are some Causes? "Felon's" as Second Class citizenship

    What it means to be classified as a felon:

The label felon makes it hard for ex-convicts who only had a minor drug convictions to reintegrate into society. 

                               Why?

     Being labeled as a "felon" makes it hard for ex-convicts to gain access to jobs making it much more difficult to sustain a family, or even themselves. 

       As depicted in Garza's Documentary, "When Will the Punishment End?" lying about their status to potential employers is often the only reason they are able to gain access to a job.  

        Furthermore, loosing access to financial aid also hinders their ability to achieve an education or profession. 

        It's easy to see how privileged some of us are, since we are able to engage in these spaces without much thought, yet forget to help reintegrate those that we have marginilized. 

 

 

Areli Rios

President '15

Majors: Political Science, Chicana/o Studies and Spanish'15

Evelyn Menjivar

Director of Journalism'15

Major: Sociology 15'

Roy Rojas

Documentary Director '15

Major: Economics '15

Fatima Urquilla

Vice President '15

Major: Psychobiology '15

Minor: Film '15

Paulina Sepulveda

Director of Marketing '15

Majors: Spanish and International 

Development Studies '15

Running as Funding Solutions

If you run the right marathon, then you'll be running with over more than 5000 people in one race. This makes it a perfect space to raise awareness on the prison dilemma. My goal is to run 95 marathons in 95 weeks and break the World Record for the Youngest Woman to 100 marathons, to raise awareness on prisons and fundraising for ex-convict friendly resources. ​

To help fund the races and expenses donate at: Strides for Justice. 

To help fund Homeboy Industries donate at: Homeboy Industries

 

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