DAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario

 

The John Howard Society of Toronto &
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
are proud to present:
Out of the Joint and Onto the Street Out of the Joint, Onto the Street- Increasing Community Access for Homeless Ex-Prisoners - An interactive, multimedia presentation
Increase your knowledge and skills…
  • Connections between homelessness, HIV/AIDS & jail
  • Harm Reduction strategies for ex-prisoners
  • HIV, Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis in jails
  • Support networks and effective referrals
  • Overview of the Canadian prison system
  • Planning programs to run in jails
  • Advocacy and activism within the prison realm
  • Legal issues and Social issues
  • Prisoner myth-busting
  • Prison subcultures
  • Barriers to re-integration
  • Restorative justice
  • Self-care
FREE

Full-day workshops or group specific training sessions (min. 3 hours) are available for: frontline workers, social service workers and managers, volunteers, educators, counsellors, healthcare professionals, students, friends/family of prisoners and community members.

 

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To arrange a session or for more information contact:

Amber Kellen, (416) 925-4386 ext.224
at The John Howard Society of Toronto

Check out our website www.outofthejoint.org


    

 

Funding provided by the Government of Canada's Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative, administered by the City of Toronto



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Page last updated February 23, 2005