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April Highlights
Highlights of our staff and program accomplishments throughout April.
- Osborne took center stage at this year’s National Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference, delivering the plenary presentation at this annual awareness-raising and capacity-building event from Arizona State University. Jamila Small, our 2024 See Us, Support Us Youth Fellow, and Allison Hollihan, Director of Osborne’s NY Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents, joined colleagues from Project WHAT! in Oakland, California, to share strategies for promoting youth engagement, sharing power with youth, and adopting successful campaign tactics as we mark the 20th anniversary Children of Incarcerated Parents’ Bill of Rights. The conference brings together those with lived experience, advocates, researchers, policy makers, and a broad range of community professionals who work with children and families affected by incarceration.
- A group of children and caregivers enthusiastically roamed the galleries of the Brooklyn Museum on a recent Saturday morning. Later, they completed a craft project, ate lunch together in a private room, and received gift bags with t-shirts, artist kits, and family passes for future visits. It was all part of Osborne’s Brooklyn-based Recreation for Children of Incarcerated Parents and their Families program, or Rec, which offers children and caregivers with incarcerated loved ones afterschool activities and outings that build community in ways that can help children cope with the absence of a loved one. Read more in this photo essay.
- On Thursday, May 1, we helped cut the ribbon at the opening of The Rise, an integrated affordable and supportive housing residence in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where Osborne will provide direct services to justice-impacted families in partnership with Women’s Prison Association. The seven-story building offers studios and 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units, and includes a community facility with a rooftop farm and garden for resident and community use, with programming focused on health, wellness, and empowerment to come. We are thrilled to add this project to our growing housing portfolio.