Looking for St. Louis, MO Based Advocates and Support Network
Hi,
My name is evan milligan and I need to ask you all a favor. Do you know any community based advocates, organizers, supportive people, elders, youth, individuals, or organizations based in St. Louis, MO.
I work as a paralegal for the Equal Justice Initiative. www.eji.org. If you go to that website, you will see a link to a youtube film about a young man from St. Louis who was wrongfully convicted of Murder 2nd when he was around 13 or 14. He was sentenced to life without parole. The attorney's here recently supported him in appeal, and successfully negotiated his release from prison. He has been living here in Alabama for the past week and a half as a part of a prisoner re-entry support program. However, eventually, he will return to St. Louis.
He has remarked often about being thankful to meet "positive" people, progressive young people, community oriented black people, etc. Surely there is a similar community in St. Louis.
I called Tufara to seek her wisdom, and she suggested I reach out to everyone on the gathering. Please, if you have suggestions, email me at milliganevan@gmail.com. My cell is 334.590.1702. Later in the week, I will show the young man this website, and see if he is interested in joining.
Thank you very much for any hope you can provide.
Hope and Love.
evan
My name is evan milligan and I need to ask you all a favor. Do you know any community based advocates, organizers, supportive people, elders, youth, individuals, or organizations based in St. Louis, MO.
I work as a paralegal for the Equal Justice Initiative. www.eji.org. If you go to that website, you will see a link to a youtube film about a young man from St. Louis who was wrongfully convicted of Murder 2nd when he was around 13 or 14. He was sentenced to life without parole. The attorney's here recently supported him in appeal, and successfully negotiated his release from prison. He has been living here in Alabama for the past week and a half as a part of a prisoner re-entry support program. However, eventually, he will return to St. Louis.
He has remarked often about being thankful to meet "positive" people, progressive young people, community oriented black people, etc. Surely there is a similar community in St. Louis.
I called Tufara to seek her wisdom, and she suggested I reach out to everyone on the gathering. Please, if you have suggestions, email me at milliganevan@gmail.com. My cell is 334.590.1702. Later in the week, I will show the young man this website, and see if he is interested in joining.
Thank you very much for any hope you can provide.
Hope and Love.
evan
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Permalink Reply by H McCall on -
Send inquiries to:
Steve Max
Midwest Academy
27 E Monroe, 11th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 427-2304
Fax: (312) 379-0313
info@midwestacademy.com
they do work in the St. Louis area and have you had contact with Jobs with Justice? they do good work with workers rights and familis so maybe they can help him reintegrate??
Love,L
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