Our Reentry Service Fairis happening today at Madison College Goodman South campus, starting at 5:00 PM! Plan to attend & connect with local vendors who are looking to help. There will be housing, treatment, support, education, employment, & transportation vendors available.
JustDane
个人和家庭福利保障
Madison，Wisconsin 391 位关注者
JustDane helps transform individual lives and social systems to create a just and equitable community.
关于我们
Founded in 1971, the originally named Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) was created as a social justice, social service organization. In 2020, the decision was made to change our name from Madison-area Urban Ministry to JustDane, to reflect our expanded reach. JustDane is private, 501 (c) 3 non-profit agency that offers an array of direct service programs for individuals and families involved in the criminal justice system. These services include prison reentry programs and services for children who have an incarcerated parent, community events designed to help people understand what it’s like to walk in the shoes of someone newly released from prison, and jail and prison in-reach programs. The men, women, and children who walk through our doors also help us better understand what is going on in our community and the struggles and injustices they may face through hearing their stories. Having this information enables us to both communicate with, and educate policy makers about the societal disconnect, obstacles and backstories of people who have struggled to live a productive life, and what JustDane is doing to create positive change that benefits the entire community. Part of our mission is to serve as an incubator and fiscal agent for innovative ideas and projects. Over our forty plus years, we have helped develop some of the most creative and effective programs in Dane County: Project Home, all of the Madison Senior Coalitions, and many more. We currently also serve as an incubator for a Homeless Cooperative newspaper, a neighborhood association, and a statewide social justice advocacy organization. Our work is made possible by the support, financial and volunteer contributions of thousands of individuals over our 40 year history. We are grateful to the visionaries who originally formed MUM and the people who continue to sustain and nurture us.
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https://justdane.org
JustDane的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 个人和家庭福利保障
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Madison，Wisconsin
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1971
- 领域
- Re-entry of returning prisoners、Mentoring and Reading Connections、Returning Prisoner Simulations、Just Bakery、Healing House Medical Respite、Communities Against Violence和Circles of Support
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JustDane员工
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A budget cut to the Independent Monitor and the Police Civilian Oversight Board has been proposed and will be discussed Monday and Tuesday at the City of Madison's Finance Committee Meetings. We are concerned about these budget cuts! You can attend these public committee meetings and speak (register first) or write your comments to [email protected] We have prepared some talking points to help you prepare your thoughts and statements to share your concern. Please check these out and make sure your voice is heard! The public meetings are being held Monday and Tuesday at 4:30pm virtually. Register to speak at the meeting using this link for Monday (https://lnkd.in/gC_dtcnh) and this link for Tuesday (https://lnkd.in/gGekTAsC)
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Join us for a powerful evening with Keith Ellison at a book signing event for his latest release, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence. ??? Date: Tuesday, October 22 ?? Time: 6 PM - 9 PM (Doors open at 5 PM) ?? Location: First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI Get inspired by opening remarks from Congressman Mark Pocan and engage in an insightful discussion moderated by John Nichols. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a key figure in the fight for justice! Sponsored by MOSES & FUS. For more information, visit www.fusmadison.org
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JustDane, Mentoring Positives and The African Center for Community Development recently held the first annual Darbo Dream Fest in the Darbo/Worthington Neighborhood! We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us for Darbo Dream Fest! Your energy, passion, and commitment to building a brighter future made the day unforgettable. Together, we took powerful steps toward turning dreams into reality, and we couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you. Thank you for showing up, sharing your dreams, and supporting one another. Here’s to a future full of possibilities! THANK YOU to American Family Dreams Foundation for funding the festival, to Festival Foods for donating cases of water, to the team at Cafe Coda for providing the groovy music and the stage, to Cliff's Willy Streat Eats for providing SUCH delicious food, to Stephanie at Classic Creations for her dreamy face paintings, to Terrance at Atwood Barbershop for bringing his skills to cut hair, to Chelsea at Frio's Gourmet Pops for the delicious popsicles, and to Mentoring Positives for the yummy pizza! We are a better community when we work together to achieve dreams and make them reality!
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Thank you Barzilai Foundation for supporting our Just Bakery students with stipends. Your support means our students can focus on their studies and not worry about paying for housing and food.
Some segments of the workforce are highly motivated to progress into a meaningful career but are handcuffed by circumstances or decisions from long ago: time away from work, for example, or choices that left them stuck in a low-skill job path. These barriers aren’t relevant to who they are today, but they still obstruct their ability to reach their potential and secure a promising future. In Madison, Wisconsin, Just Bakery – an arm of JustDane, an organization dedicated to providing for underserved communities in and around Madison – hosts a training program to prepare candidates facing such barriers for jobs in the culinary industry. Graduates from the program gain valuable certifications, such as ServSafe and a variety of ManageFirst certifications, as well as vital hands-on experience. The curriculum also provides graduates automatic acceptance into Madison College, for those who want to further their education. However, the 3-month training program is unpaid, often forcing individuals who are already in difficult financial positions to face short-term hardships to pursue training for a better-long term future. “It’s an unpaid commitment at a time when they’re in greatest need of income,” said Brandon Sosa, CEO of the Barzilai Foundation. “Too many participants are unable to make it work, and roughly half of them have to sacrifice bettering their future to make ends meet today. We saw an opportunity to incentivize these students to stay with the program and achieve the goal they’re pursuing.” To increase the graduation rate, the Barzilai Foundation is providing a bursary for students in the Just Bakery program, contingent upon attendance, progression, and completion. Upon graduation, students can also qualify for a bonus stipend to both reward their success and provide support as they transition to a new job and career. “Graduates of this program have an astonishingly high placement rate into jobs that put them on a great trajectory,” added Sosa. “With this opportunity, and with the financial barrier solved, these people can find themselves a promising place in the workforce. We’re happy to help restore their potential to them and see them succeed.”
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