Milk Not Jails! Free Ice Cream Social

Join Prisoners are People Too and Massachusetts Avenue Project for a special ice cream social in Buffalo, NY.

What: Ice Cream Social

When: Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 2-5pm

Where: Frank E. Merriweather Library
1324 Jefferson Avenue
Buffalo, New York

Who: Brought to you by Prisoners are People Too, Massachusetts Avenue Project, and MILK NOT JAILS

Why: To bring together families, people impacted by incarceration, & criminal justice advocates to learn about MILK NOT JAILS, a new campaign working to change the urban rural relationship in New York State. Enjoy free ice cream and entertainment. Learn about what milk and jails have to do with one another. Find out what you can do.

For more information: milknotjails@gmail.com or tel (716) 834-8438

Prisoners are People Too has been advocating for people in prison and their families since 2005. It provides a forum and support for those who desire a second chance. More at www.prp2.org

Massachusetts Avenue Project nurtures the growth of a diverse and equitable community food system to promote local economic opportunities, access to affordable and nutritious food, and social-change education. More at www.mass-ave.org
MILK NOT JAILS asserts, “If rural NY’s economic survival depends on my habits, I’d rather drink their milk than send my child to their prison.” Currently poor urban people of color are being exported to and locked up in prisons in rural areas of the state. Prisons are one of the largest employers in many rural parts of the state, where there was once a thriving dairy and agricultural economy. MILK NOT JAILS insists that bad criminal justice policy should not be the primary economic development plan for rural, upstate NY. More at milknotjails.wordpress.com