Overwhelmed with gratitude for our community. Thank you to everyone who showed up for us this Giving Tuesday. There’s still time to support! Join us at this link to double your impact with a matched gift to CCA by 12/31: bit.ly/SupportCCA2024 Learn more about the impact of your gift from Carole, a Board Member champion and former CCA Participant: https://lnkd.in/eHueEkaj
Center for Community Alternatives
Public Policy Offices
Syracuse, NY 1,917 followers
CCA is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration.
About us
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) supports and builds power with people across New York State who have been affected by mass incarceration, criminalization and community disinvestment. Through a statewide network of direct services, advocacy and organizing, and by supporting the leadership of directly-impacted people, we advance civil and human rights for all New Yorkers. CCA works to build a world where everyone has what they need to thrive.
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https://communityalternatives.org/
External link for Center for Community Alternatives
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Syracuse, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1981
- Specialties
- Sentencing Advocacy and Mitgation, Alternative-to-Incarceration and Reentry, Policy and Research, Juvenile Justice, and Substance Abuse and Recovery
Locations
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115 East Jefferson Street
Syracuse, NY 13202, US
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25 Chapel Street, 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201, US
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228 Plymouth Avenue S.
Rochester, NY 14608, US
Employees at Center for Community Alternatives
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Lawrence S Brown, Jr.
Vietnam Veteran focusing on Public Health, Addiction Medicine, and Numismatics
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Bonnie Catone
Former Director of Communications at the Treatment Research Institute
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Sarah Townsend
MBA, Accounting and Finance
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Laurel R
Director of Youth Services at Center for Community Alternatives
Updates
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Happy Giving Tuesday! Join us today to build a world where everyone has what they need to thrive. Your impact is DOUBLED starting today and continuing throughout the month thanks to a match from our Board! Support CCA: bit.ly/SupportCCA2024
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Meet Anne, a participant and leader with CCA’s Wellness Center – NYC’s first Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment center with programming designed for individuals who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. Join us for Giving Tuesday tomorrow and throughout the month to DOUBLE your impact to CCA and support our Wellness Center. Hear from Anne: https://lnkd.in/eNCMKBb8 Donate Here: bit.ly/SupportCCA2024
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
“Theory’s cool, but theory with no practice is [worthless].” -Fred Hampton ~ April 27, 1989. Abolitionist. Reformer. Proletarian. Organizer. Advocate. Constitutional & Civil Rights Protector 🌍🏛️⚖️✨ views are mine alone
Join us on December 10 from 6-9pm for a #CleanSlateNY Harlem Convening focused on this newly enacted legislation's impact on employment, housing, and education.
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Save the date! Join us in one week as we launch our end of year fundraising campaign to raise $50,000 by the end of the year. Your gift will enable us to support and build power with people across New York State who have been affected by mass incarceration, criminalization, and community disinvestment. Your impact is DOUBLED this December, thanks to a matching gift from our Board. Join us here: bit.ly/SupportCCA2024
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
“Theory’s cool, but theory with no practice is [worthless].” -Fred Hampton ~ April 27, 1989. Abolitionist. Reformer. Proletarian. Organizer. Advocate. Constitutional & Civil Rights Protector 🌍🏛️⚖️✨ views are mine alone
#CleanSlateNY Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/dseFRHAy
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
Please share this event regarding the Clean Slate Act and its implications for employment opportunities for justice individuals with anyone who may be interested.
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
“Theory’s cool, but theory with no practice is [worthless].” -Fred Hampton ~ April 27, 1989. Abolitionist. Reformer. Proletarian. Organizer. Advocate. Constitutional & Civil Rights Protector 🌍🏛️⚖️✨ views are mine alone
#CommunitiesNotCages “A mother's love knows no boundaries, no limitations, and no conditions." Contact your legislators to help end mass incarceration: www.bit.ly/CNCNY
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
“Theory’s cool, but theory with no practice is [worthless].” -Fred Hampton ~ April 27, 1989. Abolitionist. Reformer. Proletarian. Organizer. Advocate. Constitutional & Civil Rights Protector 🌍🏛️⚖️✨ views are mine alone
Join us Dec 11 for our Statewide Day-of-Action! #CommunitiesNotCages standing Defiant with Hope in the face of Injustice. RSVP: bit.ly/CNCDefiantHope
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CCA is hiring! Click here to see all of our open positions: https://bit.ly/CCAcareer
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