Children of Promise, NYC

CPNYC featured on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC

cpnyc — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:09:27 +0000

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CPNYC Newsletter – Fall Edition

cpnyc — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:03:59 +0000

CPNYC Releases is Fall 2012 Newsletter with updates from the summer & fall and upcoming events

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17th Annual Urban Heros Awards Benefit

cpnyc — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:59:44 +0000

CPNYC & 11 other non-profits to participate in the Annual Urban Heros Awards Benefit. Click here to read more

New Van Service for Children of Promise

cpnyc — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:11:14 +0000

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CPNYC on CNN:The ‘silent victims’ of incarceration: Coping with parents in prison

cpnyc — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:22:52 +0000

– The boy was scared, angry, insecure. His dad was away in prison, and the son didn’t know how to grapple with his loss.
“Everybody says my father is so bad, but I really love him,” the boy said.

Sharon Content still recalls that conversation — a reminder of her life’s calling. She worked on Wall Street for five years before realizing that she needed something more meaningful.

“I just didn’t feel satisfied,” she said.

Content is the founder of the Brooklyn, New York-based Children of Promise organization, aimed at helping children cope with having a mother or father in prison. Her organization works with about 200 children between the ages of 6 and 16, all of whom have at least one parent in prison.

“I call them the silent victims of incarceration,” Content said. “They’re not the victim who the crime was committed against, but they are feeling the ramifications of their parents doing time.”

More than 2.7 million children in America have a parent in prison, according to a 2010 study (PDF) by the Pew Research Center’s Economic Mobility Project. For the vast majority, there are few outlets for the kids. Children are left to be reared by grandmothers, aunts, moms — themselves often already struggling below the poverty line. Sometimes, they fall into the hands of the state.
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CPNYC featured on the Melissa Harris-Show on MSNBC

cpnyc — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:13:51 +0000

Children of incarcerated parents have a ‘foot soldier’ in Brooklyn…….

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CPNYC wins the NY Post Leadership Award

cpnyc — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:19:36 +0000

CPNYC wins the NY Post Leadership Award.

CPNYC featured on ABC’s Secret Millionaire

cpnyc — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:05:13 +0000

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