Event
Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series: Nate Williams
Fee:
Free. Ferry tickets are required to visit Alcatraz Island. Your island ticket is sufficient for admission. Contact Oliver Goodman if you'd like to arrange for free tickets to Alcatraz for any groups that have been impacted by the criminal legal system.Location: LAT/LONG: 37.826841, -122.423117
The Speaker Series will take place in the Dining Hall of the Cell House.
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Type of Event
Speaking event starts at 2 PM in the Cellhouse Dining Hall.
Description
Nate Williams was raised in Compton, and became a product of his environment. Arrested as a youth, he was sentenced as an adult at only 17 years old and served 32 years in prison. Though Nate was held physically captive by the system, he never allowed his mind to be limited or his will to be broken. He founded Choices for Freedom, a California nonprofit with a mission to work with currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, their families, and communities affected by mass incarceration to heal trauma, and to create a better and stronger community. He is spearheading a Credible Messenger training, a violence intervention and prevention program for youth and gang involved young men, and a rehabilitation program for people being held in the belly of the beast. He is a motivational speaker and has been featured in music videos, documentaries, and public art installations as his story and work continues to resonate with people all over the world.
The Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series is a biweekly program on Alcatraz Island that lifts up and highlights the voices of people who have spent time inside of jails and prisons. The National Park Service believes in parks as platforms for dialogue, and Alcatraz Island, being one of the only NPS sites that interprets mass incarceration, works directly with people who have been affected in order to give them a platform to showcase their stories.
For more information on the Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series,or other community outreach initiatives (including ranger-led programs), please contact park ranger Oliver Goodman (oliver_goodman@nps.gov). If you are a community leader working with the formerly incarcerated community and you would like to bring a group to an upcoming program in the series, please email Oliver. If you have any accessibility needs such as ASL translation, please contact goga_accessibility@nps.gov at least 5 days in advance.
Reservation or Registration: No
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