Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Presents:
War on The Family: Imprisoned Mothers and The Families They Leave Behind
A Speaker Series Workshop
Presented by:
Renny Golden
Professor, Northeastern Illinois University
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. (registration begins at 1:30 p.m.)
Location: 1140 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607 – Multi-Purpose Room
3 CEUs for LPC/LCPC/LSW/LCSW
In this workshop, participants will learn about:
- The effects of imprisonment on the family and children left behind;
- A profile of mothers sent to prison with statistics;
- Constraints on re-entry to society and family life which leads to recidivism;
- Successful re-entry programs.
About Renny Golden:
Activist, poet, and academic Renny Golden was born in 1937 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Golden entered the Dominican order of nuns when she was nineteen. She earned a BA degree from Sienna Heights College in 1960, a Master’s in Education from Wayne State University in 1968, and a Doctorate of Ministry at Chicago Theological Seminary with a specialization in Liberation Theology and Social Science in 1976. The civil rights movement and her involvement in helping the poor dramatically changed her life, and she left the convent before taking her final vows. In 1972 she and another teacher began the adult education program, St. Mary's Adult High School. Adult education would continue to be a passion for Golden, and in 2002 Golden, with the help of Sister Jean Hughes, began another adult high school called St. Leonard's Adult High School, which served former prisoners. Golden has often been nominated and awarded for her social activism, writing, and teaching. She was a finalist for the C. Wright Award for her book War on Families: Imprisoned Mothers and the Families They Life Behind, and received the Crossroads Publishing Women’s Studies Award for The Hour of the Poor, The Hour of Women.
Space is limited.
Cost: The cost for this event is $25.00 for non-MHBG employees. This fee can be paid online with
credit card or on the day of the event with cash or check made out to “Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.”
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