We are delighted to announce that Anthony Harris has joined the American Friends Service Committee’s New Hampshire program as our first-ever Decarceration Organizer. This position, a part-time, paid internship, was made possible by a grant from the NH Charitable Foundation and the Arnie Alpert Action Fund.
Anthony is a co-founder of Felon to Freeman, a New Hampshire-based organization led by formerly incarcerated people organizing to support others to “walk the path from prison to prosperity.”
He is also the manager of Rootz Natural Hair Shop with his partner, Shaquwanda Allen. He has become enthusiastically engaged with the BIPOC activist network in New Hampshire and several grassroots organizations. Anthony was interviewed by our friend Emmett Soldati for this week’s State House Watch radio show; listen here.
He is a force of nature, and brings a spirit of gratitude, joy and determination to every situation.
We are thrilled to welcome Anthony to AFSC-NH and look forward to working closely with him to support the engagement of formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones in organizing and advocacy for transformational change and healing justice.
All the best,
Maggie Fogarty, Grace Kindeke and Lidia Yen
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