from Nancy Stiefl
What: Social Justice
Film – 2 short documentaries
When: 7:00 PM,
Sunday, May 17
Where: Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship at the corner of 16th Street & 27th Avenue, Vero
Beach
Two short documentaries comprise the May 17 Social Justice
Film. Both are from Brave New Films
which makes videos that inform, change attitudes, and motivate people to take
action on important social issues.
To Prison for Poverty exposes private probation companies
that profit from charging excessive fees to low income people who can't pay
small fines like traffic tickets. If they can't pay, they go to jail. This
documentary features two women deeply in debt to Judicial Correction Services,
Inc. or JCS based in Georgia. For-profit
companies like JCS contract with cities and counties strapped for cash. The
companies collect debts owed to courts with no cost to the government by
charging the probationers.
Over Criminalized graphically demonstrates how law
enforcement personnel may not be trained to deal with the calls they receive
regarding homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness. This video shines
a light on solutions from around the nation that are saving lives and money,
keeping the public safer, and moving us away from our national obsession with
arresting and incarcerating our fellow citizens.
Following the short films, Sgt. Flowers from the Indian
River County Sherriff’s Department will share information about their
procedures and programs here in Indian River County.
There is no charge but donations to cover costs are
gratefully accepted. The Fair Trade Corner will be open one-half hour prior to
the film.
