Education Justice Project Presentation and Potluck

UUCUC invites you to an evening of dinner and discussion with Mr. Francis Ssuubi, Founder and Executive Director of Wells of Hope Ministries, titled “Harkening the Voice of Children of Incarcerated Parents: The ‘Wells of Hope’ Story.”

This event begins with a potluck dinner in Fellowship Hall at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 10th and continues at 7:00 p.m. with a presentation by Mr. Ssuubi. If you plan to attend the potluck, please follow this alphabetical break-down when preparing a dish to share: Last names ending with A-K bring salad or vegetable; L-R bring rice, potatoes, or bread; S-Z bring dessert. Protein will be provided.

This event is co-sponsored by Incarceration in America: Collateral Impacts of Incarceration Focal Point Group (funded by the Graduate College of UIUC), First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana, Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting, and the Education Justice Project.

Here is a brief biography of the featured speaker:

Mr. Francis Ssuubi is the Founder and the Executive Director of Wells of Hope Ministries, a non-governmental organization that provides effective and compassionate programs for prisoners and their families in Uganda, with great attention being given to children with parents on death row. He has advocated and spoken on the rights of children of prisoners in Belgium, USA, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, at the UN. His talk explores the vulnerabilities and stigmas of children of the incarcerated and presents a model of practice for their care and support, with particular attention to the needs of girls and women. Developed within an African context, he will argue that the Wells of Hope model has wide applicability.