Hour Children

The Doc Wallace Trio Benefit Concert for Hour Children
2023-07-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Church of the Incarnation, 209 Madison Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States

12th Street Block Party
2023-07-08 12:00 - 16:00 | 12th Avenue, between 36th and 37th Avenue, 12th Avenue, between 36th and 37th Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11106, United States
Hour Children is hosting a block party to thank our Neighbors volunteers and faith-based partners for their support and dedications throughout the years.

Hour Mother's Day Luncheon
2023-05-17 12:00 - 15:00 | X20 Xaviers on the Hudson, 71 Water Grant Street, Yonkers, NY, 10701, United States
Enjoy a 3-course lunch, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages while listening to our speakers, engaging in our virtual auction on your phone, and getting to know Hour community.

Hour Mother's Day: A Campaign to Support Hour Children's Summer Programs
2022-05-05 - 2022-05-11 | Le Chateau, 1410 NY-35, South Salem, NY, 10590, United States
Visit our campaign page here to sign up

Best of Both Worlds

Welcome back to Hour in-person event!
Join us for Hour Mother’s Day luncheon on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 and support Hour children’s summer programs. Enjoy a 3-course lunch, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages while listening to our speakers, engaging in our virtual auction on your phone, and getting to know Hour community.
Where: Le Chateau located at 1410 NY-35, South Salem, NY 10590
When: May 11th 12:00pm to 2:00pm, doors open at 11:30am for registration
Price: $175 per person
Buy tickets: https://HourMothersDay.givesmart.com

Support Us Again Virtually
Thank you to all who participated in our virtual auction in 2021. You helped us raise $106,000 for a van and other transportation services that will make sure children can visit their incarcerated mothers for months to come.
This year you will be supporting our children’s summer programs both in Westchester and Long Island City.
Where: https://HourMothersDay.givesmart.com
When: Bidding begins Friday, May 6th at 5:30pm ET and goes until Wednesday, May 11th at 1:30pm ET
Click the link above to sign up for this virtual auction, to donate, and to bid.

See Us, Support Us Youth Listening Sessions for Educators
2021-10-27 14:30 - 16:00
Please join See Us, Support Us at the Osborne Association for a virtual event featuring young people and pioneering educators discussing how to support children of

incarcerated parents’ educational success and wellbeing from early childhood through college.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 features a panel of young people alongside educators, administrators, and policy influencers sharing best practices for SEEing and SUPPORTing students with incarcerated parents, innovative program and policy models, and more.
Please register here.

Hour Children and Between the Bars
2021-10-11 15:00 - 17:00
Hour Children is partnering with Between the Bars — a world premiere play set in the visit room exploring the impact of incarceration.
Use our promo code (BTBHOUR) to get discounted tickets and 30% of your purchase will be donated back to us! See below for more information about the show. Plus, Hour Children will be participating in a Community Conversation after a performance on Monday, October 11th to raise awareness about our work. We hope to see you at the theatre!
Buy tickets here.

Celebración de la Herencia
2021-10-08 11:00 - 14:00

Exclusive Film Screening & Fundraiser for Parole Justice
2021-10-07 15:30 - 16:30
Register here.

Caging Old People – New Jersey’s Elder Incarceration Problem: a panel on releasing elders in New Jersey
2021-09-30 15:00 - 16:00
Register here
Hosted by: RAPP

Less Is More Phone Zap
2021-09-29 07:30 - 08:30
Less is More will allow individuals on parole who are accused of non-criminal technical violations to be issued a violation and a date to appear instead of being taken into custody. Event is hosted by the Katal Center.
Registration details coming soon.

NYC Virtual Advocacy Day to End Solitary Confinement
2021-09-21 06:00 - 11:00
When: Tuesday, September 21

Press conference: 10:00am ET
Legislative Meetings: 11:00am – 3:00pm ET

Hosted by: Jails Action Coalition and HALT Solitary
Register here
Learn more about the importance of ending solitary confinement here

Rally for Decarceration
2021-09-15 05:00 - 13:00
Join together in advance of the city council hearing on conditions in city jails. Meet at New York City Hall (Murray and Broadway entrance). Rally hosted by Jails Action Coalition & HALT Solitary Campaign.

Commemoration of the Attica Uprising and Massacre
2021-09-13 14:00 - 16:00
Examine current injustices in the criminal legal system, and end the night with a call to action centered on the fight for justice today.
The event will also feature special words from activist, & academic Angela Davis, a keynote presentation from actor & activist Danny Glover, and a moderated panel with Pulitzer Prize winning author Heather Ann Thompson!
Where: Virtual event live-streamed here
Hosted by: Attica is All of Us Coalition
Learn more about the Attica Uprising at AtticaIsAllofUs.org

Hour Thrift Virtual Auction
2021-07-25 05:00 - 2021-07-31 15:00
Please join us on July 25th to July 31st to kick off the first ever virtual auction from Hour Children’s Shop.
Hour thrift stores offer a wide range of household goods, jewelry, clothing, and children’s items at reasonable prices while also providing job training for women in our programs. Our auction will highlight some of our more unique, highly valued pieces.
Sign up for the event here to begin receiving auction details: https://HourShopAuction.givesmart.com

Suitcase Sunday hosted by Witness to Mass Incarceration
2021-07-18 06:00 - 13:00 | pin Baisley Pond Park in Queens, Baisley Blvd, Jamaica, NY, 11434
You are invited!!! Witness to Mass Incarceration will host one of the city’s first live public events to celebrate formerly incarcerated-led services and businesses at Baisley Pond Park on Sunday, July 18, 2021, beginning at 10am.
The Suitcase Sunday event will bring together formerly incarcerated people (FIP) and their families, FIP-led services and businesses, a diverse group of congregations and religious organizations, community-based organizations, local and municipal governments, and other supporters to celebrate the success FIP have had since being released from prison. WITNESS believes reentry after incarceration can be worse than prison itself and aims to evolve the process from transactional for the individual to transformational for the formerly incarcerated community and, in turn, society at large.
The event is sponsored by New York City Council Member Adrienne E. Adams. Over 50 formerly incarcerated-led small businesses will be showcased through free food, performances, and other entertainment. WITNESS will be distributing gift cards to formerly incarcerated people who have recently been released.
“A unique crisis such as mass incarceration calls for a unique solution. I am committed to uplifting my community of formerly incarcerated people from poverty and marginalization to wealth-builders and cooperative social entrepreneurs,” says Evie Litwok, Witness to Mass Incarceration Founder and Executive Director. Evie states, “We’re honored to be able to host our event in the vibrant District 28 community. It’s the perfect place to launch The MAP and we’re honored to serve the community.”
“I am so proud to support the Suitcase Sunday Event in District 28,” said Council Member Adrienne Adams, “and I know it will have a profound impact on the residents, businesses, and organizations that embrace Witness to Mass Incarceration’s mission, programs, and vision.”
The event is open to the public. For more information or to donate online, please visit: www.witnesstomassincarceration.org. For interested corporate partners please contact: info@witnesstomassincarceration.org.

March for Parole Justice and Action Tools
2021-06-05 08:00 - 10:00
We have two weeks until the end of New York State’s legislative session. That means we have two weeks to pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills. Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) need your help.
Take three simple actions TODAY to help bring #ParoleJusticeNY to New York State.

Please use this quick and easy Phone 2 Action Tool TODAY to call, email, and tweet at your NY State legislators and urge them to pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills to bring hope and healing to families across the state.
We are looking for a groundswell of support this week, so use the tool TODAY and get the word out on social media using this social media guide.
In addition to using the tool yourself and boosting it on social media, please forward this email to 5-10 people living anywhere in NY State right now!

In addition calling, emailing, and tweeting, and participating in local community demonstrations, we ask that you join us on June 5th for a March for Parole Justice.
Beginning at 12PM, outside Gov. Cuomo’s NYC office RAPP will be holding a rally and then march to the Downtown Manhattan legislative offices of Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. We’re hoping to gather at least 1,000 people for this march so please RSVP, and spread the word far and wide. If you live outside NYC, we’ll be chartering buses (with COVID protocols) from all corners of the state. RSVP here today.

Hour Children's Freedom Hour
2021-05-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-04-29 10:00 - 11:00

Voter Education and Ranked Choice Voting Workshop
2021-05-26 14:30

Mother's Day Virtual Auction
2021-05-06 13:30 - 2021-05-09 07:00
Please sign up to register for the event here and keep up to date with your bidding and program details: https://HourAuction2021.givesmart.com

Parole Justice for Faith & Redemption Virtual Advocacy Day
2021-04-13 06:00 - 13:00
Join the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice and Faith Based Organizations Across New York State on April 13th for a faith-based advocacy day during second chance month. We’ll virtually gather and hold dozens of meetings with legislators in support of our the Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole bill initiatives.
RSVP: bit.ly/april-13-advocacy-day

Queens Town Hall
2021-03-30 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual
You can RSVP to attend at bit.ly/queens-town-hall.

Prisons Aren't Feminist: Parole Justice is Gender Justice
2021-03-16 05:30 - 11:30
In honor of Women’ s History Month, New Hour, joined by the People’ s Campaign for Parole Justice, will be holding a virtual Advocacy Day in support of women, mothers, and gender nonconforming people behind bars, join us for a day of meetings and a press conference with lawmakers to demand Gender Justice & Parole Reform.
Join the advocacy training here at 5pm on Monday, March 15th.
RSVP here.

Hour Virtual Mother's Day Celebration
2020-05-07 15:00 - 15:45
For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Empty Bowls for Hour Children - POSTPONED
2020-03-13 13:00 - 16:00 | The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, 11101
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON FOR THE NEW DATE.

Join us for dinner and live music in support of
Hour Children’s Community Food Pantry
Hosted by The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101
Choose a beautiful, handcrafted bowl from a local artist.
Fill your new ceramic art with dinner and dessert from local vendors.
All for $20!
Advance registration is not required. Contributions will be taken at the event.
Thank you to the generous donations from:
Queens College Ceramics Club
Art League of Long Island
Brickhouse Ceramic Art Center
Ceramic Supply Inc.
& the many local potters!

www.licartists.org
info@licartists.org

Hour Fashion Night - Hour Working Women Program’s Fundraiser
2019-12-04 13:00 - 17:00 | Villa Russo, 101-12 Lefferts Blvd, Richmond Hill, Richmond Hill, NY, 11419
We are so grateful to our friends and supporters who joined Hour Working Women as they put on a Fashion Show showcasing all of their individual talents! It was an incredibly evening of entertainment, great food, and great company, supporting the future of HWWP, especially our computer training curriculum. Thank you for helping to put Hour Working Women to work! For a glimpse into the evening, please click here!
