This Lunch & Learn is designed to highlight family members who are supporting incarcerated loved ones while also learning how to navigate and challenge the systems connected to mass incarceration. Too often families become invisible victims of incarceration. Mothers, fathers, partners, children, siblings, grandparents, and close friends are expected to carry emotional, financial, legal, and spiritual burdens without support, guidance, or acknowledgment. Families are frequently forced to become investigators, advocates, counselors, fundraisers, transportation coordinators, emotional anchors, and legal learners overnight.This conversation recognizes families not as “visitors” to the movement, but as essential leaders within it.

The Illinois Prison Project invites you to join us for our 6th Annual Gala celebration on Friday, October 16 at the beautiful, historic Chicago Cultural Center located in Chicago's Loop directly across from Millennium Park. The IPP Gala brings together advocates, elected officials, legal experts, and community members working at the forefront of the movement to end mass incarceration in Illinois and beyond. Each ticket includes a plated dinner, dessert, drinks, and exclusive access to three iconic event spaces at the Cultural Center.