On September 26, 2016, join City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Eric Cumberbatch of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and GOSO for the community launch
“Brothers Staying Out” Use Multimedia to Inspire Dialogue
The weekly meeting for BROSO (Brothers Staying Out) is using our new multimedia center to enhance discussions. Most recently, Geoffrey Golia (Senior Career Manager and
Learning Successful Life Skills
At our regular Interview Skills Workshops, our guys team up with volunteers from a variety of professions — law, finance, operations, etc. — to practice,
GOSO’s “Great Adventure”
All summer long, GOSO Guys have been tallying points. From interview skills workshop to complete booking report and more — the more productive our guys
A Day in the Garden
Not far from the GOSO offices on East 116th Street — just a short subway ride north, in fact! — is an urban oasis like
VIDEO: GOSO Feature on ABC7’s New York Viewpoint
Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO) founder featured on ABC7’s Viewpoint to describe better ways of reducing prison recidivism
Improving people’s health can prevent offending
I understood what the health service and the justice system have in common: our most deprived communities are those most likely to experience poor health outcomes and high levels of crime.
Nonprofits Are Finding It Harder to Afford A Space in Harlem
For the past two years, Glenn Martin has run his Harlem-based organization, JustLeadershipUSA, from coffee shops or anywhere else he can find to get his work done.
Audio: Young Men in Harlem Grab a Second Chance After Arrests
It’s the season of caps and gowns in New York, and while there’s a unique and valuable story under each mortarboard in the class of 2016, perhaps none are as interwoven with issues like race, policing, education and family as those of the young men who were honored Monday for achieving their high-school equivalency at the East Harlem organization Getting Out and Staying Out.
For Immediate Release: Anti-Recidivism Organization GOSO Commends Speaker, City Council on Passage of Important Criminal Justice Reforms
East Harlem anti-recidivism organization Getting out and Staying Out praised Speaker Mark-Viverito for spearheading a package of criminal justice legislation that passed the New York City Council today by a vast majority