Posts by Gary Fine
We’re hiring — Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator position open for application!
Edit: The application period is now closed! Thank you for your interest. The Durland Alternatives Library and Prisoner Express welcomes applications for the part-time position of Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator. Please see the job description below for more information; the position is 15 hours per week, with a wage of $23 per hour. Start date…
Read MoreApply today – Library Assistant Job Opening
The Durland Alternatives Library (DAL) is accepting applications for the position of part-time Library Assistant. We’re looking for someone who’s attracted to the subject matter and mission of our library to transform what people believe is possible by showing alternatives to mainstream society. About the Durland Alternatives Library Since our beginning in 1974, the library…
Read MoreThe Durland Alternatives Library has reopened!
Hours will be 11 am to 8 pm — Monday – Friday. Saturday & Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Come to the library at 130 Anabel Taylor Hall, or search our holdings online through the Finger Lakes Library system https://catalog.flls.org/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3 “The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the…
Read MoreCriminal Justice or the New Jim Crow?
The rate of incarceration in the United States is higher than anywhere else in the world, and our legal system has shown a particular structural bias against black males. Author Michelle Alexander explores and documents this phenomenon in her book, The New Jim Crow, and we wanted to know what prisoners across the country thought…
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