Pamela (she/her) shares her experiences to break down walls of prejudice. Pamela works with justice-impacted individuals at the City of Philadelphia Office of Reentry Partnerships and is a ministry leader at Bibleway Baptist Church. She wants to advocate for better conditions during and after incarceration. Through her work and personal experience of incarceration, Pamela has witnessed how extreme the stigma faced by formerly incarcerated women is relative to men. She notes that the stigma is further exacerbated by the economic insecurity women face as they reenter. Through the Change the Narrative Fellowship, she wants to 1) encourage families of incarcerated women, especially youth, to not shun but embrace their returning loved ones, and 2) challenge cultural norms that justify additional, gender-based prejudice against women with records.
WOMEN’S WAY is the Greater Philadelphia region’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of women, girls, and gender and racial equity.
***When we refer to women, we mean cis and trans women and femme-identified people (which includes anyone who is not a cis or trans woman but who identifies as feminine), and also those who identify as gender-expansive, nonbinary, and/or gender-nonconforming.
