Task Forces
Advocacy
Woodlands Community Temple encourages awareness of current issues locally as well as around the world.
Project Isaiah
One of our members, who was working in the criminal justice system, observed first-hand how men and women released from prison who want to become law-abiding citizens are set up to fail. Once they have a criminal record, they cannot get a job, cannot return home, and are typically given no more than a one-way bus ticket and $10 to survive. Research shows that when ongoing mentoring services are provided, however, there is a higher likelihood that these people will be able to make successful transition back into society. And the end result is not only a better life for people being released from prison, but safer streets for all.
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence can be defined as an escalating pattern of coercive control (verbal, emotional, sexual, economic, physical, and spiritual abuse) that one person in a relationship uses over another. It is an epidemic that crosses all demographic, social, and educational boundaries—and Westchester is no exception. Women are more likely than men to experience this type of abuse.
