Rapper Queen Pen Teams Up With Non-Profit to Bring Local Kids and Incarcerated Parents...

Rapper Queen Pen Teams Up With Non-Profit to Bring Local Kids and Incarcerated
Parents Together

New non-profit helping children break the cycle of intergenerational
incarceration

BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With support from the famed
rapper Queen Pen, the Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, Children of
Promise, NYC (CPNYC), is set to unite children from the Brooklyn area and
their incarcerated fathers this coming Father's Day by sponsoring free trips
to surrounding prisons. Of the estimated 85,000 children in New York who have
an incarcerated parent, children from Bedford-Stuyvesant and surrounding
neighborhoods are disproportionately impacted by this trend. The challenges
facing these children are significant, wide-ranging and potentially
devastating. In fact, the trauma of losing a parent is often made worse by the
social and economic problems connected to their circumstances.

As a vocal advocate for children, Queen Pen is working closely with CPNYC to
raise awareness of these issues along with funds for programs like CPNYC's
Father's Day Visits. Giving children from Brooklyn the opportunity to join
their incarcerated parent on important holidays like Father's Day is a vital
part of the process of nurturing the parent/child bond, instilling greater
self-esteem and reducing anti-social behavior. To ensure that the experience
is both productive and positive, activities are infused with counseling and
take place within a safe and trusted environment with other children who share
similar experiences. In addition to transportation, children are given food,
games for the bus ride and gifts for their fathers.

According to CPNYC Founder and President, Sharon Content, "The support and
advocacy of individuals like Queen Pen has the potential to tangibly impact
our local communities. Children who have not seen their fathers since their
incarceration will be able to celebrate with them on this special day."
Content also believes the rewards associated with these trips will "help to
encourage these children as they learn to discover better pathways, recognize
new possibilities and realize their full potential."

For additional information, contact 718.483.9290 or visit WWW.CPNYC.ORG

About Children of Promise
Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC), a non-profit organization, embraces children
of incarcerated parents and empowers them to break the cycle of
intergenerational involvement in the criminal justice system.

SOURCE Children of Promise, NYC

Darren Green for Children of Promise, NYC, +1-813-995-4248, Fax
+1-718-483-9287