Annual Gala

Getting Out & Staying Out (GOSO)
celebrates 15 years of
Redefining Reentry in New York City

#GOSO15

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

6:00pm Cocktails
7:30pm Dinner & Program
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers

(23rd Street & the West Side Highway)

Business & Festive Attire

Honoring:

RICHARD BLOCK

Board Champion

Richard Block has been a member of GOSO's Board since 2006. Prior to that, he was an entrepreneur who co-founded a creative packaging business for the music and cosmetics industries. His involvement with GOSO began in 2005 when he first visited Rikers Island with President & CEO, Mark Goldsmith. Before long, he was mentoring participants there three times a week. In his 14 years with the organization, he has forged strong relationships with many of our participants through mentorship at Rikers and in the community, and correspondence with individuals who are incarcerated in upstate correctional facilities.

BTIG

Corporate Partner of the Year

BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 600 employees, BTIG fosters a corporate culture of philanthropy and engagement, connecting its team members with community engagement opportunities to make an impact. In New York City, BTIG employees partner with GOSO staff and participants year-round, lending their energy and spirit to service days in our Harlem community and beyond.

BAZ DREISINGER

Social Justice Honoree

Educator, journalist, justice worker and more, Dr. Baz Dreisinger is founder of the Prison-to-College Pipeline program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she is a professor of English. Dr. Dreisinger is increasing access to higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals in New York State - directly impacting the lives of many GOSO participants. She is an author whose work, including her book Incarceration Nations, has been heralded by the Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, CNN and more. She was named a 2018 Global Fulbright Scholar for her work promoting education-not-incarceration and restorative justice internationally, and is currently the founder and Executive Director of the Incarceration Nations Network, a global think tank tackling mass incarceration across the globe.