Witness to Mass Incarceration is excited to announce our 6th Annual Suitcase Sunday in partnership with Juneteenth in Queens!

Date: Friday, June 19, 2026

Time: 12:00-8:00PM

Location: Roy Wilkins Park, Queens NY

We're excited to invite all of WITNESS's friends, followers, and supporters to our upcoming 6th Annual Suitcase Sunday in partnership with Juneteenth in Queens!

Witness to Mass Incarceration will be sponsoring 40 tables for formerly incarcerated people, system-impacted individuals, LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, and military service veterans. All of our vendors get their tables for free. We invite you to come and buy their goods and services!

Over 4000 people come to this wonderful event at Roy Wilkins Park. We hope you can join us in celebration.

Interested in being a vendor? Sign up here! -> https://forms.gle/qdNqfPoCK2UU5wtB8

The Hiring Hall is a conference where corporations will speak to you about your future employment.

WITNESSWorks is a human-centered employment platform designed to provide long-term employment opportunities for underserved communities. We plan to help in the following ways:

- Individuals REGISTER on our platform

- WITNESS staff will work 1-ON-1 with each person looking for employment

- We will try to MATCH you with a business that makes sense

- Once we place you, we will do ONGOING FOLLOW-UP to ensure success

The HIRING HALL is the first in a series of events meant to help underserved communities (formerly incarcerated people, system-impacted individuals, LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, and military service veterans) with employment.

If you are a business interested in having a table, please contact Evie Litwok at evie@witnesstomassincarceration.org.

If you're interested in attending and RSVP, please also fill out our pre-event survey!

Location: Surrogate’s Court, New York City

Style Across the Aisle brings together New York’s fashion, civic, and cultural communities, spotlighting emerging local designers and creating new ways for civic leaders to engage with culture, community, and one another. Witness to Mass Incarceration is proud to be their partner for 2025!

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Witness to Mass Incarceration is proud to be partnering with Juneteenth in Queens for our 5th Annual Suitcase Sunday this Juneteenth at Roy Wilkins Park!

Come support formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs, businesses, and services!

100 Suitcase Giveaway - FIP Business Owners

100 Suitcase giveaway - press release

100 Suitcase Giveaway - sponsorship package

Every year 700,000 people are released from prison into the “free” world, many of whom are homeless, penniless, and lacking family support. The immediate challenge they face is how to survive. 

In response, Witness to Mass Incarceration launched The Suitcase Project to provide items needed for a successful new beginning. Working with faith-based and community organizations and volunteers, Witness provides newly released women and LGBTQ+ people with suitcases filled with critically needed items such as a cell phone with minutes for a year, a computer, clothing, and toiletries.

Businesses

Abundant Motors 

Aquaponic Organic Farming 

Brklyn Z Empanadas 

Checkmate 

ConBody

Emotions

Eye See You Too LLC 

Free Time Laundry 

Fresh Taste Bakery 

Juiice Box 

Just Soul Catering 

Lozo Couture 

Nell’s Kitchen 

New Trap Logistics

ReCharge

Seeing is Believing 

System 3 Carpet and Upholstery Specialists 

Vcomm Communications Inc 

Vehicle Hauling 

?MUVSU?

Services

A Little Piece of Light 

College and Community Fellowship 

Defeated Tragedy 2 Triumph 

Dream Deferred 

Educate Don’t Incarcerate 

Fathers Alive in the Hood

Fused Women’s Alliance

H. O. L. L. A! How Our Lives Link Together 

Hood Code

Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation 

JustLeadershipUSA

Katal Center for Equity, Health and Justice 

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

New Hour for Women and Children Long Island

Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP 

Reentry Rocks 

Reign4Life

Silent Cry, Inc. 

Witness to Mass Incarceration