BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Center for Justice at Columbia University  - ECPv5.6.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Center for Justice at Columbia University 
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Center for Justice at Columbia University 
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20170101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170224T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170224T203000
DTSTAMP:20260607T080227
CREATED:20170220T033006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170220T033006Z
UID:4760-1487961000-1487968200@blogs.cuit.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:SPEAK! Resistance Through the Arts
DESCRIPTION:SPEAK! Resistance Through the Arts \n\n\nby Beyond the Bars Fellowship/Center for Justice at Columbia University\n\nDATE AND TIME\n\nFri\, February 24\, 2017 \n6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST \nDESCRIPTION \n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond the Bars Fellowship presents Speak!: Resistance through the Arts\, a celebration of the resilient souls and voices impacted by incarceration and state violence. Speak! is a space where artists will speak to the injustices of these systems in ways that inspire action\, deepening awareness about the dehumanizing\, violent nature of the criminal justice system in America and empowering activism aimed at its dismantlement. Join us in a night of spoken word and poetry from the voices of Rashida Williams\, Najee Omar\, Ife Nira and Felicia Henry. \nAll proceeds will support the 7th annual Beyond the Bars Conference at Columbia University. Organized by the Beyond the Bars Fellowship. (http://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/event/beyond-bars-7th-annual-justice-conference/) \nFriday February 24th\, 2017 | 625 W 140th St\, New York\, NY 10031 \n7pm-8:30pm | Doors Open at 6:30pm  \nAdmission: $10 in advance/ $15 at door \n\n\nBeyond the Bars Fellowship/Center for Justice at Columbia University  \nOrganizer of SPEAK! Resistance Through the Arts \n\n\n\n\nThe Center for Justice at Columbia University is committed to reducing the nation’s reliance on incarceration and advancing alternative approaches to safety and justice through education\, research and policy. Its mission is to help transform a criminal justice system from one that is driven by punishment and retribution to one that is centered on prevention and healing. The Center is interdisciplinary and built around community collaboration. It works in partnership with schools\, departments\, centers and institutes across Columbia\, other universities\, government agencies\, community organizations\, advocates and those directly affected by the criminal justice system. \nThe Beyond the Bars Conference\, now going into its 7th year\, is an annual event that brings together a trans-disciplinary group to advance the work of ending mass incarceration and mass criminalization and building a just and safe society. Each year scholars\, students\, activists\, advocates\, policy makers\, government officials and those who have been most directly impacted by issues of incarceration and criminalization come together for three days to deepen our collective analysis\, strengthen our network of those working for change and make visible the many ways those from the academy and the community can engage in action. \nThis year’s conference\, Transcending the Punishment Paradigm\, will address the criminal justice system’s responses to violence focusing on the following four questions: \n\nWhat are the root causes of violence within communities? What are the root causes of state violence? How do the two intersect?\nWhat is needed to makes communities safe?\nWhat are the existing narratives about people who have committed violent acts? How do we change those narratives?\nWhen violence happens in the community\, what are responses that decrease mass criminalization and incarceration and do not rely on the punishment paradigm?
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji/event/speak-resistance-arts/
LOCATION:Castle Gardens\, 625 W 140th St\, New York\,  10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center For Justice or co-sponsored event,Featured Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji/files/2017/02/Fundraiser-Image.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR