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UNLOCKING FEMALE INCARCERATION: A Panel Discussion
April 22, 2015 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, April 22nd
6:30-8:00pm
Columbia University
Schapiro Studio
605 West 115th Street, Lower Level
Panelists:
Anne Patterson, LMSW
Director, Justice Involved Services
STEPS to End Family Violence
Raquel Almazan
Playwright, La Paloma Prisoner
Brigette Harris
Formerly Incarcerated Individual
Chitra Aiyar
Executive Director
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
Moderated by
Caits Meissner
Poet, Storyteller & Arts Educator
Join social justice scholars and advocates to learn about and discuss the real issues that face women in the prison system, such as: inadequate access to health care, violent abuse that lead women to prison, pregnancy in prison, and abuse by correctional officers.
FREE – RSVP at [email protected]
Unlocking Female Incarceration: A Panel Discussion presented as a real-life outreach effort in support of the Columbia Stages‘ presentation of La Paloma Prisoner as part of the New Plays Now Festival at the Pershing Square Signature Center.