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October 2016
PRISON TERMINAL: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
– ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT – A moving documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him. Monday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Columbia Law School, Room 107, Jerome Greene Hall No RSVP needed
Find out more »Panel discussion celebrating Flores Forbes’ new book “Invisible Men”
Flores last served as Chief Strategic Officer for the Abyssinian Development Corporation. Prior to his tenure at Abyssinian, Flores worked for the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, where he served first as Deputy Director of Land Use Housing and Development and then as Director of Borough President Fields’ Northern Manhattan Office. Flores has also written extensively; his work includes a study of his life as a radical in the 1970’s. Flores holds an undergraduate degree from San Francisco State…
Find out more »WHITE FACES, BLACK LIVES: RACE AND REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF A “GENTLER WAR ON DRUGS”
WHITE FACES, BLACK LIVES: RACE AND REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF A “GENTLER WAR ON DRUGS” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH — 6:30 PM The Center for Arts & Culture, Skylight Gallery, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH — ALL DAY Columbia Journalism School (3rd Floor), 2950 Broadway, New York, NY REGISTER HERE: http://wfbl.eventbrite.com/ In October 2015, the New York Times published “In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs,” which noted, as other commentators have, that the white face of the current…
Find out more »UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: EDUCATION IS THE KEY A CONVERSATION MODERATED BY ANGIE MARTINEZ
Black and Latino men and women are the people most impacted by mass incarceration, therefore as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month we want to use this platform to outline the various benefits of facilitating access to higher education for the people who have criminal justice involvement. The discussion will also seek to outline the consequences which arise when institutions of higher education ask formerly incarcerated individuals to disclose their justice involvement and the unforeseen collateral consequences on society. Additionally, this…
Find out more »Building a Restorative Justice Movement Grounded in Racial Justice
Building a Restorative Justice Movement Grounded in Racial Justice Friday Oct 21– 6:30-8:30pm Columbia School of Social Work, Rm 311/312 Register Here: https://rjandracialjustice.eventbrite.com An approach to justice that focuses on repairing harm, restorative justice (RJ) is well-suited to address the impact of racism on individuals and within institutions. But until recently the RJ field has failed to grapple explicitly with racial injustice—both within the movement itself and within the institutions where it is most often implemented. However, it is essential for RJ…
Find out more »November 2016
Screening and Panel Discussion for Ava DuVernay’s documentary “13th”
The Columbia Journalism Association of Black Journalists presents Ava DuVernay’s documentary, “13th,” on mass incarceration and slavery as punishment under the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. A panel will follow discussing the implications of the prison industrial complex, police brutality, and how journalists can report accurately on these issues. Documentary Screening and Panel November 16th at 6 pm. Featuring Mike Schwirtz, New York Times Isaac Scott, Center for Justice at Columbia University Carla Shedd, Institute for Research in African American Studies The…
Find out more »December 2016
Honor our Fathers and Sons Day: 1st annual Men’s Conference and Resource Fair
The annual GTHM Men’s Conference is a resource fair designed to provide opportunities and information to returning adult men and male youth in our communities. “The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration: There are 2.2 million people in the nation’s prisons and jails—a 500% increase over the last 40 years. Changes in law and policy, not changes in crime rates, explain most of this increase. The results are overcrowding in prisons and fiscal burdens on states, despite increasing evidence…
Find out more »February 2017
Roses that Grew from Concrete: An art exhibition of Growth
Roses that Grew from Concrete An art exhibition of growth Event Date: Friday, February 3, 2017 Event Location: New York University, School of Social Work 1 Washington Square N, New York, NY 10003 Event Agenda: 5PM – 8 PM 5:00 – 5:30 Seating 5:30 – 6:30 Discussion: Juvenile Justice CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE PANELIST 6:30 – 8:00 Reception/Open Exhibition Event Description: The Center for Justice in collaboration with Educate Don’t Incarcerate (EDI) is…
Find out more »Chapter & Verse: A Harlem Story
After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to take a job delivering for a food pantry where he befriends Ms. Maddy (LORETTA DEVINE), a strong and spirited grandmother, and assumes…
Find out more »Invisible Men: Moderated group discussion on the new book by Flores Forbes
Time: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Place: Columbia University, Department of Psychology, 200B Schermerhorn Hall, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue Guest speaker: RSVP TO: [email protected] or [email protected] Moderated group discussion on the new book by Flores Forbes. Featuring Flores Forbes, Associate Vice President Strategic Policy and Program Implementation at Columbia University and Jub Sankofa, Artist, Author of “The Luxury of Misery” and joint PhD student in the American Studies and African American studies department at Yale About the Author Flores last served as Chief Strategic Officer for the…
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