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March 2015
“THE CONFINED ARTS” GALLERY SHOW
“THE CONFINED ARTS” GALLERY SHOW The Confined Arts pop-up gallery features work from artists in prison from several states across the country: California, Indiana, New York, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and Louisiana. Artwork will also be featured by formerly incarcerated artists and prison activists. Come to the Opening Night on Friday, March 27th, which will also feature live poetry, wine, and snacks. FREE ADMISSION. The show will also be on view throughout the weekend. Full details below: “The Confined Arts” Gallery Opening:…
Find out more »April 2015
ANCHORING AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
Presented by the Institute for Research in African-American Studies in co-sponsorship with Columbia University’s Center for Justice: ANCHORING AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE a Scholar In Residence Lecture by Gina Dent Columbia University Faculty Residence, Garden Room 2 64 Morningside Dr | New York, NY 10027 Free & Open to the Public About the speaker: Gina Dent (Ph.D., English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University) is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. She served previously…
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Criminal Justice Involvement and HIV Related Risk with Kim M. Blankenship, PhD
The Criminal Justice T32 Fellowship Presents Criminal Justice Involvement and HIV Related Risk with Kim M. Blankenship, PhD ABOUT THE SPEAKER Kim M. Blankenship is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology. Director, Center on Health, Risk and Society. Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core, DC D-CFAR at American University, in Washington, D.C. RSVP through Eventbright Livestream option available.
Find out more »Divestment, Race and Justice – A Luta Continua The Demand for Moral and Ethical Accountability at Columbia, 1985 to 2015
A Conversation between 1980s & Current Student Activists to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the 1985 ‘Free South Africa’ Blockade of Hamilton Hall In 1985 Columbia’s campus exploded in protest demanding that the University respond to the years of agitation and organizing around Columbia’s investments in companies doing business in South Africa. This struggle began in the early 1980s and continued after 1985. The climax was a three week-long blockade that shutdown Hamilton Hall, made headlines around the world, and…
Find out more »Intimate Partner Violence: A Challenge for Community Supervision
Co-hosted by the Prisoner Reentry Institute and the NYC Department of Probation, the event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Louisa Gilbert, LMSW, of Columbia University’s School of Social Work, and will be moderated by NYC Probation Commissioner Ana Bermúdez. Dr. Gilbert will present IPV data from WINGS, a computerized brief intervention that addresses intimate partner violence among clients under community supervision. The event will include a panel discussion moderated by Ms. Bermúdez, featuring Probation Branch Chief Brenda Davis, Virginia Lasoki of the…
Find out more »Justice Working Group
The Justice Working Group is a collaborative effort of the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC) and the Center for Justice to assemble faculty, research scientists and fellows, graduate students and community partners in order to share and discuss work in the field of criminal justice. We welcome participants from various disciplines and institutions. Incarceration and Household Labor Supply Morgan Williams, CUNY Graduate Center Examining “Ban the Box”: Comments on Impact, Implications and Future Directions Ronald Day, Fortune Society & John…
Find out more »Film Screening and Discussion: Prison Terminal
Be the Evidence International (BTEI) at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service is proud to host the return of Oscar®-nominatedfilmmaker Edgar Barens in NYC on Saturday, April 25 to present his Oscar®-nominated documentary: PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL with Follow-up Discussion with the Film Director, Edgar Barens, plus more! The event is in celebration of the release of BARENS’ film on the fifth anniversary of the Aging Prison Forum: A Crisis in Need of Intervention in which BARENS showed prerelease clips of the…
Find out more »May 2015
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN ACTION: A CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL AND JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS
Save the date: Friday, May 1, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.) Location: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lecture Hall L.63 524 W 59th St., New York, NY 10019 Cost: No charge (Lunch provided) Register Online Speakers Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Former Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chair, NYS Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children Keynote Speakers Hon.…
Find out more »ReLOVEution Collective Dialogue
The Undoing Racism Internship Project (URIP) invites you to our annual ReLOVEution Collective Dialogue on Friday, May 8 from 6pm-8:30pm. Every year we join together to examine the role of LOVE in our lives and within our movement work. This year we are excited to join Piper Anderson and Marlon Peterson, the co-authors and founders of SpreadMassLOVE, to dive into a nuanced and experiential dialogue about love in the era of mass incarceration. $7-10 sliding scale Ya-Ya Network (224 W.…
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