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December 2014
Open Season: An Evening of Art and Conversation about our Culture of Confinement
The Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center is proud to present Open Season– an evening of multimedia art and conversation about our country’s culture of confinement. What are the societal conditions that led to the creation of our current system of policing and prisons? We will feature the vision and voices of leading thinkers and artists: Dr. William Jelani Cobb, UConn Professor and New Yorker contributor Bryonn Bain, Poet and New York University Professor Esther Armah, Syndicated Radio…
Find out more »Echoes of Incarceration Screening and Discussion
Echoes of Incarceration Screening and Discussion December 11th, 2014 7-9pm Columbia University School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Ave Rm C05 Echoes of Incarceration is an award-winning documentary initiative produced by youth with incarcerated parents. The project explores the issue of mass incarceration and its effects on families, and creates documentary films told from the life experiences of the filmmakers themselves. The project seeks to train and empower young people to tell their stories and advocate for change. We create films both for general…
Find out more »February 2015
We Can’t Breathe
Friday, February 6, 2015, 12pm Low Library Rotunda Columbia University Kathy Boudin, The Center for Justice at Columbia Vishaan Chakrabarti, Columbia GSAPP Mario Gooden, Columbia GSAPP Kimberley Johnson, Barnard Urban Studies Laura Kurgan, Columbia GSAPP Reinhold Martin, Columbia GSAPP V. Mitch McEwen, University of Michigan Dread Scott, artist Stacey Sutton, Columbia GSAPP Kendall Thomas, Columbia Law School Mabel Wilson, Columbia GSAPP Organized in response to the failure to indict the killers of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and countless other innocent and unarmed citizens—and the massive swelling of anger, grief, and…
Find out more »Justice Poetry: Readings and Discussion with Claudia Rankine, Dawn Lundy Martin, and Messiah
An evening of justice poetry featuring Claudia Rankine, Dawn Lundy Martin, and Messiah Ramkissoon. Poets read from their new and published works related to issues of justice and discuss the events and experiences that inspired them. Monica Miller, Associate Professor of English at Barnard College, opens the event, and a moderated discussion, led by Columbia School of the Arts professor and poet Timothy Donnelly, and questions from the audience follow the readings. Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections…
Find out more »#SpreadMassLove Wrap Party
We declared February Spread Mass LOVE month. Join us to celebrate and wrap up the month. Location and Time Columbia Law School 435 West 116 Street, Rm JG 101 7:15 – 9pm Join Piper Anderson and Marlon Peterson co-creators of SpreadMassLOVE.com for an evening of art and dialogue about the role of LOVE in the movement to end mass incarceration. Featuring: Readings by Mass Love Contributors Interview with Piper and Marlon Audience Dialogue Performances #SpreadMassLove is a dialogue, a movement,…
Find out more »“The Cooler Bandits” Film Screening and Discussion
The Center for Justice at Columbia and the Heyman Center for the Humanities present a film screening and discussion of the documentary film “The Cooler Bandits.” Over twenty years ago, four men from the North Hill neighborhood of Akron, Ohio committed a series of restaurant robberies. During the robberies the men locked the restaurant employees in the walk-in coolers, gaining them the moniker “the Cooler Bandits.” Although no one was physically injured, the group received collective prison sentences of up to…
Find out more »March 2015
Beyond the Bars: Transforming (In)Justice
Beyond the Bars: Transforming (In)Justice March 6th – 8th, 2015 Columbia University Featuring Michelle Alexander REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE https://beyondthebars15.eventbrite.com Friday March 6th at Lerner Hall Columbia University: Opening Event w. Michelle Alexander Saturday March 7th at the Columbia School of Social Work An Agenda for Transformative Change – Morning & Afternoon Panels Sunday March 8th at the Columbia School of Social Work Building the Grassroots – Organizing Workshops IMPORTANT NOTE for REGISTRATION There is a ticket for each day…
Find out more »The Justice Forum: Race and Justice – Past, Present and Future
The third in a series of roundtable discussions about criminal justice in the United States, the Center for Justice at Columbia presents Race and Justice: Past, Present and Future. The most recent incidences of police killings of unarmed Black men have ignited a national discussion about race and our justice system. However, the drivers of America’s current state of mass incarceration such as minimum mandatory sentencing, the war on drugs, and stop and frisk have always disproportionately impacted people of…
Find out more »Panel Discussion: Burning Down the House: Rebuilding Juvenile Justice Together
The New Press invites you to join Nell Bernstein, author of Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison, as she brings together those who are entangled in, and those committed to fixing, New York City’s juvenile justice system. Panelists include: Nell Bernstein, journalist and author of Burning Down the House Jasmine Bowie, youth justice social worker at the Brownsville Community Justice Center Abdul Francis, participant at the Brownsville Community Justice Center Renee Gregory, First Assistant District Attorney at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s…
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