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P2PH Academy Seminar on Drug Policy The Global Drug Control System: Has The US Government Moved From Being Architect of the Problem, to Being Part of the Solution? Speaker: Mike Trace, Chairman of the International Drug Policy Consortium, former United Kingdom Drug Czar. In this presentation, he will describe how the US government has been the main archi- tect and cheerleader for the international system of prohibition, and in particular two of its main articles of faith – aggressive repression of…

How do we Significantly Reduce our Prison Populations? The NAS Report and its Implications for New York Thursday, September 4, 2014 8:15am to 2:00pm John Jay College of Criminal Justice Following up on the National Academy of Sciences report, The Growth of Incarceration in the United States, experts and special guests will explore the implications of high rates of incarceration in New York City and New York State. To RSVP, email Bettina Muenster at [email protected].

From “thugs” to “illegals,” we are surrounded by representations of Black, Brown, undocumented, queer, homeless, disabled bodies that portray us as criminal. This teach-in hosted by Columbia University Students Against Mass Incarceration, Lucha & the Columbia Prison Divest campaign will explore the criminalization & incarceration of marginalized communities in the United States. Who is considered a criminal? Whose bodies are most associated with crime? Who decides what counts as a crime? How has this category been constructed over time? What are the power dynamics that…

September 11 – November 16, 2014 Opening: Thursday, September 11, 7-10pm Organized by Molly Fair, Josh MacPhee, Anika Paris, Laura Whitehorn, and Ryan Wong Interference Archive presents Self-Determination Inside/Out, a comprehensive exhibition and public program series featuring the cultural materials produced by incarcerated people and their allies. Ranging from the Attica Rebellion to political prisoners, AIDS education to prisoners-as-laborers, the struggles of incarcerated women and queer people to the current wave of hunger strikes in prisons and detention centers across the…

Creating a Legal System that Fosters Empathy, Compassion, and Mutual Understanding

Discussion: “What’s Age Got to Do with It? Incarcerating Children and the Elderly” Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 2 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Representatives of the Correctional Association’s “Raise the Age” and “Release of Aging People in Prison” campaigns engage in a dynamic dialogue with each other and the audience about how we are addressing these problems—and how we can make change, as well as art that supports that change. The event concludes with special…