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Art and the Politics of Mass Incarceration Well Contested Sites A public symposium Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 1–2:30 p.m. Held Auditorium | Barnard Hall | 3rd Floor Barnard College Join us on Saturday, March 1st, for a free screening of the award- winning dance/theater film Well Contested Sites, a chance to talk with the filmmakers and artists, and a panel featuring faculty and community activists discussing creative alternatives to the politics of mass incarceration. For more information and to…

Beyond The Bars: Breaking Through is the fourth annual student- driven interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration held at Columbia University. Given the greater consciousness in society of the state of Mass Incarceration in the United States, this conference seeks to enable people to further the discussions around a variety of issues, and take action based on new knowledge. The conference launches Friday night with well-renowned guest speakers and performances. It continues into Saturday, with informative, thought-challenging, action-based panels and workshops headed…

REFRAME the conversation around education and youth involved in the juvenile justice and foster care systems. Join us for an afternoon/evening of arts, media, & conversation with distinguished guests, including: Cris Beam, author and professor, Columbia and NYU Michelle Fine, Ph.D., professor in Social/Personality Psychology, GSUC/CUNY Judge Douglas Hoffman, Supervising Judge of Manhattan Family Court  Possibility Project, nationally recognized nonprofit organization operating three programs for youth in New York City. Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/educational-justice-symposium-tickets-10691298963 

The What is Justice? Film Series continues Thursday April 3rd from 6-8:30pm with a screening of “American Violet” a film based on the racially charged drug war scandal that rocked the town of Hearne, Texas.  The screening will be followed by a post screening Q&A with documentary filmmaker and lawyer, Sarah Kunstler and Drug Policy Alliance Policy Coordinator, Kassandra Frederique, moderated by Nash Professor of Law, Kendall Thomas. Thursday April 3rd, 2014 (6 – 8:30pm) Columbia Law School Jerome Green Hall, Rm 102B This screening is free…

The What is Justice? Film series concludes its final event of the semester with a screening of Fruitvale Station, a film that follows the true life story and tragic death of Oscar Grant. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer, director, poet, activist and educator, Jamal Joseph, writer Mychal Denzel Smith and Linda Tigani, organizer with the Malcom X Grassroots Movement, moderated by Nash Professor of Law, Kendall Thomas. Thursday April 17th, 2014  6pm Milbank Theater, Teachers College…

The Incarceration Working group is a brown bag seminar series for faculty, researchers and PhD students interested in and conducting research in the areas of incarceration and criminal justice coordinated by the Columbia Population Research Center and the Justice Initiative at Columbia University. Tracking the Carceral Continuum: The Case of NYC Youth Carla Shedd, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology Friday April 25th, 2014 11:30 – 12:30pm Columbia School of Social Work – Rm 1109 1255 Amsterdam Avenue