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February 2017
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…
Find out more »“13TH” – Film Screening & Discussion
Come see the Oscar-nomintated documentary about mass incarceration in the U.S., racism, and the criminalization of African Americans, directed by Ava DuVernay (“Selma”). Discussion to follow with: Professor Jelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism School Professor Geraldine Downey, Columbia University Department of Psychology Professor Jeffrey A. Fagan, Columbia Law School and Mailman School of Public Health Michelle Miller (Moderator), CBS News February 8, 2017 | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm Location: Miller Theatre Register here You can read more about “13TH” here Students who require accommodations and/or have questions about physical…
Find out more »The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Carceral Geographies The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Film screening and panel discussion Director Brett Story Moderated by Meg McLagan Wed February 22nd, 7-9:30 pm 202 Lehman Auditorium, Barnard College Free and open to the public Sponsored by the Film Studies Program, Barnard College. Co-sponsored by the Center for Justice at Columbia University, Barnard Center for Research on Women, and the Department of Anthropology at Columbia.
Find out more »Columbia Law School Paul Robeson Conference
Columbia Law School Paul Robeson Gala and Conference Please save the date for the Paul Robeson Conference onFriday, February 24 hosted by the Columbia Law School Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and the Columbia Journal of Race and Law (CJRL). Our Keynote Addresses will be from Angela Rye and Khalil Cumberbatch. Our theme for the 2017 Paul Robeson Gala and Conference is “Reclaiming the Narrative.” In our legal, political, and social climate, people of color still struggle to dictate their narrative. We aim to highlight the work of legal practitioners,…
Find out more »SPEAK! Resistance Through the Arts
SPEAK! Resistance Through the Arts by Beyond the Bars Fellowship/Center for Justice at Columbia University DATE AND TIME Fri, February 24, 2017 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST DESCRIPTION Beyond the Bars Fellowship presents Speak!: Resistance through the Arts, a celebration of the resilient souls and voices impacted by incarceration and state violence. Speak! is a space where artists will speak to the injustices of these systems in ways that inspire action, deepening awareness about the dehumanizing, violent nature of the criminal justice…
Find out more »FILM SCREENING: “A WALK TO FREEDOM”
FILM SCREENING: “A WALK TO FREEDOM” A Walk to Freedom Women’s rights activist Donna Hylton is granted permission to visit her friends inside the maximum security prison where she served 27 years. A Walk To Freedom is Donna Hylton’s first-person interview about the childhood abuse she endured, the spiral of events that lead to her incarceration, and how she learned to live, love, and trust all over again. Donna Hylton is a women’s rights activist and criminal justice reform advocate. Donna speaks…
Find out more »Repair the Harms
New York’s marijuana arrest crusade began more than 20 years ago. Since then, police departments across the state have arrested over 800,000 New Yorkers for low-level marijuana possession offenses. What’s worse, many of these arrests were the product of an unconstitutional stop. Today, thousands of New Yorkers are still being burdened by these arrests even after the Governor and law enforcement officials admitted they were wrong! This week, the New York State Assembly passed a landmark piece of legislation to provide some reprieve…
Find out more »March 2017
Beyond the Bars – 7TH ANNUAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2017 Beyond the Bars: Transcending the Punishment Paradigm March 2-5, 2017 REGISTER HERE The Beyond the Bars Conference, now going into its 7th year, is an annual event that brings together a trans-disciplinary group to advance the work of ending mass incarceration and mass criminalization and building a just and safe society. Each year scholars, students, activists, advocates, policy makers, government officials and those who have been most directly impacted by issues of incarceration and criminalization come together…
Find out more »Community Scholars Lecture: Voices From Inside America’s Mass System of Punishment
DATE Mar 07, 2017 – 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM LOCATION Low LibraryMorningside Campus (W. 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) New York, NY 10027 Columbia University, Low Library SPEAKERS Reverend Vivian Nixon, Executive Director of College and Community Fellowship (CCF) and Columbia University Community Scholar Voices From Inside America’s Mass System of Punishment: The Freeing Power of Higher Education! This lecture will discuss the historic complexities of America’s systems of punishment and its links to race, class, gender, political suppression, and…
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