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September 2016
Real Women Real Voices “Where the People Meet the Policy”
A dialogue around incarceration with a focus on women: National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Yale Law School hold Real Women Real Voices Symposium New Haven, CT Friday September 23rd, 2016 – “Real Women, Real Voices: Where the People Meet the Policy” a symposium organized by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and sponsored by nineteen organizations will take place at Yale Law School, Friday, September 23rd from 5:00-8:00PM. When: Friday, September 23rd, 2016…
Find out more »2 Fists Up
The Racial Literacy Roundtables Series is pleased to support the documentary screening of Director Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up” RSVP Below for this FREE EVENT – Limited Seating Available Register Here: www.bit.ly/2FistsUp
Find out more »All the Breshas: Punishing Black Girls in the Age of Mass Criminalization
IRAAS Conversation Lecture -Free & Open to the Public 3rd Floor Pulitzer World Room – Journalism School All the Breshas: Punishing Black Girls in the Age of Mass Criminalization **Topic:** Black girls and young women are the fastest growing population in the juvenile legal system. They are disproportionately targeted at every stage of the process. Black girls are also consistently suspended, expelled, and arrested from school at a higher rate than their peers. Yet most of the discussions and concern…
Find out more »October 2016
PRISON TERMINAL: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
– ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT – A moving documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him. Monday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Columbia Law School, Room 107, Jerome Greene Hall No RSVP needed
Find out more »Awakening Our Democracy: One Nation Under Politics
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the key issues shaping the 2016 presidential election and the impact of a dominant two-party system on our country and communities. Awakening Our Democracy is a conversation series on race, ethnicity, disparities and justice issues at the forefront of the University’s and nation’s consciousness. Panelists include: Jelani Cobb (Moderator) Columbia Journalism School The New Yorker Dave Levinthal The Center for Public Integrity Linda Sarsour MPower Change Arab American Association of New York Robert Y. Shapiro…
Find out more »Panel discussion celebrating Flores Forbes’ new book “Invisible Men”
Flores last served as Chief Strategic Officer for the Abyssinian Development Corporation. Prior to his tenure at Abyssinian, Flores worked for the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, where he served first as Deputy Director of Land Use Housing and Development and then as Director of Borough President Fields’ Northern Manhattan Office. Flores has also written extensively; his work includes a study of his life as a radical in the 1970’s. Flores holds an undergraduate degree from San Francisco State…
Find out more »WHITE FACES, BLACK LIVES: RACE AND REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF A “GENTLER WAR ON DRUGS”
WHITE FACES, BLACK LIVES: RACE AND REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF A “GENTLER WAR ON DRUGS” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH — 6:30 PM The Center for Arts & Culture, Skylight Gallery, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH — ALL DAY Columbia Journalism School (3rd Floor), 2950 Broadway, New York, NY REGISTER HERE: http://wfbl.eventbrite.com/ In October 2015, the New York Times published “In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs,” which noted, as other commentators have, that the white face of the current…
Find out more »Pregnant Women and the War on Drugs: Hidden Punishment Beyond the Criminal Justice System
T32 Seminar: Pregnant Women and the War on Drugs, Lynn Paltrow, JD by The Criminal Justice T32 Fellowship, HISTP, Center for Justice, Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia School of Social Work REGISTER HERE DATE AND TIMEWed, October 19, 2016, 11:00 AM – 12:45 PM EDT LOCATIONColumbia School of Social Work, Room C06 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 On behalf of Dr. El-Bassel and the T32 Management Team, please join us for the seminar Pregnant Women and the War…
Find out more »UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: EDUCATION IS THE KEY A CONVERSATION MODERATED BY ANGIE MARTINEZ
Black and Latino men and women are the people most impacted by mass incarceration, therefore as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month we want to use this platform to outline the various benefits of facilitating access to higher education for the people who have criminal justice involvement. The discussion will also seek to outline the consequences which arise when institutions of higher education ask formerly incarcerated individuals to disclose their justice involvement and the unforeseen collateral consequences on society. Additionally, this…
Find out more »Symposium: Environmental Justice: What’s Race Got to Do With It?
The Columbia Journal of Race and Law (“CJRL”) and the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law (“CJEL”) are proud to present: “ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: WHAT’S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT?” This symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 6:30pm at 435 West 116th Street, New York, New York 10027 (Columbia Law School) in room 103. To RSVP, please visit http://goo.gl/l1CPa2. Dinner will be served. Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, Columbia Law School and Director, Center for…
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