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April 2016
Strategies to Promote HIV Prevention Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings
THU, APR 21 AT 11:30 AM, NEW YORK, NY Strategies to Promote HIV Prevention Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings… By: The Criminal Justice T32 Fellowship, HISTP, Center for Justice, Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia School of Social Work RSVP through Eventbrite Join us for the seminar Strategies to Promote HIV Prevention Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings Frederick L. Altice, MD Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Director of Clinical and Community Research Yale University School of Medicine and…
Find out more »The Intersection of Race, Gender and Privilege Within the Fight Against Mass Incarceration
“The Intersection of Race, Gender and Privilege Within the Fight Against Mass Incarceration” Thursday, April 21, 2016; 6:30pm-8:00pm Free & Open to the Public MY IMAGE STUDIOS-MIST Harlem 46 West 116th St (Malcolm X Blvd) New York, NY 10027 This panel discussion is an opportunity for attendees to learn how young blacks fighting mass incarceration are overcoming the unique intersectional obstacles they face in a legal profession, nonprofit industrial complex and media corps dominated by whites. Recent events have led…
Find out more »Solutions to Post-Incarceration Employment and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Businesses and Universities
Agenda Friday, April 22, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This event is by invitation only. If you are interested in being added to the invitation list, please [email protected]. What can businesses and universities do to promote the successful reentry of people returning home from prisons and jails? There is an increasing awareness that successful reentry improves the social, economic, and moral well-being of our society. Central to this awareness is an acknowledgment that effective education, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities…
Find out more »FIVE-Day HUNGER Vigil and Rallies to Demand Justice FOR SAM HARRELL
April 21 will mark one year since Sam was beaten to death at the Fishkill prison in Beacon, NY. Sam was a beloved husband, brother, uncle, and friend to many who live in Kingston, NY. He was diagnosed bipolar and was serving time in Fishkill prison on a drug charge. The week of April 21, 2015 he was released from two weeks in solitary confinement, had not been given his proper meds, and had an episode where he believed his…
Find out more »Mai Masri at Columbia University
Mai Masri at Columbia University ___________________________ Monday, April 25, 7 PM 300 Nights (Director Mai Masri presents the New York Premiere) Moderated By Lila Abu-Lughod and Hamid Dabashi Lecture Hall-The Journalism School Columbia University ___________________________ Tuesday, April 26, 6 PM Women Calling the Shots: From Documentary to Fiction Master Class with Mai Masri in conversation with Mira Nair Schermerhorn 612 Columbia Unversity
Find out more »Life Outside: Rosalie Comes Home
Life Outside: Rosalie Comes Home Part of the: Release Aging People from Prison Film Series Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Directed by Frances Negrón-Muntaner Life Outside tells the story of Rosalie Cutting as she navigates finding a job and housing at 71, after serving a 27-year prison sentence. Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University East Campus” and “Second Floor, Common Room” then “Visit heymancenter.org/visit for directions 74 Morningside Dr, (Enter on 116th Street) New…
Find out more »May 2016
The Color Line in the 21st Century (Community Service Society)
Any solutions to the endemic problems facing our city must address the formerly incarcerated, who are arguably the most marginalized among us. CSS sees the effects of mass incarceration on a daily basis — particularly in its work to remove barriers to employment for individuals with criminal conviction histories, most all of them black and brown. This panel discussion will highlight intersections between the historic operation of institutional racism and the role of the criminal punishment system in subordinating poor…
Find out more »Conversations in Black Freedom Studies – Educational Injustice and Organizing
Schomburg Education presents this dynamic adult education series with a full line up of provocative scholars and community members committed to engaging dialogue about black freedom studies. The Spring 2016 semester is curated by professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College). May 5th, 2016 | 6 p.m. Educational Injustice and Organizing with Matt Delmont, Ansley Erickson, and Carla Shedd Books for the Conversations in Black Freedom Studies Series are available for purchase in the…
Find out more »A WOMAN’S CELEBRATION
May 14, 2016 3 PM-7 PM The Poet’s Den 309 E 108th St, New York, NY 10029 A Woman’s Celebration is Love Thyself First’s 2nd Annual woman’s wellness celebration centered on self-love and mental health advocacy. This celebration will include an award ceremony honoring women who have persevered through struggles of imprisonment, domestic violence, depression as well as some of the more common mental health difficulties women face. This year’s celebration will include impactful speakers, an influential screening, inspiring poetry…
Find out more »Use of Force in Prison
Use of Force in Prisons With Ted Conniver, Brian Fischer, Tom Robbins, Mary Lynne Welwas and Mikail Deveaux Monday, May 23rd 6:30 PM $5/Free for BHS and G-W Members Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St. Brooklyn, NY Helping to shine light on a recurring problem! ———————————————————- Neither imprisonment or the life after should mean the loss of all the rights and attributes of citizenship. Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc. A 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization more about M. DeVeaux at www.mdeveaux.org see us…
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