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October 2015
The Bigger Picture Series: Screening and Conversation: “Do the Right Thing”
Mon, Oct 19, 6pm Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway Join an interdisciplinary conversation on race, representation, policing and power following a screening of Spike Lee’s groundbreaking 1989 film Do the Right Thing, with activist Noche Diaz, Ebony Senior Editor Jamilah Lemieux, Columbia School of Law professor Patricia J. Williams, and activist and teacher Marylin Zuniga.Moderated by Film professor Ramin Bahrani. RSVP The Bigger Picture Series: Do the Right Thing, with Ramin Bahrani, Noche Diaz, Jamilah Lemieux, Patricia Williams, and Marylin Zuniga
Find out more »Carla Shedd on “Unequal City” at Book Culture (at West 112th Street)
Join us on Thursday, October 19th at 4pm for a discussion with Carla Shedd on her book, Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice. Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice examines the ways in which Chicago’s most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the law. In this pioneering analysis of the intersection of race, place, and opportunity, sociologist and criminal justice expert Carla Shedd illuminates how schools either reinforce or ameliorate the social…
Find out more »Talk: “National Policy and the Roots of Mass Incarceration”, Elizabeth Hinton, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Hinton completed her doctoral work at Columbia University in 2012, dring which time she served as the Managing Editor of the late Manning Marable’s Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. A Ford Foundation Fellow and a former postdoctoral scholar in the University of Michigan Society of Fellows, Hinton’s book, From the War on Poverty to…
Find out more »Panel: The Myth of the Dangerous Panel, The Riverside Church
Sun, Oct 24th, 1PM The Riverside Church 191 Claremont Ave New York, NY 10027 “The Myth of the Dangerous Criminal” will bring together national thought leaders, activists and formerly incarcerated people to explore America’s reflexive, fearful response to people convicted of violent crimes and how we as a society might create a more honest, humane narrative about them in the movement for a just society. The conference will challenge the conventional wisdom that has taken hold throughout this nation as…
Find out more »Rethinking the Global Response to the HIV Epidemic Among Women Who Use Drugs, An Urgent Call to Action
Rethinking the Global Response to the HIV Epidemic Among Women Who Use Drugs, An Urgent Call to Action Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 – 8:30am to 4:30pm Location: Social Work Building, Room TBD Featuring contributors to the JAIDS special issue, guest-edited by Professors El-Bassel and Steffanie Strathdee, which addresses the topic of women who use drugs and the implications of neglecting the data on this group for HIV prevention and treatment. Go to more information and RSVP. See more at: http://socialwork.columbia.edu/news-events/events/faculty-led-event-rethinking-global-response-hiv-epidemic-among-women-who-use-drugs#sthash.6T0eJReM.dpuf
Find out more »November 2015
AWAKENING OUR DEMOCRACY: Ferguson, Charleston, and Beyond
AWAKENING OUR DEMOCRACY is a new conversation series on race, ethnicity, disparities, justice and other pressing issues at the forefront of the University’s and the nation’s consciousness, hosted by the Office of University Life. (See our co-sponsors and highlights from Awakening Our Democracy: The “American” Dream, Immigration and Belonging, here.) Next Thursday’s panel will discuss the intersection of race, violence, policing and community safety, featuring: Kimberlé Crenshaw, moderator – Professor, Columbia Law School Michael Skolnik – President, GlobalGrind Mychal Denzel Smith – Writer, The Nation Maya Wiley – Counsel to New…
Find out more »The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
FILM | SCREENING AND CONVERSATION A screening of the acclaimed documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution will be followed by a conversation with director Stanley Nelson, producer Laurens Grant, Journalism professor June Cross, and Film professor and Panther Baby author Jamal Joseph, who is also featured in the film. RSVP.
Find out more »The Art of Justice: Articulating an Ethos and Aesthetic of the Movement
THE ART OF JUSTICE Articulating an Ethos and Aesthetic of the Movement With a particular focus on the Black and Nuyorican Arts Movements, The Art of Justice conference will present the ideas and aesthetics of these earlier movements honoring and guided by the first hand voices documenting their actual experiences. Themes include the universality of the struggle for justice and the art that served it, the continuity of the struggle with other similar movements, the celebration of historic activists, and the reassessment of current…
Find out more »The Changing Climate of Criminal Justice Reform
Marc Mauer at Baruch College School of Public Affairs: “The Changing Climate of Criminal Justice Reform” Please join Marc Mauer, the Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, at Baruch College for the Fall 2015 Ackerman Lecture, a lecture series on equality and justice hosted by the School of Public Affairs. The lecture will examine how and why the criminal justice reform movement has evolved in recent years, and what changes in policy and practice are still necessary if we…
Find out more »This House is Not a Home: A Discussion on Housing in Minority Communities
CJRL was founded in 2010 with the purpose of deepening the legal community’s discourse on historic and contemporary notions of socio-political and legal challenges facing racial and ethnic minorities. Each year we host a symposium to bring together experts to shed greater light on legal issues that impact communities of color. Past symposia have covered topics related to immigration and the legacy of the Civil Rights Act. This year’s CJRL symposium will be held on November 11, 2015 and will focus on…
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