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April 2015
Lockdown Unplugged
RSVP here. Co-Sponsored by: John Jay Prison-to-College Pipeline, The Center for Justice at Columbia University, the Center for Nuleadership on Urban Solutions, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison and the Bertha Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights About the Executive Producer: Bryonn Bain is a prison activist, spoken word poet, hip hop artist, actor, author and educator. Cornel West has described Bryonn as an artist who “…speaks his truth with a power we desperately need to hear.” Bain’s…
Find out more »Film Screening and Discussion: Prison Terminal
Be the Evidence International (BTEI) at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service is proud to host the return of Oscar®-nominatedfilmmaker Edgar Barens in NYC on Saturday, April 25 to present his Oscar®-nominated documentary: PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL with Follow-up Discussion with the Film Director, Edgar Barens, plus more! The event is in celebration of the release of BARENS’ film on the fifth anniversary of the Aging Prison Forum: A Crisis in Need of Intervention in which BARENS showed prerelease clips of the…
Find out more »2015 McSilver Symposium: Poverty, Trauma, and Resilience
The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work is proud to invite you to the 2015 McSilver Symposium, an annual exploration of evidence-based clinical and structural approaches for mitigating the impacts of poverty. This year, they are pleased to present six dynamic panels, two of which will follow screenings of poignant and inspiring documentary films. All address this year’s McSilver Symposium and Awards theme: “Poverty. Trauma. Resilience.” Click here for more information about…
Find out more »The Necessity for Radical Healing in our Schools and Communities: a Praxis of Resistance and Justice
How Does Your Research IMPACT Human Justice?
Come join the Incarceration to Education Coalition (IEC), NYU Psi Chi, Sean Massey and the Morris Justice Project for a conversational workshop exploring the impact of socio- psychological research on the advancement of Human Justice. Impact Validity is a conceptualization and methodology that explores the extent to which research has the potential to play a role in social and political change.
Find out more »May 2015
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN ACTION: A CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL AND JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS
Save the date: Friday, May 1, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.) Location: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lecture Hall L.63 524 W 59th St., New York, NY 10019 Cost: No charge (Lunch provided) Register Online Speakers Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Former Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chair, NYS Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children Keynote Speakers Hon.…
Find out more »Public Humanities Initiative Teaching from the Archive of Women’s Incarceration
How do we teach the history of imprisonment in the United States when mass incarceration continues to shape our current social landscape? Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellow Emily Hainze will speak about a curriculum project she is developing in partnership with the Prison Public Memory Project, a non-profit dedicated to recovering, preserving and interpreting the historical artifacts and cultural memory of prisons, and the communities with which they are entwined. The talk will focus on the process of bringing archival…
Find out more »Conference: Violence & the City
This day-long, interdisciplinary conference will consider the nature and effects of various types of urban violence, and is organized around two themes: violence and urban society; and, crime, politics, and policy. Featured speakers will address these concerns in theoretically, methodologically, or empirically innovative ways. Speakers and Discussants include: Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center Marie Gottschalk, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Ruth Gilmore, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and American Studies,and Director…
Find out more »ReLOVEution Collective Dialogue
The Undoing Racism Internship Project (URIP) invites you to our annual ReLOVEution Collective Dialogue on Friday, May 8 from 6pm-8:30pm. Every year we join together to examine the role of LOVE in our lives and within our movement work. This year we are excited to join Piper Anderson and Marlon Peterson, the co-authors and founders of SpreadMassLOVE, to dive into a nuanced and experiential dialogue about love in the era of mass incarceration. $7-10 sliding scale Ya-Ya Network (224 W.…
Find out more »The Vagina Monologues: A Benefit to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Support Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System
The Vagina Monologues Written by Eve Ensler Directed by Jenna Worsham Buy tickets here! Featuring Maybe Burke, Erin Cherry*, Julissa Contreras, Rhonda Covington, Elisia Dones, Brigitte Harris, Miriam A. Hyman*, Eve Lindley, Elizabeth Mackintosh, Briana Packen*, Sharon Richardson, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart*, Josie Whittlesey* and Annie Worden*Hailed by The New York Times as ‘funny’ and ‘poignant’ and by the Daily News as ‘intelligent’ and ‘courageous’, The Vagina Monologues, which was first performed Off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor,…
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