Past Events

From “thugs” to “illegals,” we are surrounded by representations of Black, Brown, undocumented, queer, homeless, disabled bodies that portray us as criminal. This teach-in hosted by Columbia University Students Against Mass Incarceration, Lucha & the Columbia Prison Divest campaign will explore the criminalization & incarceration of marginalized communities in the United States. Who is considered a criminal? Whose bodies are most associated with crime? Who decides what counts as a crime? How has this category been constructed over time? What are the power dynamics that…

September 11 – November 16, 2014 Opening: Thursday, September 11, 7-10pm Organized by Molly Fair, Josh MacPhee, Anika Paris, Laura Whitehorn, and Ryan Wong Interference Archive presents Self-Determination Inside/Out, a comprehensive exhibition and public program series featuring the cultural materials produced by incarcerated people and their allies. Ranging from the Attica Rebellion to political prisoners, AIDS education to prisoners-as-laborers, the struggles of incarcerated women and queer people to the current wave of hunger strikes in prisons and detention centers across the…

Creating a Legal System that Fosters Empathy, Compassion, and Mutual Understanding

Discussion: “What’s Age Got to Do with It? Incarcerating Children and the Elderly” Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 2 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Representatives of the Correctional Association’s “Raise the Age” and “Release of Aging People in Prison” campaigns engage in a dynamic dialogue with each other and the audience about how we are addressing these problems—and how we can make change, as well as art that supports that change. The event concludes with special…

Monday September 15th Rally Butler Lawn, Columbia University 6:30pm

For decades, the United States has seen rising prison populations at both the state and federal level. As we face the unsustainable costs of mass incarceration, mandatory minimums, and persistent disparities in arrests and conviction rates under discriminatory policies such as Stop & Frisk, community members and leaders across the nation have sought new answers to persistent issues within our criminal justice system. OpenDoors and the Education from the Inside Out Coalition advocate for the removal of barriers to successful reintegration that…

The Harvard Black Alumni Society of New York (HBASNY) & A Coalition of Columbia University Student Organizations invite you to a Town Hall for change.Town Hall: Now What? The Role of Millennials in the Wake of Mike BrownWhere: Columbia Law SchoolWhen: September 17th, 2014, 6:30 pm Who: Engaged and unified community members What:. The Town Hall will be an open forum led by a host of academics, thought leaders, community leaders and law enforcement to encourage genuine dialogue and tangible…