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March 2014
Breaking the Pipeline: The Paradox: Education or Incarceration
IRAAS is partnering with New York’s Young and Powerful Group for their Pipeline Mentoring Project Documentary & Discussion Series, ” Breaking the Pipeline: The Paradox: Education or Incarceration”, Carla Shedd, assistant professor of Sociology and African-American Studies will be the discussion facilitator. We would like you to join us on Wednesday 3/26 in Room 501 Schermerhorn Hall at 7:30pm at Columbia University -Morningside campus. There will be a short interactive film screening, discussion and Call To Action on the Pipeline…
Find out more »The Institutional Effects of Incarceration
WHO: Jason Schnittker is a Professor of Sociology and H&SS Program Site Co-Director at the University of Pennsylvania. His research explores the intersection of genes and environments in shaping well-being, as well as the relationship between incarceration and the health of current and former inmates. He is interested in the social, biological, cultural, and institutional determinants of health. WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 3:00pm -4:30pm.ABOUT: The rise of the prison system has consequences for unemployment and voting. These effects can be regarded as…
Find out more »On the Long Road to Mass Incarceration: A Genealogy of Public Health, Public Safety, and Racial Containment Policies
Dean’s Seminar Series The Prevention of Incarceration On the Long Road to Mass Incarceration: A Genealogy of Public Health, Public Safety, and Racial Containment Policies Khalil Gibran Muhammad, PhD Director of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Thursday March 27th, 2014 1:15-2:45pm Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor Auditorium 722 W. 168th St. A light lunch will be served. RSVP to Chelsea Davis
Find out more »Reducing Incarceration: Endless Punishment, Long-Term Sentences and Aging in Prison – Release and Reentry
“Reducing Incarceration: Addressing Punishment, Long-Term Sentences, and Aging in Prison” is a symposium coordinated by Columbia University’s Justice Initiative, with the co-sponsorship of our partners: the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign
Find out more »Carceral States: Rethinking Prisons and Criminal Justice – Prison Studies Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference
CARCERAL STATES: RETHINKING PRISONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS (12:30-12:40 pm) KEYNOTE (12:45 p.m.) NICOLE FORTIER, THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE RETHINKING INCARCERATION AND PENAL POLICY (1:20-2:35 pm) Jack Norton (Geography); Christopher Seeds (Sociology); Megan Welsh (Criminal Justice); Brenden Beck (Sociology) RETHINKING THE CARCERAL STATE AND THE COMMUNITY (2:40-3:55 pm) Cory Greene & Whitney Richards-Calathes (Critical Social Personality Psych.) Divya Sundar (Comparative Studies); Maurice Vann Sr. (Social Work) Mika’il DeVeaux (Social Work) RETHINKING RE-ENTRY: OFFENDERS AND RE-ENTRY (4:00-5:15 pm) The…
Find out more »Educational Justice Symposium
REFRAME the conversation around education and youth involved in the juvenile justice and foster care systems. Join us for an afternoon/evening of arts, media, & conversation with distinguished guests, including: Cris Beam, author and professor, Columbia and NYU Michelle Fine, Ph.D., professor in Social/Personality Psychology, GSUC/CUNY Judge Douglas Hoffman, Supervising Judge of Manhattan Family Court Possibility Project, nationally recognized nonprofit organization operating three programs for youth in New York City. Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/educational-justice-symposium-tickets-10691298963
Find out more »April 2014
American Violet Film Screening and Discussion – What is Justice? Film Series
The What is Justice? Film Series continues Thursday April 3rd from 6-8:30pm with a screening of “American Violet” a film based on the racially charged drug war scandal that rocked the town of Hearne, Texas. The screening will be followed by a post screening Q&A with documentary filmmaker and lawyer, Sarah Kunstler and Drug Policy Alliance Policy Coordinator, Kassandra Frederique, moderated by Nash Professor of Law, Kendall Thomas. Thursday April 3rd, 2014 (6 – 8:30pm) Columbia Law School Jerome Green Hall, Rm 102B This screening is free…
Find out more »Prison Narratives: Changing the Story
Please join the African and African American Studies Department, Urban Male Initiative, Women’s Studies Program and City and Humanities Program for an exciting line-up of events changing the conversation about mass incarceration. 12:30: Poetry Slam via Skype from inside Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution. Q&A to follow between audience members and performers as well as organizers of the first TEDx event held inside a prison. Studio Theatre, Music Building. 2:00: Screening of Zero Percent. Followed by Q&A with Hudson…
Find out more »War on Drugs or War on Us?
Featuring Dr. Carl Hart – Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University
Find out more »Fruitvale Station Screening and Discussion – What is Justice? Film Series
The What is Justice? Film series concludes its final event of the semester with a screening of Fruitvale Station, a film that follows the true life story and tragic death of Oscar Grant. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer, director, poet, activist and educator, Jamal Joseph, writer Mychal Denzel Smith and Linda Tigani, organizer with the Malcom X Grassroots Movement, moderated by Nash Professor of Law, Kendall Thomas. Thursday April 17th, 2014 6pm Milbank Theater, Teachers College…
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