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February 2014
Life in the Box: Youth in Solitary Confinement
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 9:30 A.M. – 7 P.M. Moot Court Room, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 PANEL ONE 10:15 – 11:45 A.M. Growing Up in Solitary: The Effects of Extreme Isolation on Youth in New York’s Prisons PANEL TWO 2:15 – 3:45 P.M. Juveniles in Solitary Confinement: Rehabilitation or Torture? The second panel will explore the uses of solitary confinement and the potential human rights violations associated with this practice. Panelists will…
Find out more »Lost In Detention Film Screening
As a part of the What is Justice? Film Series, there will be a screening of Lost In Detention with a post screening Q&A with director and producer Rick Young and award winning journalist and correspondent Maria Hinojosa
Find out more »What It iZ: The Spoken Wordical
If you dug The Wiz……you’ll love WHAT IT IZ! The Spoken Wordical A prison abolitionist hip hop theater remix of The Wiz! Directed by Andre Robinson; Executive Produced by Bryonn Bain Visuals and installation design by Jazzmen Lee Johnson, Lauren Kristin, Kyla Searle and Gil Williams VJ Emre Emirgil Set design by Chris Cumberbatch
Find out more »Elders Behind Bars – Dean’s Seminar Series on Incarceration
Elders Behind Bars Soffiyah Elijah Executive Director of the Correctional Association of New York Dean Linda P. Fried and Dr. Lisa Metsch, chair of Sociomedical Sciences, are hosting a series of seminars that will apply a public health lens to the problem of incarceration in the United States. Many of the factors in people’s lives that create vulnerability to imprisonment are also key public health issues: early child development; environmental, socio-economic, mental and physical health; homelessness; drug abuse; violence; and…
Find out more »The Trayvon Effect Conference
The goal of The Trayvon Effect conference, set to launch on February 28th, 2014 at Teachers, College, Columbia University, is to encourage dialogue and action around racial profiling, Black masculinity and the impact of social constructs on race, education and the law. Some key questions to be explored throughout the conference include: What does it mean to be a Black man in America during the Obama years? How does the media help perpetuate racism, classism and sexism? How can educators…
Find out more »March 2014
Art and the Politics of Mass Incarceration: Well Contested Sites
Art and the Politics of Mass Incarceration Well Contested Sites A public symposium Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 1–2:30 p.m. Held Auditorium | Barnard Hall | 3rd Floor Barnard College Join us on Saturday, March 1st, for a free screening of the award- winning dance/theater film Well Contested Sites, a chance to talk with the filmmakers and artists, and a panel featuring faculty and community activists discussing creative alternatives to the politics of mass incarceration. For more information and to…
Find out more »Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through
Beyond The Bars: Breaking Through is the fourth annual student- driven interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration held at Columbia University. Given the greater consciousness in society of the state of Mass Incarceration in the United States, this conference seeks to enable people to further the discussions around a variety of issues, and take action based on new knowledge. The conference launches Friday night with well-renowned guest speakers and performances. It continues into Saturday, with informative, thought-challenging, action-based panels and workshops headed…
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