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October 2017
Empathic Facilitator Training
The Empathic Facilitator is a two-day training for anyone who leads groups and wants to develop the skills to create an intentional and transformative group process. The principles and practices learned in this training can be adapted for a range of settings and groups whether you regularly facilitate workshops, team meetings, or offering one-on-one coaching. In partnership with The Center for Justice at Columbia University, a The Empathic Facilitator training uniquely customized to meet the needs of the field of…
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Storytelling In Rikers
Friday, 27 October 2017 12:15pm - 2:15pm Columbia University, The Heyman Center Second Floor Common Room Sahar Ullah, Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellow (2016 - 2017), has been working with Columbia University's Rikers Education Initiative to design and facilitate a series of storytelling workshops for young women at the Rose M Singer Center at Rikers Island over the last academic year. Ullah will reflect on her experience teaching and learning from the students about different aspects of storytelling including visual narration, character development,…
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Meeting at the Margins: Legal Issues at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
The Columbia Journal of Race and Law, The Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, and Queer and Trans People of Color at Columbia Law School would like to cordially invite you to "Meeting at the Margins: Legal Issues at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexuality." Through this symposium, we aim to center the experiences and legal issues of people whose marginalization is compounded by their race, gender, and/or sexuality. Because of their multidimensional identities, they are effectively erased by…
Find out more »UPRISING 4/13: #BlackLivesMatter
Thursday, November 9 | 6:15pm in the Jerome Greene Annex Shanelle Matthews (Activist-in-Residence, New School) Kendall Thomas (Columbia University) Deva Woodly (New School) Moderated by Elias Alcantara (Columbia University) and Bernard E. Harcourt #BlackLivesMatter, a social movement that is still emerging and young as a historical matter, has already undergone significant change over the last few years. Today, it consists of a range of activism, extending from individual acts of resistance, to local collectives, to national organizations, all self-identifying as part of a…
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Windows on Death Row: Additional Events Planned in Conjunction with the Exhibit
Columbia Law School presents the New York City premiere of a thought-provoking art exhibit designed to expand the national conversation on capital punishment in the U.S. Please join us for the opening of “Windows on Death Row: Art from Inside and Outside the Prison Walls.” This extraordinary collaborative project displays more than 60 works drawn from people on death row, as well as from some of America’s top political cartoonists. Co-creators Patrick Chappatte, editorial cartoonist for The New York Times,…
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The Roma People’s Project: Launch and Discussion
From Gypsy Stereotypes to Roma Reality and Aspirations Please RSVP Here Space is limited so first come, first seated. Did you know... The so-called "free-spirited Gypsies" are, in fact, the Roma - one of the most stigmatized and least understood ethnic groups in the world Roma culture has many more facets than Gypsy stereotypes considering its lack of homeland, variety of religions, music and the diversity of the Roma people? Roma people left India about 1000 years ago and have…
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NYC Council Speaker Criminal Justice Forum
In 2018 the New York City Council will elected a new Speaker. We need a Council Speaker who will deliver for our communities on important issues such as police accountability, closing Rikers, civil rights and immigration. RSVP to join us on November 14th as we hear a debate from the announced candidates. This event is co-sponsored by JustLeadershipUSA, Citizen Action-NY, Communities United for Police Reform, the Columbia Center for Justice, the Drug Policy Alliance, VOCAL-NY, New York Civil Liberties Union,…
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Marijuana Policing and the Impact on Immigrants
Across the United States and in New York, the tide is turning against marijuana prohibition, but resolutions to deal with collateral consequences for noncitizen immigrants remain stalled. As marijuana reform has progressed, reforms to the immigration system have not. Simple marijuana possession was the fourth most common offense among people who were deported nationally, and the most common offense among people deported with drug law violations. Just this year, multiple New Yorkers have been deported over a years-old marijuana misdemeanor,…
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December 2017
Social Justice and Health Equity: Care for People at the Intersections
Everyone deserves access to competent, comprehensive, and compassionate healthcare that addresses healing from a holistic perspective. The trauma of incarceration uniquely impacts people living with HIV and AIDS, exploring this intersection enhances our ability to create equitable systems of healthcare. This interactive symposium will explore the disparities our unique community faces when accessing prevention, treatment, and care. Through engaging discussion, we will examine The Fortune Society’s innovative model of service provision and integrated research. Utilizing active audience contribution,…
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