Black and Latino men and women are the people most impacted by mass incarceration, therefore as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month we want to use this platform to outline the various benefits of facilitating access to higher education for the
T32 Seminar: Pregnant Women and the War on Drugs, Lynn Paltrow, JD by The Criminal Justice T32 Fellowship, HISTP, Center for Justice, Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia School of Social Work REGISTER HERE DATE AND TIMEWed, October
WHITE FACES, BLACK LIVES: RACE AND REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF A “GENTLER WAR ON DRUGS” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH — 6:30 PM The Center for Arts & Culture, Skylight Gallery, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH — ALL DAY Columbia
This week a newly published op-ed from Sarah Zarba was featured in the Columbia spectator highlighting the need for Columbia and other universities to reconsider the use of the “box” on college applications. Sarah is a 2016-17 Beyond the Bars Fellow and 1st... READ MORE
Letter to the editor by Christopher Medina-Kirchner Recently, there has been a tremendous amount of media coverage attesting to a heroin “epidemic.” There is not, and never has been a heroin epidemic. The term epidemic has a specific meaning: a... READ MORE
Flores last served as Chief Strategic Officer for the Abyssinian Development Corporation. Prior to his tenure at Abyssinian, Flores worked for the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, where he served first as Deputy Director of Land Use Housing and
By Carl L. Hart October 5 at 7:00 AM Carl L. Hart was surprised when a student in one of his classes at Columbia University wrote an essay for The Washington Post about the effect of having him speak frankly about his past and the... READ MORE
BY AARON HOLMES | SPECTATOR SENIOR STAFF WRITER | OCTOBER 5, 2016, 1:14 AM Citing prejudice and institutional barriers to education, two students asked General Studies Student Council to provide support for formerly incarcerated students at a GSSC town hall meeting on... READ MORE
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the key issues shaping the 2016 presidential election and the impact of a dominant two-party system on our country and communities. Awakening Our Democracy is a conversation series on race, ethnicity, disparities and justice issues
– ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT – A moving documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill
