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Summit on Youth Education at Rikers Island

The Center for Justice and Create Forward are hosting a Summit on Youth Education at Rikers Island (and Horizons and Crossroads)  The morning will include two panels and the afternoon will convene working meetings around several areas including social justice

The Immigration Act of 1965: Book Launch and Conversation

Thursday, December 3, 2015 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Columbia Law School Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge, 7th Fl 435 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027 The Center for the Study of Law and Culture invites you to attend “The Immigration Act of

A PLACE TO STAND

  A PLACE TO STAND ​EVENT INFORMATION:​ Thursday, December 3, 2015 7:30pm sharp @ Kipps Bay IMAX 570 2nd Ave (@ 32/33rd St), New York City $15 tickets available: tinyurl.com/APTSevent A Place to Stand is a film screening, poetry reading and interactive dance

RikersBot Featured by Data Science Institute

Our ongoing coding project, RikersBot, was featured on the Data Science Institute’s blog. A special thanks to all those from all over Columbia University—professors, students and faculty—who partnered with us on this initiative. RikersBot is a coding and digital storytelling... READ MORE

Rikers Island: Reform it – or Shut it Down?

Wednesday, November 18, 2015  2-5pm The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, First FLoor Sponsors JustLeadershipUSA Humanities Action Lab at The New School The Rikers Island jail complex has become an infamous symbol of criminal justice dysfunction. Last year, The New York Times uncovered

Home Within Kinan Azmeh & Kevork Mourad #musicforsyria

Tuesday, November 17, 2015  8pm The Miller Theater, Columbia University, Morningside Campus Sponsors Heyman Center for the Humanities The Heyman Center for Humanities presents Home Within, the newest project of Syrian composer and clarinetist, Kinan Azmeh, and Syrian-Armenian visual artist,