Beyond the Bars: Transforming (In)Justice March 6th – 8th, 2015 Columbia University Featuring Michelle Alexander REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE https://beyondthebars15.eventbrite.com Friday March 6th at Lerner Hall Columbia University: Opening Event w. Michelle Alexander Saturday March 7th at the Columbia School of... READ MORE
The Justice Working Group is pleased to invite you to The Power of Peers: A Strengths-Based Leadership and Social Capital Development Project Susan Sturm, Columbia Law School Out But Still Doing Time: Effects of Employment Screenings on Job Applicants with
Black girls in New York City schools are disciplined and suspended 10 times more often than their white counterparts, a report released this week found. Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected, published by the African American Policy Forum... READ MORE
Click here to download the form: Justice Studies Curriculum Development Grant Call for Proposals—Justice Studies Curriculum Development Grant The Center for Justice at Columbia and the Heyman Center Public Humanities Initiative invite proposals for the development of new curricular offerings in... READ MORE
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – 6:00PM – 8:00PM, Jerome Greene 106 The Center for the Study of Law and Culture presents The Paul Robeson Lecture with guest speaker Sherilynn Iffil Race, Rights & the Future of Democracy in America Reception
Students with disabilities comprise 12% of the NYC public school population, yet they receive 30% of suspensions city-wide. Come discuss strategies for ending the #School2Prison Pipeline in Special Ed and building the movement for #RestorativeJustice with all students. Saturday, February 7th 1:00 to 3:00 pm @ Teachers College Room TBA 525 W.
Friday, February 6, 2015, 12pm Low Library Rotunda Columbia University Kathy Boudin, The Center for Justice at Columbia Vishaan Chakrabarti, Columbia GSAPP Mario Gooden, Columbia GSAPP Kimberley Johnson, Barnard Urban Studies Laura Kurgan, Columbia GSAPP Reinhold Martin, Columbia GSAPP V. Mitch McEwen, University of Michigan Dread Scott, artist
Dr. Shedd will present preliminary findings from her study of several NYC juvenile delinquency courtrooms that use standardized court observation instruments, ethnography, interviews, and court file data to capture myriad social factors that impact young people’s legal outcomes. This work addresses
New York City is seeing a range of ambitious efforts to tackle important criminal justice and other issues through mental health solutions. This conference brings local, national, and international leaders together to illustrate different approaches to more transformative public mental
The Center for Justice is still looking for Columbia students to participate in the first semester of programming of the Rikers Island Education Project. THE RIKERS ISLAND EDUCATION PROJECT The project provides opportunities for youth at Rikers Island to... READ MORE
