May. 26
6:00–7:15 pm
Zoom web conference
Panelists will reflect on the impact of COVID-19 behind bars and contemporary struggles to end death by incarceration, a term that has taken on new meaning in the context of the pandemic. This dialogue builds on the anthology The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom and is part of the American Studies Association's new series of Freedom Courses. Panelists incude:
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Eric Blackmon, Paralegal, MacArthur Justice Center and Community Educator-in-Residence, Pozen Center Human Rights Lab
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Kathy Boudin, Co-Director, Center for Justice, Columbia University
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Victoria Law, freelance journalist, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
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Reuben Miller, Assistant Professor, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
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Beth Richie, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, author of Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence and America's Prison Nation