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Decarceration and Community: COVID-19 and Beyond (Part I)

  • Thursday, June 11, 2020
  • Online on Zoom
Illustration of two hands in fists breaking free from hand cuffs

Part I of this discussion series, cosponsored with the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, focuses on people who are incarcerated and their families, exploring how systemic racism and mass criminalization threaten both incarcerated individuals and their communities. The participants will consider how recent events, including the COVID-19 crisis and the police murder of George Floyd, highlight and magnify historical inequities—with deadly results.

The panelists work directly with people affected by incarceration, including several who focus on the all-too-often neglected plight of incarcerated women and their families.

Event Video

Illustration of two hands in fists breaking free from hand cuffs

SPEAKERS

Gina Clayton-Johnson, executive director and founder, Essie Justice Group


Soffiyah Elijah, executive director, Alliance of Families for Justice


Andrea James, founder, Families for Justice as Healing; executive director, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls


Zach Norris, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights


MODERATOR

Dehlia Umunna, clinical professor of law and faculty deputy director of the Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School

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