The New Jim Crow: The Prison Industrial Complex
DATE | TIME: Monday, January 24, 2011 | 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Mount Zion Baptist Church
MICHELLE ALEXANDER
Join us for an powerful discussion about the current Prison Industrial Complex! The event will be led by Michelle Alexander, professor and author. She joined the OSU faculty in 2005 and holds a joint appointment with the Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. She was a member of the Stanford Law School faculty, where she served as Director of the Civil Rights Clinic. She has litigated civil rights cases in private practice and has engaged in innovative litigation and advocacy efforts in the non-profit sector. For several years, Professor Alexander served as the Director of the Racial Justice Project for the ACLU of Northern California, which spearheaded a national campaign against racial profiling by law enforcement. Professor Alexander is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Vanderbilt University. Following law school, she clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the United States Supreme Court, and for Chief Judge Abner Mikva on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
This lecture is part of the Diversity Speaker Series
The Bush School Diversity Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Unless noted, events will be held at:
The Bush School | 3400 E. Harrison St., Seattle | www.bush.edu/diversity contact: Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., Director of Diversity | 206-326-7731 | eddie.moorejr@bush.edu
The Bush School | 3400 E. Harrison St., Seattle | www.bush.edu/diversity contact: Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., Director of Diversity | 206-326-7731 | eddie.moorejr@bush.edu
Sponsors: | ACLU | Bethany Presbyterian Church | Casey Family Services | Comparative History of Ideas-UW | Cross Cultural Connections | Empower Law PLLC | Giddens School | Mount Zion Baptist Church | Seattle Pacific University | Seattle Public Schools | North Seattle Community College | Seattle University | Starbucks | Seattle Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and Youth Council | UmojaFest P.E.A.C.E. Center | WEACT | YMCA of Greater Seattle
SPS CLOCK HOURS: Participants who attend a one-hour pre-lecture workshop and the lecture/discussion are eligible for three clock hours at a cost of $6 ($2/hour). Please bring a check made out to Seattle Public Schools. We are unable to offer clock hours for the lecture only. Contact Jenn Kovach, SPS, at jekovach@seattleschools.org with questions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Brian C. Johnson
REEL DIVERSITY: FRAMING DIVERSITY THROUGH MODERN FILM
DATE | TIME: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | 7 p.m.
LOCATION: The Bush School Community Room
Barbara J. Love
BENDING THE ARC OF THE UNIVERSE: HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD
DATE | TIME: Thursday, March 3, 2011 | 7 p.m.
LOCATION: The Bush School Community Room
Hsiao-wen lo
WHEN CARING PEOPLE HURT: RACIAL MICRO-AGGRESSION AND HOW ALLIES CAN HELP
DATE | TIME: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 7 p.m. and Friday, April 29, 2010 (Upper School Privilege Day 2)
LOCATION: The Bush School Community Room
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