One of the things we probably have not focused on enough here on our 6 and 44 blog is the effect that the label "felon" has on those trying to re-enter society after time in prison. Upon release, there are myriad ways in which an ex-offender can be barred from employment, voting, public housing, food stamps, etc., etc. The list goes on and on.
One organization in the Bay Area, called All of Us or None, is working to combat the many forms of discrimination faced by ex-offenders as they attempt to re-enter society. Check out their website and take a look at the campaigns they have created to fight the discrimination affecting ex-offenders.
Also, a recent study by the Washington Uniform Law Commission stated that there are 586 "collateral consequences" of being labeled a felon just in Washington States laws alone. In other words there are 586 ways in which a person labeled a felon can be legally discriminated against. Imagine.
The Uniform Law Commission is attempting to make laws consistent from state to state, and a current draft of the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act is available online. Committee members in various states are also listed, so if you want to have your voice heard, give them a shout.
As Michelle Alexander illustrates in her book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," it is the label of felon that relegates individuals to a second class status, creating an under-caste in our society.
If you have not looked at the data regarding collateral consequences, check out the work done by Michelle Alexander. Then, go help out our friends at All of Us or None or search for groups in your area.
With Hope for Justice!
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Michelle Alexander is in Seattle TOMORROW!
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
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
12th Annual White Privilege Conference
It is our sincere belief that most white Americans are not intentionally racist. The problem is primarily ignorance due to white privilege. Think about it. If an issue does not touch one's life, how much does someone think about it?
This is one of the ways in which the mass incarceration of African Americans is allowed to happen. Most white Americans are not aware of the issue. While discussions on this topic occur in minority communities, they never make it into mainstream media or the hearts and minds of most white Americans.
Mass incarceration will be a topic at this year's WPC, and Michelle Alexander will be the keynote speaker.
This is a powerful conference. Check out their website at http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/, and this flyer, http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/pdf/WPC12_FlyerAugust2010.pdf and register to attend if you can.
This is one of the ways in which the mass incarceration of African Americans is allowed to happen. Most white Americans are not aware of the issue. While discussions on this topic occur in minority communities, they never make it into mainstream media or the hearts and minds of most white Americans.
Mass incarceration will be a topic at this year's WPC, and Michelle Alexander will be the keynote speaker.
This is a powerful conference. Check out their website at http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/, and this flyer, http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/pdf/WPC12_FlyerAugust2010.pdf and register to attend if you can.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Ivy League Schools Join Together to Spread Awareness
As part of our work, we come across events consistent with our Purpose. This University of Minnesota mini-conference has guest speakers from some of the most prestigious schools, and available to the public for free.
The New Inequalities: Race, Crime, and the Life Course in the Era of Hyper-Incarceration.
Co-Sponsored by Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice (Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs), the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Sociology.
The New Inequalities: Race, Crime, and the Life Course in the Era of Hyper-Incarceration.
Co-Sponsored by Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice (Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs), the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Sociology.
- Sara Wakefield, University of California-Irvine
"Mass Incarceration and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality" - Jason Schnittker, University of Pennsylvania
"Incarceration and Health: Results, Mechanisms, and Processes" - Keynote Speaker: Bruce Western, Harvard University
"From Inequality to Insecurity: A Longitudinal Perspective on Stratification" - Carla Shedd, Columbia University
"Arresting Development: Urban Youth and the End of Adolescence" - Devah Pager, Princeton University (presented by co-author Michelle Phelps)
"The Prison as a Socializing Institution
Monday, December 27, 2010
Michelle Alexander Is Coming to Seattle
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
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Justice Works! - a grassroots criminal justice reform organization
Justice Works! is a grassroots criminal justice reform organization. Visit us often. New information is added regularly.
We are a people-based and people-driven organization whose goal is to create a safer and more just community. This is done through providing the previously incarcerated with positive transitions back into society and campaigning for just laws and equal treatment of all people.
Justice Works! is building a statewide presence in Washington State. Anyone interested in working with us on our projects and / or campaigns are welcome! To learn more about Justice Works! feel free to browse our site. The About Us section includes information about our mission, our values and background on our organization. If you are an organizer, be sure to check out the Organizer Toolkit tab above to get information and instructions on how to do the work in your area.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Democracy Now! Interview with Michelle Alexander
Democracy Now! Interview with Michelle Alexander regarding Mass Incarceration.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Max Hunter: Urban Crime and the American Dream on the air tonight at 8 p.m.
Max Hunter grew up in San Diego in two very different African American worlds. On the weekends he lived with his grandmother who stocked her shelves with Shakespeare, even though she couldn't read, and impressed on him the value of the American dream. During the week Max lived in housing projects where police were considered the enemy, and outlaws were protected by the community. Max Hunter talks about how those competing world views and his own poverty led him to drop out of college and start selling cocaine. He voices what Toni Morrison calls "unspeakable truths unspoken" — telling of his struggle to piece together fragments of his identity as a black man, a drug dealer, a Harvard–educated scholar and a Christian. Hunter makes the case that he must tell his story in order to make himself and his community whole.
Max Hunter is a John Perkins Center Teaching Fellow at Seattle Pacific University. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, and a master's degree and certificate in bioethics from Harvard. He gave the "Veterans of Intercommunal Violence" lecture at the University of Washington on March 2, 2010. The event was sponsored by the University's Comparative History of Ideas Department.
Max Hunter is a John Perkins Center Teaching Fellow at Seattle Pacific University. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, and a master's degree and certificate in bioethics from Harvard. He gave the "Veterans of Intercommunal Violence" lecture at the University of Washington on March 2, 2010. The event was sponsored by the University's Comparative History of Ideas Department.
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