��ӰԺhosts daylong public ‘teach-in’ on mass incarceration

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:16:14 +0000

The acclaimed 2012 book “” is the foundation for a daylong “teach-in” at the ��ӰԺ Feb. 9.

The event is titled “Perpetual Displacement and Bondage: Understanding Historical and Contemporary Intersections of Mass Incarceration, Racism, and Health.”

It’s free and open to the public, and will include four sessions on various aspects of mass incarceration featuring ��ӰԺfaculty members and community speakers.

, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Campaign for Smart Justice, and , policy director of Right on Crime, will be the keynote speakers at an evening discussion moderated by , managing editor of the Northwest News Network.

The event is part of ��ӰԺHealth Sciences’ , an annual program that aims to engage ��ӰԺstudents across the health sciences in workshops, lectures and other events organized around a chosen book. “The New Jim Crow,” the book for the program’s 2015/2016 year, argues that the U.S.’s system of mass incarceration is a form of social control that oppresses millions of black people and consigns them to permanent second-class status.

The day’s sessions will be held in the ’s Unity Room and include:

How Did We End Up Here? – panel and discussion with and , ��ӰԺassociate professors of sociology. 10:30 a.m. to noon
Providing Humane Care in Inhumane Circumstances – with , associate professor of nursing at ��ӰԺBothell; Joisky Caudill of Red Will, a group for incarcerated Native women; Marc Stern, a correctional health care consultant and physician; Kate Stanley, a family nurse practitioner and former jail worker; and Richard Murphy, chief of dentistry for the Washington Department of Corrections. 12:30 to 2 p.m.
For Health Equity, We Need Liberation – with , an artist, educator, activist and attorney; Ardell Shaw, community organizer with the Black Prisoners Caucus; and Lillian Hewko, community organizer with the Incarcerated Parents Project. 2 to 3:30 p.m.
So What’s Next? – workshop facilitated by Students for an Anti-Racist ��ӰԺ. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

David Fernando, a staff assistant in the ��ӰԺSchool of Medicine’s Service Learning Office, said the program is popular with ��ӰԺstudents.

“There’s a lot of participation,” he said. “The students love it.”

Participants can attend one, several or all sessions. Registration is available . For more information, email somserve@uw.edu.

Hedy Lee – ����ӰԺNews

����ӰԺhosts daylong public ‘teach-in’ on mass incarceration

Hedy Lee – ��ӰԺNews

��ӰԺhosts daylong public ‘teach-in’ on mass incarceration