Unlocking Potential: Education Is The Key a Conversation Moderated by Angie...
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**REGISTRATION VIA EVENTBRITE IS MANDATORY**
Event is “First Come, First Serve.” Registration is necessary to confirm seats!!!
Doors open at 5pm event starts at 5:30pm
Event is “First Come, First Serve.” Registration is necessary to confirm seats!!!
Doors open at 5pm event starts at 5:30pm
Black and Latino men and women are the people most impacted by mass incarceration, therefore as we celebrate Latino Heritage Month we want to use this platform to outline the various benefits of facilitating access to higher education for the people who have criminal justice involvement. The discussion will also seek to outline the consequences which arise when institutions of higher education ask formerly incarnated individuals to disclose their justice involvement and the unforeseen collateral consequences on society.
Additionally, this important discussion will draw on the wisdom of its diverse panelists, to propose solutions in increasing access to higher education, and to discuss current efforts to do so.
Organizer
Leyla Martinez
Program Coordinator | Center for Justice | Columbia University
Formerly Incarcerated Student | Columbia University
Council Member | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Keynote Speaker
Carl Hart
Professor | Columbia University
Performer
Mysonne Linen
Independent | Hip Hop Artist
Moderator
Angie Martinez (The Voice of New York)
Multimedia Host | New York’s Power 105.1
Author | My Voice: A Memoir
Panelists
Elias Alcantara
Senior Associate Director | Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
The White House
Malika Saada Saar
Senior Counsel | Civil and Human Rights
Google Inc.
Geraldine Downey
Professor | Columbia University
Program Director | Center for Justice | Columbia University
Johnny Perez
Mental Health Safe Reentry Advocate | Mental Health Project Urban Justice Center
Formerly Incarcerated Student | St. Francis College
Alan Rosenthal
Criminal Defense | Civil Rights Attorney
Center for Community Alternatives
Please click on the link below to see our sponsors
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zO5xuJALy1EMEY34ToY0CEJZf1ePmTfMbuMUMzwRJLU/edit?usp=sharing
