THUR, APR 7 @ 4-6 PM
INCARCERATION &
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE
- Panel Discussion of Since I Been Down -
WHERE: TAHOMA ROOM
The acclaimed documentary "Since I Been Down" portrays how mass incarceration, racism, and redlining impacted the Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma. It follows the lives of several young people who grew up there and went to prison for long sentences.
The documentary is available for pre-screening!
Panelists:
- Gilda Sheppard
- Film Director & Professor of Sociology, Cultural & Media studies at Evergreen State College Tacoma
- Tanya Wilson
- Reentry Manager at the Freedom Project & Founder at the Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS)
- Jeannie Darneille
- Former WA State Senator & Asst. Secretary, Women's Division, Department of Corrections
Moderated By:
- Tanya Ezran
- Associate Professor & Director of the Crime, Law & Justice Studies Program & Liberal Studies BA degree with FEPPS
Sponsored by the Crime, Law, Justice Studies Program, Office of Intercultural Engagement, African American Studies, Department of Religion, Society & Spirituality, History Department, Politics & Government Department
