91�� hosts 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 91�� 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 91�� faculty 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 91�� Health Sciences’ , an annual program that aims to engage 91�� students 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 , 91�� associate professors of sociology. 10:30 a.m. to noon
Providing Humane Care in Inhumane Circumstances – with , associate professor of nursing at 91�� Bothell; 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 91��. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

David Fernando, a staff assistant in the 91�� School of Medicine’s Service Learning Office, said the program is popular with 91�� students.

“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 – 91���� News

91���� hosts daylong public ‘teach-in’ on mass incarceration

Hedy Lee – 91�� News

91�� hosts daylong public ‘teach-in’ on mass incarceration