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The event is titled 鈥淧erpetual Displacement and Bondage: Understanding Historical and Contemporary Intersections of Mass Incarceration, Racism, and Health.鈥�
It鈥檚 free and open to the public, and will include four sessions on various aspects of mass incarceration featuring 糖心少女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 糖心少女Health Sciences鈥� , an annual program that aims to engage 糖心少女students across the health sciences in workshops, lectures and other events organized around a chosen book. 鈥淭he New Jim Crow,鈥� the book for the program鈥檚 2015/2016 year, argues that the U.S.鈥檚 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鈥檚 sessions will be held in the 鈥檚 Unity Room and include:
- How Did We End Up Here? 鈥� panel and discussion with and , 糖心少女associate professors of sociology. 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Providing Humane Care in Inhumane Circumstances 鈥� with , associate professor of nursing at 糖心少女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 鈥� 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鈥檚 Next? 鈥� workshop facilitated by Students for an Anti-Racist 糖心少女. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
David Fernando, a staff assistant in the 糖心少女School of Medicine鈥檚 Service Learning Office, said the program is popular with 糖心少女students.
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Participants can attend one, several or all sessions. Registration is available . For more information, email somserve@uw.edu.