This event is FREE &\; OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
\n\n\;CWU has actively engaged in this discussion this year and we continue to encourage community conversation. I hope you will inspire student participation as well as forward the attached poster to colleagues and community members that might be interested.
\n\nSome issues that may be discussed include: Prison-Profiteering\, Sentencing Disparity\, Paying for a Crime Twice\, Disenfranchisement &\; Reliance on a Prison System\, and the &ldquo\;School-to-Prison Pipeline&rdquo\;
\n\nGuest presenters include:
\n\nKing County Councilmember Larry Gossett
\n\nUW Professor of Sociology Dr. Katherine Beckett &ndash\; &ldquo\;How we created Mass Incarceration &ndash\; and how it can be reversed&rsquo\;
\n\nDes Moines Police Chief George Delgado &ndash\; &ldquo\;Racial Justice Training in our Community&rdquo\;
\n\nAuthor &\; Career Advisor Terry Pile &ndash\; &ldquo\;Transitioning back into Employment with a Felony Record&rdquo\;
\n\nCWU&rsquo\;s Dr. Michael Mulcahy will be moderating the forum presentations and the following discussion.
\n\nWe will feature a Photography Exhibit\, &ldquo\;The Penitent: Images from Eastern State Penitentiary\,&rdquo\; and I would love to also showcase student work on this subject in whatever format they have prepared. If there is interest in this area\, please have the student contact me.
\n\nFor those guests you might invite:
\n\nWe will be holding the community event in Building 29 on the Highline Campus. If you enter the southwest lot off of South 240th St\, you will see the Higher Education Center building. We will open up the room around 5pm and then begin at 6pm.
\n\nHigher Education Center\, Building 29
\n\n2400 South 240th St
\n\nDes Moines\, WA 98198
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