National Civil Rights Museum and FAMM Host Journey to Justice Virtual Screening and Panel on Trial Penalty
Panelists include attorney, judge and returning citizen who advocate for sentencing reform
Memphis, TN, March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The National Civil Rights Museum and FAMM are hosting a virtual film screening and panel discussion of
“The Vanishing Trial,” to highlight wrongful conviction and sentencing around the “trial penalty.” The 90-minute event on March 16 highlights a documentary of four cases involving excessive penalities followed by a panel with FAMM president, a Virginia prosecutor, a Tennessee judge and a returning citizen who recently won clemency.
“The Vanishing Trial” focuses on four individuals who were forced to make that choice between pleading guilty or going to trial. Each was threatened with a “trial penalty,” the substantially longer prison sentence a person receives if they exercise their constitutional right to trial instead of
Alabama Teachers eligible to apply for Space Camp for Educators Scholarships
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alabama public school teachers are eligible to apply for scholarships to attend a special Space Camp for Educators at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The Alabama legislature provided the funding for the program that brings state educators together to find new ways of teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts.
The hands-on learning activities are designed to span grades 4 to 9 and to be easily replicated in the classroom to excite students about STEM education. Teachers take part in Space Camp s simulated astronaut training experience while earning 45 professional development credits. The session includes information about space-related subjects such as: International Space Station; Living and Working in Microgravity; Rocketry; Propulsion; Astronomy; and Astrophysics.
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Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation s gift to fund art gallery, expanded capacity
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation is awarding $6 million to the High Desert Museum, the largest single donation in the museum’s nearly 40-year history, the museum announced Thursday.
“The museum is coming up on our 40
th anniversary next year, and this gift is really ready to launch us for the next 40 years,” said Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D, the museum s executive director.
Officials said in the announcement that the gift will support the long-term vision for the future of the museum, which includes more capacity for educational programming, immersive experiences, and in collaboration with Tribal partners, an update of the Museum’s permanent exhibition on the past and present of the Indigenous people of the Columbia Plateau,
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