Arianna we are very excited about the authors who will be speaking here. Started, please silence your cell phones. We are filming and recording today and we prefer not to have any interruptions. We sure to use a microphone at the end of the event to ask questions. If you have not purchased a book and would like to do so, they are available at the register. After the event is over, there will be a signing line to the right of this table here. If you have been here before, you know we ask everyone to fold up their chairs after the event. Here with us tonight is dr. Damaris hill. Dr. Hill is an accomplished explores the work digital humanities. She has written the fluid boundaries of suffrage and jim crow. Dr. Hill is an assistant professor of africanamerican studies at the university of kentucky but she is here to talk to us about her most recent work , a bound woman is a dangerous thing. Dr. Hill honors the lives and suffering of africanamerican women heroes throughout history while pro
Day at all three locations here, and our new union market. We are excited about the offers that will be speaking for the next month so i encourage everyone to grab the Event Calendar to see who will be here in february. Before we get started i would like to remind everyone to silence your cell phones and devices. We are filming today and dont want any interruptions. We also ask you to make sure to use one of the microphones at the end to ask questions. If you dont speak into the microphone, your question will not be picked up on the recording. If you havent purchased a book yet and would like to do so, they are available you can ask a staff member and they will grab a copy. After the event is over there will be a signing blind to the right of the table and if youve been here before you know we ask everyone to fold up chair pull up a chair after the event and make resetting the store easier for the staff. Dr. Hill is an accomplished author and scholar. She has written two previous books
My name is tyra, and im the executive Vice President at new america. Welcome to new america, for those of you who are here for the first time. I am delighted that we are having a very important conversation this afternoon about punishment in the u. S. For those of you that may be unfamiliar with this particular, with the criminal Justice System, youll learn quickly that i think the criminal Justice System is criminal in some of the ways in which it applies justice. We at new america are working even though our society is changing, woo erwere working f thriving individuals, communities, and family. To have the time, stability, necessary to leave productable lives. We work for equitable, accessible and high quality education for all. We work for equal representation in politics and participation in accountable government. And we do that in part by telling stories about whats happening and whats possible. And we also do that by generating big and bold ideas to solutions that i think youll
For several afterwards. A conversational and u. S. Criminal justice mass incarceration rehabilitation programs and recommendations for reform. Speakers included former convict whos now an attorney from the Georgetown University professor who is the author of the book unusually cool which compares the criminal Justice System with other countries. This event was hosted by new america. Good afternoon, everyone. I am the executive Vice President at new america. Welcome to new america for those of you that are here for the first time. I am delighted that we are having a very important conversation this afternoon about punishment in the u. S. For those of you that may be unfamiliar with that particular criminal Justice System, you learn quickly i think the criminal Justice System is criminal in some of the ways that the place justice. We add new america are working even though our society has left if i change we are working for thriving families, individuals and communities to have the time,
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