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INCARCERATION AND DETENTION: RACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Over the past decade, African American and immigrant communities have felt the impact of the increased use of detention as a form of punishment and social control in the U.S. This conference will bring together academics, activists, community leaders, and practitioners to discuss how concepts of international human rights and an understanding of structural racism can enrich our perspectives of common problems and serve as the basis for new strategies and alliances.
Day One
DATE: Friday, April 2, 2004
TIME: 7:00pm
LOCATION: Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Assembly Hall, 1st Floor.
The Keynote Address will be given by Angela Y. Davis, who has worked tirelessly to advance the political struggle for the liberation of oppressed people around the world and to highlight the negative impact of the prison industrial complex on these same communities. Her published works include Are Prisons Obsolete? (Seven Stories Press, 2003), Blues Legacies and Black Feminism (Vintage 1999), Women, Race and Class (Vintage 1983), and Prisons and Democracy (Random House, forthcoming). Her address will be followed by a reception and book signing.
Day Two
DATE: Saturday, April 3, 2004
TIME: 9:30pm-2:30pm
LOCATION: Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago, Assembly Hall, 1st Floor.
There will be two panel discussions. The morning panel will focus on domestic and international dimensions of detention and incarceration of immigrants, juveniles, and criminal defendants. The afternoon panel will examine those issues through the experiences and insights of practitioners and political organizers. The Honorable R. Eugene Pincham, former judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, will be the keynote speaker for the lunch session. Lunch provided on Saturday by reservation. Reservation deadline is March 27. To reserve lunch, please call 773.702.8063 or visit http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/conference.
All events are free and open to the public. This conference is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Human Rights Program, and the Office of the Provost at the University of Chicago in collaboration with the International House Global Voices Program at the University of Chicago, the Faith Community of St. Sabina, the Crossroads Fund, and the Illinois Humanities Council. For additional information contact the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at (773) 702-8063 or csrpc@uchicago.edu, or the Human Rights Program at (773) 834-0597 or human-rights@uchicago.edu.
