Belonging: The Challenges of Reentry

Date: 

Friday, September 28, 2018, 1:30pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Barker Center, Thompson Room

Conference purpose: The purpose of this conference is to learn more about the experiences of returning citizens navigating society after being incarcerated, by creating a conversation where philosophers, activists, and members of affected communities discuss mass incarceration and the challenges of offender reentry.

This conference will be live-streamed. Details will be available on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/challengesofreentry/

 

1:30 Opening Remarks by Danielle Allen

 

1:50 Panel 1:

Tommie Shelby

Imani Perry

La Dray Gilbert

Jerry Short

Christopher Conway

Chair: Kaia Stern

 

3:20 Break

 

3:50 Panel 2:

Rima Vesely-Flad

Tommy Curry

Nathaniel Pollock

Angel Sanchez

Lawrence Justice Jr.

Chair: Elizabeth Hinton

 

5:20 Closing Remarks by Nathaniel Pollock Jr.

 

6:00-8:00 Reception at the Kresge Room