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New York: LGBT Criminal Justice Conversation
June 23, 2016 @ 5:00 am - 9:00 am EDT
Please join the Movement Advancement
Project (MAP) and the Vera Institute of Justice for a morning event focused on why LGBT people are more likely to have negative interactions with the criminal justice system. The event will take place on Thursday, June 23 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm.
Speakers will discuss drivers of disproportionate incarceration for LGBT youth and adults; treatment within the system for LGBT people; reentry challenges; and the intersections of the criminal justice system with immigration enforcement. Confirmed speakers include:
- Emily Greytak, GLSEN
- Angela Irvine, Impact Justice
- Mik Kinkead, Sylvia Riveria Law Project
- Andrea Ritchie, Soros Fellow and co-author Queer Injustice
- Charles Stephens, Counter Narrative Project
When: Thursday, June 23 8:30 breakfast; 9-1:00 program
Where: Vera Institute of Justice, 233 Broadway, New York, NY
Space is limited; please RSVP by Thursday, June 9 to isederbaum@vera.org.
For more information about how the criminal justice system fails LGBT people, visit www.lgbtmap.org/criminal-