The Sentencing Project invites you to a Community Family Life Services fundraiser to benefit women returning home from prison. “Echoes of the Invisible Woman” Spoken Word Poetry Fundraiser will feature stories of formerly incarcerated women's first hand experiences. Stories of survival, perseverance and revival. Each year approximately 20,000 persons return home to our region from serving their time in prison. Most of these men and women will experience great difficulty in managing basic necessities for successful reentry into society. Difficulties in finding…

Join the Urban Institute as we present the challenges people with criminal records face while seeking employment and discuss how best to create access to stable, well-paying jobs for some of Washington, DC’s most vulnerable residents. In a recent study, Urban researchers found that one in seven Washingtonians have a criminal record in the court system, but only half of them have a conviction. Because of flaws in criminal background checks, employers can receive reports that include records without a…

The State Department invites you to participate in a civil society consultation with representatives from the U.S. Government on Monday, July 24 from 1:30 – 3:30 PM at the State Department, 2201 C Street, Washington, DC 20520, Room 1105.  The consultation is being held as part of our preparation for the United States’ next periodic report, due to the UNCERD Committee later this year, and will focus on the topics raised in the Committee’s 2014 Concluding Observations and Recommendations.  The…

  The Raben Group invites you to join them for an evening of conversation with Paul Butler, author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men, and James Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. The conversation will be moderated by Raben's Katharine Huffman and will be followed by a book signing. A former federal prosecutor, Paul Butler provides legal commentary for MSNBC, CNN, and NPR and has been featured on 60 Minutes and profiled in The Washington Post. A law professor at Georgetown University,…

What does it mean to identify as Black and male in a time defined by Black Lives Matter, stop and frisk laws, My Brother’s Keeper, and the routine killing of unarmed Black folks followed by the subsequent acquittals of police officers responsible for these deaths? In his timely new book, Chokehold: Policing Black Men, Georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler interrogates the damning imagery and policies that place Black men in a “chokehold” which constantly surveils and…

What does it mean to identify as Black and male in a time defined by Black Lives Matter, stop and frisk laws, My Brother’s Keeper, and the routine killing of unarmed Black folks followed by the subsequent acquittals of police officers responsible for these deaths? In his timely new book, Chokehold: Policing Black Men, Georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler interrogates the damning imagery and policies that place Black men in a “chokehold” which constantly surveils and…

You're invited to a special conversation on racial profiling, policing, and a viewing of the film Detroit on Thursday, July 27th, 2017 at 6:00 pm in the Capitol Visitor Center Orientation Theater South. Fifty years after the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, our nation is still plagued by instances of racial profiling and excessive police force that lead to tragic consequences. The issues and circumstances that arose in Detroit in 1967 echo in communities in the U.S.A. today. In recent years, the deaths of Philando…

Policing in America: Kerner Commission to 21st Century Policing, will occur is scheduled for August 2, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. on the 7th floor of the Newseum. The event will host a screening of "The Blood is at the Doorstep," a documentary chronicling the fatal police shooting of Dontre Hamilton, which will be followed by a panel discussion with the film's director, Eric Ljung, and members of the Hamilton family. Additionally, Paul Butler and Angela Davis will reflect upon historical and contemporary policing in America at…

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, ACLU, Google, and Magnolia Pictures have partnered to host an advanced screening of “Whose Streets?,” a documentary about the Ferguson uprising. Following the screening will be a panel discussion with activists and leaders from the movement and on the ground. Please join us for this important event and panel discussion on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:30pm. Attached is the flyer for the event and copied below is some important background on the…

The Police Foundation’s flagship seminar and publication series Ideas in American Policing Presents Outside the Academy: Learning Community Policing through Community Engagement. In its newest release, Anne Li Kringen, Ph.D. and Jonathan Allen Kringen, Ph.D. beg the question, “Can new recruits really learn community policing inside the academy?” Using New Haven Police Department’s innovative approach to training recruits in community policing through community engagement outside the academy as an example, this presentation and associated publication will explore the impact on…

You're invited to attend The Book Discussion for Through The WIRE: My Search for Redemption on Friday, August 25, 2017 at 6 p.m.at Sankofa Books on Georgia Avenue. Share your thoughts on women and girls in the DC Criminal Justice system: trauma, violence, incarceration and reentry.  

Join the August 21 free screening of "Crown Heights" in Washington D.C. at the Landmark Cinema at 7:30 p.m. "Crown Heights" tells the incredible true story of Colin Warner. Wrongfully convicted of murder at the age of 18, Warner was sentenced to life in prison and spent 21 years in jail before being exonerated and released. This important and timely story of injustice highlights the resilience of the human spirit, while sparking a needed examination and conversation about the epidemic…