Please join the SLS Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group for our second dinner and discussion of this academic year! Thank you to everyone who came out and made our first meeting a thoughtful and fascinating evening. For anyone who couldn’t make it last time, here’s your chance - RCJRG is attend-when-you-can and everyone at SLS is welcome.
Professor David Sklansky has generously offered to host the meeting at his house on Wed., Jan. 18 at 6:30 pm. We will again be having dinner, so please RSVP here. We will discussing Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, the highly-acclaimed new book by Heather Ann Thompson. SLS Visiting Professor James Forman Jr. has written an excellent review of the book in the NY Times, calling it an “essential” book to read. As he notes, the book touches on some of the most pressing issues facing our nation today, including “racial conflict, mass incarceration, police brutality and dissembling politicians." Five copies of the book are on reserve at the Law Library, or you can order a copy off Amazon (including Kindle). This is an excellent way to stay engaged over the break while getting away from case law, and will make for an important kick-off conversation for the new year and the executive transition. We would also love your input on future meeting topics via this poll before Jan. 18. We value RCJRG as a community for critical discussion, and it thrives on your input and participation. Please chose among the topics we have listed, or suggest one of your own! We look forward to seeing you and, as always, let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, Sophia Whiting Gemma Donofrio Jared Crum RCJRG 2016-17 Co-Presidents |
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