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"College Behind Bars" screening and panel discussion
October 21, 2021Written by: Morehouse College
The Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership presents Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, "College Behind Bars." The event will feature the documentary and a panel discussion.
The screening takes place at 6:30 p.m. EDT, Oct. 27, 2021.
RSVP to be entered into a book raffle.
For more information about this event or the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Prison Education Program, contact kipton.jensen@morehouse.edu or sinead.younge@morehouse.edu.
Panelists
Sarah Higinbotham, co-founder executive director, Common Good Atlanta; English professor, Emory University-Oxford College
Giovannie Hernandez, formerly incarcerated person and featured in the College Behind Bars documentary
Patrick Rodriguez, formerly incarcerated person; co-executive director, Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison; director of advocacy and community engagement, Common Good Atlanta; justice policy fellow, Education Trust
Kareemah Hanifa, formerly incarcerated person; criminal justice reform advocate; reentry consultant
Corrie Claiborne, associate professor of English and American literature, Morehouse College; prison education fellow, 2020-2021
Winfield Murray, Esq., director, Morehouse College moot court; vice-chair, board for Gideon's Promise; prison education fellow, 2020-2022