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"College Behind Bars" screening and panel discussion : Morehouse College

Written by Morehouse College | Oct 21, 2021 4:00:00 AM

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.

View the webinar

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