Challenging Punishment 2013 Conference

  • 9:00 AM - 5:40 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: Columbia University’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies
  • Columbia University & Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Source: Reentry Net > Reentry Resource Center - New York

"Challenging Punishment," a conference sponsored by Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS), will be a two-day event, featuring scholars and researchers; health and legal professionals; and citizen advocates in discussion of the relevant social, legal, and public health issues raised by the War on Drugs and mass incarceration. The meetings will be held in New York City, on the campus of Columbia University (October 4th) and at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library (October 5th).