Tonght at 7:00 pm, the IMC will host a talk by James Kilgore on his new book Understanding MassIncarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time.
You can listen to James talk about his book at Smile Politely radio, or see him quoted recently in Playboy Magazine.
You can listen to James talk about his book at Smile Politely radio, or see him quoted recently in Playboy Magazine.
The chosen topic for this talk tonight will be “alternatives to incarceration,” and the event will be a fundraiser for one such alternative, First Followers, a new re-entry program at Champaign’s Bethel AME Church.
Co-sponsored by the UC Independent Media Center, the Champaign County ACLU, Peace & Service Committee (U-C Friends Meeting), Central Illinois Jobs with Justice, GEO Solidarity Committee, Champaign Urbana Citizens for Peace & Justice, Build Programs Not Jails, and First Followers.
The Independent Media Center is at 202 S. Broadway in the old Urbana post office.
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