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SUMMARY:Crimson Letters: Voice from Death Row\, Tessie Castillo with special guest Dr. Robert A. Brown and co-author George Wilkerson
DESCRIPTION:Join us in a critical four-part conversation on criminal justice and death penalty reform\, racial and socio-economic inequality\, and quite simply\, the human dignity that each of us deserves. \nEach of Tessie’s four co-authors  and a special guest will join us for a live call-in four successive events.\n \nHow to Watch\nVisit zoom.us\nMeeting ID: 854 7826 3169\nPassword: 3367631919 \n  \nJUNE 25\n \nTopic:  Racial Justice and Defunding Police: What It Is (and Isn’t)\nDiscussion: The Minneapolis City Council recently announced its intention to defund and dismantle the police department. Other cities have announced plans to defund police. What does it mean to defund police? What are the potential benefits and drawbacks? How might defunding police fit into the goals of broader racial justice reform across the US? We will discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks of defunding police\, as well as why racial justice is a necessary precursor to any type of criminal justice reform. Lastly\, we will set out a blueprint for what people of all backgrounds can do to raise consciousness and support anti-racism efforts.\nSpecial Guest: Dr Robert A. Brown\, Chair in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University + co-author George Wilkerson.\n  \nAbout Crimson Letters: What started as a volunteer journaling class in late 2013 would grow into genuine\, sincere\, and heartfelt friendships with several men on North Carolina’s Death Row. Tessie Castillo’s collaborative work\, Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row\, gives readers stark insight into the utter agony and dehumanization of long-term incarceration\, as well as stories of friendship\, family\, and finding life after a death sentence. \nGet your copy of Tessie’s Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row at Scuppernong Books. \n\n\n  \n \n  \nTESSIE CASTILLO is a freelance journalist based in Raleigh\, North Carolina. She specializes in criminal justice \, drug policy\, and harm reduction. In 2014 she became one of the first members of the public invited inside North Carolina’s Death Row. This extraordinary opportunity\, as well as the correspondence she developed with several death row residents\, helped launch her passion for criminal justice reform.  Crimson Letters: Voice from Death Row is her first book. \n  \nROBERT A. BROWN is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University. Prior to earning his doctorate\, he worked as a sentencing mitigation specialist for the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) coordinating offender-specific rehabilitation and supervision plans for offenders at the state and federal levels. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on street-level interactions between police officers and citizens (e.g.\, citation\, arrest\, use of force)\, the influence of race and gender (of officials and offenders) on criminal justice processing\, and the impact of intermediate sanctions and problem-solving courts on rehabilitation and criminal justice processing. \n  \nGEORGE WILKERSON is an award-winning writer\, artist\, and poet currently incarcerated on North Carolina’s Death Row. In 2018 he was a PEN award for his essay LimpGreyFur\, was a finalist for the Cathy Smith Bowers chapbook contest\, and won a Gold Award in the “Capitalizing on Justice” Art Competition. In addition to being the editor for Compassion\, a newsletter for people on Death Row\, his work has appeared on multiple philanthropic platforms and exhibitions\, including Hidden Voices\, The Upper Room\, The Marshall Project\, Windows on Death Row\, the Correction Accountability Project\, and LifeLines Collective. In 2019 he was a finalist for an Ellie Award \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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