Works Of Justice 006 - A Question Of Justice

PEN America

Many Americans agree that our criminal justice system needs thorough reform—but how can public sentiment lead to effective systemic changes? Moderated by Andrea J Ritchie (2:12) Author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color with the 2018-2019 Writing for Justice Fellows Priscilla Ocen (9:03) Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot (13:21) Beth Shelburne (16:52) Keeona Harris (21:06) David Sanchez (26:08) David Heska Wanbli Weiden (28:30) featuring criminal justice experts: Fred Patrick (45:50) Director of the Center on Sentencing and Corrections at the Vera Institute of Justice Lorenzo Jones (58:03) Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice Marlon Peterson (1:07:14) Host of the Decarcerated Podcast and an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity Bianca Tylek (1:09:21) Founder & Executive Director of Worth Rises Kandra Clark (1:16:14) Exodus Transitional Community On behalf of the Art for Justice Fund, PEN America is honored to engage the literary community and confront our era of mass incarceration through the Writing For Justice Fellowship. Read our interview with host Andrea J. Ritchie here: https://pen.org/works-of-justice-andrea-j-ritchie-interview/ Special thanks to the Center for Social Innovation for hosting the event: https://nyc.socialinnovation.org/