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PEN America’s “Prison Justice and Writing Program”
We [PEN America] are writing to cordially invite you to subscribe and listen to Works of Justice (WOJ), a multimedia series produced by PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program that spotlights key figures, writers, and artists who are critically reshaping the conversation on incarceration, advocacy, and justice in the United States. Past features include Derecka Purnell on unlearning…
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University of California Washington Programs to Host “Abolitions Conference”
The Abolitions Conference will be held at the University of California Washington Center in DC, from May 6 to 8, 2023. The abolitionist movement began with calls to abolish chattel slavery in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, philosophers called for the abolition of the wage system. In the twentieth century, abolitionists called for the…
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OU Carceral Studies Consortium Spring 2023 Community Engagement Micro-Grants – OPEN NOW
The Carceral Studies Consortium brings together community members, faculty, staff, and students from across the University of Oklahoma and beyond to cultivate and support rigorous research, pedagogy, and community engagement toward social transformation. To accomplish this mission, the Consortium offers two micro-grants of up to $500 to OU faculty, staff, and students to support the development of research, pedagogy, and community…
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Organization of American Historians to Host “New Approaches to Carceral Studies”
In recent years, U.S. historians have devoted significant attention to prisons, policing, criminal law, and racialized mass incarceration. Long neglected by US historians, carceral state history is now one of the most vibrant subfields of US history. Interest has only increased following the summer rebellions and public debates of 2020, particularly around broad arguments for…
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Square One Project – “Reimagine Justice in Oklahoma” Event
Join the Square One Project for the first-ever public Roundtable on Values and Justice: Examing Racial Disparities and Reimagining Justice in Oklahoma. This free and public event, taking place in Langston, Oklahoma on January 31st and Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 1st and 2nd, will include a keynote panel, an arts performance, and a sustained dialogue focused on reimagining…
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OU Carceral Study Consortium Cohosts “Community-Engaged Work in the Carceral Space”
On November 30 at 12:00 pm the OU Center for Faculty Excellence and the Consortium are co-hosting a zoom event on Community-Engaged Work in the Carceral Space. We are looking for one consortium member to volunteer to present a 5-7 minute overview of their experiences with community-engaged work in the carceral space (advocacy, research, teaching…
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OU Carceral Studies Consortium Seeking Podcast Hosts
The Carceral Studies Consortium is looking for members to be actively involved in the CSC podcast series (see attached). This podcast series seeks to understand and illuminate the Carceral State and its manifestations and allows us to deconstruct these complex systems and build a more just society. The series offers multiple perspectives on the Carceral State and…
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OU Carceral Studies Consortium Members Receive Seed Funding from the Institute for Community and Society Transformation
The University of Oklahoma Carceral Studies Consortium is pleased to announce that David McLeod (Social Work), Dean Hougen (Computer Science), and Constance Chapple (Sociology) have received $30,000 in funding to develop their project. According to ICAST director Shane Connelly, projects that receive this funding are “poised to inform, guide and enact research and programs that…
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OU Carceral Studies Consortium Provides Seed Funding for “Writers Guild: Giant Steps” [PROJECT UPDATE]
Spring 2021 Carceral Studies Consortium micro-grant recipients, Catherine Mintler, Nick LoLordo, and Timothy Bradford, have begun the process of re-establishing their connection to the Writers Guild and have revived their monthly in-person writing workshops. Read on for an update and statement from Bradford, Mintler, and LoLordo on the recent progress of their project (Mar. 2022).…
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OU Carceral Studies Consortium Provides Seed Funding for “Against Carceral Feminism Oklahoma” [PROJECT UPDATE]
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Spring 2021 Carceral Studies Consortium micro-grant recipients, aurelius francisco and Erin Simpson, have begun the process of meeting with and educating local communities on the social issues of carceral feminism. Read on for an update and statement from aurelius on the recent progress of their project (Mar. 2022). View a photo gallery of this project…
