[IMC] CORRECTION: Press Release: "Beyond Mass Incarceration"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 15, 2013

Media Contact: Megan Flowers, Communications Director

217.337.1514 | megan at universityymca.org

Beyond Mass Incarceration

Community Talk Series Takes First Step for Change

WHAT:  For millions, mass incarceration is very much a part of daily life. People
on the local, state, and national levels are working hard to abolish the racist 
and profiteering processes that put America behind bars. This fall, the University
YMCA's Friday Forum lecture series will bring to the forefront the experiences and
work of people deeply committed to not only bringing these inequities to light, 
but engaging people in reform, including funding alternatives to incarceration.

The Fall 2013 Friday Forum lecture series theme, Rethinking Security: Beyond Mass
Incarceration, will peer deeply into current issues revolving around incarceration
and will feature expert views on current issues at the local, state, and national
levels.  Speakers for the series include, but are not limited to Darrell Cannon,
 Erica Meiners and prominent scholar and political activist, Angela Davis.

WHY: The University YMCA strongly believes that knowledge is the first step to change.
Like the American political system at large, Champaign County has a long history
 of police misconduct and racial inequities continued in the form of racial profiling,
and senseless police shootings directed at African-Americans as well as other marginalized
ethnic groups.  Although African-Americans make up only 12% of the Champaign County
population, they represent 75% - 80% of those sent to prison in the County.

WHERE: Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820

WHEN:  Fridays at 12 Noon

WHO: The University YMCA is Champaign-Urbana's oldest campus and community non-profit,
engaging people in service, reflection, and action since 1873.

WEBSITE: www.universityymca.org/friday_forum

Editor's Note:  Some speakers may be available for advance interviews. To inquire
about a possible arrangement, please call or email the media contact listed above.

Fall 2013 Friday Forum Series Schedule:

September 6- Darrel Cannon
Jon Burge, Chicago Police Torture and Justice for Survivors

September 13- Rebecca Ginsberg
Teaching on the Inside: Reflections from the Education Justice Project

September 20- Mariame Kaba
Neighborhood Portraits of Juvenile Justice in Chicago

September 27-Angela Davis
Abolishing the Prison-Industrial Complex

October 4-Jesse Hoyt
No More Detention: The Intersection of Incarceration and Immigration

October 11- Dana Kaplan
State Accountability for Treatment of Its Children

October 18- Paul Wright
Prison Profiteering and the Color of Corrections

October 25-Erica Meiners
Ending our Expertise? Feminisms, the 'prison crisis' and abolition

November 1-Grace Bauer
Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice

November 8- Barbara Kessel
Prison Reform and the Three R's: Reading Reduces Recidivism

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