Exhibition & Events

Friday, November 30, 2018

Over Eight Decades Lost in the Carceral State (Present, Past, and Future)

An image of Aaron T. Kinzel from the chest up in a grey suit jacket, white shirt, and blue tie. He is sitting in front of a library bookshelf.
Time: 
6 PM to 8 PM
Venue: 

Michigan History Center

703 W. Kalamazoo St.

Lansing, MI 48915

Description: 

In this combined presentation and panel discussion, Aaron T. Kinzel, lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, will provide information on and insight into America's carceral state and mass incarceration. Kinzel will then moderate a discussion with returning citizens about their current work in criminal justice reform, their personal connection to the criminal justice system, and their outlooks for the future.

Panelists:

  • Mary Heinen-McPherson, Soros Justice Fellow and the Co-Founder of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan
  • Cozine Welch, published author and the Managing Editor of the University of Michigan's Prison Create Arts Project, Literary Review of Prison Creative Writing and a Co-Teacher of the Atonement Project
  • Richard Griffin, author and Smart Justice Community Organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

For more information and to RSVP click here.

Time: 
6 PM to 8 PM
Venue: 

Michigan History Center

703 W. Kalamazoo St.

Lansing, MI 48915