The Vote, Caste, and the Carceral State

Welcome by Melissa Nobles, Chancellor, MIT & Co-founder, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Program

Lecturer: Khalil Gibran Muhammad — "The Condemnation of Blackness, the Criminalization of Blackness: Precursors to the Carceral State"

Lecturer: Nicholas Lemann — "Reconstruction and The Battle for Citizenship and/or Voting, Violence and Reconstruction"

Breakout Groups: Margaret Burnham (By Hands Now Known), Desmond Meade (Disenfranchisement), Vincent Warren (13th Amendment Loophole), Chesa Boudin (Criminal Justice Reform)

Lecturers: Dr. William Darity Jr. & Kirsten Mullen — "The Social Ecology of a Disposable People"

Breakout Groups: Douglas Blackmon (Slavery by Another Name), Tasseli McKay (Stolen Wealth Hidden Power), Rasul Mowatt (Geographies of Threat), Rahsaan Hall (Juvenile Injustice)

Music of Liberation by The Ron Savage Trio & Larry Watson · Kalief Browder Documentary Preview

Lecturer: Goodwin Liu — "Education, Equality, and the Constitution"

Breakout Groups: Nicholas Lemann (Ending Affirmative Action), Mark Rosenbaum (Detroit School to Prison Pipeline), James Anderson (Education, Voting, and Political Power)

Moving Forward/Next Steps: Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Tasseli McKay, William Darity Jr.

Closing: Janet Moses, Margaret Burnham, Danny Glover