• Mar 10, 2020 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
  • Location: Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
  • Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2020

March is Women's History Month. The history of incarcerating girls is fraught with race and gender bias. Labeled “delinquent,” “incorrigible,” and “immoral,” early , criminalized girls for disobedience and resistance to strict gender norms. This legacy lives on today, especially for girls of color. However, the possibility of ending girls’ incarceration in ten years is tangible. 

Join us for a conversation with Lindsay Rosenthal, Project Director of Vera’s Initiative to End Girls’ Incarceration; Dr. Sydney McKinney, Executive Director of National Black Women’s Justice Institute; Dr. Shabnam Javdani, Associate Professor of Applied Pyschology at NYU; Dr. Cheryl D. Hicks, Associate Professor of Africana Studies & History at the University of Delaware; and social justice activist Cali JordanGotay to unpack the history of gender policing, and the movement for reform. Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC investigative reporter moderates this discussion. Rodriguez reported about girls and the juvenile justice system for an award-winning episode of the podcast Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice.

 

This program is presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society.

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P.S. To learn more about Vera’s effort to end girls’ incarceration nationwide by 2030, please click here.

 

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