Prison Education Conference 2019

End of the World Prison / Photo by Luis Argerich on Wikimedia

Join us for the 8th annual ASU Prison Education Conference themed "Easy In & Long Way Out." This free event is hosted by ASU's Prison Education Awareness Club (PEAC) with support from the Department of English, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, School of Social Transformation and Undergraduate Student Government.

Keynote speakers:

Donna Harati and Gabriel Lopez, Homeboy Industries

Tyra Patterson, social justice activist, wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years

Program:

10 a.m. Opening remarks: Winter Roth, president, PEAC, and ASU sponsors

10:30 a.m. Keynote: "Beyond Prisons," Donna Harati, director of legal services, Homeboy Industries

11:15 a.m. Keynote: "Transformation Through Healing and Education," Gabriel Lopez, senior navigator, Homeboy Industries

Noon - "Captivity and Liberation: Religion and For-Profit Immigrant Detention," Leah Sarat, associate professor of religious studies, ASU

12:30 p.m. Lunch buffet

1 p.m. "Volunteer Teaching in Prison," ASU panel (lunch continues)

2 p.m. "Creating Hope and Opportunities," AZ Dept of Juvenile Corrections panel

3 p.m. "What the Public Should Know About Public Defense," Victoria Comeaux, ASU law student

3:30 p.m. Keynote: "It's Not What They Call You, It's What You Answer To," Tyra Patterson, social justice activist

A complimentary lunch will be served (vegetarian options available). Must pre-register to be ensured a meal. Please note that this event will be recorded for later viewing on the Department of English's YouTube channel.

Image at right: "End of the World Prison" by Luis Argerich on Wikimedia. Used under CC 2.0.

Prison Education Awareness Club
peac.org@asu.edu
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Student Pavilion, Ballroom 121