Author: Rani, Nayab

Building Bridges: Decarceration and the Community

Connecticut was recently touted as one of five states with the largest rates of decarceration in the country. Yet there is still significant work ahead to fulfill the promise of Justice Reinvestment and ensure successful reintegration of those leaving incarceration. By highlighting the recent CT Reentry Strategy, this conference looks to the very communities most impacted by incarceration […]

Watch CT Collaborative’s One State, One Film discussion on voting rights event from October 27

Panelists included: Gavin Guerra – Writer, Producer, and Director of Let the People Decide David Dennis – Civil Rights Icon featured in Let the People Decide Zal Shroff – Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Liman Fellow in Residence, Yale Law School Michelle Riordan-Nold  – Executive CTData Andrew Clark – Director of IMRP Central Connecticut […]

Theater Thursday: “Baldwin Buckley Debate”

This week we have a screening of “Baldwin Buckley Debate”. Our panelists are: Karen Thorsen, Producer/Director of “James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket” Prof. Nicholas Buccola, Political Science Professor at Linfield College and author of “The Fire Is Upon Us”. Prof. Rod Ferguson, Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and American Studies at […]

Theater Thursdays: “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”

A screening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s short film, “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”, followed by a discussion sponsored by IMRP at CCSU, Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, and the CT Reentry Collaborative. Moderated by FOX61 and IMRP’s Stan Simpson. Panelists: Anthony Hatch, Professor in the Society program at Wesleyan University Preston Tisdale, Civil rights attorney at […]