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Building Bridges: Connecticut at the Crossroads

February 23, 2021

COVID-19, the State Budget Crisis and the Path Towards Decarceration, Public Safety and Community Investment. With a focus on Human Rights and giving voice to those with Lived Experience, this year's conference set a vision for the new frontier in justice reform, where community is rebuilt and system change comes from those most impacted by historical injustices.

Day 1: Welcome and Introduction

Day 1: Meet The Great 8

Day 1:The Cost of Incarceration

Day 2: Spoken Word by – EZ Wayne

Day 2: An International & Human Rights Perspective

Day 2: CT Prison Closures – What’s Next

Day 2: Video – Inside the Circle-Break

Day 2: The Power of Higher Education

Day 2: Justice Reinvestment Panel Discussion

Day 2: Out of State Justice Reforms

Day 2: Quick Fire Advocacy Updates

Day 2: Closing Remarks and The Next Steps

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

October 27, 2020

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 State University

One State One Film: Let The People Decide from IMRP on Vimeo.

Theater Thursday: “Baldwin Buckley Debate”

July 16, 2020

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 Yale University
  • Moderator: Stan Simpson

Theater Thursday: Baldwin Buckley Debate from IMRP on Vimeo.

Theater Thursdays: “Camden’s Turn”

June 25, 2020

This week we have an encore screening of “Camden’s Turn”. Our panelists are:

  • Scott Thomson, Camden Police Chief 2013 – 2019
  • Daryl McGraw, Chairmen of the Police Transparency and Accountability Task Force
  • Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School
  • Jay Williams, CEO of Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

IMRP Theater Thursdays: Camden’s Turn from IMRP on Vimeo.

Theater Thursdays: “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”

June 11, 2020

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 Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder
  • Daniel J Broyld, Associate Professor of African American History at CCSU

IMRP Theater Thursdays: Slavery to Mass Incarceration from IMRP on Vimeo.