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Square One Project: NYC Event for Parsimony Book Discussion

Published: February 9, 2023; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

This event will take place in Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. It involves the launch of a new book, Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice, edited by Bruce Western and Jeremy Travis. The book engages the national political conversation about dismantling mass incarceration and racial justice through the contributions of some twenty authors who participated for three years in the Square One Project, a national project of narrative change.

The event would involve an hour-long panel discussion and Q&A involving the contributors to the volume, along with a reception allowing a more informal conversation among attendees and the authors. A copy of Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice will be provided to those who attend in person.

Welcome:

• Bruce Western, Sociologist and Director of the Columbia University Justice Lab and editor
• Jeremy Travis, VP of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures and editor

Moderator:

• Katharine Huffman, Executive Director of the Square One Project and contributing author

Speakers:

• Vivian Nixon, Writer in Residence at The Square One Project and contributing author
• Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory
• Nancy Gertner, former federal judge and professor at Harvard Law School and contributing author

Time: 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM EST

Free!

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